The disruptions come after concerns over possible security threats during the Olympics as millions of visitors and thousands of athletes will flock to Paris.
With the 2024 Paris Olympic Games scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August this year, some of our athletic ambassadors have already secured their spot in the Games.
It’s almost impossible to find one of the original shirts today, but those who have it own a part of Rock ‘n Roll, and Olympic, history.
22-year-old Aniya Holder from Gqeberha is going to be the only sportswoman from our giant continent to compete in the speed climbing category at this year’s Olympics in Paris, France.
British Olympic winner Tom Daley was seen taking his knitting to new heights here in South Africa, nogal.
The odd Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics mascot has been spotted in a rather compromising position.
When France unveiled the two triangular red mascots for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, they wholly expected that everyone would be impressed with their iconic choice.
Finnish skier Remi Lindholm ended his Beijing Winter Olympic debut on Saturday with damage to his, erm, equipment.
The average human being isn’t recovering from that sort of body position to land with any grace. 15-year-old Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva is anything but ordinary.
Zhu Yi’s performance during yesterday’s women’s short program team event sparked a social media attack of note.
Mahlangu was born with tibial hemimelia, a very rare disease, and in 2012 made the decision to amputate both legs.
Years of hard work, training, and dedication almost came to nothing when Hansle Parchment showed up at the wrong venue.
Astronauts from the International Space Station competed in their own version of the Olympics.
The US topped the medal table, San Marino can be very proud, and a French marathon runner is under fire for what some say is unacceptable behaviour.
17-year-old Ozzie Kieran Woolley took out a cameraman during the men’s skateboarding park event, but all ended well between the pair.
That’s the face you make when you smash the world record, in what many are now calling the greatest race in Olympic history.
The party is said to have raged throughout Friday and Saturday nights, upsetting other athletes in the Olympic Village who were still competing.
Tatjana Schoenmaker arrived back in South Africa yesterday with a gold medal and silver medal in her possession.
Snoop Dogg, alongside Kevin Hart, took a liking to a horse that appeared to be doing a gangster move during an Olympic equestrian event.
Djokovic was clearly still fuming from losing his semi-final against Alexander Zverev on Friday, and losing the bronze medal match the next day was the tipping point.
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi put on a remarkable display in the men’s high jump final, before embodying the Olympic spirit with a decision to share the title.
24-year-old Tatjana Schoenmaker powered to victory in the 200m breaststroke earlier this morning, and she did so quicker than any woman in history.
Gold medals for everyone involved in this Tokyo Olympics live TV gaffe, when a BBC sportscaster’s compliment turned into an innuendo, giving the two British swimmers an opportunity to prove their stoicism.
Biles pulled out of two Olympic finals this week – the women’s team event on Tuesday, and the individual all-around final yesterday – citing her mental health, as well as “having a little bit of the twisties”.
Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla was headed for a loss against New Zealand’s David Nyika when he totally lost his cool.
33-year-old triathlete Flora Duffy made history this week when she became the first Bermudan to ever win an Olympic gold medal, as well as creating sports trivia gold.
It’s quite well-known that ancient Olympic athletes competed in the buff, for example, but that is only partially true.
I shudder to think how bonkers I would go the moment I realised I had bagged a gold, and that joyous moment is shared with friends, family, and the entire country you represent.
This year’s Olympic Village experience will be very, very different from what’s come before. Back in 1984, arcade games were a smash hit.
It’s not just the New Zealand rugby side that draws on the Haka’s power, as the ‘Tall Blacks’, New Zealand men’s basketball team, has shown.