Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins Olympic gold medal by unanimous decision
Algerian boxer Imane Kherif won the gold medal in the women’s 66 kg category. 2024 Paris Olympics On Friday, he defeated the current welterweight world champion, Yang Liu of China. Kheriff won the three-round bout by unanimous decision to take his place atop the podium. Algeria’s Imane Kherif, left, will compete against China’s Yang Liu […]
Johnson-Thompson savours Olympic redemption after Roberts climbs to gold | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Britain’s heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson ran the fastest 800 metres of her life to win Olympic silver, while her women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team missed out on gold by just 0.7 seconds after a final handover error. A shocking performance in the 800m, the final of the seven events, saw the 31-year-old become […]
New York native Rai Benjamin breaks through for first Olympic gold
Lai Benjamin has finally overcome that hurdle. For a long time, the Mount Vernon native had finished second to the likes of Norway’s Karsten Warholm and Brazil’s Alison dos Santos, but on Friday she finally beat them both to win Olympic gold in the 400-meter hurdles. Warholm, the Tokyo Olympic champion, was in lockstep with […]
Imane Khelif wins gold medal fight to cap 2024 Olympics
Imane Kherif’s journey to the 2024 Olympics ended with a gold medal, after numerous victories and gender controversies that overshadowed those victories. The 25-year-old Algerian fighter, Kherif, secured top spot in the boxing division on Friday after defeating China’s Yang Liu by unanimous decision. She won the first two rounds, which set the stage for […]
Gold medalist Carlos Yulo accuses mom of stealing in feud over girlfriend
Carlos Yulo has enjoyed two golden eras at the Paris Games, but his personal life hasn’t been as glittering as his Olympic medals. Following her Olympic appearance, the 24-year-old Filipina athlete accused her mother, Angelica Yulo, of embezzling prize money backdated to the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships. “My mother had access to my account and […]
Sha’Carri Richardson’s face gave us a gold medal meme in Olympics’ 4×100 relay
Sha’Cary Richardson is writing the ultimate redemption story at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Kicked off the U.S. track and field team ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, Richardson is one of the faces of the women’s track and field team this time around, and she put that face on full […]
Sha’Carri Richardson anchors Team USA to 4×100 relay gold
Shakari Richardson got off to a strong start as the United States won the gold medal in the 4×100 relay at the Paris Olympics on Friday. When she took the baton from Gabby Thomas as the fourth and final runner in the rain-soaked relay, Richardson was, in the NBC commentator’s estimation, “a few meters” behind. […]
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (again) annihilates 400m hurdles world record for Olympic gold
One of the most anticipated track and field matchups at the 2024 Paris Olympics was the women’s 400-meter hurdles between Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States and Femke Boll of the Netherlands. McLaughlin-Levrone entered the event as the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder, while Boll had won the 2023 world title (McLaughlin-Levrone sat […]
Steph Curry, LeBron James dominate as Team USA pulls off miraculous comeback to advance to gold medal game
After what was a scary time at one point, the U.S. men’s basketball team is finding some breathing room. After trailing by as many as 17 points, the United States staged a miraculous comeback in the fourth quarter to beat Serbia 95-91 and advance to their fourth consecutive gold medal. The U.S. was down 13 […]
Sydney McLaughlin Levrone breaks world record again, winning gold for US in 400m final at Paris Olympics
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the world record in the women’s 400-meter hurdles on Thursday in Paris, giving the United States its second consecutive Olympic gold medal. McLaughlin-Levrone, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, clocked 50.37 seconds in the final to break her own world record and record for the sixth time, having broken the 400-meter hurdles world […]