2024 Paris Olympic Games
FILE - Russian track cyclist Anastasiia Voinova holds her third place medal in the women's 500m time trial at the World Track Cycling championships in Hong Kong, Saturday, April 15, 2017. Voinova and Mariya Novolodskaya who won medals at the Tokyo Olympics have been ruled ineligible to race for beaching rules monitoring their neutrality during the war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Russian Olympic cycling medalists barred from races for lack of neutrality during war in Ukraine

May. 31, 2023 05:44 PM EDT

FiILE - The Olympic rings are seen in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. French security experts have expressed misgivings about size and complexity of the security operation that will be needed to safeguard Paris' ambitions for the unprecedented opening gala along the River Seine (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
Olympic sports leaders meet amid uncertainty over Russians competing at 2024 Paris Games

By Graham Dunbar May. 31, 2023 01:36 AM EDT

FILE - Brigitte Henriques, French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) president delivers her speech during a press conference in Paris, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The president of France's Olympic committee resigned unexpectedly Thursday May 25, 2023, the latest shake-up for French sports and the country's preparations to host the Summer Olympics in Paris next year. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
France's first female Olympic president resigns

May. 25, 2023 07:07 AM EDT

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. A new-round ticketing sale kicked off Thursday for Paris Olympics next year. Only the lucky winners of a lottery will be able to buy about 1.5 million seats for the most prestigious competitions, as well as the opening and closure ceremonies. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)
Organizers of Paris Olympics say 6.8 million tickets sold so far, defend pricing

By Samuel Petrequin May. 23, 2023 01:05 PM EDT

French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, watches head of Paris 2024 Olympics Tony Estanguet delivering a speech during a meeting on the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, Tuesday, May 23, 2023 in Paris. French security experts have expressed misgivings about size and complexity of the security operation that will be needed to safeguard Paris' ambitions for the unprecedented opening gala along the River Seine. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Fans will need to pre-register for free tickets to Paris' gargantuan 2024 Olympic opening ceremony

By John Leicester May. 23, 2023 09:44 AM EDT

Paris Organising Committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games President Tony Estanguet gives a press conference, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. "The French capital detailed plans for a Pride House that will celebrate LGBTQ people during the Olympics and Paralympics next year and the chief Paris Games organizer pledged that Olympians and campaigners will be given "plenty of opportunities" to speak for LGBTQ rights at the sports showcase. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Paris Olympics vows to carry the torch for LGBTQ rights after watershed of Tokyo

By John Leicester May. 17, 2023 11:58 AM EDT

FILE -Sacramento Kings guard Matthew Dellavedova, right, drives by Los Angeles Clippers guard Jason Preston during the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Los Angeles. Matthew Dellavedova is returning from the NBA to reunite with Melbourne United in Australia's National Basketball League. The 32-year-old guard agreed Wednesday to a two-year deal with United.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Dellavedova back from NBA to play for Melbourne United in Australia's NBL

May. 16, 2023 07:48 PM EDT

Sweden's Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jacob Forssmed speaks during his arrival for a meeting of EU sports ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 15, 2023. A boycott of the Paris Olympics by European Union countries is not on the table, the country currently in charge of the 27-nation bloc's presidency said on Monday, urging the International Olympic Committee to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Games. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
IOC puts trust at risk by seeking ways to allow Russia to compete at Olympics, EU official tells AP

By Samuel Petrequin May. 15, 2023 09:51 AM EDT

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. A new-round ticketing sale kicked off Thursday for Paris Olympics next year. Only the lucky winners of a lottery will be able to buy about 1.5 million seats for the most prestigious competitions, as well as the opening and closure ceremonies. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)
1.5 million Olympic tickets on sale in new lottery round for 2024 Paris Games

By Sylvie Corbet May. 11, 2023 10:56 AM EDT

A crunchy quinoa muesli dish of French one star Michelin chef Akrame Benallal of the restaurant "Shrivan" in Paris is displayed during media conference of Sodexo Live a food and management service group in Paris, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The company tasked with serving 40,000 meals a day at the Olympic Village unveiled Tuesday some of the items on the menu of a restaurant that plans to serve food prepared by some of France’s most-renowned chefs. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Baguettes but no wine: Olympians to eat gourmet in Paris

By Sylvie Corbet And Oleg Cetinic May. 09, 2023 03:10 PM EDT

2016 Olympic champion Van Avermaet to end cycling career

May. 03, 2023 10:04 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — Greg Van Avermaet, the 2016 Olympics road race champion, said Wednesday this will be the final season of his cycling career. Van Avermaet...

FILE - Activists against Paris 2024 display a banner reading "Against Olympic Games" during a demonstration, Monday, May 1, 2023 in Paris. Olympic contestation is picking up online and starting to spill onto streets, because protesters are linking the Paris Games to unpopular pension reforms pushed through by French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Next frontier in France's protests: Fake Olympic volunteers

By John Leicester May. 03, 2023 02:53 AM EDT

Barcelona's Alexia Putellas, background center, celebrates with her teammates at the end of the Women's Champions League semifinal, second leg, soccer match between FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, April 27, 2023. The match ended in a 1-1 draw but Barcelona advance on a 2-1 aggregate. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
Path to Paris Olympics set for European women's soccer teams

May. 02, 2023 08:11 AM EDT

Filipino FIBA ambassador LA Tenorio, second from left, shows the number for USA national basketball team during the FIBA World Cup draw 2023 in Quezon city, Philippines on Saturday April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Josefino de Guzman)
USA will open Basketball World Cup against New Zealand

By Tim Reynolds Apr. 29, 2023 09:41 AM EDT

Disabled people protest Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Melun train station, outside Paris. An influential disabled rights group in France is boycotting a conference on disability Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, amid frustration at dismal accessibility for people in wheelchairs and with other mobility challenges -- and years of unmet promises to make things better ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On the network of 309 stations of subway system, only one line with 13 stations is fully accessible. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Protests for disabled rights in France before Paris Olympics

By John Leicester Apr. 26, 2023 06:42 AM EDT

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The IOC Executive Board is set to discuss the results of consultations regarding the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus in its meeting set to run until March 30. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 25, 2023 02:06 PM EDT

Indigenous chief Awa Tenondegua from the Tupi Guarani ethnicity competes in a log carrying relay race event at Peruibe beach during the Indigenous Games, near the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Indigenous competitors celebrate culture and sport in Brazil

By Mauricio Savarese Apr. 25, 2023 09:03 AM EDT

FILE - A display of the Olympic rings is set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Online applications for a lottery draw where winners can buy tickets for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris has closed. Entries for the draw ended at 6 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 20, 2023 and applicants must wait until early next month to find out if they were successful. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
4 million apply for tickets for Paris Olympics in lottery

By Jerome Pugmire Apr. 21, 2023 08:28 AM EDT

FILE - A display of the Olympic rings is set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Online applications for a lottery draw where winners can buy tickets for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris has closed. Entries for the draw ended at 6 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 20, 2023 and applicants must wait until early next month to find out if they were successful. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Registration closes for Paris Olympics ticket lottery draw

Apr. 20, 2023 02:30 PM EDT

Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama prepares to serve against Russian Olympic Committee's Sergey Sirant during their men's badminton singles match at the BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain, on Dec. 13, 2021. Badminton has upheld its ban on Russian and Belarusian players in international competitions on the eve of the start of Olympic qualifying. The Badminton World Federation cites security concerns and says it needs “more clarity” on proposals from the International Olympic. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
Badminton keeps barring Russia as Olympic qualifying begins

Apr. 20, 2023 09:28 AM EDT