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Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE updates: Opening ceremony brings Games to life along the Seine
Welcome to our live coverage of the opening ceremony for the Olympics, where we’ll bring you all the colour, pomp and star power along the banks of the Seine. Follow the action.
- by Chris Paine, Rob Harris, Chloe Saltau and Michael Idato
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‘You running a story on that?’ Kevin Durant bats away dumbest question
The hottest ticket in town on Thursday wasn’t a sporting event but the traditional pre-Olympics media opportunity with Team USA.
- by Andrew Webster
Aussies seal passage to medal rounds
Maurice Longbottom seals victory in Australia's quarter-final clash with the USA. © International Olympic Committee
Sydney school celebrates as former student heads to Paris 2024
A Sydney school is celebrating as a former student heads to the Olympic Games for weightlifting. © International Olympic Committee
Chased out of Sydney, could Cathy Freeman’s great rival light the Olympic cauldron?
French president Emmannuel Macron fuelled speculation that Marie-Jose Perec could make an Olympic comeback 24 years after she caused an international storm by fleeing the Sydney Games.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Paris 2024 opening ceremony preparations underway
Frantic final preparations are underway in Paris for an opening ceremony like no other staged outside, on the River Seine. © International Olympic Committee
French train lines hit by 'malicious acts' disrupting traffic ahead of Olympics
High-speed trains around France were hit by several "malicious acts" on Friday that heavily disrupted traffic on the day of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. © International Olympic Committee
Goggles, goals and Gucci: Why female Olympians are the new supermodels
Once, Australia’s female athletes were sponsored by breakfast cereals and milk drinks. Now they’re courted by the likes of Omega and Dior.
- by Jordan Baker
Guts, glory and gold medals: Fox returns to the Olympics a champion
Jess Fox returns to the Olympics as the reigning C1 champion and the feeling of winning gold three years ago still fresh in her mind.
- by Billie Eder
Inside the first-ever Olympic Village nursery
Australian Olympian Keesja Gofers gives an inside look into the first-ever Olympic Village nursery. © International Olympic Committee
Nikki Webster on how the Olympics changed her life
Nikki Webster has opened up on The Kyle and Jackie O Show about her performance at the Sydney 2000 Olympics changed her life.