National Sports

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — In the run up to the Paris Olympics, athletes have been stepping up their preparations in order to maintain their edge over competitors. But for Australia’s Matt Dawson, those preparations looked a little different this year, with the field hockey player opting to have part of his finger amputated

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — As the US Women’s National Team made attack after attack last week in Washington, DC, the final pass was just a little bit off the mark or the decisive shot was just fired a few inches wide. The USWNT’s scoreless draw against Costa Rica in their final game

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Competition is already underway in Paris for the 2024 edition of the Summer Olympics and Team USA is set to take to the River Seine Friday for the Opening Ceremonies. Here are 10 athletes from the nearly 600 Americans heading to France to compete in this year’s Olympics

By Chris Liakos, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — A Canada women’s soccer team staff member has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence after flying a drone to film the closed-door training session of the New Zealand women’s soccer team on Monday, the Saint-Etienne prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC)

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The 2024 Summer Olympic Games formally get underway on Friday with an incredibly unique Opening Ceremony aimed at putting one of the world’s most famous cities on display. Paris won’t just be the host city of this year’s Summer Games, it’s likely to be a main character. Races

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Roald Bradstock can remember the exact moment when he began to feel unwell. The former Olympic javelin thrower’s resting heart rate suddenly surged to a frightening 200 beats per minute last year, triggering an unusual first instinct: His first thought wasn’t about trying to save his own life, it

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The US men’s soccer team suffered a brutal return to Olympic action as it was beaten 3-0 by host nation France in its opening match of the Paris Games on Wednesday. The soccer tournament at this year’s Olympics kicked off two days before the Opening Ceremony, with teams consisting

By Andrew McNicol and David Close, CNN (CNN) — Argentina thought it had leveled its Olympic soccer opener against Morocco in the dying seconds on Wednesday – before its goal was dramatically ruled out and a pitch invasion caused the final three minutes to be played in an empty stadium after a nearly two-hour delay.

By Emily Blumenthal and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN (CNN) — When the world’s best track and field athletes arrive at the Stade de France for the Paris Olympics later this month, they will compete in state-of-the-art facilities: a newly renovated purple track, better lighting and bigger screens in the stands. Fans who want to watch an

By Joseph Ataman, Emmanuel Miculita and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of dancers threatening to disrupt the Olympic Games’ Opening Ceremony over pay have called off strike action after reaching an agreement with Paris 2024, according to a statement from the union representing the dancers. FSA-CGT union said on Wednesday that it received a

By Saskya Vandoorne and Julen Chavin, CNN (CNN) — France’s Interior Ministry rejected around 5,000 security accreditation requests for Olympics volunteers and workers, with roughly 1,000 of those cases blocked due to suspicions of meddling or espionage. The Ministry outlined in a statement on Tuesday that it conducted “about a million” administrative investigations into various

By Matias Grez, CNN O2 Arena, London (CNN) — The USA’s women’s basketball team finalized preparations for Paris 2024 with a resounding 84-57 victory over Germany at the Basketball Showcase in London. It was far from a vintage USA performance – the first half in particular was below the lofty standards the team has set

By Kevin Dotson, James Legge and Sahar Akbarzai CNN (CNN) — Canadian Olympic chiefs have apologized after a member of staff for their women’s soccer team allegedly flew a drone over a New Zealand team training session, three days before they face each other at the Paris Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) acknowledged that

By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — The director of an international sports advocacy group has a warning for organizers of the Olympic Games ahead of next week’s competitions in the pool: The doping scandal that plagued the sport in recent months isn’t going away. Ever since the New York Times reported in April that 23

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — Three-time Olympic gold medal winner Charlotte Dujardin has shockingly announced she has pulled out of Paris 2024 just days before the opening ceremony. In a social media post, the famed British dressage star said she had withdrawn from all competition due to “making an error of judgement during a coaching