France24 - Sports (45 minutes ago)
While team sports took centre stage Thursday on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the first individual event of the 2024 Games – archery – drew all eyes to the Invalides on the banks of the River Seine. French rugby star Antoine Dupont's Les Bleus entered their second day of play as the French women's football team led by...
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American rapper Snoop Dogg will be one of the final torchbearers before the Olympics opening ceremony this Friday. There are rumours about who will be performing after sightings of Céline Dion and Lady Gaga in Paris. Also in Destination Paris, we catch up with Colombian racewalker Éider Arévalo as part of our "Four corners of the world" series.
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FRANCE 24 speaks to Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay, who has just made history at the Tour de France after becoming the first Black African to win a stage as well as the green jersey for best sprinter. The 24-year-old rider, who will be competing in the road race at the Games, talks about how he hopes his success will spark change in the world of...
ReadThe Guardian - Sport (58 minutes ago)
The English coach was brought in to transform a team that had stumbled badly at last year's World Cup. The early signs are encouragingFor US women's national team manager Emma Hayes, just one roadblock seemed to be troubling her team as they made their way to France for their Olympic opener: the invisible brick wall that had been erected in front...
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The 2024 FA Cup winners have lost several big names but have added the Norway striker who sparkled for BrightonElisabeth Terland's first taste of English football was one of sour defeat. She came on in the 84th minute to make her tournament debut at the 2022 European Championship for a hopeless Norway side who went on to lose 8-0 against England,...
ReadThe Guardian - Sport (58 minutes ago)
The weight of expectation is part of the experience and so I'm backing Emma Finucane to lead Team GB's rush for medalsThe Paris Olympics are here, at last, and it's strange to admit that I am excited rather than nervous. It's taken me 12 years to reach this point. I am proud to have won five gold medals at three successive Olympic Games in London,...
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Quarterback led NFL in passing yards last seasonDeal is a record for a Dolphins playerThe Miami Dolphins signed quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to a four-year contract extension valued at a franchise-record $212.4m, according to media reports on Monday. At an average of $53.1m per year, Tagovailoa will rank third in the NFL in quarterback pay behind...
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South Sudan's story of resilience, unity and hope has a strong Australian flavour thanks to the five players with connections to the countryThere are no indoor basketball courts in South Sudan. Not one. But on Sunday, the young nation will make its Olympic basketball debut against Puerto Rico in Lille. It is a remarkable story of resilience, unity...
ReadNDTV - Sport (6 hours ago)
Olympics 2024: The city of Paris turned into a colossal amphitheatre, and the iconic river Seine served as a track for the athletes' parade as France showcased its cultural diversity, spirit of revolution, impeccable craftsmanship and architectural heritage
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WBD says league breached contract by declining offerNBA signed $76bn deal for broadcast rightsWarner Bros Discovery filed a lawsuit against the NBA on Friday after losing media rights to Amazon.WBD, TNT's parent company, alleges that the league breached its contract by declining WBD's offer for a new media rights deal and instead signing with...
ReadSportsnet - Sports (7 hours ago)
The trade deadline brings up all kinds of emotions. For fans, there’s excitement to see what new players will be joining their favourite teams. But for the players themselves, the deadline can be stressful as they and their families await the news that they have been moved. Those emotions bubbled to the surface for Yusei Kikuchi on Friday as he...
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Guardiola has not ruled out staying beyond next summerManager had said he was 'closer to leaving than staying'Pep Guardiola has insisted he has not ruled out signing a new contract with Manchester City, with his current deal due to expire next summer.The City manager appeared to hint in May that next season could be his last at the club, saying he...
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Australia's Matthew Dawson thought his Games were over after a freak accident but a bold decision ensured he will still be part of a team chasing a medalIt has been 20 years since the Kookaburras, the Australian men's hockey team, have won an Olympic gold medal. But so badly do the current cohort want to improve on their agonising silver medal in...
ReadThe Guardian - Sport (9 hours ago)
Paris Games launched with audacious opening ceremonyNadal carries Olympic torch on speedboat in grand finaleTowards the end of a night where the Parisian skies opened like sluice gates and did their damnedest to drown the ambitions of the most audacious opening ceremony in history, the head of the Paris Olympics had the confidence to crack a...
ReadThe Guardian - Sport (9 hours ago)
The Parisian rain showed there is a good reason why Olympic opening ceremonies are held in stadiumsAvant: le deluge. There was a moment, about an hour into Paris 2024's Grand Opening Spectacular, as the rain soaked through shoes, trousers, socks and eventually skin, hair and bone; as yet more boats of waving people chugged down the Seine, like...
ReadSportsnet - Sports (10 hours ago)
The perennial rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox heads to Fenway Park on Friday as Nestor Cortes Jr. and Brayan Bello each take to the mound. Catch all the action on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ starting at 7:10 p.m. ET / 4:10 p.m. PT or follow along with our MLB live tracker.
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Dutchman fears repeat of last season's injury woesLeny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee have joined this summerErik ten Hag is concerned that Manchester United need to "catch up on squad depth” with the manager worried that the 60-plus injuries his side suffered last season could happen again due to the load on players.United have already signed the...
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Simone Biles has reframed her relationship with the sport but will face fierce competition from Rebeca AndradeIn the aftermath of her nightmare second Olympic experience, all Simone Biles wanted to do was go home. But even after she departed Tokyo, Biles had to follow her teammates to New York and wade through numerous excruciating talk show...
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Wigan Warriors 4-40 Warrington WolvesTeenager Lindop and Ashton run in doubles for WolvesWhen the dust settles on this most extraordinary of Super League seasons, it is highly likely that all six teams who make the playoffs look back on this night as one of the most pivotal of them all.Let us begin at the top, and this outstanding victory for...
ReadThe Guardian - Sport (11 hours ago)
Too often this series the captain's wicket has led to flurry of dismissals but his predecessor dug in to avert a collapseFirst ball of the Test, Chris Woakes bowling to Kraigg Brathwaite. It pitched a little short, and the West Indies captain dabbed it into the ground and ran. It felt a little ambitious, if only for a moment – by the time Woakes...
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A resounding medal tally may be a secondary thought but podiums will offer powerful means of representationInside Ukraine's ministry of youth and sports stands a solemn memorial, displayed along a section of wall, displaying the names of athletes and coaches at various levels who have died during Russia's full-scale invasion. It was unveiled in...
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Dane joins from Napoli, Sessegnon returns to Fulham£35m striker set to swap Villa Park for London StadiumEverton have signed the Denmark international Jesper Lindstrøm on a season's loan from Napoli. The deal for the attacking midfielder includes the option of a permanent transfer for €22.5m (£19m) next summer.Lindstrøm, 24, had been tracked...
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From meticulous preparation to sandbagging, breaking down the psychic toolbox competitors in Paris will be working withOlympic athletes employ a number of strategies in their attempts to gain a psychological advantage over the other competitors. Some of these may be deliberate, but in many cases they will be employing tactics they don't fully...
ReadCTV - Sports (13 hours ago)
John Herdman says he will co-operate with a Canada Soccer review into what CEO and general secretary Kevin Blue called what appears to be 'a systemic ethical shortcoming' within the organization in the wake of a mushrooming spying scandal involving the Canadian women's team at the Paris Olympics.
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Cavalier approach leads to loss of three wickets Woakes: 'We always try to take the positive option'Chris Woakes defended England's approach after they lost three wickets in the final half-hour of the opening day at Edgbaston to reach stumps at 38 for three, still 244 runs behind, having chosen to be cavalier rather than cautious in a potentially...
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Another record haul is possible for Team GB in Paris, and those behind it hope they can use success to make a lasting impact on societyThere used to be a hidden wall at UK Sport's old London headquarters where senior figures would meticulously plot Team GB's medal charge before each Olympics. But with every passing Games there was increasingly less...
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Third Test, day one: West Indies 282; England 38-3Gus Atkinson takes four wickets at EdgbastonThere were some raised eyebrows when England named an unchanged XI for this third Test against West Indies; eyebrows that wondered why, in a summer of supposed renewal for their bowling attack, and with the series win already secured, Ben Stokes and...
ReadThe Hindu - Sport (13 hours ago)
There has never been a celebration this grand during the 128-year history of the modern Olympiad as the Opening Ceremony, along the Seine, features iconic landmarks before culminating at Eiffel Tower; 78 athletes and officials from 12 disciplines take part from the Indian contingent
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