Seine marathon swimming-practice day cancelled
The marathon swimming practice session scheduled for Tuesday in the river Seine has been cancelled, Paris Olympics organisers said.
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Sailing-Dinghy medal races pushed back to Wednesday with breeze in flux
MARSEILLE, France : The men's and women's dinghy Olympic medal races were postponed to Wednesday, with officials eventually deciding there was not enough wind for them to proceed, after sailors in both events had waited for hours for the breeze to stabilise.
Jokic leads Serbia to overtime win over Australia and into last four
PARIS : Nikola Jokic proved again why he is a three-time NBA most valuable player, leading Serbia to a nail-biting 95-90 overtime win over Australia on Tuesday and into the final four of the Paris Olympic basketball tournament.
Paris 2024: Glory years recalled after tough Versailles test in individual show jumping final
In its heyday on TV in the 1970s and 1980s, show jumping was big. Helped by a greater number of colour sets and stars like Harvey Smith, David Broome, Eddie Macken and Paul Darragh, along with coverage of the Horse of the Year Show and the Dublin Horse Show, the sport was very much mainstream.
Hockey-Equal pay helps push Belgium's women to first Olympic hockey semis
PARIS : Medal contention was always the goal for Belgium's women's hockey team at the start of their long qualifying run for the Paris Games, a journey more than a decade in the making fueled by a reshaping of the national programme's gender dynamics.
Paris 2024: Rhasidat Adeleke has work cut out in 400m semi-final
Rhasidat Adeleke will have her work cut out for her to qualify for the women's 400m final, according to former Irish Olympian Rob Heffernan.
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"Villagers, Relatives Used To Donate Money": How Arshad Nadeem Became Pakistan's Biggest Hope For Olympic Medal
It takes a village to raise a champion is an apt way of describing Pakistan's Commonwealth Games champion javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem's rise. For the record, the only Asian javelin thrower to breach the 90 metre mark isn't reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra but his cross-border neighbour Nadeem, with whom he has shared a very cordial relationship. Pakistan, a country, where cricket is believed to be the only sport where serious investments come in, Nadeem's achievements aren't because of the system but despite it.