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PARIS — They started chanting his name several minutes before he even entered the arena Friday night. They waved French flags and took out their phones, some clapping their hands, some clutching cardboard cutouts of…

Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Dominik Hašek is calling on NHL team owners to not let Russian players compete in the league. Hašek, a two-time Stanley Cup winner, said today NHL owners should ‘not let…

WWE’s premier event of the summer is ready to begin the party. SummerSlam 2024 has arrived and it’s shaping up to be an extraordinary event fit to be held in an NFL stadium. Arguably the…

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – BMX racer Kye Whyte of Great Britain was taken off the course on a stretcher after crashing in the second run of men’s semifinals Friday at the Paris Olympics. Whyte was injured…

Sharon Firisua’s 2024 Paris Olympics were a sprint. She probably would have preferred a marathon.  The Solomon Islands’ top marathon runner tackled her first sprint race in the women’s 100-meter on Friday on track and…

NANTERRE, France — Australian star Kaylee McKeown swept the women’s backstroke events at the Olympics for the second straight Games, winning Friday’s 200-meter backstroke final with a time of 2:03.73, an Olympic record. She also…

Authorities in Paris have launched a hate speech investigation after the Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly filed a complaint, alleging he was the subject of death threats. Jolly filed the complaint with the…

SAINT-DENIS, France − Team USA women’s discus thrower Veronica Fraley let it fly in the right frame of mind Friday, but it didn’t fly quite far enough. Fraley’s best throw among three went 62.54 meters…

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – This has been great, but something is missing. Sure, the American men’s golfers at this week’s Olympics tournament, like other countries, have been wearing the same outfits and the Team USA hats.…

PARIS – A second Olympic boxer at the center of controversy over gender eligibility stepped inside the ring at the Paris Games Friday. Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan won her opening bout in the women’s competition…