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Don’t drop it like it’s hot Snoop Dogg! Rapper in Paris to carry Olympic torch

Snoop Dogg was wearing some golden trainers.

The Independent UK

Josh Kerr: Team GB’s 1,500m star looking to take down Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen

The world champion’s rivalry with Norwegian star Ingebrigtsen is set to be one of the defining storylines of the Games

The Independent UK

Who is Phoebe Gill? The 17-year-old British runner tipped to take Olympics by storm: ‘She’s the real deal’

Gill is set to usurp Keely Hodgkinson as Team GB’s latest athletics prodigy

The Independent UK

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What happened during the 'circus' conclusion to Argentina vs Morocco at the Olympics

Argentina and Morocco's Olympics opener saw the teams return to the pitch two hours after fans thought it had finished

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Are the Olympic Games politically neutral?

In the early 20th century, the father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, wrote that the competition ought to be “free from political interference”. Yet it’s often hard for champions to escape world affairs. Take the example of Algerian judoka, Fethi Nourine, who withdrew in from the Tokyo…

The Conversation

This year marks the first ever gender-equal Olympics – 14 milestones that highlight how far the Games have come

Inspiration at its finest.

Marie Claire

Paris 2024: Rugby Sevens, raucous football kick off Games ahead of opening ceremony

Football and Rugby Sevens matches kicked off the Summer Olympics in Paris on Wednesday, two days ahead of the much-anticipated opening ceremony that will see hundreds of thousands of spectators line the banks of the River Seine. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are…

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It's official: International Olympic Committee votes to confirm the first Olympic Esports Games will happen in 2025, even if they don't know the games yet

Everything about the event is yet to be decided, including the games, but it's happening.

PC Gamer

Australia's Olympics boss Chesterman gets IOC nod

AOC president Ian Chesterman has been voted onto the IOC at a meeting before the Paris Games opening ceremony.

AAP

Esports are coming to the Olympics

Inaugural competition will take place in Saudi Arabia.

Fortune

Opponents beware: this could be the best version of Simone Biles we’ve ever seen

The four-time Olympic champion enters the Paris Games with a new bag of tricks and a more balanced life away from the arena

The Guardian - US

83 bottles of wine per person: how experts are calculating the Paris Olympics’ carbon footprint

The 2024 Paris Olympics aim to be the greenest edition on record, and the first compatible with the Paris climate agreement. Talk of “green games” goes back to April 2021. At the time, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG) had even aspired to carbon neutrality by removing more…

The Conversation

"Anti-sex" Olympic beds? Think again

Yes, they're made from cardboard, and plenty of athletes have tested them out in various rigorous ways

Salon

Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics and hit with six-month provisional ban

Britain’s three-time gold medallist pulled out of the Paris Games after a video emerged of ‘an error of judgement’ in a coaching session.

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Olympic athlete Ilona Maher gives insight into dating at the 2024 Paris Games

The Paris 2024 Olympics commence July 26

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: What are the rules on political protests and the punishments?

The Olympics has a complicated history of political expression and protest

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'Deliberate and in bad faith': Olympic committee sues Prime over packaging design

The YouTuber drinks brand has allegedly ignored cease and desist efforts.

The Independent UK

Diver Tom Daley shows off Paris 2024 Olympic Village’s cardboard beds

‘As you can see, they’re pretty sturdy!’

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Why does the Olympics have an ‘AI agenda’ and what does it mean for the future of sport?

The 2024 Summer Olympics, kicking off in Paris on July 26, will be novel for more than just the first inclusion of breakdancing. The event will also be the first instalment of the quadrennial sportsfest since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled its Olympic AI Agenda.

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“We were the belt-and-braces Pink Floyd – basic yobbos”: how Hawkwind boldly went where no band had gone before on psychedelic masterpiece In Search Of Space

America had hippies and Woodstock – the UK had greasy, gritty space-heads Hawkwind and their cosmic epic In Search Of Space

The Guardian - UK

Zhan Beleniuk: ‘I will fight Russians at the Olympics but will I shake hands? No’

Ukraine’s first black member of parliament tells Daniel Boffey why he returned to wrestling and about preparing for Paris amid war

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Tom Bosworth Discusses Team GB's Paris 2024 Olympic Prospects

Team GB's Paris 2024 medal aspirations and insights from Tom Bosworth on athletics prospects and the legacy of London 2012 Olympics.

The Conversation

Brand Olympics: do the famous rings deliver value to host countries?

The cost of hosting Paris 2024, the 33rd Olympics, is predicted to be more than A$14 billion.

The Times of India

Trying to give the best support to Indian contingent but still being criticised: IOA chief PT Usha

NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President, PT Usha, praised the remarkable collaboration between the sports ministry, IOA, and national federations on Wednesday. She emphasized that this joint effort guaranteed that athletes heading to Paris received the support staff they preferred.

The Conversation

From motherhood to medals: New research sheds light on postpartum guidelines for returning to sport

The upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be historic for a number of reasons. For the first time in modern Olympic history, there will be an equal number of female and male athletes competing at the Games.

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