Morocco thump USA 4-0 to enter men’s football semis at Paris Olympics 2024
Captain Achraf Hakimi scores as the Atlas Lions put on a dominant performance in front of a partisan crowd in Paris.
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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif becomes target of Olympics gender row
The fighter under scrutiny won her opening bout when opponent Angela Carini from Italy quits after 46 seconds.
Titmus-led Australia, Canadian teen McIntosh sparkle in Paris Olympics pool
Aussies bag women's freestyle relay gold, McIntosh breaks record in 200m butterfly final and Ledecky wins 13th medal.
Tom Cruise to appear in Olympics closing ceremony – report
Mission: Impossible star pre-taped stunts in Paris and Los Angeles for the 11 August ceremony, reports suggest
Tom Cruise is reportedly set to assist with the ceremonial Olympic Games handoff between Paris and the 2028 host, Los Angeles.
The closing ceremonies will get a boost from the Mission: Impossible actor who has filmed stunts in both cities as part of a pre-taped segment for 11 August, according to TMZ.
Continue reading...Viral Olympic shooters Yusuf Dikec and Kim Ye-ji unfazed by internet storm
Hands-in-pocket Turkish shooter Dikec and South Korea's 'sci-fi assassin' Kim have brushed aside their fame.
Turkish marksman’s nonchalant charm goes viral at Paris Olympics
- Yusuf Dikeç wears minimal gear as he claims silver
- Shooter has competed a every Games since 2008
Guns, for understandable reasons, should be treated with extreme caution. So it’s a surprise that one of the best marksmen in the world treats the pinnacle of his sport like it’s a casual day at the park.
Rather than the hi-tech gear that many of his fellow Olympians have worn in Paris this year, Turkey’s Yusuf Dikeç competed in a baggy T-shirt, with one hand in his pocket and glasses that looked like they were bought on discount at the local opticians.
Continue reading...Ecuador, China bag race walk gold to kick off athletics at Paris Olympics
Ecuador's Brian Pintado wins first athletics gold in men's 20km race walk. China's Yang Jiayu storms the women's race.
Simone Biles eyes ninth Olympic gold in all-around gymnastics final
Biles says she was relieved after finishing the vault in the team finals without any flashbacks of Tokyo 2020.
Paris Olympics 2024: Homeboy Marchand, legendary Ledecky bag swimming gold
Katie Ledecky wins eighth gold medal as France's Leon Marchand wins unprecedented two 200m swimming golds in a session.
Argentina and China grab shock Olympic gold in BMX freestyle at Paris 2024
Argentina's Jose Gil won men's gold ahead over home favourite Anthony Jeanjean and China's Deng Yawen won women's event.
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson to skip women’s 100m race at Paris Olympics 2024
The Jamaican sprinter believes she will run a better 200m race, where she is the world champion, at the Paris Olympics.
‘Our bet paid off’: Paris celebrates Olympic triathletes’ swim in the Seine
City officials say they have ‘reversed the tide of history’ thanks to completion of €1.4bn sewerage system
French city officials have hailed a “historic day” after the Olympic triathlon competitions were held in the River Seine just a day after it was deemed unsafe for swimming.
Tests on the water showed the men’s and women’s competitions could go ahead on Wednesday morning, resulting in victory – against all odds – for the city as well as for French athletes who took medals in the women’s and men’s events.
Continue reading...Paris Olympics 2024 track and field: Favourites, events, schedule, venue
Where will athletics medal events be hosted? When are the sprint races and who are the favourites? Al Jazeera explains.
Wednesday briefing: Where France’s €1.6bn plan to clean up the Seine for the Olympics went wrong
In today’s newsletter: The government has spent €1.6bn improving the river, but an ancient sewage system and the climate are muddying the waters
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An ambitious project to clean up the River Seine has left French officials up to their eyes in it.
Israel-Gaza war | Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, has been targeted and killed in Tehran, the group said in a statement early on Wednesday morning. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confirmed the assassination, which was reported on Iranian state TV early on Wednesday morning, with analysts also claiming Israel killed Haniyeh, the Associated Press said.
UK news | Keir Starmer has said those who rioted in Southport on Tuesday night will “feel the full force of the law” after police vehicles were set alight and missiles hurled at officers. It came after far-right protesters pelted police with glass bottles and bricks and attacked a mosque following a knife attack that killed three children and left five other children and two adults in critical condition.
Conservatives | Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal.
US election 2024 | Donald Trump has repeated his weekend remarks to Christian summit attendees that they would never need to vote again if he returns to the presidency in November.
Health | The hidden cost of rising workplace sickness in the UK has increased to more than £100bn a year, largely caused by a loss of productivity amid “staggering” levels of presenteeism, a report warns.
Continue reading...Paris Olympics 2024 day four: Nadalcaraz in quarters, India’s second medal
Bhaker became India's first-ever multi-medallist at an Olympics by winning her second bronze on a hot day in Paris.
Olympic swimming: McKeown bags Aussie gold as Wiffen makes Irish history
Daniel Wiffen becomes first Irishman to win swimming gold, Australia's McKeown bags women's 100-metre backstroke gold.
Olympic ‘drag queen scene’ DJ files legal complaint after torrent of online abuse
- Barbara Butch has received homophobic abuse
- Legal complaint is precursor to possible police action
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A DJ and LGBTQ+ activist who performed during a controversial scene in the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony has said she is taking legal action after becoming the target of “an extremely violent campaign of cyber-harassment and defamation”.
Barbara Butch, who calls herself a “love activist”, had been “threatened with death, torture and rape, and has also been the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist and body-shaming insults”, her lawyer said in a post on her Instagram page.
Continue reading...Popovici wins Olympic gold in men’s 200m free, Titmus upset by O’Callaghan
David Popovici stormed to Olympic gold in the men's 200m freestyle, while Mollie O'Callaghan won women's swimming event.
Olympic gold: Japan’s Horigome on skateboard, GB’s Pidcock on mountain bike
Japan wins skateboarding and gymnastics gold, Canada achieves a judo first, Great Britain wins mountain bike thriller.
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz moves to Williams for 2025 F1 season
In a surprise move, Carlos Sainz, a three-time Grand Prix winner with Ferrari, signed a two-year deal with Williams.