2024 WNBA odds: Clark, Reese inspire 'historic increases in betting'
When it comes to the betting surge that the WNBA has seen during the 2024 season, BetMGM — unshockingly — attributes some of it to Caitlin Clark.
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Canadian team tracking for another strong Olympic Games after Tokyo record
Canada's team is poised for a banner Olympic Games in Paris despite safe-sport and financial turmoil since a record performance in Tokyo.
Football kicks off Games ahead of opening ceremony
PARIS: The sporting action at the Paris Olympics kicked off with two football matches on Wednesday (Jul 24), two days before thousands of athletes and artists are set to take part in an ambitious opening ceremony at the heart of the French capital.
Sinner pulls out of Paris Games due to illness
PARIS :Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Games due to tonsillitis, the world number one said on Wednesday, denting Italy's hopes of winning a first Olympic tennis medal since 1924.
French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she's barred from the Olympic opening ceremony because of her hijab
French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday's opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee (FOC) said it is working with her to find a solution that adheres to the team's secular requirements for athletes.
Canadian Olympians thrilled to have family and friends in Paris after pandemic Games
When Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron competes for a second Olympic gold medal in Paris, she'll be doing it in front of a large cheering section including her parents, siblings, training mates, former coaches and friends.
1,000 French Police To Secure Israel-Mali Olympics Football Game
Around 1,000 French police officers will be on duty on Wednesday to protect Israel's football match against Mali at the Paris Olympics where protests are also expected, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. The game involving the Israeli team at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, as well as the Ukraine-Iraq match in the southeastern city of Lyon, have been identified by French security forces as high risk. "All the competitions have a security plan, but it's true that these two matches, and particularly the match at the Parc des Princes, will have security, an anti-terror perimeter," Darmanin told BFM television and RMC radio.
Boxers deserve prize money at Olympics, says former governing body
PARIS : The International Boxing Association (IBA) on Wednesday accused the International Olympic Committee of doing too little to reward boxers, and demanded prize money for them.