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Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Skateboarding-Japan's Horigome retains gold in men's street nail-biter
PARIS - Japan's Yuto Horigome retained his Olympic title in men's street skateboarding in Paris on Monday, clinching the top of the...


Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics superfan spends $10,000 on Paris tickets
PARIS - Vivianne Robinson was first bitten by the Olympics bug at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Four decades on, the Santa Monica native is...


Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Judo-Canada's Deguchi and Heydarov of Azerbaijan win gold
PARIS - Christa Deguchi won the women's under 57kg gold to hand Canada its first ever Olympic judo title on Monday before Hidayat...


Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-American artist Feuerman aims to inspire with her 'Diver' sculpture
PARIS - American artist Carole Feuerman, renowned for her super-realist sculptures of swimmers and divers, has a larger-than-life work on...


Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Swimming-Popovici takes men's 200 metres freestyle gold
PARIS - Romania's David Popovici beat Britain's Matt Richards by a knife-edge 0.02 of a second to win the men's 200 metres freestyle gold...


Jul 30, 20243 min read
Olympics-Djokovic survives wobble to ease past error-prone Nadal, Swiatek cruises
PARIS - Serbia's top-seeded Novak Djokovic overcame a brief bout of nerves in the second set before beating 14-times French Open champion...


Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Skateboarding-Men's street medallists feel next generation closing in
PARIS - The 20-something medallists at the Paris Olympic men's street skateboarding said they were hanging onto their sport for dear...


Jul 30, 20241 min read
Olympics-Skateboarding-Men's street medallists want 'more tricks' in Los Angeles Games
PARIS - Skateboarding has underlined its status as a big draw for the Olympics in Paris this week, but medallists from the men's street...


Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Canoeing-Gestin shares golden moment with family and France
PARIS - A stunning gold-medal run in the men's canoe single slalom at the Paris Games on Monday will live long in Nicolas Gestin's...


Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Hockey-Harmanpreet strikes again to save India, Dutch women come from behind to topple Germany
PARIS - India skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored a late goal for the second game in a row to force a 1-1 draw with Argentina in Pool B of...


Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Alcaraz hindered by groin injury during second round win
PARIS -Spain's Carlos Alcaraz was troubled by a groin injury during his 6-1 7-6(3) second round win over Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor at...


Jul 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Swimming-Australia's O'Callaghan foils clubmate Titmus for 200m freestyle gold
PARIS - Australia's red-headed rocket Mollie O'Callaghan toppled defending champion Ariarne Titmus to claim gold in the women's 200...
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