THE LAST SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

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Lauren Jackson comes of retirement again in a bid to play for Australia at the Olympics, 2024 March 27
Basketball star Lauren Jackson is coming out of retirement again in a bid to make the Australian team and compete at a fifth Olympics.
Fredette, Barry, Maddox and Travis picked for USA Basketball 3x3 Olympic men's roster, 2024 March 26
Jimmer Fredette, Kareem Maddox, Canyon Barry and Dylan Travis piled up enough wins together last year to get USA Basketball qualified in men's 3x3 for the Paris Olympics.
NFL owners unanimously approve hip-drop tackle ban, 2024 March 25
The NFL is eliminating the hip-drop tackle.
Olympics taster: Paris race celebrates the waiters and waitresses who nourish city's life and soul, 2024 March 24
Usain Bolt's sprint world records were never in danger. Then again, even the world's fastest-ever human likely wouldn't have been so quick while balancing a tray with a croissant, a coffee cup and a glass of water through the streets of Paris, and without spilling it everywhere.
Paris Olympics soccer draw: U.S. women face Germany, Australia as men meet France, 2024 March 20
The United States women's soccer team will face Germany and Australia at the Paris Olympics when incoming coach Emma Hayes looks to get off to a flying start in the job.
Olympic refugee team runner Dominic Lokolong Atiol tests positive for doping ahead of Paris Games, 2024 March 20
A second runner on the Olympic refugee team has been implicated in doping while preparing for the Paris Games.
USA Basketball learns its groupings for the Paris Olympics. Tough draws await the men and women, 2024 March 19
USA Basketball's men's team will see Serbia and South Sudan in two of its three group-stage games at the Paris Olympics, while the U.S. women will open their schedule in a gold-medal-game rematch against Japan in France this summer.
IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, 2024 March 19
Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said Tuesday.
Olympics are moving closer to adding a mixed team event in golf for LA in '28, 2024 March 19
The Grant Thornton Invitational began last year to strong reviews from the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players who took part in the first mixed-team event since 1999.
Laura Kenny retires from cycling as Britain's most successful female Olympic athlete with 5 golds, 2024 March 18
Laura Kenny, Britain's most successful female Olympic athlete, announced her retirement from cycling on Monday because she wants to spend more time at home with her family.