French police win plaudits after high-risk Olympics The two-week sporting extravaganza which finished on Sunday led to a security operation like no other in recent French history 3 min read
Sport at its dazzling best: IOC hails Paris Olympics The final act of the Paris Olympics brought relief that an event foreshadowed by worries about terror attacks, strikes or protests had passed off with barely a hitch 4 min read
Paris bids farewell to 2024 Summer Olympics; Tom Cruise hands Olympic flag to LA The glittering closing spectacle marked the beginning of the four-year countdown to the Los Angeles Olympics 3 min read
Paris bids farewell to 2024 Summer Olympics The last day of sporting action saw the United States pip China for top spot in the battle for medals 3 min read
Paris Olympics: LeBron 'super humbled' by third basketball gold The Los Angeles Lakers superstar scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and six assists as Team USA held off a battling France in the final 3 min read
Paris Olympics: Climber arrested for trying to scale Eiffel Tower Videos on social media showed the bare-chested climber skirting the Olympic rings as he made his way up without ropes 1 min read
Paris Olympics: China's Li takes second gold medal with dominant performance The 24-year-old hoisted her diminutive coach in the air and carried him around the platform in celebration 2 min read
Paris Olympics: Sifan Hassan completes her mission impossible Dutchwoman Hassan had taken on what many considered to be a crazy gamble, competing in the 5,000m, the 10,000m and the marathon - the last two events just two days apart 3 min read
Arshad Nadeem: From mud brick home to Paris Olympic podium Nadeem, who was raised in an impoverished corner of rural Pakistan, trained in local wheat fields with homemade javelins 4 min read