2024 Olympic Games: It’s au revoir Paris as Tom Cruise turns spotlight on 2028 Los Angeles games
The national stadium, France’s largest, was one of the targets of Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers who killed 130 people in and around Paris on November 13, 2015. The joy and celebrations that swept Paris during the Games as Marchand and other French athletes racked up 64 medals – 16 of them gold – marked a major watershed in the city’s recovery from that night of terror.
Human are limited: Kenya’s marathon legend Kipchoge drops out of Paris Olympics race with pelvic joint pain
The 39-year-old Kipchoge started among the frontrunners but faded before the 20km mark, clutching his side as challengers streamed ahead of him. After the race he said back pain had overwhelmed him and made him stop.
Algerian boxing heroine Khelif delights newfound devotees with statement win at Paris Games
Imane Khelif, who won by unanimous decision, is the first Algerian woman to earn an Olympic boxing title and the first boxer from her country to claim gold since Hocine Soltani at Atlanta 1996. Women’s boxing has been in the Olympics since London 2012.
Paris Olympics: Kenya’s Wanyonyi leads the way into open 800 metres final
Wanyonyi, silver medallist at last year’s world championship, was pushed at the end by American Bryce Hoppel but ensured he crossed the line first in 1:43.32 minutes.
Fallen veteran football administrator Issa Hayatou leaves behind rich history in African sports
In 2002, during a period of deep financial and political turmoil at Fifa, Hayatou challenged then-president Sepp Blatter in an election he would lose heavily despite support for him in Europe. The 139-56 result showed Issa Hayatou had lost votes from his African colleagues.
Paris Olympics: Labelling Algerian boxer Imane Khelif ‘insufficiently female’ is illogic and fascistic gender ideology
Khelif is a female athlete who was deemed by the International Olympic Committee to be eligible to compete. She is only the latest woman of colour in sports to be deemed insufficiently female by a right-wing commentariat obsessed with forging the strictest gender binaries, contrary to social, biological and medical realities.
Paris Olympics: Kenya strikes gold, silver in 5000m race after Kipyegon had controversially been disqualified
Chebet produced a thrilling finish to win the first medal for her country at the Paris Olympics and smiled widely as she crossed the line after an exhausting performance. World champion Kipyegon had finished second in 14:29.60 but was disqualified after a clash with Ethiopian world record holder Gudaf Tsegay on the penultimate lap.
Cameroonian refugee Cindy Ngamba makes history with first ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offered his congratulations immediately after Sunday’s fight “for reaching the boxing semi-finals at Paris 2024 and being assured of a medal – the first ever medal for the Refugee Olympic team”.
Authorities in France still puzzled by train attacks hours after the opening of Paris Olympic Games
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attacks and France’s Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said it was too early to speculate about who might be behind them. Two security sources said the mode of attack meant initial suspicions fell on leftist militants or environmental activists, but cautioned they did not yet have any evidence.
Olympic basketball champions USA escape South Sudan scalp with slim 101-100 win after LeBron James’s last minute dunk
South Sudan led by 16 late in the first half – 58-42 – before the Americans got the last basket to cut the deficit to 14 at the break. But the 18-0 run was key. James had four assists during the spurt and Curry, from about 35 feet, connected on a 3-pointer late in the third that gave the US its first lead since the first quarter at 79-76.
