France v USA: women’s Olympic basketball final – live updates | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature preamble Will the Games end with a streak of some of the most impressive records in Olympic history? Or will there be a major upset? Is the frustration over Caitlin Clark not being on the U.S. national team over yet? Let’s take […]
Sifan Hassan caps remarkable Olympics with gold in women’s marathon | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands used her famous closing kick to win the gold medal in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Hassan battled Ethiopia’s Tigest Assefa before outlasting her in the final straight to cross the line in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. Hassan’s […]
Paris 2024 final day of Olympics: women’s marathon, cycling finals and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Carr’s compatriot, Lydia Ko, also showed an iron will, winning the women’s golf tournament by two strokes and going on to win every Olympic medal. Lydia Ko was overcome with emotion after winning the gold medal and the Olympic Slam. Since golf […]
Boxer Lin Yu-ting sobs after winning Olympic gold amid gender row | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Of the two boxers competing for the men’s and women’s spots at the Paris Olympics, the second won the gold medal 24 hours after the first. Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won the gold medal in a crushing victory over Polish youngster Julia Szeremeta in the women’s 57 kg final. Lin won every round by unanimous […]
Los Angeles mayor says 2028 Olympic games will be car-free
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she is working to make the Summer Olympics car-free when the city hosts them in 2028. “We’re already working to expand public transportation and create jobs to host a car-free Olympics,” she said in a statement Saturday. “This is a great achievement for Los Angeles. We’ve always loved the […]
USA v France: Olympic men’s basketball final – live updates | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Statistics Reader (per game) France pointWembanyama 13.8Yabusele 12.8Cordinier 10.6Fournier 10.2 reboundWembanyama 10.2 (2nd out of all teams)Gobert 4.2 assistWembanyama 3.6Batum 2.4 blockWenbayama 2.0 (first)Gobert 1.6 (6th)Batum 1.0 stealWenbanyama 2.2 (first)Cordinier 1.4 united states of america pointJames 14.2Edwards 13.8Durant 13.6Curry 13.0Embiid 13.0 assistJames […]
Paris 2024 offers new Olympic medal after Huston says bronze looks ‘like it went to war’ | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Olympic skateboarder Nyjah Huston appears to have gone from bronze medalist to near bronze medalist at the Paris Games. The Americans won the bronze medal on July 29, but 10 days later Posted an Instagram story The medal was badly deteriorated, with a dull, rusty appearance. “This Olympic medal looks great when it’s new, but […]
Paris Olympics day 15: men’s marathon, golf, basketball, athletics and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Sport climbing was one of my favorite events in the upcoming Olympics, so I thoroughly enjoyed Ewan Murray’s article about British teenager Toby Roberts and his incredible gold medal effort. The article includes this great quote from Roberts: I’ve always loved climbing […]
‘I am a woman’: Imane Khelif hits back in gender row after claiming gold | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Two weeks after being embroiled in a gender controversy, Imane Kherif became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, defeating world champion Yang Liu of China by unanimous decision in the women’s 66kg division. The 25-year-old Kherif’s biggest career victory was sealed amid jubilant scenes at Roland Garros, where a large Algerian community […]
Otherworldly spectacle of beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower rocks Paris – literally | Paris Olympic Games 2024
TWatching beach volleyball beneath the Eiffel Tower can be unsettling. It’s not the imported sand engineered to not stick to the players’ bodies. It’s not the pretentious hosts pumping up the crowd. It’s not the perfectly timed competition to take in the beautiful sunset. It’s not the picture-perfect light show centered on Paris’ greatest monument. […]