The Paris 2024 Olympics began with a groundbreaking – and rain-soaked – opening ceremony, the first to be staged outside a stadium. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at a selection of standout images from the floating parade down the River Seine and the finale at the Trocadero. Great Britain flag bearers Tom...
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Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony kicks off Games in unique style
When organisers first revealed plans to hold the opening ceremony along the river in the heart of the city, rather than in a stadium as is usual, there were some raised eyebrows and questions over how they would manage such a huge security operation. The Seine itself had been under scrutiny for water cleanliness, while...
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Olympics 2024: Paris schedule, latest results, today’s events and start times, Team GB medal hopes
The first full day of competition at the Olympic Games gets under way on Saturday. Here are the key events and stars to watch out for today Team GB athletes and medal hopes “Supermum” Charley Davison will be the first British boxer in action at these Olympics when she takes on Turkey’s Hatice Akbas, a...
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Tomorrow at the Olympics: Saturday’s full schedule for Day 1 at Paris 2024
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Saturday brings the first full day of Olympics competition, with a huge programme of events set to take place across Paris. Day 1 highlights and...
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Redgrave lauds National Lottery for game-changing Olympic support
Redgrave called time on an illustrious career with gold at Sydney 2000 just after National Lottery funding started to transform the sporting landscape in Britain. No one supports Olympic and Paralympic athletes more than National Lottery players and Redgrave regrets that he didn’t have the chance to benefit from their game-changing support. “There’s no question...
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Olympic Games 2024: What to expect from the Scots on Saturday
And in the equivalent women’s event just before that (21:34), Lucy Hope will hope to be involved and in medal contention after making her Olympic debut in Tokyo. Also in action will be Keanna MacInnes, who will go in the 100m butterfly qualifiers from 11:00 and, all being well, the semi-finals at 20:30. At Roland...
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Team GB on BBC Sport
Image source, Getty Images During the last Olympics, Micky Beckett was working on the TV production of the Games, advising TV directors on race narratives. Since then he’s proved he deserves to compete at that level himself. The west Walian has won European gold, world silver and bronze, as well as silver at the Paris...
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David Ames believes GB Hockey men are capable of emulating Seoul 1988 gold
The ghosts of 1988 have swirled around Great Britain’s men’s hockey squad in the eight subsequent Olympics to their unforgettable golden moment in Seoul. Millions of early-morning television viewers watched behind bowls of cornflakes as the likes of Sean Kerly and Imran Sherwani fashioned a 3-1 win over West Germany, made all the more memorable...
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I’m carrying the flag for Britain at the Olympics but my life is a total mess!
PARIS – Helen Glover is not wrong when she insists that “everyone had those weird lockdown projects”. But what’s different about Glover is that while some people learned a new language or took up crochet, she set about becoming an Olympic athlete again. The rower, who will carry the flag for Team GB at Friday’s...
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How to watch Team GB at Paris Olympics 2024 on TV – why BBC isn’t showing it all
From July 26 to August 11, 10,500 athletes including those representing Team GB will be competing across 32 sports and 329 events. But if you can’t travel from the UK to the city of love to see the likes of Tom Daley take off from the diving board or Andy Murray’s last serve in tennis,...
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Team GB at Paris Olympics: British athletes to watch at 2024 Games
Jack Laugher: Men’s synchro 3m springboardLaugher and 3m synchro partner Chris Mears became Britain’s first ever diving Olympic champions by claiming a historic gold at Rio 2016. The Yorkshire-born athlete continued his success in Brazil by claiming a silver medal in the 3m springboard as Team GB’s divers recorded their best Games with three medals. ...
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France trains live updates: French train network hit by ‘malicious’ arson attacks hours before Olympics opening ceremony, rail firm says
Rail disruption threatens the ‘grand départ’published at 10:02 10:02 Nadia RagozhinaLive page editor Not only is today the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, it’s also a key date for Parisians to begin their month-long summer break. The month of August is sacred to Parisians. You can forget getting an appointment with your accountant, or...