PARIS — They needed the Avengers.

Hall finished first in the 400 meters final at Stade de France Wednesday with a time of 43.40. He is the first University of South Carolina athlete to medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

KAILUA-KONA — The Department of Parks and Recreation’s Elderly Activities Division (EAD) kicked off the 48th Hawai‘i State Senior Softball Tournament on Kona on Tuesday, hosting 62 teams from around the state for the three-day tournament.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh has been punished by the NCAA with a four-year show-cause order and a one-year suspension for violating head-coach responsibility obligations, “unethical conduct” and a failure to promote “an atmosphere of compliance” for his role in an investigation into impermissible recruiting in 2021 during a COVID-19 dead period.

PARIS — With so little time to prepare as a team ahead of the Olympics, U.S. coach Cheryl Reeve had always said she was going to look at each game as an opportunity to learn more about her players, her team and their chemistry.

Cole Hocker of the United States scored one of the biggest upsets in Olympic running Tuesday night, outrunning Jakob Ingebrigtsen and outkicking Josh Kerr, and everyone else, down the stretch to win the men’s 1500-meter to turn what was supposed to be a two-man battle into the surprise of the Games.

PARIS — Most of the Olympic men’s basketball quarterfinals were stressful for the favorites, with the top seeds in the first three games falling behind by double digits and one (Canada) going down in an upset.

NORMAN, Oklahoma – Hawai’i Hilo men’s golf was among nearly 250 collegiate golf teams to earn recognition by the Golf Coaches Association of America for achieving outstanding team academics for the 2023-24 school year.

With how dominant Kai ‘Ehitu Canoe Club has been all season, Saturday’s Hawaii Canoe Racing Association’s (HCRA) State Championship Regatta victory came as no surprise.

Another local squad made the Big Island proud over the weekend, as Hawaii Little League District 4’s team won the Minor League Baseball State Championship on Wednesday on O‘ahu.

PARIS — Gymnastics saved the drama for the last day. Simone Biles failed to earn a gold medal, but her teammate Jordan Chiles earned a bronze after a judges inquiry into her difficulty score.

One day after reports surfaced that the NCAA has drafted a notice of allegations against seven staff members of the 2023 Michigan football team, Jim Harbaugh forcefully denied participating in or knowing of any wrongdoing.

PARIS — After all the talk and all the hype, Noah Lyles duly delivered when it mattered most by winning the closest-ever Olympic 100 metres final by five thousandths of a second on Sunday to give the United States the title for the first time in 20 years.

PARIS — Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam as the 37-year-old Serb fought off Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a magnificent Olympic men’s singles final battle at Roland Garros on Sunday.

PARIS — Iron-man Bobby Finke and the U.S. women’s medley relay team shattered world records in golden performances as the Olympic swim meet ended in exhilarating fashion on Sunday with the Americans on top again.