Olympics Sports News

World Athletics' decision to award prize money at the Paris Olympics goes against the Olympic spirit, says the head of cycling's governing body.

With 101 days until the Paris Olympics 2024, we've put together a guide to give you the latest on when the Games begin, the venues, and how many gold medals can be won.

A Greek actress playing the role of a high priestess lights the Olympic flame in ancient Olympia, Greece.

Freya Anderson is picked in Team GB's swimming squad for the Olympics, alongside the likes of Olympic champions Adam Peaty and Tom Dean.

Ben Pattison won world 800m bronze on his global championships debut last summer - now he hopes to stun the best at Paris 2024.

U.S. basketball is finalizing a 2024 Paris Olympics men's basketball roster that includes several of the generation's iconic players.

France's government may change the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris because of security worries.

Paris will welcome the world this summer, but France's distinctive relationship with religion means its own Olympic athletes will have a different dress code.

The Atlanta Dream's Allisha Gray and 2024 WNBA draftee Cameron Brink are among 17 athletes expected to participate in the Team USA 3x3 women's national team training camp Wednesday to Saturday.

Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia set a blistering pace and held on to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 17 seconds -- the 10th-fastest time in the race's 128-year history.

Kenyan Hellen Obiri edged countrywoman Sharon Lokedi by just 8 seconds to become the first woman to win back-to-back Boston Marathon titles since 2005.

Marcel Hug of Switzerland overcame a crash and won his seventh men's wheelchair Boston Marathon title, setting a course record Monday of 1 hour, 15 minutes, 33 seconds.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the Stade de France if the security threat is deemed too high.

Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania -- a 21-year-old junior at Cal who is a two-time medal winner at the world outdoor championships -- broke a world record in the discus throw that had stood since 1986 on Sunday at the Oklahoma Throws Series competition.

Danielle Serdachny scored a power-play goal in overtime as Canada beat the United States 6-5 to win the gold medal at the women's hockey world championships.

Petra Nieminen scored the decisive shootout goal, and Finland defeated the Czech Republic 3-2 on Sunday to win its 14th bronze medal at the women's hockey world championship tournament.

The United States beat Finland 5-0 in the semifinal round, advancing the defending champions to their 23rd women's world hockey championship gold-medal game.

Nike says the U.S. women's track and field Olympians will have multiple uniform options available for this summer's Paris Games after some athletes bashed the kit as needlessly revealing and sexist.