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PARIS, France — The United States held off France, 67-66, to win an unprecedented eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold on Sunday and extend their run of victories at the tournament to 61 games.
PARIS, France — Paris prepared to bid a triumphant "au revoir" to the Olympics on Sunday (early Monday morning, Manila time) as the curtain came down on its widely praised staging of the global sporting spectacular.
PARIS, France — Friends and foes of Israel on Saturday denounced an Israeli strike that killed scores of displaced civilians in a Gaza school, renewing calls for an immediate ceasefire.
PARIS, France — France basketball star Victor Wembanyama said their defeat against the United States in the Olympic final on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) would serve as motivation to win gold at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
PARIS, France — LeBron James said his third Olympic gold felt the best of them all as the NBA's all-time leading points scorer helped the United States beat France 98-87 in the final on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time).
PARIS, France — "It's probably the biggest Olympics mystery of all," said historian Hilary Evans of the chaotic 1900 rowing race in Paris that may have produced the youngest-ever champion.
PARIS, France — Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting won her Paris Olympics women's boxing final on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) in style, ensuring that the two fighters at the centre of a major gender controversy both take home gold.
PARIS, France — Nikola Jokic recorded a triple-double as Serbia defeated Germany 93-83 to claim Olympic men's basketball bronze on Saturday, avenging their loss in last year's World Cup final.