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One Gold In The Bag, USA's Simone Biles Aims For More Paris Olympics 2024 Glory

Simone Biles seeks to make more history in her glittering Olympic gymnastics career by recapturing the all-around title on Thursday, as the athletics programme kicks off at the Paris Games. A total of 16 golds are up for grabs on the sixth full day of competition in Paris, which is again bracing for extreme weather with storm warnings in place early Thursday morning. US star Biles steps back into the spotlight seeking to become the first woman ever to regain the Olympic all-around title after she famously withdrew in Tokyo with the debilitating "Twisties".

Team Nigeria in Paris: Furore over ‘neglect’ of indigenous coaches for foreigners

As the uproar generated by the inclusion of several American coaches in Team Nigeria to the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games still swirls, GOWON AKPODONOR writes that indigenous coaches are feeling neglected, even as they claim to be better equipped to get their wards to deliver optimum performances, as well as articulate the country’s interest than the foreigners.

D’Tigress battle France for quarterfinal ticket

The D’Tigress are on the move again. The women’s national basketball team, who pulled off the biggest upset yet at the ongoing Olympic Games by beating world number three-ranked Australia in their opening Group B game, will do battle against seventh-ranked France, today.