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Olympics-Tennis-China's Zheng finally relaxed after hard-won Olympic gold
PARIS - China's freshly minted Olympic champion in women's tennis Zheng Qinwen said she can finally relax after her victory on Saturday....
Aug 4, 20243 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-Biles golden again after vault triumph at Paris Games
PARIS - Simone Biles' appetite to collect gold medals showed no sign of waning as she soared above her rivals in the vault final on...
Aug 4, 20244 min read
Olympics-Swimming-Milak roars home for men's 100 metres butterfly gold
PARIS - Hungarian powerhouse Kristof Milak stormed to a second Olympic gold with victory in a thrilling men's 100 metres butterfly final...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Olympics-Tennis-Croatia's Vekic calls silver medal 'incredible' after series of mishaps
PARIS - Croatia's Donna Vekic had so many misadventures on her way to the Olympics, including "pain everywhere", a plane delay and...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-Biles shushes Tokyo critics with three gold medals so far in Paris
PARIS - Simone Biles said on Saturday that the critics who had taken aim at her for withdrawing from the Tokyo Games three years ago over...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-Yulo wins historic gold for Philippines with floor exercise title
PARIS - Carlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men's floor exercise final at the Paris Games on Saturday,...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Olympics-Tennis-Australia's Ebden goes from singles zero to doubles hero
PARIS - Australia's Matthew Ebden went from suffering the heaviest defeat in the first round of the men's singles at the Olympics tennis...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Olympics-Shooting-Skeet king Hancock anoints protege Prince as his heir
CHATEAUROUX, France - Vincent Hancock is still the undisputed skeet king but the American shooting great tipped his protege Conner Prince...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Olympics-Table tennis-China's Chen beats teammate Sun again to retain women's singles title
PARIS - History repeated itself for China's defending champion Chen Meng when she beat teammate Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the women's...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Olympics-Badminton-Chen, Jia win gold in all-Chinese women's doubles final
PARIS - China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan beat compatriots Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning to the women's doubles badminton gold at the Porte...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Olympics-Equestrian-'Dressage queen' Werth sets medal record as Germany team win gold
Versailles - Germany's dressage queen Isabell Werth became her country's most decorated Olympian on Saturday as she led her team to...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Explainer-Who is Algerian boxer Imane Khelif?
PARIS - Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has been at the centre of a debate about gender in sport after her Italian opponent pulled...
Aug 4, 20243 min read
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