Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling

PARIS (AP) — In French, there are no goodbyes. Instead, Olympic crowds from Paris to the surfing venue in Tahiti were saying “au revoir” — see you again — as the 2024 Games drew to a close Sunday. After the 100-year wait since Paris' last Games, no one can...

Parisians once scoffed at hosting the Olympics. Now, here come the conga lines

PARIS (AP) — Like most self-respecting Parisians, Mathilde Joannard and Franck Tallieu had been training for the Olympic sport of Olympics-bashing. Of course the Olympics were going to be a mess, the couple had reasoned when they learned the Games were coming to town. Like so many...

French judo icon Teddy Riner wins his 3rd individual Olympic gold in front of passionate home crowd

PARIS (AP) — The stands at Champs de Mars filled up quickly. One fan dressed in a white martial arts uniform waved a French flag. A woman next to him held up a poster with the face of one of the biggest sports stars in France. Crowds of people bounced up and down and shook the floor of the arena...

Teddy Riner of France beats Min-jong Kim to become second three-time individual Olympic gold medalist in judo history

PARIS (AP) — Teddy Riner of France beats Min-jong Kim to become second three-time individual Olympic gold medalist in judo history.

France claims the first two medals of its home Olympics with silver and bronze in judo

PARIS (AP) — Luka Mkheidze and Shirine Boukli won France's first two medals of the Paris Olympics in judo on Saturday night, with Mkheidze claiming silver and Boukli winning bronze. Mkheidze lost 1-0 to Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in the final of the men's 60-kilogram division,...

Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River

PARIS (AP) — A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River. ...

Olympic cauldron is lit by French gold medalists Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec

PARIS (AP) — French Olympic gold medalists Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec teamed to light the cauldron for the Paris Olympics to end an elaborate but rain-soaked opening ceremony Friday night. The duo both tilted their own torch toward the cauldron, which quickly became alit in...

Olympics opening ceremony latest: Celine Dion serenades Paris, and now the Games can begin

PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony went off with only minor hitches after a rough start to the Summer Games. Following suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network, a soggy but celebratory parade down the Seine River brought an official start...