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Olympics closing ceremony: Tom Cruise, Snoop Dogg and Billie Eilish all feature in star-studded Paris finale

Dr Dre and the Red Hot Chili Peppers also take the stage as attention turns to the Los Angeles Games in 2028

Evening Standard

Final show of colour as Paris passes Olympic flame to Los Angeles

The closing ceremony had the feel of a victory lap from the start in the most beautiful and cloudless of Games

The Guardian - UK

GB bettered only by USA and China in medal count but rue decrease in golds

Mixed feelings as Team GB match London 2012 medal haul but end seventh in table, their lowest position since Athens 2004

The Guardian - UK

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IOC president hails ‘sensational’ Olympics at Paris 2024 closing ceremony

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Bach declared Paris 2024 a “new era” of Olympic Games.

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe hints strongly at IOC presidency bid to succeed Thomas Bach

Sebastian Coe has given his clearest signal yet that he plans to run for the job as IOC president when Thomas Bach leaves the post next year

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Coe explains stance over running for IOC president

Thomas Bach, the current IOC president, is stepping down in 2025

The Independent UK

Boxing Fights For Olympic Future After Gender-row 'Disaster'

The boxing competition at the Paris Olympics is over but the fight now starts for its inclusion at the 2028 LA Games after a damaging gender controversy placed the sport under renewed scrutiny.

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Gender wars and Gazprom vol-au-vents: how boxing ended up in a mess

After a fortnight of unverified claims and counter-claims the sport’s presence at the 2028 Olympics is in doubt

The Guardian - UK

IOC president Thomas Bach to step down after his second term ends next year

Bach, who has held the role since 2013, revealed elections will be held next March and his successor will take charge in June.

The Independent UK

Algeria's Khelif rides out storm for boxing glory

Algerian fighter Imane Khelif has won her country's first women's boxing gold medal, defeating China's Yang Liu in the welterweight final in Paris.

AAP

Noah Lyles decided to race with COVID-19. The USOPC's CEO is '100% comfortable' with that decision

The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says she is “100% comfortable” with Noah Lyles' decision to run in the 200 meters after testing positive for COVID-19 two days before the event

The Independent UK

IOC President Thomas Bach Says Climate Change Could Affect Timing of Future Olympics

The Games appear prepared to adapt to a warming world.

Sports Illustrated

Thomas Bach says boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting have a right to fight

Khelif and Lin are into the gold medal matches.

The Independent UK

Ahead of Olympic women's boxing title bouts, IOC president again defends Imane Khelif and Li Yu-ting

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was preparing to fight for an Olympic title when IOC president Thomas Bach again defended her right to compete in the women’s competition at the Paris Games

The Independent UK

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US Sprinter Noah Lyles Tests Positive For Covid-19

US sprinter Noah Lyles, who tested positive for Covid-19, will attend the 200m medal ceremony. IOC president compares Covid management to flu.

The Independent UK

Boxer Imane Khelif fights for gold to cap an Olympics filled with misinformed scrutiny

Imane Khelif is one victory away from wrapping up her tumultuous Paris Olympics with a gold medal around her neck after enduring waves of online abuse over misconceptions about her sex

The Conversation

North Korea returns to the Olympics after eight years – eyeing more than just medals

Athletes from North Korea are currently competing in the Summer Olympics for the first time in eight years. The communist state had been suspended for the 2022 Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having withdrawn unlawfully from the Tokyo Games in 2020 citing pandemic concerns.

Al Jazeera

Who is Imane Khelif? When is her Olympics gold medal fight?

Algeria’s Imane Khelif will face China’s Yang Liu on Friday for a chance to win the country’s first women’s boxing gold.

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The Independent UK

The greatest Olympian you’ve never heard of just retired – and it was beautiful

Greco-Roman wrestling can seem impenetrable but Mijain Lopez makes it simple. And he retires having accomplished something no one else in history has

The Guardian - UK

The men of international boxing use the Olympics to spoil for another kind of fight

With geopolitics in play, the IBA has made the IOC look ridiculous in the row about the women’s competition

The Independent UK

Boxing group answers some questions but raises many more about tests on Imane Khelif, Lin Yu-ting

The International Boxing Association has raised new questions while struggling to answer others at a shambolic news conference about the opaque gender tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from last year’s world championships

The Independent UK

Lin Yu-ting guaranteed at least a bronze medal after booking semis spot

The Chinese Taipei fighter is one of two boxers competing in Paris at the centre of a gender controversy.

France 24

Under pressure: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif triumphs after days of abuse over 'gender controversy'

Algerian welterweight boxer Imane Khelif beat Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori by a unanimous decision in the quarter-finals in the North Paris Arena on Friday night after facing days of online abuse following accusations that the 25-year-old fighter is secretly a man. It’s a bittersweet victory for Khelif, who continues to…

The Guardian - UK

Algerian boxer at centre of gender row sheds tears after quarter-final victory

Imane Khelif, guaranteed a medal after beating Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori, dominated the fight to deafening cheers

The Independent UK

Hungary boxer Anna Luca Hamori ‘proud’ after defeat to Imane Khelif

The participation of Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting at Paris 2024 has led to scrutiny.

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