•Yemisi Ogunleye celebrates after winning at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games yesterday Germany’s Yemisi Ogunleye grabbed the gold medal in the women’s shot put at the Paris Olympics yesterday throwing her winning 20.00m with her final attempt. Ogunleye’s effort took her past New Zealand’s Maddison-Lee Wesche, who threw 19.86, her personal best wi...
•Morocco players The prolific Soufiane Rahimi scored twice and captain Achraf Hakimi netted a stunning free-kick as Morocco hammered Egypt 6-0 today to take Olympic men’s football bronze. Rahimi’s brace took him to eight goals at the Olympics, cementing his status as the tournament’s top scorer, while Abde Ezzalzouli, Bilal El Khannouss and Ak...
•Nigeria’s Murjanatu Musa (C) and teammates acknowledge fans Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffered a 74-88 quarter-final defeat to the U.S. women’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics last night. Nigeria, who have made physical play a trademark, looked anything but intimidated by the powerhouse Americans as they traded buckets in the opening min...
•US’ forward #11 Sophia Smith celebrates scoring goal with teammates Sophia Smith scored the winning goal in extra time as the United States beat Germany 1-0 on Tuesday to advance to the Paris Olympics women’s football final. Smith settled a close-fought but generally poor semi-final in Lyon by firing past Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger ...
•Spain players celebrate goal Substitute Juanlu Sanchez struck a late winner as Spain came from behind to beat Morocco 2-1 yesterday and reach the final of the Olympic men’s football. Morocco had led in the semi-final through a Soufiane Rahimi penalty towards the end of the first half at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, reports […]
•D’Tigress – players and staff celebrate victory History-making Nigeria’s D’Tigress will face reigning USA champions in the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics women’s basketball competition on Wednesday, following the draw yesterday. The Nigerians are the first African nation ever to reach the last eight of an Olympic basketball ...
•Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the Olympics men’s 100m final World champion Noah Lyles roared to victory in 9.79sec to claim gold in a dramatic men’s Olympic 100m final in Paris yesterday. Lyles won in the closest Olympic 100m finish in modern history — just five thousandths of a second separated him from Jamaica’s Kishane […]...
•Tennis superstar, Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic defeated Carlos Alcaraz today to claim a maiden Olympic title and become just the fifth player to complete a career Golden Slam. The 37-year-old Serb, competing in his fifth Games, came through 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/2) in an enthralling final at Roland Garros to add Olympic gold to his […]
A brilliant brace by Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez helped fire Spain to a 3-0 win over Japan and a place in the semi-finals of the Olympic men’s football today, after a dominant Morocco outclassed the United States. Lopez, a member of Spain’s triumphant Euro 2024 squad, blasted in the opener with a left-foot strike from range […]
•The Olympic rings illuminated on the Eiffel Tower The Olympic men’s triathlon was postponed just hours before it was due to get underway today after last-ditch water quality tests in the River Seine revealed unhealthy pollution levels, organisers said. In a blow to Olympic officials who have repeatedly vowed that the Seine would be safe [&hel...
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