With L.A. focused on fire, Convention Center expansion is in doubt
Faced with the enormous task of rebuilding after the Palisades fire, Los Angeles city officials can no longer oversee a major expansion of the downtown…
Final finisher of women’s marathon shows true Olympic spirit
PARIS — The original Olympic motto translates from Latin as “swifter, higher, stronger.” And those who live up to it are the ones who win gold…
Unique Paris Olympics opening ceremony raises terrorism concerns
PARIS — Soldiers patrol along the Seine River, dressed in camouflage and blue berets, big rifles slung over their shoulders. The Police Nationale stand guard at…
Rep. Waters seeks to stop ‘ridiculous’ $2-billion SoFi transit project
Blasting a $2-billion people mover that would link SoFi Stadium to one of Los Angeles’ newest rail lines, Rep. Maxine Waters is on a mission…
L.A. City Council backs Convention Center expansion
For decades, Los Angeles city leaders tried and failed to come up with a plan to expand the downtown Convention Center, a hulking green edifice…
Ryder and Chase Dodd selected to U.S. Olympic water polo team
In a sport where physicality and experience matter in international competition, the U.S. men’s water polo team revealed on Tuesday that a roster spot for…
Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris’s Seine River less than two months before Olympics
In short: E. coli levels in the Seine frequently exceeded safe levels according to European standards over the first eight days of June.A roughly $2.25…
Ariarne Titmus narrowly misses world record to book place in Paris 2024 at Australian Olympic Swimming Trials
Ariarne Titmus missed breaking her own 400m freestyle world record by just 0.06 seconds to book her place in Paris 2024 at the Australian Olympic…
Matildas name Paris Olympic Games squad without injured Sam Kerr
The Matildas have named an 18-strong team for the Paris Olympics, including eight players heading to their third straight Games.Captain Steph Catley, vice-captains Emily van…
Live updates: Matildas face China in second friendly in Sydney
A few minutes before kickoff, the lights of the stadium have gone down as fireworks and flames light up the perimeter and a video celebrating…
Australia win women’s rugby sevens series ahead of Paris Olympics
In short: Australia has defeated France in the final of the women's World Sevens Series in Madrid.Australia won the final 26-7, with Maddison Levi scoring…
Jessica Fox wins canoe slalom World Cup round in Paris Olympics build-up
In short: Jessica Fox won the women's C1 final at the Augsburg World Cup leg.She will compete in the upcoming kayak cross event.What's next? Fox…
Australia’s top trampolinist Blake Rutherford finds support from Olympic legend Anna Meares
When Anna Meares completed one of the greatest comebacks in Australian Olympic history at Beijing in 2008, an aspiring young athlete from her hometown was…
Australia returns to Olympic wrestling with Jayden Lawrence and Georgii Okorokov
In short: Jayden Lawrence and Georgii Okorokov will compete in freestyle at the Paris Olympics, ending Australia's participation drought.Australia has never won a wrestling gold medal…
Live updates: Matildas face Mexico as injury crisis hampers Olympic preparations
The Matildas team that's expected to face Mexico this morning could look a little different from what we're used to. They're the latest in a…
Brisbane’s Olympic venue dispute the inevitable result of two dramatically different visions
It really, really shouldn't have been this hard.Back in July 2021, when Brisbane was "picked" to host the 2032 Olympics – or carefully engineered by…