Excluding capital would be ‘missed opportunity’, says Sadiq Khan, given existing assets and ‘world-class infrastructure’The mayor of London has criticised plans to explore a bid for the north of England to host the Olympics,...
Read MoreCarey was the big draw at Milan’s San Siro, but she was outweighed by pop-classical artists – and a sizeable dollop of kitschThe Winter Oympics opening ceremony arrived shrouded in mystery. There wasn’t a lot of advance...
Read MoreOlympic cycling champion says doctors have told him he has two to four years to liveTributes have poured in for the Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy after he revealed he had received a terminal cancer diagnosis.In an...
Read MoreDiver won fifth Olympic medal in Paris‘I have to make the decision at some point’Tom Daley, one of the main figures of Britain’s Olympic renaissance, has confirmed the Paris Games were his last. The 30-year-old is retiring from...
Read MoreTom Cruise was the headline act on an evening proudly declaring a message about protecting the spirit of the GamesIt was a dreamlike, science fiction-inspired light-show spectacular that closed with Tom Cruise flying through the...
Read MoreClosing ceremony had the feel of a victory lap from the start in the most beautiful and cloudless of Games Au revoir les jeux! As ever it just sounds a little better in French. And frankly everything has looked softer and more...
Read MoreClosing ceremony in Paris due to start at 8pm BSTUSA win final event and pip China to top medal tableSign up for the Paris 2024 briefing | Email James or @Jimbo_Cricket Paris is hugged by a pink sky and looks resplendent on the...
Read MoreFrance v USA: the women’s basketball final – liveThe latest medal table | Live schedule | Full resultsSign up for the Paris 2024 briefing | Email SarahOnto the Kiwis and their extraordinary day of success, including high jump...
Read MoreWomen’s marathon kicks off final-day action in ParisThe latest medal table | Live schedule | Full resultsSign up for the Paris 2024 briefing | Email JonathanLet’s begin our look back at yesterday’s action by saluting Faith...
Read MoreThe runner, who has set a new British record, only took up sport again to stay fit during pandemicGeorgia Bell, an occasional runner during lockdown who made it to the Olympic final of the women’s 1500m, set a new British record...
Read More‘So relieved’: heptathlete takes silver in thrilling contest‘Terminator’ Roberts triumphs, Burgin into 800m finalBritain’s heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson ran the fastest 800m race of her life to take Olympic...
Read MoreThe latest medal table | Live schedule | Full resultsSign up for the Paris 2024 briefing | Email JamesSpeaking of US dominance of basketball, Serbia almost pulled off one of the all-time Olympics upsets when they had the men’s...
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