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Spy drone scandal rocks Olympic soccer as police detain Canada staffer
The women’s soccer tournament is in chaos after New Zealand reported a drone spying on their session, leading to the dismissal of two Canadian coaching staff.
- 53 mins ago
- Hans van Leeuwen
Aussie boxers have a huge chance in Paris - but it could be the last
Boxing, one of the Olympics’ most ‘pure’ and accessible sports, could be axed for 2028. The Aussies say this would be ‘a crime against humanity’.
- 1 hr ago
- Hans van Leeuwen
Australian flag bearers for Paris revealed
Paddling champion Jessica Fox and hockey veteran Eddie Ockenden will carry the Aussie flag as they sail down Paris’ river Seine in an unorthodox opening ceremony.
- Zoe Samios and Hans van Leeuwen
The comfort food that’s fuelling Australia’s athletes
To conquer the world, one thing the Aussie competitors need is some of their favourites from home.
- Hans van Leeuwen
As Australians are attacked at Olympics, 45,000 police to hit streets
Olympic officials have warned of a broad range of security threats in Paris, from protests to crime and even war, as authorities step up protection for Israeli athletes.
- Zoe Samios and Hans van Leeuwen
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France faces glut of unwanted Olympics tickets
A lack of demand in the secondary market has left many holding tickets they cannot sell, while organisers have continued to release more tickets.
- Josh Noble and Joanna S Kao
Brisbane Olympics boss: Stop making 2032 Games a ‘political football’
Andrew Liveris claims plans for the Queensland event is running “ahead of schedule” with cricket remaining a possibility to be added to the roster of sports.
- Zoe Samios
How the billionaire ‘godfather of the Olympics’ made his fortune
LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault created the world’s biggest luxury group - and that lavishness will be on full display at the Paris Olympics.
- David McHugh and Thomas Adamson
Yesterday
The 14-year-old Olympian who could make history in Paris
Skateboarder Chloe Covell could become the youngest gold medallist in Australian Olympic history.
- Roger Vaughan
This Month
Nine CEO runs in Paris torch relay as strike action looms at home
The company’s chief executive, Mike Sneesby, waved happily to French locals hours after journalists in his publishing division voted overwhelmingly in favour of a five-day strike.
- Zoe Samios
Westfield’s Paris shopping centres bid for an Olympic leg-up
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, the owner of Westfield malls in Europe, is looking for a spurt of extra visitors and a profit boost for its convention centres.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Exclusive
- Olympics
Labor wants quotas for women on sports boards
Almost 56 per cent of Australians competing in Paris are women – the highest proportion in history. But this is not reflected on the boards of most sports.
- Zoe Samios
Meet the Aussie who introduced Paris to the flat white
Tom Clark opened Coutume in early 2011. Now it’s a chain of 15 cafes, with more than 100 employees. Oh, and there’s a wholesale roasting business, too.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This delisted Sydney Swan is going to the Olympics
After his AFL dream was dashed by knee injuries at 19, Jackson Collins followed in his father’s footsteps kayaking for Australia at the Olympics.
- Gus McCubbing
‘True giant’ Kevan Gosper, Olympic veteran and businessman, dies
The Olympic silver medallist, who was planning to go to next week’s Paris Games, gave Australia’s fledgling Olympic movement business-like governance.
- Michael Bleby
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
On school funding, all governments get a fail
Letters from readers on the Gonski funding challenge; Telstra’s price increases; the NSW review of road tolls; action on climate change; and the health of the River Seine.
Paris mayor dives into Seine River to prove it’s safe for the Olympics
The big question on French lips is not whether the chronically polluted waterway will host sports, but whether President Emmanuel Macron will also take a dip.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Olympian started her business seven months before Paris
Being a professional athlete is hard enough. Somehow, beach volleyball star Mariafe Artacho del Solar has found time to start a small business.
- Zoe Samios
Paris haute couture week is fashion’s answer to the Olympics
For enthralling displays of human skill, witness the designs of Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli and Thom Browne at the autumn/winter 2024 shows.
- Kati Chitrakorn
How ‘the voice of the Games’ was nearly off the air for Paris
Bruce McAvaney has been calling the Olympic Games since 1984, but he was left feeling lost when Seven failed to pick up the broadcasting rights. Then the phone rang.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
$135m and 5000 hours: Paris Olympics ‘profitable’, Nine CEO says
Nine Entertainment chief Mike Sneesby says the media giant will make money out of its big bet on the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
The most glam Olympics of all? Parisians are unimpressed
Plonking games venues among the city’s iconic monuments is an unprecedented experiment that will look grand on TV but its setup in causing street-level chaos.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Olympic hope Jess Hull stars on record-breaking night in Paris
The Australian runner smashed her Oceania 1500 metres record by more than five seconds to leap to fifth on the world all-time list.
- Ian Chadband
June
How fashion and beauty are cashing in on the Olympics
The 2024 Games are being called “the fashion Olympics”, and Australian brands are muscling in on the action.
- Lauren Sams
Why Anna Meares chased the job of leading the Aussie Olympic team
As one of the country’s most decorated athletes, Australia’s chef de mission knows the triumph and heartache of competing at this level better than most.
- Zoe Samios
