Esports at the Summer Olympic Games could be Saudi Arabia’s best chance at its first gold medal
The calls for esports to become a fully-fledged discipline of the Summer Olympic Games have been ringing out for decades.
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Gymnastics-Britain's Whitlock to return to major championships at Europeans
LONDON : Britain's greatest every gymnast Max Whitlock will return to major competition for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics after being named in the team for the European Championships.
Warriors stop 11-game road skid, beat Rockets 121-108
HOUSTON: Stephen Curry scored 30 points and Klay Thompson added 29 as the Golden State Warriors snapped an 11-game road skid with a 121-108 win over the Houston Rockets on Monday night.
Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners
PARIS: The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners.
World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules, lift Russia doping ban
World Athletics is likely to tighten rules around the participation of transgender women in female competition in a charged meeting of its decision-making body on Thursday that should also see the doping ban on Russia lifted.
Alice Dearing backed for Paris Olympics push
Alice Dearing has been told her turbulent Tokyo experience will harden her for the heat of Paris Olympic battle. The Birmingham marathon swimming star, 25, became the first black female swimmer to represent Britain at an Olympic Games last year where she finished a disappointing 19th-place in the 10km event. Ad But Keri-anne Payne, a Beijing 2008 marathon swimming silver medallist, believes that crucial first Olympic experience combined with three years more training will mean Dearing can challenge for a medal in Paris.
Asian 20km Race Walking Championships: Akshdeep Singh Wins Gold; Vikash Singh, Paramjeet Bisht Qualify For Paris 2024 Olympics
India's Akshdeep Singh clinched the gold medal while Priyanka Goswami bagged bronze in the men's and women's categories respectively at the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships 2023 held in Nomi, Japan on Sunday. Among the other Indian athletes, Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Bisht clocked 1:20:05 and 1:20:08, respectively, in the men's open category which saw them breach the 1:20:10 mark - the qualification standards for both the 2023 World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympics.
US drones, Inflation bites, Macron's pension reform, 2024 Paris Olympics
Elsewhere, it's been a brutal week for banks. Credit Suisse shares fell sharply again on Friday despite a respite when Switzerland's central bank stepped in on Thursday. Flashbacks to the 2008 financial crisis started last week when two midsized US banks failed. Silicon Valley Bank's tech startup investors got a bailout so they could pay their staff on time.