The Latest Breaking News from Paris

Thirteen countries have been banned from the Olympics in the past. Which are they, and why were they barred?

French train operator SNCF on Friday said that the country’s high-speed network had been targeted with widespread and "criminal" acts, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of people just hours before the grand opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Paris prosecutor has opened a probe into a suspected…

Here's how you can watch the 2024 Olympic equestrian events online, ready for when they begin on Saturday, July 27.

The organisers of Friday's opening ceremony for the Paris Olympic Games – the first time the event will be held outside a stadium – have provided teasers for their spectacular plans but have remained tight-lipped over giving any specifics of what the world can expect to see.

In today’s newsletter: As Paris gears up for the Games, the excitement is palpable, but concern about performance-enhancing drugs threatens the reputation of one of its sports

France pulls out all the stops for the start of the Games. Plus another perilous rescue in the Lake District. Here’s what to watch this evening

Only 10 players traveling to Paris have won medals in previous Olympic Games.

Age reporter questions expense of flying TV personality to Europe while up to 90 staff are cut from newsrooms. Plus: Murdoch’s real-life succession drama

Action has already got underway in preliminary competitions in sports like rugby sevens, archery and handball.