Gender dispute, power struggle steal spotlight at Games

PARIS — A gender eligibility dispute involving two women boxers, the threat of the axe hanging over it as an Olympic sport, and Uzbek dominance inside the ring combined to make for a boxing tournament unlike any other at the Paris Olympics.

When Olympic sponsors go rogue

PARIS — When French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH agreed to pay about $175 million to underwrite the organizing committee for the Paris Olympics, the company, owned by France’s richest person, Bernard Arnault, asked for more than any previous sponsor had ever done. Organizers of the Games, desperate for that cash, appeared to have said yes at every turn.

Spain’s men reassert dominance, US women reclaim throne

PARIS — Spain’s men added their first Olympic soccer gold medal in 32 years to their glittering trophy cabinet, while the U.S. women’s team won a record-extending fifth title and their first since London 2012 before packed crowds at the Paris Games.

US survive French fright to win gold medal thriller

PARIS — The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women’s basketball final on Sunday, claiming an historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown while denying the hosts the golden finish to the Paris Games that had seemed within their grasp.

Chiles set to lose bronze medal after CAS ruling

PARIS (Reuters) — American gymnast Jordan Chiles is set to lose her bronze medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics floor exercise competition after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favour of an appeal by Romania’s Ana Barbosu, who will move up to third place, it said on Saturday.