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Researchers from Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) told NBC News on Tuesday that a fake video of a purported Hamas operative threatening to attack the Paris Olympics appears to have originated in Russia.

Israel’s National Security Council has issued a travel warning to citizens planning to visit Paris to attend the Olympics, warning of terrorist threats and possible protests targeting Israeli athletes.

After protesting during the national anthem and enduring imprisonment in Russia, Team USA star Brittney Griner says wearing the red, white, and blue will mean “everything.” The 2024 Games in Paris will not be Griner’s first trip to the Olympics.

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire to armed conflicts to mark the Olympic Games that begin in Paris this week.

The U.S. Olympic Committee has chosen NBA star, U.S. critics, and China backer LeBron James to carry the flag at the Paris Olympics.

A French lawmaker declared that Israeli athletes are “not welcome” at the Paris Olympics and called for protests against Israeli participation.

France deployed 45,000 police and gendarmes, as well as 10,000 soldiers, to Paris for the largest military camp in Paris since World War II.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine River to supposedly show that the water is safe ahead of the Olympic Games.

Paris hosted an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday – the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s Bastille Day military parade.

France has reportedly been loading homeless immigrants onto buses by the thousands and shipping them out of Paris ahead of the Olympics.

The U.S. Olympics gymnastics team has unveiled its line of leotards to be worn by the men and women in Paris for this year’s Olympic Games.

Duke basketball player Cooper Flagg is sending shock waves throughout basketball — college, professional, and the Olympics, alike.

An AI version of sports commentator Al Michaels will deliver “personalized” recaps to Peacock subscribers during the 2024 Olympics.

Gay activists have erupted in anger after the U.S. Olympics selected the openly Christian Korbin Albert for the U.S. women’s soccer team.

Jackson James Rice, an 18-year-old who was set to become the first Caucasian to represent Tonga in the Olympics, died over the weekend in a tragic diving accident mere weeks before the Summer Games.

Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions during the Paris Olympics.

Women’s sports activist Riley Gaines is calling for the NCAA to strip transgender swimmer Lia Thomas of his titles.

Lia Thomas, the infamous transgender swimmer who won so many NCAA women’s swimming titles in 2022, is barred from the 2024 Olympics.

Nuggets Star Michael Porter Jr. gave WNBA star Caitlin Clark high praise and said she could probably hold her own against the men of the NBA.

WNBA rookie star Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever feels “no disappointment” after being snubbed for the U.S. Olympics team. 

The IOC’s “Portrayal Guidelines” has declared it “harmful” to reference transgender athletes as “biological male” or “biological female.” 

French authorities on Friday arrested an 18-year-old man from Chechnya on suspicion of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack on the Olympics.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected calls from French leader Emmanuel Macron for a truce with Russia during the Paris Olympics and criticised the West for seeking a swift end to the war.

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Huge crowds gathered Wednesday in the southern French city of Marseille, where a majestic three-mast ship carrying the Olympic torch arrived from Greece ahead of a welcoming ceremony at sunset.

US Olympians are feeling cheated after a report said Olympics officials buried the 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for banned substances

Action part of a push by local authorities to dismantle makeshift camps as the city prepares to host the Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11.

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics could be forced to relocate in light of terror threats, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

The French government will offer bonuses to civil servants deployed across the capital during the Olympics in a bid to avoid strikes.

A former Olympic judoka named Maricet Espinosa has died at the age of 34, according to reports.

Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29.

The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will put increased restrictions on transgender athletes amid controversy over their advantages over women. 

The giant opening ceremony to launch the Olympic Games could be moved if France is hit again in the run-up by extremist attacks.

Migrants living in camps along the Seine River in Paris were removed on Tuesday amid a cleanup effort for next year’s Summer Olympics.

Ex-U.S. fencing coach Mauro Hamza has been ruled permanently ineligible for membership by the U.S. Center for SafeSport following allegations of sexual misconduct involving a minor.

Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton has finally spoken out about her frightful bout with pneumonia after her release from the hospital.

U.S. Olympic gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton is back home and recovering after a scary battle with pneumonia that threatened her life.