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Pouring rain disrupts Games after drenched opening ceremony
PARIS - Pouring rain in Paris on Saturday forced the men's Olympics street skateboarding competition to be postponed and tennis matches...
Jul 30, 20243 min read
FIFA rejects Argentina complaint over Olympics VAR ruling, soccer association says
BUENOS AIRES - FIFA, the world's soccer governing body, has rejected Argentina's complaints over a last-minute equalizer being ruled out...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
IOC apologises to South Korea over Olympics ceremony gaffe
PARIS - The International Olympic Committee apologised to South Korea on Saturday after its delegation of athletes were introduced as...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-Olympic champion Nagornyy hits out at Russia's exclusion from Paris Games
PARIS - Olympic champion Nikita Nagornyy found it unacceptable that Russian gymnasts were barred from competing at the Paris Games due to...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Shooting-Chinese teen duo gun down first gold in Paris
CHATEAUROUX, France - Social media-savvy teenaged duo Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao upheld a Chinese shooting tradition as they won the...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Organisers confident triathlon will go ahead despite rain impact on Seine
PARIS - Paris 2024 organisers are confident the triathlon events will take place as scheduled on Tuesday even though recent rainfall...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Athletics-Italy's Tamberi apologises to wife after wedding ring lost in Seine
PARIS - High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi issued a profuse apology to his wife on Saturday after his wedding ring slipped off his finger...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Rowing-Rowers set for weather change after rain-hit opening in Paris
PARIS - Rowers at the Paris Games are prepared to battle the elements from relentless rain to blistering heat in the quest for Olympic...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Diving-Chinese gold winning duo nearly missed their moment amid crowd cheers
PARIS - The roars of the crowd in the Paris Olympic aquatics centre were so loud, China's Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani nearly missed the cue...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Basketball-Griner's journey from Russian prison to Paris Games applauded by US teammate
PARIS - Brittney Griner's "unprecedented" journey back to the Olympic Games, less than two years after she was released from a Russian...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Rowing-Fans upbeat in rain as sculls heats begin
PARIS - The rain that drenched the spectacular Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday evening was still very much in evidence as fans...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Diving-Chinese women win first gold in clean sweep bid
PARIS - Chen Yiwen and Chang Yani began China's bid to capture all eight women's Olympic diving golds by winning the synchronised 3-metre...
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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