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Scandal hits another Olympic sport in France -- handball

By John Leicester Jan. 25, 2023 09:51 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — The head of France's professional handball league resigned Wednesday after pleading guilty to child corruption and child pornography charges — the...

2024 Tour de France to end in Nice due to Paris Olympics

Dec. 01, 2022 09:09 AM EST
NICE, France (AP) — The 2024 Tour de France will end on the French Riviera instead of the French capital because of the Olympic Games. The finish of...

Sunny Choi, B-Girl Sunny, poses for a portrait during the media day for Red Bull BC One World Finals, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in New York. The International Olympic Committee announced two years ago that breaking would become an official Olympic sport, a development that divided the breaking community between those excited for the larger platform and those concerned about the art form’s purity. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Break it down: Dancers begin charting path to Paris Olympics

By Aaron Morrison Nov. 22, 2022 02:12 PM EST

Paris 2024 organizers say budget likely to increase

Nov. 22, 2022 11:24 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — The operating budget for the 2024 Paris Olympics is expected to go up by 10%, in part because of high inflation, organizers said Tuesday. ...

Mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, left, and Paralympics Games, a Phrygian cap, pose during a preview in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The soft bright red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, where the name originates, in modern day Turkey. It later became a symbol of the pursuit of liberty in the French Revolution and is still worn by the figure of Marianne, the national personification of France since that time. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

China-made Paris Olympics mascots fuel criticism in France

Nov. 17, 2022 06:58 AM EST

FILE - Mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, right, and Paralympics Games, a Phrygian cap, jump during a preview in Saint Denis, outside Paris, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Izzy, the much-hated blob that represented the 1996 Atlanta Games has been supplanted by the mascot for the Paris Olympics — a Phrygian cap. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Column: Izzy's long run as worst Olympic mascot is over

By Paul Newberry Nov. 15, 2022 06:24 PM EST

FILE - Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen calls out to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets on Jan. 31, 2020, in New York. Boylen and USA Basketball can clinch a spot in the 2023 World Cup by beating Brazil in a qualifying game on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

US holds off Colombia in World Cup qualifying, France wins

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 14, 2022 11:20 PM EST

Mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, right, and Paralympics Games, a Phrygian cap, pose during a preview in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The soft bright red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, where the name originates, in modern day Turkey. It later became a symbol of the pursuit of liberty in the French Revolution and is still worn by the figure of Marianne, the national personification of France since that time. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris 2024 Olympics, Paralympics mascot is a smiling hat

By Masha Macpherson And Thomas Adamson Nov. 14, 2022 05:51 AM EST

Veronica Burton goes to the basket as the USA Basketball Women's 3x3 national team practices, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Miami Lakes, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jimmer's new goal: The U.S. Olympic team, in 3x3 basketball

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 03, 2022 04:22 PM EDT

FILE - Denmark's Simon Kjaer scores his side's second goal from the penalty spot during the World Cup 2022, group F qualifying soccer match between Moldova and Denmark, at the Zimbru stadium in Chisinau, Moldova, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja, File)

Christian Eriksen back with Denmark at World Cup in Qatar

By Mattias Karén Oct. 25, 2022 04:26 AM EDT

This computer-generated image distributed Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, by organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games shows how they imagine the Paralympic opening ceremony might look. In a first, the Paralympic opening show will be freed from a traditional stadium setting and instead be held in the open in the French capital's heart, on the Champs-Elysées boulevard and the city's biggest square, Place de la Concorde, organizers announced. (Paris 2024 via AP).

The 2024 Paralympics in Paris won't open in stadium

By John Leicester Oct. 20, 2022 07:28 AM EDT

Joel Embiid sits for an ice bath after practice on the first day of Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball training camp at the McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

France hoping Embiid will join team for 2024 Paris Olympics

By Tim Reynolds Oct. 06, 2022 03:39 PM EDT

‘Unreal and surreal’: Skiers slam Asian Winter Games host

By Eric Willemsen Oct. 06, 2022 01:12 PM EDT
Leading World Cup skiers on Thursday questioned the decision to award a yet-to-be-built resort in Saudi Arabia the hosting rights of the 2029 Asian Winter Games,...

France ski world blasts Asian Winter Games in Saudi Arabia

Oct. 06, 2022 06:25 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — The French ski federation, mayors from mountain resorts and ski instructors lashed out Thursday at the decision to award the 2029 Asian Winter Games to...