A historic boat parade down the River Seine launched the Paris Olympics with spectacular French flair Friday, as the City of Light welcomed the world’s greatest athletes for a sporting extravaganza. Braving torrential rain, some 300,000 people lined the river…
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Rafael Nadal will bid farewell to the Olympics on the clay courts of Roland Garros — scene of his greatest moments — as Novak Djokovic attempts to prevent the sun setting on tennis’s golden generation. Nadal has won 14 of…
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Zimbabwe on Thursday sought to dampen a furore sparked by reports that scores of officials accompanied a meagre seven-athlete Olympics team to Paris, saying most were not part of the official delegation. The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) said only nine…
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Reigning Ballon d’Or Aitana Bonmati scored one goal and helped create another as World Cup holders Spain beat Japan 2-1 in their first game of the women’s Olympic football tournament on Thursday, while record four-time gold medallists the United States…
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Global rugby superstar Antoine Dupont inspired France to a thrilling 26-14 Olympic sevens quarter-final win over Argentina Friday on a pulsating night at the Stade de France that also saw the mighty New Zealand suffer a shock exit. Meanwhile, double…
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Paris was on Thursday counting down the hours to the most ambitious Olympics opening ceremony in history on the river Seine. The show on Friday evening will see up to 7,500 competitors sail down a six-kilometre stretch of the Seine…
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The sporting programme at the Paris Olympics endured a chaotic start on Wednesday as men’s football kicked off while a huge police operation was put in place for Israel’s first appearance at the Games. Two days before the opening ceremony,…
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Cristian Medina scored the equaliser in the 16th added minute as Argentina came from two down to draw 2-2 with Morocco in a hostile atmosphere on the opening day of men’s Olympic football on Wednesday, while Spain edged Uzbekistan 2-1.…
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France struggled to live up to pre-tournament billing as favourites for Olympic Gold in rugby sevens Wednesday, held to a 12-12 draw by the United States to the disappointment of a packed Stade de France. Meanwhile, double Olympic champions Fiji…
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Rarely has an Olympic 100 metres champion been so belittled or so maligned as Italy’s Marcell Jacobs. It is fair to say the Texas-born Italian stunned the field to snatch gold in the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games, in a European record…
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A rejuvenated United States team under new coach Emma Hayes are targeting a record-extending fifth women’s football gold medal at the Paris Olympics but face stiff competition, not least in the shape of World Cup holders Spain and their all-star…
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One of the most iconic images of the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics was the sight of Karsten Warholm ripping open his running top after shattering the world record in winning the men’s 400m hurdles gold. The Norwegian recorded the mind-boggling time…
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