PARIS — Forecasts for how Team GB will fare on the medal table at Paris 2024 vary as widely as the path of a slalom canoeist. Experts Gracenote forecasts 17 golds and Sports Illustrated as many as 30, with UK Sport’s own range set cavernously from 50 to 70 medals. However, there are some events...
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Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in pictures
The Paris 2024 Olympics began with a groundbreaking – and rain-soaked – opening ceremony, the first to be staged outside a stadium. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at a selection of standout images from the floating parade down the River Seine and the finale at the Trocadero. Great Britain flag bearers Tom...
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Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony kicks off Games in unique style
When organisers first revealed plans to hold the opening ceremony along the river in the heart of the city, rather than in a stadium as is usual, there were some raised eyebrows and questions over how they would manage such a huge security operation. The Seine itself had been under scrutiny for water cleanliness, while...
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Olympics 2024: Paris schedule, latest results, today’s events and start times, Team GB medal hopes
The first full day of competition at the Olympic Games gets under way on Saturday. Here are the key events and stars to watch out for today Team GB athletes and medal hopes “Supermum” Charley Davison will be the first British boxer in action at these Olympics when she takes on Turkey’s Hatice Akbas, a...
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Rain puts a dampener on the Paris Olympics opening ceremony down the River Seine
Paris welcomed the Olympic Games with an opening ceremony like no other as athletes sailed down the River Seine to the sound of Lady Gaga and more, but relentless rain put a dampener on the party. Zinedine Zidane starred in a video to tee up the arrival of the Olympic flame before flares set off...
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Paris welcomes Olympics Games with groundbreaking opening ceremony on the Seine
Paris welcomed the Olympic Games with an opening ceremony like no other as athletes sailed down the River Seine to the sound of Lady Gaga and more. Zinedine Zidane starred in a video to tee up the arrival of the Olympic flame before flares set off from the Pont d’Austerlitz Bridge formed a tricolore. A...
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Team GB seek to push on in Paris with new Olympic heroes and medal rush
There used to be a hidden wall at UK Sport’s old London headquarters where senior figures would meticulously plot Team GB’s medal charge before each Olympics. But with every passing Games there was increasingly less space on it, as the 30 medals Britain won in Athens jumped to 51 in Beijing, and the 65 in...
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Olympic predictions for Paris 2024, including Team GB
Who will win the Olympics? Most medals and most golds? The United States are forecast to win the most medals overall (112), by quite some way. Sports data firm Gracenote have released their latest virtual medal based on results data from key competitions since the last Olympics in Tokyo China are predicted to place second...
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Tomorrow at the Olympics: Saturday’s full schedule for Day 1 at Paris 2024
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Saturday brings the first full day of Olympics competition, with a huge programme of events set to take place across Paris. Day 1 highlights and...
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Olympic Games 2024: What to expect from the Scots on Saturday
And in the equivalent women’s event just before that (21:34), Lucy Hope will hope to be involved and in medal contention after making her Olympic debut in Tokyo. Also in action will be Keanna MacInnes, who will go in the 100m butterfly qualifiers from 11:00 and, all being well, the semi-finals at 20:30. At Roland...
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Team GB on BBC Sport
Image source, Getty Images During the last Olympics, Micky Beckett was working on the TV production of the Games, advising TV directors on race narratives. Since then he’s proved he deserves to compete at that level himself. The west Walian has won European gold, world silver and bronze, as well as silver at the Paris...
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David Ames believes GB Hockey men are capable of emulating Seoul 1988 gold
The ghosts of 1988 have swirled around Great Britain’s men’s hockey squad in the eight subsequent Olympics to their unforgettable golden moment in Seoul. Millions of early-morning television viewers watched behind bowls of cornflakes as the likes of Sean Kerly and Imran Sherwani fashioned a 3-1 win over West Germany, made all the more memorable...