Nigeria’s U-18 basketball teams begin battle in Abidjan
Nigeria’s boys and girls U-18 national teams have arrived in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire for the FIBA U-18 qualifying tournament, which tip-off holds today. It will end on August 4.
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Olympic triathletes to swim in Seine River after water concerns - ESPN
PARIS — After days of delays and uncertainty over water quality in the Seine River, the women's and men's Olympic triathlon races will go forward Wednesday with a swim in the famed Paris waterway, organizers said.
Jordan Chiles is the Olympic gymnastics team's ultimate hype woman - ESPN
PARIS — Jordan Chiles raised her right fist in the air, stared straight into a television camera and winked. Then she turned and performed a highlight reel of a floor routine, earning the third-highest score of the night on the apparatus and introducing herself to the larger sports audience as the fun, fearless kid-sister half of the Biles-Chiles duo.
'Mystery man' goes viral after dive into Paris Olympics pool to retrieve lost cap
PARIS: Whistles and catcalls rang out at La Defense Arena between races in the women's 100m breaststroke heats when a middle-aged man in multi-coloured swimming trunks made his way to the pool, but seconds later he went on to become the toast of the Games.
'It is just passion': 40 years after Ang Peng Siong’s Olympics debut, his brother fulfils his own Games dream
PARIS: As a promising swimmer for Singapore, Ang Peng Wee always dreamed of representing the nation.
Surfing-Tahiti reflects on a perfect day of Olympic surf
TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti : Did that just happen? The Paris Olympics surfing community awoke in Tahiti on Tuesday with a collective sense of disbelief after unquestionably the greatest day of Olympic surfing competition went down at Teahupo'o on Monday.
Wiffen's 'perfect race' on the biggest stage
Daniel Wiffen executed the "perfect race" in becoming Olmypic champion, according to RTÉ Sport analyst Gráinne Murphy.
Olympics Podcast: What's my name? Daniel Wiffen, Olympic champion!
Gold medal and Olympic record for Ireland's Daniel Wiffen... what a night for Irish swimming. Barry Murphy joins Mikey Stafford to try and comprehend a phenomenal performance.