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By Carly Breland, CNN (CNN) — The first round of Olympic tennis gets underway Saturday, but the red clay of Roland Garros will be missing some of the sport’s biggest stars, including world no. 1 Jannik Sinner. While some are sidelined by illnesses and injuries, others are abstaining from the Games as a result of

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — As competition gets well and truly underway in Paris, all eyes will turn shortly to one of the Olympic Games’ signature sports: Gymnastics. The sport has created some of the most iconic moments in Olympic history and made household names of its stars. Among the top highlights of

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The USA is the preeminent force in men’s Olympic basketball. It has won the gold medal on 14 occasions and frequently assembles some of the sport’s biggest stars on the international stage. So when a new upstart on the block, fresh off a captivating performance at the FIBA World

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Michael Ledecky remembers the day he was first beaten by his younger sister Katie in the pool, wrenching his goggles from his head and breaking them in two, an odd mixture of pride and anger enveloping him on that August evening. Time hasn’t faded the memory. The race, a

By Aditi Sangal and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Romanian rowing athletes Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc and Marius Cozmiuc set a historic first at the opening ceremony Friday in Paris, becoming the first-ever married couple to serve as flag bearers for their country. In what is truly an athletic love story, the two flag bearers are both multiple-time Olympians. Marius Cozmiuc

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was wet, parts of it were weird, much of it was beautiful and all of it was very, very memorable. An opening ceremony unlike any other got the 2024 edition of the Olympic Games officially underway in Paris Friday night and truly it was one that will

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”

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

By 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

By 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

By 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

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

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

By 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

By 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

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