Bangladesh鈥檚 fragile campaign ends with Imran, Sonia鈥檚 exit聽聽
Bangladesh athletes ended their campaign of the Paris 2024 Olympics on a dismal note following sprinter Imranur Rahman and swimmer Sonia Khatun early exits from...
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'Overwhelmed' Yulo wins historic gymnastics gold for Philippines
Carlos Yulo triumphed on Saturday in the men\'s floor exercise of the gymnastics in Paris for only the second Olympic gold in the history of the Philippines.
Biles wins vault for third gymnastics gold
Simone Biles soared to women\'s vault gold on Saturday, her gravity-defying Yurchenko double pike propelling her to a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown.
Dutch rower Florijn keeps it in the family with Olympic gold
Dutch rower Karolien Florijn dethroned reigning champion Emma Twigg in the women\'s single sculls on Saturday to add to her family\'s remarkable collection of Olympic gold medals.
'I want to inspire': Algeria's woman boxer fighting prejudices
Born in a poor village some 300 kilometres from Algiers, boxer Imane Khelif had to overcome obstacles in a conservative country where women are considered unfit for the sport.
Home village of Algerian boxer in gender controversy hail their 'heroine'
From a small Algerian village, home of the boxer Imane Khelif at the centre of a gender eligibility row in the Paris Olympics, her father hailed the athlete as a 鈥榟eroine鈥�.
McKeown in dreamland after swimming 'double-double'
Australia\'s Cameron McEvoy admitted Friday he thought gold had eluded him after three previous Olympic campaigns, but tweaking his technique paid off big time in Paris.
McKeown in dreamland after swimming 'double-double'
Australia\'s Kaylee McKeown admitted Friday that 鈥榥ot in a million years鈥� could she have dreamed of completing the Olympic backstroke double -- twice.
Lyles handed Olympic lesson, advances into 100m semis
US sprint star Noah Lyles admitted underestimating the power of a one-shot Olympics as he was made to work harder than expected to advance from his 100m heat at the Paris Games on Saturday.
Bach says boxing should be in LA Olympics, with conditions
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Saturday boxing should be in the next Games in Los Angeles despite a furore over the gender of two women boxers in Paris -- but urged the sport to get its house in order fast.
Wayward Chadian archer wins hearts of K-Pop star and Koreans
An archer from Chad has captured hearts in South Korea and been hailed by a K-Pop star for his 鈥榯rue Olympic spirit鈥� after a Games debut where he almost missed the scoring rings.
Boxing body offers prize money to beaten Italian amid gender row
The International Boxing Association has pledged to award prize money to Italy\'s Angela Carini, whose 46-second Olympics defeat to an Algerian boxer at the centre of a gender eligibility row has left the sport on the ropes.
Love is in the air as China win badminton gold
China\'s Huang Yaqiong won Olympic badminton mixed doubles gold on Friday before she was surprised by a marriage proposal from her off-court partner.
USA set new world record in mixed 4x400m relay
The United States set a new world record in the heats of the mixed 4x400m relay at the Paris Olympics on Friday.
Cheptegei holds off Ethiopian trio to win 10,000m gold
Uganda\'s Joshua Cheptegei withstood Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men\'s Olympic 10,000m at the Stade de France on Friday.