With just three days of sport to go at the Games, there is a packed athletics programme at the Stade de France. The boxing competition has been overshadowed by a bitter row over whether Khelif and Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting should be allowed to compete in the women's category. Khelif and Lin were disqualified from last year's world championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after failing unspecified gender eligibility tests but she and Lin were cleared to compete in Paris. ... Читать дальше...
In February, the Colombian government announced it would begin extractions from the ship off its Caribbean coast, with the wreckage believed to be holding treasures worth billions of dollars. "Results of this exploration have revealed an unprecedented set of archaeological evidence, which has greatly expanded our knowledge," the institutions in charge of exploring the wreck said in a statement. It said a robot surveyed the wreck, whose exact location has been kept secret since its discovery in 2015, between May 23 and June 1. Читать дальше...
Karsten Warholm pulverised the world record when he won the 400 metres hurdles title at the Tokyo Olympics, but whether he is in that sort of form is open to question. His perennial bridesmaid Rai Benjamin will pray he is not. The United States track and field team is having a terrific Games and will be looking to sweep both 4x100m relays. The never dull Sifan Hassan -- small of stature but big of heart and courage -- runs in the 10,000 metres less than 48 hours before the Dutch star tackles the marathon. Читать дальше...
The USA came into the Olympics with a rejuvenated squad and a point to prove after a poor showing at last year's World Cup, when they were eliminated in the last 16. They also performed below par at each of the last two Olympics, finishing out of the medals at Rio 2016 before taking bronze three years ago in Tokyo. But the arrival of renowned English coach Hayes from Chelsea has given the USA the boost they needed, and they have been inspired on their way to the final by the exciting attacking trio of Sophia Smith... Читать дальше...
With only slightly lower temperatures than July 2023, last month broke a 13-month streak of each month being the warmest ever for that time of year - although it is thought 2024 still has a high likelihood of going down as the hottest year on record.
The latest Israeli attacks killed 18 people in a Gaza City school that served as a shelter, with Israel claiming it was a Hamas command center. Mediating countries have urged Israel to resume ceasefire talks, which are now set for August 15.
Maduro meanwhile announced his government was blocking social media platform X for 10 days, after accusing the site's owner Elon Musk of an "attack" on his reelection. Election authorities declared Maduro the winner of the July 28 vote but have yet to release detailed results, leading left-wing allies Brazil, Colombia and Mexico on Thursday to reiterate a joint call on the National Electoral Council (CNE) to disclose polling records. The Venezuelan opposition, which claims to have won in a landslide, has cried foul. Читать дальше...
Letsile Tebogo's 200m gold made history, Stephen Curry helped steer the USA basketball clear of a massive upset to Serbia, and Sharon van Rouwendaal dedicated her punishing 10km swimming victory to her late dog on Day 16 of the Paris Games.
Despite Botswana's Letsile Tebogo spoiling American Noah Lyles' last race, the United States dominated Thursday's athletics events, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's record-breaking 400m hurdles performance and Grant Williams securing his elusive gold medal in the 110m hurdles event.
France surged through to the men’s basketball finals Thursday night after a hard-fought victory over Germany that had Paris’s Bercy Arena incandescent with joy. Les Bleus will be fighting the US team for gold on Saturday after the Americans clawed back a desperate victory of their own from the dominating Serbian team.
Elon Musk has made at least 50 posts on X since January that contain false or misleading information about the US presidential election, the Center for Countering Digital Hate said on Thursday. The posts have amassed 1.2 billion views, said the watchdog, which noted that none of Musk’s posts included a “Community Note,” the crowd-sourced moderation tool the billionaire’s social media platform has promoted as the way for users to add context.
