Joy in Pakistan village as local hero Nadeem spears Olympic gold
Dozens of villagers gathered in front of the modest home of Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem to watch the hulking javelin thrower take part in the Olympic Games final late Thursday.
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Botswana gets the afternoon off to celebrate its first Olympic gold
President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave Botswana the afternoon off on Friday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo, the country\'s first Olympic gold medallist and the first African to be crowned 200-metre champion at a Games.
Holloway wins men's 110m hurdles gold
American Grant Holloway won Olympic gold in the men\'s 110m hurdles in Paris on Thursday.
McLaughlin-Levrone wins women's 400m hurdles gold with world record
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone produced a world record-breaking performance to become the first woman in history to win back-to-back Olympic 400m hurdles crowns on Thursday.
Tebogo upstages Covid-hit Lyles to become first African to win Olympic 200m
Botswana\'s Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres on Thursday as he -- and Covid --upstaged Noah Lyles\' plans for a sprint double in Paris.
Nadeem wins Olympic javelin gold in historic first for Pakistan
Pakistan\'s Arshad Nadeem won the Olympic men\'s javelin title in Paris on Thursday, his country\'s first individual gold at a Summer Games.
Indian wrestler Phogat retires after Olympic disqualification
India\'s heartbroken Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after being disqualified from the women\'s 50kg competition at the Paris Olympics for being overweight for the final.
El Bakkali retains steeplechase title as Girma suffers worrying fall
Morocco\'s Soufiane El Bakkali retained his Olympic 3000m steeplechase title on Wednesday to become just the third Arab to win double gold as world record holder Lamecha Girma suffered a worrying fall.
Discus champion Stona unsure over sporting future
Jamaican\'s Olympic discus champion Roje Stona said he was unsure whether to pursue a career in American football despite coming out on top in a thrilling battle at the Paris Games on Wednesday.
Quincy enters Hall of fame through dogged determination
Newly crowned Olympic 400 metres men\'s champion Quincy Hall may have a set of gold teeth to go along with his medal but he likes to emphasise how he was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
After months of grumbling, Parisians join the Olympics party
After all the doubts, the grumbling and the gloom, Paris has finally embraced the Olympics, with some of its famously cynical residents even returning early from holidays to take part in the fun.
Van Rouwendaal wins 10k marathon swimming gold
Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women\'s 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Hall shows sheer grit to win 400m title
Quincy Hall on Wednesday became the fourth fastest 400m runner in history when he captured Olympic gold in 43.40sec to end a 16-year drought for the USA in the event and declared it was 鈥榞rit鈥� that got him over the line.
Medals from doping-tainted 2022 Olympic team skating awarded in shadow of Eiffel Tower
The medals from the doping-tainted team figure skating event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics were finally awarded during the Paris Summer Games on Wednesday, two and a half years after the controversial event.
Lyles cruises into 200m final in pursuit of Olympic treble
Noah Lyles qualified for the 200m final on Wednesday to stay on track for the first Olympic men\'s sprint treble since Usain Bolt achieved the feat at the 2016 Rio Games.