2024 Olympic basketball odds: Team USA favored to win gold; South Sudan surging
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are on the horizon, and as usual, basketball will be one of the sports that generates great excitement from fans and bettors.
Paris Olympics Sport News
The lifeguard: Summer McIntosh's Olympian mom works to smooth waters for star swimmer
The Summer of Summer begins in less than 10 days, when Canada's greatest swimming prospect in a generation is expected to heat up the Paris pool and bring home a potential record medal haul.
Veteran Indian Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh To Retire After Paris Olympics
Celebrated India hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh on Monday announced that he will bid adieu to the game after the Paris Olympics, ending a career that spanned 18 years during which he was a pivotal figure in some historic moments for the side. The 36-year-old, a veteran of 328 International caps, including three Olympic Games, and multiple Commonwealth Games and World Cups, will be playing in his fourth Olympics in Paris beginning July 26. "As I prepare for my last dance in Paris, I look back with immense pride and forward with hope," Sreejesh said in a Hockey India press release.
'Smash them on the blocks': US-Australia rivalry to light up Paris pool
PARIS : American swimming, be warned: Australia are coming for the crown at the Paris Olympics.
'Hopefully We Can Win Two Medals': Yogeshwar Dutt On Indian Wrestling At Paris Olympics
The upheavals in wrestling in the last two years have "severely affected" the growth of the sport in India, feels Olympic medallist grappler Yogeshwar Dutt, though he is still optimistic that the six-member Indian squad can win two medals at the Paris Games beginning on July 26. Sustained protests by six of the country's top grapplers, including Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia and Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat, against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh led to wrestling activities in India coming to a grinding halt for close to a year and a half.
Pogacar aims for Triple Crown after completing Tour/Giro double
Tadej Pogacar has already secured his place among the greats of cycling by completing the Tour de France/Giro d'Italia double on Sunday, and the Slovenian now wants to put his name on an even more elite list by targeting the "Triple Crown" of cycling.
Our guide to watching the Irish at the Olympics - what you need to see and when
With a record number of Irish athletes – 133 to be exact – headed to Paris to compete, here is our guide to watching the Olympics from your sofa, if you want to watch with pride as our Irish entries take to the world stage at the highest level.
Chorlton's BMX superstar Charlotte Worthington ready to shine after testing path to Paris Olympics
It is perhaps only fitting that a backflip turned Charlotte Worthington’s life upside down.