Dupont’s France stays alive after stuttering start in Olympic rugby

• By Reuters
• July 24, 2024

Antoine Dupont scored a brilliant individual try as France kept alive their medal hopes despite a stuttering start to the Rugby Sevens tournament in front of a passionate home crowd at the Paris Olympics today. Read more

Canadian Olympic Committee head says coach had no knowledge of drone incident

• By Reuters
• July 24, 2024

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is confident women’s soccer head coach Bev Priestman had no knowledge of the spying incident that has engulfed her squad in scandal ahead of their gold medal title defence at the Paris Olympics. Read more

France struggles with its hijab rules for Olympics opening ceremony

• By Layli Foroudi, Reuters
• July 24, 2024

French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country’s secularism laws, they said today. Read more

Argentina upset in chaotic Olympic soccer opener; France blanks U.S.

• By Field Level Media
• July 24, 2024

A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2. Read more

Video emerges of Olympian Dujardin whipping horse’s legs

• By Simon Jennings in Paris and Alan Baldwin / Reuters
• July 24, 2024

The FEI International Equestrian Foundation on Tuesday shocked the riding world when it suspended Britain’s six-time Olympic medallist Charlotte Dujardin over inappropriate training methods. Read more

Beefed-up Olympics security thins out tourists, squeezing merchants

• By Liz Alderman, New York Times
• July 23, 2024

Fabrice Pierret is used to catering to hordes of tourists who pack Le Lutétia, a brasserie he manages on the Île Saint-Louis, where a splendid view of the Seine River, with a glass of red wine and steak frites, has long made it a popular stop for visitors. Read more

Coffees, gaming and Fijian singing: Olympians soak up social village life

• By Ian Ransom, Reuters
• July 23, 2024

With a pair of baristas churning out coffees and a rooftop terrace for social gatherings, Australia’s quarters at the Olympic village embody the social spirit of a Paris Games unencumbered by COVID-19 restrictions. Read more

Women set to grab the spotlight for Team USA in Paris

• By Rory Carroll and Amy Tennery, Reuters
• July 23, 2024

American women from Simone Biles to Katie Ledecky and Sha’Carri Richardson will dominate the spotlight in Paris as the explosion in popularity of women’s sports in the United States makes its way to the Olympic stage, experts said. Read more

Olympic silver medalist Kevin Asano learned life lessons from his college judo coach

• By Noah Furtado nfurtado@staradvertiser.com
• July 19, 2024

Kevin Asano became an Olympic silver medalist in judo while still a student at San Jose State University, where he had been given a true sense of belonging away from his Hawaii home. Read more

Paris mayor finally swims in Seine to prove water purity

• By Elizabeth Pineau, Reuters
• July 17, 2024

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the River Seine today, fulfilling a promise to try to convince doubters that its waters will be clean enough to hold Olympic swimming events. Read more

Paris opening ceremony will see big police presence but no changes after Trump attack, official says

• By Kurt Hall, Reuters
• July 17, 2024

Some 45,000 police will secure the Paris Olympics’ July 26 opening ceremony, with over 100 heads of state and government set to attend, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding no changes were planned after the weekend attack on Donald Trump. Read more

Carissa Moore proving to be good as gold in and out of the water

• By Noah Furtado nfurtado@staradvertiser.com
• July 14, 2024

Before Moore founded the Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the health and wellness of young women and girls through surfing, she won three WSL Championships. Read more

Teahupo‘o set to star as Paris Games takes surfing home to Tahiti

• By Lincoln Feast, Reuters
• July 10, 2024

While most 2024 Olympians will be battling for glory in Paris, the world’s best surfers will be going for gold some 16,000km away on the island of Tahiti, where the spinning blue barrels of Teahupo’o might be the real star of the show. Read more

Taylor Averill went from party boy to college volleyball star to Paris-bound Olympian

• By Noah Furtado nfurtado@staradvertiser.com
• July 7, 2024

Dave Reardon: Decathletes are often overlooked, just ask Bryan Clay

• By Dave Reardon
• July 7, 2024

Have you heard of Heath Baldwin, Zach Ziemek and Harrison Williams? Read more

Japan investigators raid Dentsu in widening Olympic probe

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 25, 2022

Dentsu dominates event organizing, marketing and public relations in Japan. Read more

Break dancers begin charting path to Paris Olympics

• By Aaron Morrison / AP National Writer
• Nov. 22, 2022

At the end of the process, 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls will be allowed to compete over two days at the iconic Place de la Concorde, an outdoor public square in Paris. Read more

Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

• By Associated Press
• Aug. 17, 2022

Although corruption at top levels among Olympic officials had long been rumored, the arrest comes as a blow to Japan’s Olympic ambitions. Read more