August
Tom Cruise dives into star-studded Paris closing ceremony
With golden fireworks, celebrities and thousands of athletes partying into the night, the closing ceremony put a final flourish to Paris’ first Games in a century.
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- John Leicester
July
Biles outshines star-studded audience in Olympic return
Lady Gaga, Ariane Grande, Anna Wintour and even Baz Luhrmann were among the celebrities on hand to see Simone Biles’ Olympic return.
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- Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Karen Braun and Rory Carroll
September 2021
Rolling Stones return, with Watts tribute and plenty of hits
The ‘No Filter’ tour, which initially kicked off in 2017 and was delayed in 2020 because of the pandemic, resumed in front of 40,000 fans at The Dome at America’s Centre.
- Kevin C. Johnson and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FBI turned ‘blind eye’ to reports of gymnasts’ abuse
Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles told US Congress the FBI had failed to act on the reported abuses of disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar.
- Mary Clare Jalonick, Will Graves and Michael Balsamo
August 2021
Biles makes highly anticipated return to snatch bronze
Superstar gymnast Simone Biles pulled out of a number of events to focus on her mental wellbeing and returned to claim bronze in the balance beam final.
- Will Graves
July 2021
‘Pressure is privilege’ for history-chasing Djokovic
Athletes such as Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles have highlighted the immense pressures on them. The Serbian tennis star says that’s just part of high-level sport.
- Sudipto Ganguly
Shock as Biles exits team final - and hints she could quit Olympics
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles dropped out of the team final after just one vault and tearfully suggested she might not be able to compete in the rest of the Olympic events.
- Steve Keating