January
How boxing’s ‘Mr Kremlin’ controls the sport
The IBA failed in its bid to upset competition in Paris, but its president, Russian power broker Umar Kremlev, has Olympic insiders worried about the future of the sport.
October 2024
LVMH tycoon doubles down on sport after Olympics triumph
Bernard Arnault, the richest man in Europe and sometimes the world, is following the zeitgeist – and perhaps ironing out a few family issues as well.
September 2024
What happened to rowing in Paris?
The Australian Olympic rowing team came home with just one bronze medal – its weakest performance since 1988. CEO Sarah Cook is already making changes.
Paris throws a final Olympics bash
It was a day of summer revelry before the autumn doldrums set in, the end of an Olympic bubble that enchanted France and allowed it to forget, for a time, its problems.
August 2024
Petricola stars as Aussie clinch velodrome medals
Emily Petricola has overcome a flare-up of multiple sclerosis to smash her own world record and retain her Paralympic gold medal.
King says cash rate will settle in low 3pc range
Peter King says banker pay is a ‘live issue’ for Westpac; CBA boss Matt Comyn says term deposit rate accusations are incorrect after he was quizzed on coffee prices. How the day unfolded.
How the French really feel about the Paris Olympics
The Games’ problems – food, air-con, ticket prices – seem prosaic, whereas memories are written in poetry.
The five charts that show it really was our best Games ever
Australia won 53 medals across 20 different sports. Outgoing IOC vice president John Coates says we can win even more.
Paris changes as the Paralympics get ready to arrive
Four-time Paralympic gold medallist Dylan Alcott just attended his first Olympics. It’s given him a taste of what’s to come, and how the city has changed accessibility.
Like a French film, it was genius and difficult, but a fitting end
The closing ceremony was slow, and some people walked out, but the fans stayed until the end and only the Hollywood part was a bit off.
Paris 2024 was the Olympic Games of the new era
The city of light has shown it’s not only possible to adapt to change while remaining true to yourself, it’s a necessity.
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.
The good, the bad and the ridiculous: We’ll always have Paris 2024
Sporting triumph and tragedy, a blockbuster Aussie medal haul, controversy, bad food, Gina Rinehart, Snoop Dogg. Here’s what you missed in the past fortnight.
Opals win bronze in emotional send-off for talisman Jackson
The women’s basketball team lifted Australia’s total medal tally to the highest since Sydney 2000, and made a fitting finale for the game’s five-time medallist.
How female Olympians are boosting their popularity without media help
Enthusiasm for lesser-known sports tends to die off at the end of each Olympic Games but some women are doing their own promotion.
Khelif gets her fairytale ending. The controversy’s far from over
‘I am a strong woman,’ says the Algerian boxer. The trouble is, not everyone agrees, and the fracas has now turned into an Olympic-level culture war.
Australia’s athletes bag more Olympic medals than any Games since 1956
After Jess Hull won silver in the 1500m, the unsung Australian track-and-field team quietly surpassed the golden era of the 1960s.
The day of what-might-have-beens for Australia
The Aussie grip on the dais eased, with two silvers and three fourth-place finishes. But still third on the tally, just. Here’s what you missed overnight.
Stingers, denied by Spain, go out with heads held high
The Australian women’s water polo team won silver after a final that a scriptwriter might not have penned, but was nevertheless an honourable defeat.
Richardson wins silver in sprint at track cycling
Australia’s Matthew Richardson was unable to match Dutch legend Harrie Lavreyson, who successfully defended his Olympic gold medal from Tokyo.
Rampant USA runs roughshod over Opals
The USA has won the gold medal at every Olympics since Atlanta 1996. On Friday, it was easy to see why.
Enter the battle zone as the Olympics starts ‘breaking’
Australian Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn didn’t get a medal in breaking - but the audience was the winner in a bizarre and high-octane spectacle. Here’s what you missed overnight.
Aussie diver takes superb silver to spoil China’s dominance
Maddison Keeney burst into tears of joy after nailing a crucial dive that won her a silver medal in the women’s 3m springboard.
Freezes and flares: The newest Olympic sport explained
Breaking is the latest sport to appear at the Olympic Games. But how does it work, how do you win and can you make any money from it?
In Paris, they’re asking: is the Olympic balloon our new Eiffel Tower?
In a sometimes controversial opening ceremony, the floating cauldron captured everyone’s imagination. Now France is considering making it a permanent fixture.