Canadian divers Wiens, Zsombor-Murray advance to Olympic men's 10m semifinal
Canadian divers Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray have advanced to the semifinal in the men's 10-metre platform event at the Paris Olympics.
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Dutchman Lavreysen reaches sprint final, eyes second gold
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : Harrie Lavreysen closed in on his second gold medal of the Paris Olympics as the flying Dutchman easily qualified for the men's sprint final later on Friday at the National Velodrome.
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PARIS — The crowds for France's upset victories over Canada and Germany this week at Bercy Arena on the banks of the Seine in the French capital have been electric this week. And Saturday's gold medal game against Team USA is expected to bring a new level of energy both because of the opponent and their villain.
"Will Cook Traditional Kerala Food For Him": PR Sreejesh's Wife Aneeshya
Aneeshya Sreejesh can't quite make sense of her emotions right now. The wife in her is happy that her husband will have more time at home but the "die-hard fan" in her is sad that PR Sreejesh's galvanising presence in front of the goalpost would no longer be a constant in Indian hockey. The Indian men's hockey team clinched a second successive bronze medal at the Olympic Games for the first time in 52 years, rallying to beat Spain 2-1 in third place playoff, giving veteran goalkeeper Sreejesh a fitting farewell on Thursday.
Canoeing-Carrington grabs another gold as New Zealand win kayak double race
PARIS :New Zealand paddler Lisa Carrington's gold rush continued at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday when she secured a seventh Olympic gold medal and her second of the Paris Games, winning the women's 500m kayak double race with Alicia Hoskin.
Wanyonyi leads the way into open 800m final
PARIS : Emmanuel Wanyonyi looked in great shape on Friday as won his semi-final from gun to tape to move into the Olympic 800 metres final where he will hope to make it five in a row for Kenya.