By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Three years before the Olympics last visited Paris in 1924, a small gathering of female athletes led by Alice Milliat staged their own Games as they were still largely excluded from the biggest sporting event in the world. Female athletes competing at the Games was simply not “in keeping”
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the Summer Olympics, but she still finds herself getting caught up in the glamour of the Paris Games. Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Zhiying Zeng’s eyes begin to sparkle and her gestures become more animated as she recounts the day her lifelong Olympic dream came true. She had to wait longer than most athletes, too: At 58 years old, Zeng will be one of the oldest Olympians at Paris 2024. But for
Continue ReadingBy Zeena Saifi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Omar Ismail was 14 years old when he knew, one day, he wanted to be an Olympic athlete. For years, he had been practicing taekwondo diligently and was ready to take his skills to the ultimate level. His only problem – he didn’t have a country to
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs has been found guilty in an Alabama court of animal cruelty charges, Tuscaloosa County court records show. Buggs was arrested in May and charged with two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. He was sentenced on July 19 to “365 days of
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By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease threw the second no-hitter in franchise history in the team’s 3-0 victory over the Nationals in Washington, DC, on Thursday. The 28-year-old struck out nine but walked three batters. He got Nationals All-Star shortstop CJ Abrams to fly out to right field to
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the Summer Olympics, but she still finds herself getting caught up in the glamour of the Paris Games. Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the Summer Olympics, but she still finds herself getting caught up in the glamour of the Paris Games. Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron James
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Paris 2024 will truly feature an Olympics Opening Ceremony like no other. Here’s everything you need to know about this unique celebration. How to watch the Opening Ceremony The Opening Ceremony for the Paris Summer Games will begin at 7:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. ET) on Friday, July
Continue ReadingBy Christiane Amanpour, Thomas Schlachter and Claire Calzonetti, CNN Paris (CNN) — French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will now be taking part in the Opening Ceremony at this year’s Olympics, France’s sports minister told CNN, after the runner previously said she would not be allowed to because she wears a headscarf. “You are selected for the
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CNN By Amy Woodyatt, Christiane Amanpour, Alicia Lloyd and Ben Kirby, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Olympics in Paris will be Andy Murray’s fifth – and final – appearance at the Games. Now, the competition will look a little different for Murray – the only man in history to win two Olympic singles gold medals
Continue ReadingBy 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
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By Amy Woodyatt, Christiane Amanpour, Alicia Lloyd and Ben Kirby, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Olympics in Paris will be Andy Murray’s fifth – and final – appearance at the Games. Now, the competition will look a little different for Murray – the only man in history to win two Olympic singles gold medals –
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By Saskya Vandoorne and Melissa Bell, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Thursday that the Paris 2015 terror attacks, which left over 100 people dead, gave her the motivation to get the French capital involved in hosting the summer Olympic Games. Speaking to CNN’s Melissa Bell, Hidalgo said that “in
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingBy 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)
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingBy 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
Continue ReadingBy 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
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