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Thousands of spectators faced long queues and ticketing problems as they arrived for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics along the River Seine on Friday.
The Paris Olympics were poised to open in an unprecedented ceremony along the river Seine on Friday to mark the formal launch of the global sporting spectacular.
An Iraqi male judoka has tested positive for banned anabolic steroids at the Paris Olympics, the International Testing Agency announced on Friday -- the first positive doping test at the Games.
Jason Holder and Joshua Da Silva held firm after the West Indies squandered a promising position on Friday's first day of the third Test against England at Edgbaston.
The Alpine Formula One team announced Friday that team principal Bruno Famin will leave his post at the end of August.
France's Melvyn Jaminet has been suspended for 34 weeks from all competitions after he recorded a video in which he made racist comments, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) announced on Friday.
Japan's Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron in Tokyo three years ago but she has it all to prove in Paris as she continues her slow-burning return to tennis.
Max Verstappen, who faces a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's race, topped the times for Red Bull ahead of McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Friday's opening free practice at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
US gymnastics great Simone Biles is aiming to have a sixth unique skill named for her, a new move on the uneven bars that she will unveil at the Paris Olympics.
Canadian soccer chiefs on Friday pleaded for FIFA not to deduct points from their women's Olympic football team amid a drone-spying scandal which led to head coach Bev Priestman being dramatically kicked out of the Paris Games in disgrace.
The Olympic flame cruised into Paris on Friday on a diesel-belching tug, the torch held aloft by its white-clad bearer, having earlier been carried by US rapper Snoop Dogg, as it passed under the peripherique motorway.
Kraigg Brathwaite could only watch as the West Indies squandered a promising position by losing three wickets shortly before lunch on Friday's first day of the third Test against England at Edgbaston.
Allyson Felix may have finally hung up her spikes after a glittering career that spanned three decades and five Olympics, but the track and field icon is still making her presence felt at the Paris Games.
Spanish motorbike racer Joan Mir has extended his deal with Honda to continue racing the elite-level MotoGP circuit until 2026, the Japanese team said Friday.
Remco Evenepoel, one of the favourites for Olympic time trial gold on Saturday, criticised the presence of numerous "holes" on the Paris roads which will stage the event.
France's rail network was paralysed Friday by coordinated acts of sabotage which knocked out most of its high-speed train services hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
India's Suryakumar Yadav said Friday he was not going to repeat the mistakes of his domestic captaincy ahead of his first trial as Twenty20 skipper against Sri Lanka.
An Australian swimming coach who backed a South Korean rival to beat two of his countrymen avoided being kicked out of the Olympics Friday, with officials deciding it would be too disruptive.
The Paris Olympics are a family affair for Laurent and Cecile Landi, the husband and wife coaching team that has shepherded Simone Biles back to the pinnacle of gymnastics and into a third Games.
The Olympic Games tennis tournament gets underway at Roland Garros on Saturday with Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka all in action.
Rafael Nadal returned to training at Roland Garros on Friday after an injury scare had put his participation at the Paris Olympics in doubt.
The Paris Olympics are set to open in a spectacular and unprecedented ceremony on the river Seine on Friday but hours before the show France's rail network was paralysed by what officials said were acts of sabotage.
Gymnastics has emerged as one of the showstopping Olympic sports. AFP Sport takes a look at five unforgettable moments served up by some of the world's greatest athletes on the journey to this summer's Games in Paris with action getting underway on Saturday:
Rafael Nadal will bid farewell to the Olympics on the clay courts of Roland Garros -- scene of his greatest moments -- as Novak Djokovic attempts to prevent the sun setting on tennis's golden generation.
Simone Biles headlines a US women's squad on a "redemption" mission at the Paris Olympics, where the gymnastics great is favored to add to her stash of four gold medals after a turbulent Tokyo campaign.
Thousands of athletes are set to sail through central Paris on Friday during an unprecedented and high-risk Olympics opening ceremony that will showcase the country's hugely ambitious vision for the Games.
Don't know your pommel horse from your uneven bars?
American Lauren Coughlin reeled off five birdies in nine holes to seize a one-stroke lead after Thursday's first round of the LPGA Canadian Women's Open.
Bev Priestman was removed as head coach of the Canadian Olympic women's football team Thursday night after Canada Soccer found evidence of drone spying before the Paris Olympics.
Daiki Hashimoto believes Japan's "explosive" men's gymnastics team have the edge on a veteran Chinese side for Olympic gold but warned other countries could surprise.
Portia Woodman-Wickliffe will bow out of the Olympics after Paris and the Kiwi legend would like nothing more than to help her side defend their gold from the Tokyo Games.
Beach volleyball begins at the Paris Olympics on Saturday in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and with the sport under the spotlight because of the inclusion of a Dutch player convicted of rape.