With the Olympics in Paris, there is pressure on France to medal, and Victor Wembanyama feels that responsibility.

Victor Wembanyama is playing in his first Olympic basketball tournament for the French national team. France has yet to win a gold medal in Olympic basketball. France is in Group B alongside ...

France center Victor Wembanyama overwhelmed Brazil during a 78-66 victory in the teams' Paris Olympics opener in Lille, France, on Saturday. (Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse) ...

VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France – France phenom Victor Wembanyama put on a show for the home crowd in his Olympics debut. The 7-foot-4 Wembanyama soared for dunks, blocked shots and made steals with ...

The boxscore won't show just how important Victor Wembanyama was to France on Thursday. He finished with 11 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three blocks, so you might think he had an ...

Victor Wembanyama has some bad news for France. The No. 1 draft pick told L’Equipe newspaper he won't play with his national basketball team at this year's World Cup in order to protect his ...

Wembanyama scored the first eight points of overtime to give France a 92-84 cushion. Japan battled back and got it within 92-90 but the home team was able to close it out at the free throw line.

France lost to the U.S. by five points in the Tokyo Olympic men’s basketball final. Could Victor Wembanyama, a 7-foot-3 18-year-old favored to be the 2023 NBA Draft No. 1 pick, help Les Bleus reverse ...

During the semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics men's basketball tournament, Team France had a huge upset over Team Germany. By winning the game, the French national team will have a chance to ...

And there stood Victor Wembanyama, still just 20 years old, having missed the first of two free throws, with his team hanging on to a precarious 70-68 lead, awaiting his second free throw.

From there, Wembanyama came to life — finally. The 20-year-old French phenom had scored eight points early in the first quarter, hitting two 3-pointers and a jumper to put France up 12-10, but ...