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Dearica Hamby speaks during a Team USA 3x3 Basketball press conference in Paris in July. The U.S. women's 3x3 basketball team won bronze at the Olympics last week.

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WNBA star Dearica Hamby sues the league and her former team for discrimination

The suit accuses the Las Vegas Aces of trading Hamby because she was pregnant and retaliating against her for speaking out. Her lawyers say the WNBA's response amounted to a "light tap on the wrist."

August 14, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Datinha of Brazil does a bicycle kick Feb. 25 as Italy's Tommaso Fazzini defends during the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final between Brazil and Italy at the Dubai Design District Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Here’s how you can keep finding new sports to love between now and the next Olympics

One of the joys of watching the Olympics is getting sucked into sports you’ve barely heard of. If you still need that feeling in your life, these sports are out beyond the Olympic fringe.

August 13, 2024
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  • Christopher Dean Hopkins
Diver Tom Daley of Team GB arrives back in the United Kingdom at St. Pancras International Station on Monday in London.

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British Olympic diver Tom Daley announces he is retiring

Daley has won five Olympic medals in diving, including three bronze medals, one gold medal and the latest, a silver at the Paris Games.

August 13, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
A Canada fan dons an Olympic mascot Phryge hat before the women's quarter-final football match between Canada and Germany during the Paris Olympics.

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12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics

A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close.

August 12, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan,
  • Brian Mann,
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Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles and Torri Huske (from left to right) are among the female athletes who brought home multiple medals for Team USA.

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Team USA has women to thank for more than half of its Olympic medals

If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. Women brought home 67 of Team USA’s 126 medals, though one remains in contention.

August 12, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Your guide to keeping up with the Paris Olympics

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Here are the Georgia athletes who won medals at the Paris Olympics

The 2024 Paris Olympics wrapped up Sunday. Here is a look at athletes from Georgia who medaled during the two weeks of the Games.

August 12, 2024
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  • Madison Auchincloss
A general view as the final Olympic Ring is lifted into place to assemble the Olympic Rings during the Closing Ceremony on Sunday.

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Photos: See what happened at the Olympic closing ceremony

The Games in Paris wrapped up with the closing ceremony. We take a look at the lavish celebration.

August 11, 2024
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  • NPR Staff
The Paris Olympics closing ceremony dazzles as flag bearers and athletes stream into the Stade de France on the final day of the Summer Games.

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A musical and stunt-filled closing ceremony draws the curtain on the Paris Olympics

The ceremony capped over two weeks of competition and saw Paris hand over the Olympic flag to Los Angeles, the 2028 host city.

August 11, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Katie Ledecky scored two of America's forty Olympic gold medals in the Paris Summer Games.  The U.S. tied with China for the most gold, but the U.S. dominated the overall count with 126 medals.

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The final Olympic medal tally puts the U.S. on top in Paris

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

August 11, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
A'Ja Wilson #9 of Team United States shoots between Valeriane Ayayi (L) and Janelle Salaun of Team France during the Women's Gold Medal game Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

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U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal

The United States struggled most of the game against a tenacious French team that was powered by a boisterous home crowd. The U.S. women's basketball team has not lost at the Olympics since 1992.

August 11, 2024
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  • Juana Summers
Jordan Chiles of the United States, poses with her bronze medal following the women's gymnastics floor exercise event final on Monday at the Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee says Chiles must return the medal following an arbitrator's decision that her initial scoring appeal came in four seconds too late.

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U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles must return her bronze medal, Olympic officials say

Chiles' bronze had been awarded after a last-minute inquiry boosted her score by a tenth of a point. An arbitrator ruled the inquiry was four seconds too late; now, her medal will be "reallocated."

August 11, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
LeBron James dunks the ball during the men's Gold Medal basketball match between France and USA at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The U.S. downed France to win its fifth straight Olympic gold medal - extending a lengthy streak of international dominance.

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The U.S. men's basketball team topples France to win its fifth straight Olympic gold

The Americans' streak of dominance in Olympic men's basketball has only grown more impressive as international basketball has become more competitive than ever. The U.S. defeated host France 98-87.

August 11, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands stays ahead of Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa at the finish of the women's marathon on Sunday at the Paris Olympics. Hassan won gold, adding to two bronzes she won in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races.

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Sifan Hassan wins Olympic women's marathon, for a third medal at Paris Olympics

With a hard, late kick, Sifan Hassan won the women’s marathon in Olympic record time. The gold-medal performance caps a stunning Olympics for her. She also bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races.

August 11, 2024
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  • Juana Summers
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will leave office after his term expires in 2025.

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Thomas Bach who led the Olympic Games in sport and controversy will leave after 2025

Thomas Bach's tenure as Olympics leader has been controversial as took the IOC through doping scandals, controversy involving Chinese and Russian influence, and two Games held during Covid pandemic.

August 10, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabrielle Thomas and Alexis Holmes (L-R) of Team USA celebrate winning the Gold medal in the Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final on Saturday at the Stade de France.

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U.S. women, men seize a pair of golds in Olympic 4-by-400m relays

U.S. women cruised to victory in the 4 by 400 relay in Saint-Denis, France. American men, meanwhile, prevailed in a hard-fought relay at the same distance, beating Botswana.

August 10, 2024
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