Paris 2024 Olympics day 10: athletics, cycling, gymnastics and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature As always, the ninth day of the Olympics brought with it some amazing images, especially those of Egypt’s Mohamed Essam and America’s Alexander Massialas. Massialas might need to relearn Wu-Tang Clan’s “Protect Ya Neck!” Mohamed Essam of Egypt competes against Alexander Massialas […]
Yaroslava Mahuchikh rises to occasion to secure high jump gold for Ukraine | Paris Olympic Games 2024
As Jaroslava Mavchik laced up her orange trainers, prepared for her run-up, and couldn’t contain her smile, she would be Olympic champion – a certainty after her favourite Australian rival, Nicola Ollis-Lagerth, missed 2.02 metres on her third attempt. This attempt at 2.04m was meant to be ritualistic, procedural, a glorious run with victory already […]
US women’s 4x100M medley relay team wins gold, sets world record in last Olympic swimming event of Paris Games
Regan Smith, Lily King, Gretchen Walsh and Tori Huske won the women’s 4×100 medley in the final Olympic swimming event on Sunday, also setting a world record in the event. The group swam the race in 3 minutes 49.63 seconds, beating the previous record, also held by the United States, by 0.77 seconds. The Americans […]
Extortionate launderettes and sub-par coffee: seven days at the Olympics | Olympic Games
Sunday First mistake in my Olympic debut. Don’t be under the illusion that the quickest way to get to the event in Versailles is to take a 20-minute taxi ride to Versailles. After being dropped off at the palace (which I thought was a central enough point), I discovered I needed to throw two sixes […]
Paris 2024 Olympics day nine: athletics, tennis, golf, dressage and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Kieran Pender has been working hard in Paris and has written some great articles about how Australian women are leading the way in bringing home gold at the upcoming Olympics. share The women’s high jump is set to be a tough contest […]
Hailey Van Lith, Dearica Hamby, and USA Basketball 3×3 team beat China to advance to medal games
When the U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team went 0-3 in pool play, the prospect of a two-time Olympic gold medalist seemed like a pipe dream, with teamwork and inexperience seemingly insurmountable and USA Basketball’s selection decisions perhaps misplaced. The four-man team, consisting of Haley Van Lith, Dearrica Hamby, Sierra Burdick and Rhyne Howard, lost to […]
Ukraine fight back in women’s fencing to secure first gold of Paris Olympics | Paris Olympic Games 2024
At the Paris Games on Saturday, Ukraine won the gold medal in the women’s sabre fencing team event, defeating South Korea in a thrilling final. Olga Harlan, who won the individual bronze medal in Paris, Ukraine’s first medal, led her team to a comeback victory with a brilliant performance, winning Ukraine’s first gold medal at […]
Fox, ESPN turning games into talk shows with in-game interviews
Everyone, please pay attention! Thanks. …Reader G. Wilbur asks a good but outdated question: “When did MLB telecasts become ‘The David Suskind Show’?” “The David Suskind Show” was an interview show that aired on Channel 11 and then Channel 5 in the 1960s and 1970s. It was characterised by long, thoughtful questions followed by answers […]
Paris 2024 Olympics day eight: athletics, rowing, men’s cycling road race and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Great sporting achievements begin in the pool, and last night Leon Marchand cemented his status as a French Olympic legend by winning his fourth gold medal. His performance shone in the opening week of competition, thrilling his home fans so much that […]
Snoop Dogg’s Olympics pin is the hottest souvenir of the Paris games
Snoop Dogg has created some of the hottest and most sought-after Olympic memorabilia for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Snoop, aka Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., is showing his support by handing out special Olympic pins to members of Team USA, which feature the “Gin N’ Juice” rapper blowing smoke rings in the colors of […]