Sports

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — As a DJ spins music, the athletes twist, whirl and leap — each move a dizzying mix of fancy footwork and contorted limbs. It might seem more like an artform than a sport, but breakdancing — known professionally as breaking — is making its Olympics debut this month in

By Andrew McNicol and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — She only recently turned 25, but Yui Susaki is already a reigning Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion, and is widely touted as the best pound-for-pound freestyle wrestler in the world. Susaki – all 5 feet (1.52 meters) of her – has never lost an

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has agreed to a four-year deal that makes him the highest-paid kicker in the NFL, according to reports. Butker announced the extension on X but provided no details. Unidentified sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport the contract is worth $25.6 million, including

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s a rare moment that a crowd can feel an athlete becoming a major player on the Olympic stage. It’s even rarer for a crowd to feel a sport itself rising to that level. In just its second ever Olympics, 3×3 basketball was more of a curiosity than

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — No one needs more proof that Mondo Duplantis is among the greatest athletes of this generation, but we get it almost every time he steps onto the runway. The Paris Olympic Games were no exception. Backed by a deafening roar from those in the stands, the Swedish pole

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The artistic swimming competition begins today at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with one major change compared with previous games: Men are allowed to compete for the first time. Under rule changes announced by the International Olympic Committee in December 2022, a maximum of two men can form part of

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles slipped off the balance beam and incurred costly penalties on the floor as she failed to win a gold medal for the first time at these Summer Olympics in Paris – which have been serving as an emphatic comeback from disappointment three years ago in Tokyo.

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Scoring a spectacular strike that earns goal of the year consideration is one thing, but to do it to win the game for your team is something that most players could only dream of. Argentinian Primera División side Lanús was tied 2-2 with Tigre heading into the final minute

By Ben Church, Thomas Schlachter and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Despite two athletes falling ill and an ongoing controversy around water quality in the River Seine in the run-up to the race, the mixed relay triathlon went ahead on Monday with Germany securing a dramatic gold medal in Paris. The triathlon events at this

By Rosanne Roobeek, CNN Paris (CNN) — In the heart of Paris, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games are in full swing. The Games are unique in bringing athletes together from around the globe in a celebration of sport and unity. Among them is a small but determined group of athletes chosen to represent a nation

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — For Kimia Yousofi, it was never about winning the gold. The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights to the ruling Taliban. “Education. Sport. Our Rights,” said a handwritten note on the

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — With its breakneck competition, exhilarating starts and whitewater waves, the kayak cross has proven to be one of the most unique and exciting spectacles at these Olympic Games, already going viral on social media. First, the four competitors are dropped into the water from a two-meter high ramp and

CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday and Switzerland has had to mix up its roster after athletes from both countries fell ill following the initial triathlon races last week. Belgium announced it was dropping out of the race after

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — An American is once again the world’s fastest man. Noah Lyles earned that title and the gold medal in the men’s 100-meter dash by the slimmest of margins – just five-thousandths of a second – on Sunday night outside Paris, exploding down the track at the Stade

By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — On his fifth time trying, after a match of extraordinary quality, Novak Djokovic has a late addition to his near-perfect tennis resumé: Olympic gold medalist. Djokovic outdueled Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a brilliant, exhausting men’s singles final at Roland Garros on Sunday, triumphing 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of different flags and national anthems playing for every gold medal winner. So when boxer Cindy Ngamba pumped her chest and gestured to the crest on her vest when she guaranteed herself an

By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday and Switzerland has had to mix up its roster after athletes from both countries fell ill following the initial triathlon races last week. Belgium announced it was dropping out of the race after one

By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 summer sports — including long-discontinued ones like motorboating and tug-of-war — have made appearances at the Olympic Games since its start in 1896. This year, athletes are competing across 32 sports and 329 events at the Paris Olympics. That’s more than three times the number of sports

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler produced a remarkable final round to clinch gold in the men’s golf competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. The world No. 1 carded a nine-under 62 in Sunday’s fourth round to finish on 19-under-par over the four days at Le Golf National as he showed why

By Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball player in history. For some, the pressure and expectations might forge diamonds – and Paris 2024 has