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2030 Winter Olympics boss departs amid turmoil

Edgar Grospiron leaves his position as president of the organising committee for the 2030 French Alps Winter Olympics just 18 months after his appointment.

Steve Carell Almost Played ‘The Office’ Creator Greg Daniels’ Dad in Biopic About the 1968 Olympics

Steve Carell and writer Greg Daniels got so close while making “The Office,” they became like family.

Greetings from Paris, where the 2024 Olympics balloon rises again

The floating Olympic cauldron, held aloft by a giant glowing balloon, is still making regular appearances two years after the 2024 Paris Games, showing up all summer long in the nighttime Paris sky.

It's taken me a long time to process Olympics breaking experience, says Raygun

Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn - known as Raygun - tells BBC Sport about the aftermath of her extraordinary experience at the 2024 Olympics.

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly shows unprepared athlete taking on Olympics

Former Olympic coach left with ongoing damage after 36-hour hospital ordeal

Sydney Sweeney Loses 200,000 Instagram Followers as Female Athletes Slam Nude Sports-Betting Ad

Olympic and pro athletes criticized the Novig commercial for making a "mockery" of women in sports. Sydney Sweeney Loses 200,000 Instagram Followers as Female Athletes Slam Nude Sports-Betting Ad Eddie Fu

Sydney Sweeney’s Naked Sports Betting Ad Ignites Backlash From Olympic Athletes: ‘Stop Sexualizing Women in Sport’

Sydney Sweeney appears to be at the center of another controversy involving a commercial.

Surfing: France tests Olympic venue ahead of LA 2028

With the Lexus Trestles Pro underway in California, the French surfing team is using the future Los Angeles 2028 Olympic venue for its first full-scale training camp.

Olympic flame arrives in Senegal for first ever Olympic event in Africa

Olympic flame arrives in Senegal for first ever Olympic event in Africa

Jefferson-Wooden, Bednarek capture Ultimate Championship wins

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ran a world-leading 10.62 seconds in the 100 meters at the Ultimate Championship on Saturday.

Nepal floods: how measuring snow in the Himalayas could help avoid future disasters

Around half of the glacier ice in the Himalayas (equivalent to about two billion Olympic swimming pools) could melt by the end of this century.

Duplantis, Ingebrigtsen shine at World Athletics Ultimate Championship

World and Olympic champion Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis delivered a faultless display of pole vaulting to seal victory.

Premier says Olympic rowing concerns 'last hurrah' of 'naysayers'

Tokyo Olympic swimmer gets suspended term for dangerous driving

Tomoru Honda, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, received one year in prison, suspended for three years.

How France fell in love with Céline Dion

Two years after her dazzling performance atop the Eiffel Tower for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Céline Dion is back in the French capital for a series of sold-out concerts – and fans are over the moon. Some 500,000 people are expected to attend the concerts.

Qld premier takes aim at 'overseas elites' amid questions over Olympic course

Caltrans Announces 'Games Route Network' Improvement Project To Turn Existing Lanes Into Permit-Only Lanes For Olympic Athletes, Staff, Organizers

They're not making extra lanes. They are taking existing lanes and restricting public use of those lanes.

Davis-Woodhall ends season after car crash

Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall decides to end her 2026 season after suffering "severe concussion" in a car crash and she will now miss this week's World Athletics Ultimate Championship.

Olympic champ Lyles won't run in lucrative event

Olympic champion sprinter Noah Lyles shut down his season because of injury and will not compete for the $150,000 first prizes in this week's track Ultimate Championships.

Studio TF1 Smashes Doc Records With ‘Leon Marchand: Beyond Gold,’ Rolls Out ‘Surface’

Studio TF1 is celebrating recent successes at home and abroad with Sacha Vucinic and Xavier Marchand’s sports documentary “Leon Marchand: Beyond Gold” and Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun’s mystery drama “Surface.” While the doc series on French Olympic swimming champion Leon Marchand an

Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting fights on after once considering retirement

Lin and Imane Khelif of Algeria found themselves in the middle of a major gender row at the 2024 Games, with Donald Trump, Elon Musk and author J.K. Rowling among those wading in.

Aussie star Myers beats Olympic champions to win Diamond League Final

Mediawan & Goodfellas’ Round 12 Unveils ‘Imane Khelif: Still Fighting’ Documentary By Lina Soualem Ahead Of TIFF Sales Launch

EXCLUSIVE: Mediawan & Goodfellas sport label Round 12 has boarded sales on Imane Khelif: Still Fighting by Lina Soualem, the first documentary about the female Algerian boxer whose victory at the Paris 2024 Olympics sparked a political storm, for a TIFF launch.

'Dancing With The Stars' cast features Amber Glenn, Ezra Frech, Savannah Bananas player

Athletes have had an excellent track record in "Dancing With The Stars" competitions, winning 12 of the past seasons.

Former Olympic champion Jonny Brownlee retires

Jonny Brownlee, a former Olympic triathlon champion and six-time world champion, says "it's over for professional sport".

Fox makes golden return to Paris Olympic venue

How One Fake Story Kept Women Out of Olympic Distance Running for Decades

False reports about athletes collapsing helped fuel the narrative that running long distances was dangerous for women.

Olympic champion Davis-Woodhall 'lucky to be alive' after car crash

Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall says she is "lucky and blessed to be alive" after being involved in a car crash.

Olympic gold medallist 'lucky to be alive' after car crash

Olympic and world champion long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall said she is ‘lucky to be alive’ after being involved in a head-on car collision while driving to training.

Motor Sports City to be established in Tamil Nadu; Chennai to get Olympic City: CM Vijay

The Motor Sports City will promote sports tourism, encourage the growing interest in motorsports among the youth of Tamil Nadu, provide them with the necessary training, and develop the State into a major international hub for motorsports

Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore Share Songs From New Film Score

The duo reunited for Threshold, a documentary about Olympic skier Jessie Diggins

‘I’m So Happy’: Peres Jepchirchir Dominates the Sydney Marathon—and Wins Her 4th World Marathon Major

The 2021 Olympic champion won by nearly four minutes and just missed Sifan Hassan’s course record.

Raygun turned her Olympic flop into a media career. Now Netflix is helping with the rewrite

Netflix’s new documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly tries to show the human behind the memes – but lacks thorough interrogation.

Kings' Fiala has further surgery on leg, to miss start of training camp

Kings forward Kevin Fiala will miss the start of training camp after undergoing follow-up surgery for the broken leg he sustained during the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Teqball arrives at Asian Games with Olympic ambitions

The fast-growing soccer and ping-pong hybrid will make its Asian Games debut as its founders continue to pursue an even bigger goal: the Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn’s ‘long road’ back still includes ACL repair

Vonn, 41, tore her ACL in ​a World Cup race in Switzerland on Jan. 30, just a week ​before the start of the Milano Cortina Olympics.