Emotional Mahuchikh dedicates gold to slain Ukrainian athletes
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh dedicated her Olympic high jump gold medal on Sunday to the nearly 500 athletes and coaches who have been killed since Russia invaded her country in 2022.
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Sifan Hassan: from 'shy' refugee to Olympic champion
On a gloriously sunny Tuesday night training session at the Eindhoven athletics club, young hopefuls are put through their paces, dreaming of emulating their most famous member -- double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan.
China shrug off doping controversy to win 12 swimming medals
Pan Zhanle and stalwart Zhang Yufei spearheaded China to 12 Olympic medals in the Paris pool, shrugging off intense scrutiny over a doping controversy that engulfed the team ahead of the Games.
Scheffler basks in national pride after triumph
Scottie Scheffler said he felt 鈥榩roud to be an American鈥� after a dramatic triumph in the final round of the men's golf event to win Olympic gold on Sunday.
Taiwanese boxer in gender row wins to guarantee medal
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting became the second fighter at the centre of a Paris Olympics gender row to guarantee herself a medal after convincingly winning her quarter-final on Sunday.
Ukraine's Mahuchikh wins women's high jump gold
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh lived up to her pre-Paris Games billing to win the women's Olympic high jump at the Stade de France on Sunday.
Algerian teen Nemour makes history with uneven bars gold
Algerian teenager Kaylia Nemour conjured up 鈥榯he performance of her life鈥� to become the first African to win an Olympic gymnastics medal with gold on the uneven bars on Sunday.
Lyles wins Olympic 100m gold in closest finish in modern history
World champion Noah Lyles roared to victory in 9.79sec to claim the men's Olympic 100m gold in Paris on Sunday.
Sleepless in Paris: Yulo defies tiredness to win second gold
Carlos Yulo shrugged off a sleepless night to win gymnastics gold in the men's vault at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, 24 hours after claiming the floor title for a piece of Philippines sporting history.
Birthday boy Pan leads China to men鈥檚 4x100m medley relay gold
World record-holder Pan Zhanle celebrated his birthday Sunday with a storming final leg to hand China gold in the men's Olympic 4x100m medley relay.
US win women's 4x100m medley gold with world record
The United States set a new world record time as they powered to Olympic gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay on Sunday with Australia taking silver and China bronze.
Djokovic says gold 'probably biggest success', eyes 2028 Olympics
Novak Djokovic described his Olympic gold medal triumph on Sunday as 鈥榩robably鈥� his 鈥榖iggest sporting success鈥� and revealed he may defend the title at the 2028 Los Angeles Games when he will be 41.
Record third Olympic title the sweetest, says shot king Crouser
World record-holder Ryan Crouser said his unprecedented third consecutive Olympic title in the men's shot put on Saturday 鈥榙efinitely means the most鈥� of the trio.
China's Liu Yang retains men's gymnastics rings title
Liu Yang clinched China's first men's gymnastics gold of the Paris Olympics on Sunday, delivering a formidable display of strength and skill to retain the rings title he won in Tokyo.
'So, so proud': St Lucia celebrates Alfred's historic gold
Saint Lucia celebrated Sunday after sprinter Julien Alfred stormed to victory in the women's 100m in Paris for the tiny Caribbean nation's historic first Olympic medal.
German keeper's heroics knock Canada out
Goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger saved two penalties in the shoot-out and scored the winning kick to knock holders Canada of the Olympic women's football on Saturday, taking Germany into the semi-finals along with Spain, the United States and Brazil.
Alfred overcomes obstacles to become sprint queen
鈥業'd love to be the first,鈥� Julien Alfred said of the possibility of becoming the first Olympic medallist from the tiny Caribbean island of St Lucia -- on Saturday she achieved that in style by winning the women's 100 metres in Paris.
Zheng credits parents' tough love for Olympic gold
Zheng Qinwen paid an emotional tribute to her parents on Saturday for allowing her 鈥榯o focus on her dream鈥� of becoming an Olympic champion.
Biles 'getting old' but tempted by LA Olympics
Simone Biles said she may be 鈥榞etting old鈥� but is tempted to compete in her home Olympic Games in Los Angeles at the age of 31 after vaulting to a third gymnastics gold in Paris on Saturday.
Ledecky relishes prospect of four more years in pool
The records keep piling up for American swimmer Katie Ledecky and the bad news for her challengers is that she has no plans to relinquish her throne.
Jamaica's world champion Shericka Jackson out of Olympics 200m
Two-time world champion Shericka Jackson withdrew from heats for the Olympic 200m on Sunday in another hammer blow for the Jamaican team.
St Lucia's Alfred stuns Richardson to win women's 100m gold
Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred stunned US favourite Sha'Carri Richardson to win the Olympic women's 100m gold medal on Saturday, etching her name into history to claim the Caribbean nation's first ever medal at the Games.
Gender row boxer in tears after winning at least bronze
The Algerian boxer embroiled in a major gender controversy guaranteed herself at least bronze at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, bursting into tears after winning her quarter-final.
McClenaghan captures 'dream' historic pommel horse gold
Rhys McClenaghan said he had accomplished a 鈥榣ifelong dream鈥� after securing pommel horse gold at the Paris Games on Saturday for Ireland's first ever Olympic gymnastics medal.
Evenepoel delivers historic double for cycling-mad Belgium
Belgium's Remco Evenepoel survived a dramatic late puncture to take Olympic road race gold Saturday, delivering a historic double for his cycling-mad country after already winning the time trial.
Zheng makes history with Olympic singles gold
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win Olympic tennis singles gold when she defeated Croatia's Donna Vekic on Saturday, hailing her victory as a 鈥榩roud鈥� moment for herself and her country.
'Overwhelmed' Yulo wins historic gymnastics gold for Philippines
Carlos Yulo triumphed on Saturday in the men's floor exercise of the gymnastics in Paris for only the second Olympic gold in the history of the Philippines.
Biles wins vault for third gymnastics gold
Simone Biles soared to women's vault gold on Saturday, her gravity-defying Yurchenko double pike propelling her to a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown.
Djokovic and Alcaraz eye power and glory in gold medal duel
Novak Djokovic insists Carlos Alcaraz will be the 鈥榝avourite鈥� for Olympic gold on Sunday in the latest instalment of tennis's generational power grab.
Dutch rower Florijn keeps it in the family with Olympic gold
Dutch rower Karolien Florijn dethroned reigning champion Emma Twigg in the women's single sculls on Saturday to add to her family's remarkable collection of Olympic gold medals.