Games are won by the first player/team to score 11 points while winning by two. Singles matches are won by the player who wins the best of seven games. Team matches consist of four singles matches and ...

In Paris, the tennis competition involves single-elimination tournaments for each of the five events. The men's and women's singles draws both feature 64 competitors; the men's and women's doubles ...

They call him "The Magic Man," and 2018 world champion David Taylor saved the biggest trick of his life for the last seconds of his gold medal bout Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics. Trailing 3-2 to ...

The U.S. is once again entering the tournament as a medal contender, and the nation's history backs that up. The U.S. has almost twice as many shooting medals at the Olympics as any other nation.

Each game and period in Olympic water polo starts with a swim-off, which is a race for the ball in the center of the pool. Players from each team are lined up along their own goal lines and the first ...

With her final swim of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky draped herself in one of the most significant gold medals in the history of the Olympics. Ledecky won the women’s 800m freestyle, ...

Three-time Olympian Alev Kelter came to the ‘City of Love’ with big dreams. She accomplished one goal when she helped the U.S. women’s rugby team to an historic victory over Australia to claim the ...

Each heat features up to eight riders on the course at one time. All riders start in designated gate positions with their front wheels placed against the gate. Once the starter gives the go-ahead to ...

The bell is part of the refurbishment of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral. It is engraved with the Paris 2024 emblem and will be suspended in one of the cathedral’s bell towers after the Games. It is ...

Team USA secured its first-ever silver in the figure skating team event with 65 points, narrowly edging Japan's 63-point ...

The game starts with a throw-off from the center of the court after the referee's whistle. The team taking the throw-off must be on its own half of the court, and the opponents must be at least three ...

A volleyball match begins when the ball is served into play. A team may touch the ball three times – not counting blocks – on its side of the net. The usual pattern is as follows: a dig (underarm pass ...