Wembanyama, France ease past Brazil at Paris Olympics

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — This was Victor Wembanyama’s opening ceremony. No Eiffel Tower, no Celine Dion, no Zinedine Zidane, no Rafael Nadal, no Serena Williams and no floating cauldron required. Just a 7-foot-4 kid with the eyes of the basketball world on him for his Olympic debut. And he didn’t disappoint. READ: Wembanyama returns home for