Paris 2024: Going off-road with wrestling, rituals and reprieves
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Volleyball-Italy beat Turkey to set up gold medal match with United States
PARIS : Italy beat European champions Turkey in straight sets in the women's Olympic volleyball semi-finals to move into the gold medal match where they will face the United States who edged Brazil in a five-set thriller earlier on Thursday.
Noah Lyles reveals he had Covid but chose to compete in 200m final
Noah Lyles revealed he had Covid after collecting Olympic 200m bronze on Thursday night.
Former African football president Issa Hayatou dies
YAOUNDE : Former African football president Issa Hayatou died on Thursday after a long illness one day before his 78th birthday, Cameroon television said.
Winning gold would have been super disappointing, says sporting Leitao
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : A gold medal narrowly eluded Portugal's Iuri Leitao in the track cycling omnium on Thursday but if they were handed out for sportsmanship, he would surely be top of the podium.
Tebogo is pride of Africa wearing shoes for his mum
PARIS : Botswana's Letsile Tebogo was the toast of Africa after winning the Olympic 200 metres gold on Thursday but his immediate thoughts were much closer to home as he dedicated his victory to his mother who died in May.
Taekwondo-South Korea's Kim wins women's featherweight gold
PARIS : South Korea's Kim Yu-jin won the Olympic gold medal in the women's taekwondo featherweight division (under-57kg) by beating Iran's Nahid Kiyanichandeh who claimed silver on Thursday.