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Olympics-Surfer Moore braced for Teahupo'o swansong
NEW YORK - Olympic champion Carissa Moore hopes Teahupo'o, the infamous Tahitian break where this year's Paris Games will hold its...
Apr 28, 20242 min read


Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
VILLEPINTE, France - A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024...
Apr 28, 20245 min read


Tennis-Tunisia's Echargui gets chance to realise Olympic dream
LONDON - As a tennis-mad teenager growing up near Tunis it was always Moez Echargui's dream to play at Roland Garros but having entered...
Apr 28, 20243 min read


Olympics-NZ great Adams hopes other sports follow athletics' prize money plan
BENGALURU - World Athletics' decision to reward Olympic champions with cash prizes is a sign of progress and can spur other global...
Apr 28, 20242 min read


Olympics-Canadian Olympic Committee joins Centre for Sport and Human Rights
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has become the first national Olympic committee to join the Swiss-based Centre for Sport and Human...
Apr 28, 20241 min read


Olympics-Paris 2024 Olympics flame sets sail for France in final relay leg
ATHENS - The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint of...
Apr 28, 20242 min read


Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch...
Apr 27, 20241 min read


Gaza protest in Paris sees tense standoff with Israel supporters
PARIS - Tensions flared in front of Paris' prestigious Sciences Po university over the war in Gaza on Friday as pro-Israeli protesters...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


Sweden should hike military budget to 2.6% of GDP, defence committee says
STOCKHOLM -Sweden should raise its military spending to around 2.6% of GDP by 2030, a parliamentary committee said in a report on Friday,...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


Some US troops set to depart Chad, at least temporarily
WASHINGTON - The United States is planning to temporarily withdraw some of its troops from Chad, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a move...
Apr 27, 20242 min read


Olympics-Parisians warm up for Olympics with workouts in Louvre museum
PARIS - Parisians warmed up for the coming Olympics with a series of workouts inside the renowned Louvre Museum on Wednesday, part of a...
Apr 26, 20241 min read


Negotiations on global plastics treaty opens in Ottawa
Ottawa, April 24 - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding...
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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