Duncan Scott declares numbers DO lie as he closes in on Team GB Olympics medal record
Duncan Scott insists numbers do lie after moving just one medal away from topping the UK’s all-time Olympic charts.
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Match officials announced for Bok Rugby Championship fixtures
Six different referees will take charge of Springbok matches during this year's Rugby Championship, with Luke Pearce of England set to take charge of their opening clash against Australia at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane next Saturday.
It’s not over for D’Tigress in Paris
Nigeria female basketball team, D’Tigress, must be in their best element on Sunday, when they face Canada in a make or break tie.
Despite athletes’ free fall in Paris, Sports Minister still hopeful of ‘last magic’
The free fall by Nigerian athletes at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics notwithstanding, Sports Minister, John Owen Enoh, is still hopeful the nation will not return home empty handed.
USA Set New World Record In Mixed 4x400m Relay
The United States set a new world record in the heats of the mixed 4x400m relay at the Paris Olympics on Friday. The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown timed 3min 07.41sec, smashing the previous best of 3:08.80 set when the US won world gold in Budapest last year. "We wanted to come out here and execute good hand-offs," said Norwood. "We set the tone for the rest of the United States with that world record."
Julian Alvarez hijack eyed as Manchester City make transfer decision
The future of Manchester City star Julian Alvarez continues to be subject of speculation after hinting he was unhappy for missing out in big games.
Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz To Clash In Dream Paris Olympics 2024 Gold Medal Clash
A fired-up Novak Djokovic on Friday reached his first Olympic final, where he will face Carlos Alcaraz in a dream showdown for gold, describing his achievement as "a big deal". Top seed Djokovic, still seeking an elusive Olympic title to sit along his 24 Grand Slams, defeated Italy's Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 in a tense semi-final. Alcaraz earlier became the youngest men's finalist since tennis returned to the Games in 1988 when he swept aside Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1. Sunday's title match at Roland Garros will be the pair's seventh meeting and follows on the heels of Alcaraz's recent victory against Djokovic in the Wimbledon final. "It's a huge relief," said Djokovic, whose only success at the Olympics was a bronze medal at Beijing in 2008.
After Imane Khelif, Another Gender Row Hits Boxing At Paris Olympics 2024 Post Lin Yu-ting's Win
One of the boxers at the centre of a gender controversy at the Olympics comfortably reached the quarter-finals Friday, as fellow fighters and public figures weighed into the furore. Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting beat Sitora Turdibekova from Uzbekistan on a unanimous points decision in the women's 57kg class in her opening bout in Paris. The 28-year-old Lin is embroiled in a political punch-up over her eligibility, along with fellow boxer Imane Khelif, after the Algerian beat her Italian opponent in just 46 seconds on Thursday. Khelif and Lin both fought at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics without controversy.