There are still big-event tickets available for the public to buy more than a week after the 2024 Paris Olympics began — including the men’s and women’s showcase 100m finals.

Despite organisers saying more tickets have been sold than ever before, with eight million of the 10million tickets available going on general sale, they are yet to shift all of their tickets for track and field events.

As of Thursday afternoon, the Olympics website was still showing availability for Friday night’s men’s 10,000m final, with the first round of the women’s 800m race also taking place at the Stade de France. The cheapest tickets remaining start at €195 ($210; £165) because the €85 ($92; £72) price category has sold out.

Although they are on the pricier side — €690 ($744; £582) — there is still availability to attend Saturday night’s track and field events, which includes the women’s 100m semi-finals and final, as well as the 4x400m relay mixed final.

One of the Games’ showcase events, the men’s 100m final, likely to feature Team USA star Noah Lyles, is showing availability, with tickets still on general sale for €525 ($566; £443). The cheapest option, which is now sold out, was a Category D ticket, costing €125 ($135; £105).

Tickets costing €170 ($183; £143) remain on sale — the cheapest ticket before selling out cost €24 ($26; £20) — for round one of the men’s and women’s 4x100m relay race on August 8.

Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics who was head of the 2012 London Olympics organising committee, has previously raised concerns about the price of tickets in Paris.

“These are going to be the most expensive ticket prices in an athletics arena that we have witnessed at an Olympic Games,” Lord Coe said in December, “I don’t want fans, athletes and their families being costed out of the stadium.”

Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, responded to Lord Coe’s comments and defended their prices.

“If I look at what has happened relating to previous editions in London or even Tokyo, we are in roughly the same price range,” Estanguet said.

“In London, the minimum price was £20, which, with inflation, works out at around €27, and the maximum price was £725, which with inflation works out at just over €1,000 today. These prices are therefore slightly higher than those charged by Paris 2024.”

The 2024 organising committee say prices are on a par with the 2012 Olympics, when adjusted for inflation (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Away from track and field, there are still plenty of other events that have tickets costing €15 ($16; £13) available, including Friday night’s men’s football quarter-final between Spain and Japan.

At the other end of the scale, only hospitality tickets remain on sale for the men’s basketball final, which could feature Team USA’s star-studded team made up of LeBron James and Steph Curry, among others.

These tickets would cost you €6,500 ($7,000; £5,500) and include an off-site hospitality package at the Eiffel Tower.

Of the 10million tickets for the Paris Olympics, two million were reserved for hospitality and stakeholders.

General sale tickets, which need to be purchased via the official Olympics website, were sold in multiple phases and initially included entering a ballot system, with successful applicants having to buy tickets for at least three different events.

There are some Olympic events you can watch for free (Alex Broadway/Getty Images)

Events such as climbing and BMX freestyle sold out on the first day, with track cycling, fencing and judo also selling out within a few days.

There is, of course, one other option: unless you want to sit in the purpose-built stands, for certain events, including the men’s and women’s marathon and this weekend’s road cycling races, you can line the streets for free.

(Header photo: Olivier Chassignole/AFP via Getty Images)

Angel City star forward Christen Press returned to the pitch for the first time in two years during a penalty kick shootout win over San Diego FC in Thursday’s NWSL x Liga MXF Summer Cup match at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Stadium.

Press has been sidelined since she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in June 2022, a span of 781 days. The injury and complications required four surgeries for Angel City’s first signee.

Press entered the game in the 89th minute to a resounding applause from the sell-out crowd at Titan Stadium.

After 90 scoreless minutes, Angel City won a penalty kick shootout 5-3. While a regular NWSL game would result in a draw, Summer Cup rules require a penalty shootout if the game is tied at the final whistle.

Press was among the five Angel City players who converted their penalty kicks. Claire Emslie, Alyssa Thompson, Rocky Rodríguez and Kennedy Fuller also hit Angel City penalty kicks, while goalkeeper DiDi Haracic was in goal as San Diego missed two penalty shots.

“It was definitely a nostalgic feeling. When you get to play a soccer game, it’s a miracle,” Press told Paramount+ after the win.

”… I was so excited, I was very nervous. I felt very loved and supported by this amazing soccer community that was here tonight.”

Angel City won its two previous Summer Cup matches and won Group B with eight points. The team advances to the semifinals and will play Kansas City Current on Tuesday at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City.

Angel City will play a friendly against FC Juárez on Aug. 18 at BMO Stadium before resuming NWSL play on the road against San Diego on Aug. 24 following an Olympic break.