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Olympics-Judo-Japan's Tsunoda wins gold, two medals for France
PARIS - Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won the gold medal in the women's under 48 kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, while Yeldos Smetov...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Gymnastics-Bathwater mishap forces Japan's Oka to swap cardboard bed
PARIS - Much has been made about the robustness of the Olympic Village's cardboard beds but one didn't prove up to the test for top...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Olympics-Rugby Sevens-Last-gasp South Africa take dramatic bronze
PARIS - South Africa beat Australia 26-19 with the last play of a pulsating rugby sevens third-place playoff on Saturday to win their...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Canoeing-Gestin and Prigent provide home cheer with superb slalom runs
PARIS - French canoeists Nicolas Gestin and Camille Prigent gave the rain-soaked fans plenty to cheer about with some blistering slalom...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Cycling-Evenepoel recovers from big night out to win TT gold
PARIS - Remco Evenepoel's proper preparations for the Olympics started last Sunday at 4:30am - when he went to bed after partying all...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Cycling-Near-misses fuelled Brown's Paris 2024 ambitions
PARIS - Missing out on a podium finish or a title could deter a lot of athletes, but in the case of Grace Brown, the near-misses gave...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Olympics-Judo medals spark French fan fervour at Paris Games
PARIS - If the judo dojo at the foot of the Eiffel Tower was anything to go by, then France's Olympic delegation is set to have some wild...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


French minister says foreign involvement not ruled out in rail sabotage
PARIS - France's interior minister said on Saturday he could not rule out foreign involvement in an attack that sabotaged signal stations...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Olympics-Fencing-Defending champion Sun defeated in sudden-death epee shock
PARIS - Defending women's epee champion Sun Yiwen of China was knocked out in her opening bout by Japan's Miho Yoshimura on Saturday in a...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Judo-Smetov wins men's -60kg gold for Kazakhstan
PARIS - Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the under 60kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Luka Mkheidze of France...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Olympics-Equestrian-Culture change needed, Werth says after Dujardin 'catastrophe'
VERSAILLES, France - Equestrian sports need a culture change to secure their future, German seven-times Olympic champion Isabell Werth...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Pouring rain disrupts Games after drenched opening ceremony
PARIS - Pouring rain in Paris on Saturday forced the men's Olympics street skateboarding competition to be postponed and tennis matches...
Jul 30, 20243 min read
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