Section: Sports

The 2024 Olympics is getting underway this week. Stay on top of all the action — everything on the track, courts and fields, in the pools and all the other events — with this guide that tells you everything you need to know about the event in Paris.

The WNBA All-Star Game drew a record number of viewers with 3.44 million people watching the contest in Phoenix on Saturday night.

The San Francisco 49ers have no intention of granting star receiver Brandon Aiyuk his trade request and remain committed to getting a long-term extension done with one of their most important offensive players.

Inter Miami star Lionel Messi won’t play in the MLS All-Star Game while nursing an ankle injury. The 37-year-old Messi left the July 14 Copa America final win over Colombia with a right ankle injury.

Sports often are a secondary attraction in Paris, with athletes having a difficult time standing out in a cultural sphere driven largely by food, fashion and the arts.

Xander Schauffele went from the most nerve-wracking putt of his career to the coolest walk toward an 18th green he ever imagined.

Tiger Woods tied a personal record in the British Open on Friday, one he could have done without but perhaps should come to expect. Woods matched his highest 36-hole score as a professional — 156 — to miss the cut for the third straight time in a major.

EA Sports College Football 25, among the most highly anticipated sports video games of all time, has flooded the market as gamers who waited more than a decade for the franchise’s next installment rush to play.

It’s only the All-Star break, but one or two clear favorites have emerged for several of the game’s top honors. With play set to resume again Friday, here’s a look at what the betting lines have to say, courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook.

The Tampa Bay Rays are on track to get a long-sought new ballpark following a city council vote Thursday on a major redevelopment project that also guarantees the team will stay where it is for at least 30 years.