Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

Olympics

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Torchbearers in Marseille kick off the Olympic flame's journey across France

Torchbearers are carrying the Olympic flame through the streets of France’s southern port city of Marseille, the first leg of an 11-week journey across the country

Torchbearers in Marseille kick off the Olympic flame's journey across France
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Olympics-WADA must repair trust, says U.S. athletes' commission head

Some athletes have lost trust in world anti-doping agency WADA after the body's handling of failed drug tests in Chinese swimming, according to Team USA Athletes' Commission

Olympics-WADA must repair trust, says U.S. athletes' commission head
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A Ukrainian gymnast carried the Paris Olympic torch with an EU team, in a sign of support

A Ukrainian gymnast has led a group of European athletes carrying the torch for the Paris Olympics through Marseille, a gesture of European unity and solidarity with her country amid its war with Russia

A Ukrainian gymnast carried the Paris Olympic torch with an EU team, in a sign of support
Entertainment|Sports

Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team in the Paris Olympics

Flavor Flav believes the hype on the three-time defending Olympic champion U.S. women's water polo team, and now he's stepping in to help its quest for another gold medal

Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team in the Paris Olympics
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Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims

Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do

Brazilian athletes drop Olympic dreams to help flood victims
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US downhill skier Breezy Johnson banned for 14 months for breaking anti-doping rules

Downhill skier Breezy Johnson has been banned for 14 months for three violations of anti-doping rules and can't race until December

US downhill skier Breezy Johnson banned for 14 months for breaking anti-doping rules
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P&G plans to downplay its corporate name in ads during Paris Olympics

What is missing from the Paris 2024 Olympics? A tear-jerking corporate advertising campaign from Procter & Gamble saluting the mothers of athletes.

P&G plans to downplay its corporate name in ads during Paris Olympics
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Paris garbage collectors lift strike threat ahead of Olympic Games

Paris garbage collectors have lifted the strike notice that threatened to leave the French capital facing piles of rubbish during the Olympic Games

Paris garbage collectors lift strike threat ahead of Olympic Games
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Pittsburgh Penguins' Mike Sullivan named U.S. men's hockey coach for 2026 Milan Olympics

Mike Sullivan has been selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics

Pittsburgh Penguins' Mike Sullivan named U.S. men's hockey coach for 2026 Milan Olympics
Sports

US Open champ Coco Gauff calls on young Americans to get out and vote. 'Use the power that we have'

She’s the U.S. Open champion

US Open champ Coco Gauff calls on young Americans to get out and vote. 'Use the power that we have'
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Emma Hayes' first roster as coach of the US women's team includes 2 first-time call-ups

Coach Emma Hayes has selected her first roster for the U.S. ahead of a pair of friendlies as she prepares to lead the women’s national soccer team at the Paris Olympics

Emma Hayes' first roster as coach of the US women's team includes 2 first-time call-ups
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From schools to the Olympics, how France's staunch secularism affects religion in public life

As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the Olympics in two months, one of the country’s fundamental principles is under the spotlight — laïcité, or secularism

From schools to the Olympics, how France's staunch secularism affects religion in public life
Entertainment|Sports

Record-breaking gymnast Oksana Chusovitina's bid for ninth Olympics ends with injury at 48

Record-breaking 48-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says an injury has ended her attempt to qualify for what would have been her ninth Olympics

Record-breaking gymnast Oksana Chusovitina's bid for ninth Olympics ends with injury at 48
Sports

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters

Beatrice Chebet of Kenya has set a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic meet, finishing in 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters
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Olympic boxing medalists in Paris promised cash prizes by rogue governing body

The boxing governing body declared rogue by the International Olympic Committee says it will pay $50,000 in prize money to each gold medalist at the Paris Games

Olympic boxing medalists in Paris promised cash prizes by rogue governing body
Sports

12 years later, American Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus will get gold medal at ceremony in Paris

There’s no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished

12 years later, American Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus will get gold medal at ceremony in Paris
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'Pure grit.' Jordan Chiles is making a run at a second Olympics, this time on her terms

Jordan Chiles is making another run at the Olympics

'Pure grit.' Jordan Chiles is making a run at a second Olympics, this time on her terms
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Surfers get 'best waves of our lives' at dress rehearsal for Olympic venue in Tahiti

After days of barreling along the huge waves of Tahiti’s island paradise, French Polynesian surfer Vahine Fierro has even more reason to look forward to this summer’s Olympics

Surfers get 'best waves of our lives' at dress rehearsal for Olympic venue in Tahiti
Sports

Gable Steveson makes switch from wrestling to football by signing with the Buffalo Bills

Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is seeking to trade the mat for the gridiron by signing a standard undrafted rookie free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills

Gable Steveson makes switch from wrestling to football by signing with the Buffalo Bills
Sports

Olympics-McLaughlin-Levrone sets world lead on return to 400m hurdles

Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ramped up preparations for a title defence at this year's Paris Games by running a world-leading time of 52.70 seconds on Friday in her first 400

Olympics-McLaughlin-Levrone sets world lead on return to 400m hurdles
Sports

Gymnastics-Biles dominant on first day of U.S. championships

Simone Biles got her bid for a record-extending ninth all-around title at the U.S. championships off to a sensational start on Friday, piling up 60.45 points to take a more than three-

Gymnastics-Biles dominant on first day of U.S. championships
Health|Sports

Skye Blakely ‘shut down’ after the 2021 Olympic trials. A mental coach helped bring her back

Gymnast Skye Blakely says working on her mental health has helped put her in the mix for the 2024 Olympics

Skye Blakely ‘shut down’ after the 2021 Olympic trials. A mental coach helped bring her back
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World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival

Track and field's World Athletics has announced a new global championships that promises $150,000 prizes for gold medalists

World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival
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Olympics-French apathy and cost concerns dampen mayors' bid to stoke Games fervour

When a group of mayors paid tens of thousands of euros each to bring the Olympic torch to their towns along France's Atlantic coast, a row

Olympics-French apathy and cost concerns dampen mayors' bid to stoke Games fervour
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Marcell Jacobs succeeded Usain Bolt as Olympic 100-meter champion. He still flies 'under the radar'

Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo

Marcell Jacobs succeeded Usain Bolt as Olympic 100-meter champion. He still flies 'under the radar'

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