PARIS (AFP) -- The medals awarded at this year's Paris Olympics and Paralympics will feature a hexagon-shaped piece of iron taken from the original Eiffel Tower in their center, organizers said as they unveiled the design on Thursday, Feb. 8. This photograph taken in Paris on Thursday, Feb. 8,...
PARIS (AFP) -- Paris Olympics chief organizer Tony Estanguet on Tuesday, Feb. 6, confirmed that French investigators had opened a legal probe into his pay, six months before the Games begin. Paris Olympics chief organizer Tony Estanguet (AFP/File photo) Estanguet, who was attending the opening of a...
KATY (AFP) -- Superstar Simone Biles leads a list of veteran champions vying with a talented new generation aiming to make a US women's Olympic gymnastics team that could be one for the ages. USA's gymnast superstar Simone Biles (AFP) Biles, who dazzled in winning four gold medals at the Rio de...
Filipino shooters face a formidable task as they aim to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Franchette Quiroz (from left to right), PNSA secretary-general Iryne Garcia and Amparo Acuña. Philippine National Shooting Association (PNSA) secretary-general Iryne Garcia said their calendar is packed...
Elreen Ando intensified her bid for a return trip to the Olympics after snaring two silver medals in the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Monday, Feb. 5. Elreen Ando shows her readiness to earn a berth at the 2024 Paris Olympics with two silver medals in the Asian...
World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo hopes to start working under a new Japanese coach as he sets his sights on the ultimate prize – an Olympic gold in Paris. World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (File photo) The 23-year-old little dynamo is currently on a brief training stint abroad where he is...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- US women's basketball star Brittney Griner, jailed in Russia for 10 months in 2022 before being released in a prison exchange, was not among the 12 players named on Sunday, Feb. 4, to a US national team squad. Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury (AFP/File photo) Griner, a...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Reigning world 100- and 200-meter champion Noah Lyles served notice to Paris Olympic sprinters and Marco Arop ran the second-fastest indoor 1,000 ever on Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Boston Grand Prix. USA's Noah Lyles (AFP/File photo) The indoor athletics meet serves as an early...
Margielyn Didal is hoping to earn precious points and improve her world ranking as she vies for a Paris Olympics spot this year. After falling and hobbling in her title defense in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September last year, the 24-year-old skateboarding star is set to compete in a...
The Philippine boxing team showed its readiness for Olympic qualifications to Paris after scooping four gold medals in the 2024 Boxam Elite Tournament in La Nucia, Spain on Saturday, Feb. 3. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Nesthy Petecio bannered the winners after overpowering her taller rival in...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Molly Seidel, third in the women's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics, said on Thursday, Feb. 1, she will not race in Saturday's US Olympic Marathon Trials due to a knee injury. Molly Seidel (AFP) In a video posted on Instagram, Seidel said she was "bummed" about the situation,...
PARIS (AFP) -- The French government announced on Wednesday, Jan. 31, that it had slashed the crowd size for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics this July amid security and other organizational worries. The traditional opening parade for the Games is set to take place in boats on the river...
