Last night, entire India was awake, watching a game not of cricket but of athletics - a javelin throw event at the Paris Olympics 2024. Every Indian was eyeing gold in a sport that nobody knew a few years back.

Man who made silver look small: Neeraj Chopra's Olympic medal in javelin makes India dream for more

After the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, the drag artist Barabara Butch was mocked online and was given death threats over a controversial set that some felt was a display of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ.

Olympics drag artist Barbara Butch takes online haters to court after opening ceremony controversy

The Olympic tennis competition suffered another blow as women's third seed Elena Rybakina joined a lengthy list of non-starters hours after the draw took place at Roland Garros on Thursday.

Paris Olympics 2024: Elena Rybakina withdraws from both singles and mixed events, reason unknown

BTS member Jin was the torchbearer of the Olympic flame on Sunday in Paris. Jin carried the Olympic torch near Paris' Louvre Museum. The oldest BTS member was only recently discharged from his mandatory military service in South Korea.

BTS member Jin carries the iconic torch through Paris streets ahead of Olympics 2024

What was expected to be a sudden change in consumer behaviour pegged to the Paris Olympics is now going to be a large financial drag on Delta Air Lines. In an interview with CNBC, Delta CEO Ed Bastian broke the news that the company is anticipating a $100 million loss associated with the event, which is slated to begin on July 26.

Olympic Paradox: Paris games trigger financial turbulence for major airlines

The Olympic flame, lit last month in Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, will be reaching French soil at Marseille's Old Port on Wednesday (May 8), amid heightened security.

Olympics flame to arrive in France amid heightened security measures

Waitstaff in Paris took to the streets in a quirky race on Sunday (Mar 24), participating in a tradition that dates back some 110 years. A few hundred waiters and waitresses donned their uniforms and tried balancing trays with a pastry, an empty coffee cup, and a glass of water for the 2 km loop of the Course des Cafés which started and finished at City Hall.

Watch | Paris revives 110-year-old tradition with quirky waiter race ahead of 2024 Olympics

The construction of the Olympic athletes village is on time and on budget as organisers promise to deliver safe Games, the general director of Paris 2024 said on Friday (March 24).

Paris Olympics 2024: Athlete's village delivery will be on time - Organisers

Thousands of Olympic athletes on boats cruising along the River Seine toward the sun setting like a giant gold medal behind the Eiffel Tower. The 2024 Paris Games opening ceremony vision was unveiled on Monday as an event organizers hope will be unique in Olympic history and free for hundreds of thousands to watch on the riverside.

Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony to be held on the River Seine - WATCH

The inclusion of breakdancing at the 2024 Olympics may been surprising but organisers were drawn to the sport`s potential to attract a younger fanbase and grow the Olympic audience in the internet age, Paris Games chief Tony Estanguet said.

Olympics-Breakdancing included in Paris 2024 to reach out to youth: Games Chief

Plans for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are "obsolete and outdated" in light of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member and former French sports minister Guy Drut said Sunday.

Paris 2024 Olympics plans 'obsolete' - IOC member Drut

The IOC broke with tradition to award the two Olympics at the same time

Paris to host 2024 Olympics, Los Angeles gets 2028