Paris Olympics
29 Jul
Nigeria's D'Tigress pulled off a shocking 75-62 win against world number three, Australia, in Group B of the Paris 2024 Olympics in Lille, France, on Monday. The last time D'Tigress won a game at the Olympics was at the Athens 2004 games which came in the classifications. Ezinne Kalu, with 19 points and five rebounds,…
28 Jul
Team Nigeria’s run of losses at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris continued on Sunday morning with boxer Olaitan Olaore crashing out of the men’s 92kg heavyweight event. Reports gathered revealed that Olaore lost 0-5 to Kazakhstan’s Oralbay Aibek to add to his team’s misery which had begun on Wednesday in Bordeaux. Aibek was really…
28 Jul
Paris Olympics organisers said Sunday they were "really sorry" if any offence was caused by their daring and quirky opening ceremony while denying any intention to "disrespect" religion after complaints from French bishops. Some Catholic groups and French bishops have condemned what they saw as "scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity" in the parade…
28 Jul
FIFA has deducted Canada six points from the Olympic women's football tournament and ban head coach Bev Priestman for one year following the drone spying scandal. Assistant coach Jasmine Mander and Joseph Lombardi, an unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer, were also sent home on Wednesday after a drone was believed to have recorded New Zealand…
28 Jul
Nigerian boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore has been suspended from the Paris Olympics for violating an anti-doping rule, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. A sample collected from the boxer "has returned an adverse analytical finding for the specified prohibited substance furosemide," the ITA said in a statement. Furosemide is classified under "diuretics and masking agents"…
27 Jul
Samoa's boxing coach died at the Paris Olympics village after the 60-year-old had a cardiac arrest, officials said on Saturday. Governing body the IBA sent its "heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues" of Lionel Elika Fatupaito following his sudden death on Friday, the day of the opening ceremony. He was treated by emergency…
27 Jul
China on Saturday became the first country to win gold at the ongoing Paris Olympics games. The Chinese clinched the gold medal in shooting 10m air rifle mixed team thanks to teenaged duo Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao. Their 16-12 win, haltinga late challenge from the South Korean pair of Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun,…
27 Jul
Excited spectators plodded through puddles Saturday to reach the most spectacular venue of the Paris 2024 Olympics, with beach volleyball kicking off in the shadow of a just-visible Eiffel Tower. After a rain-soaked opening ceremony the night before, the first day of sporting action was equally wet, and crowds at the purpose-built stadium huddled under…
27 Jul
Celine Dion, the Canadian music singer, has made a comeback to the world stage, delivering a performance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. This marks the singer's first live concert in four years, after revealing her diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a rare neurological disorder that has impacted her health and vocal abilities. Celine…
26 Jul
Lady Gaga and French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura joined dancers, an opera diva and even a heavy metal band in an opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics that sought to proudly showcase French culture with a modern twist. The first-ever opening ceremony held outside a stadium -- on the River Seine -- had to battle driving…
26 Jul
An Olympic debutant from Iraq, Sajjad Sehen, has recorded the first positive doping test of Paris 2024 , the (ITA) said on Friday. In a statement on Friday from International Testing Agency (ITA) Sehen, a judoka, tested positive for the banned anabolic steroids metandienone and boldenone during out-of-competition anti-doping control in Paris on Tuesday, July…
26 Jul
France's high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP the attacks were coordinated acts of "sabotage". "This is a massive attack on a large scale to…
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