By JEROME PUGMIRE PARIS (AP) — Competitions at the Paris Olympics officially began with players kicking off at soccer matches involving Spain and Argentina in Paris and Saint-Etienne on Wednesday.

Tatiana Weston-Webb, of Brazil, gets into a barrel during the first round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition Saturday, July 27, 2024.

The 2024 Paris Olympics won't actually start on the day of the Opening Ceremony this week. Competition kicks off even earlier. The Games will officially begin competition Wednesday with a number ...

PARIS — Sunisa Lee is the reigning Olympic champion and currently one of the top three gymnasts in the world. Yet the gap between her and No. 1 — fellow American Simone Biles — is so great ...

TEAHUPO'O, Taiarapu-Ouest — Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday ...

Tatiana Weston-Webb, of Brazil, gets into a barrel during the first round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition Saturday, July 27, 2024.

TEAHUPO'O, Taiarapu-Ouest — Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday ...

Tatiana Weston-Webb, of Brazil, gets into a barrel during the first round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition Saturday, July 27, 2024.

TEAHUPO'O, Taiarapu-Ouest — Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday ...