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Olympic chief confident for LA Games despite World Cup ‘challenges
Olympic chief Kirsty Coventry said on Wednesday she was confident for the successful hosting of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles despite what she described...
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/ 3 years agoEmbiid to play for USA at Paris Olympics: reports
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid has pledged to play for the United States at next year’s Paris Olympics, multiple...
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/ 3 years agoDurant among NBA stars ready to play for USA at Paris Olympics
Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Stephen Curry were among the NBA superstars who said on Monday they were interested in playing...
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/ 3 years agoSquash desperate to end ‘very weird’ Olympic exile in 2028
Squash has never been in the Olympics despite decades of trying, but players and officials hope that the 150-year-old sport will...
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/ 3 years agoFrance hijab ban ‘against Olympic spirit’: Islamic sports body
A group of sports federations from Muslim-majority countries said on Monday that France’s move to bar its Olympic athletes from wearing...
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/ 3 years agoRussian Paralympians to compete under neutral flag at Paris 2024 after vote
Russian athletes will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag at the Paris Paralympics in 2024 after officials voted against...
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/ 3 years agoDon’t tell women what to wear, UN says after France bans hijab at Olympics
The UN stressed on Tuesday it was opposed to most dress codes for women, after France barred its Olympic athletes from...
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/ 3 years agoOlympic champion Jacobs splits with coach ahead of Paris Games
Marcell Jacobs has split with the coach who guided him to his stunning 100 metres Olympic triumph, the Italian sprinter has...
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/ 3 years agoRussia says will not boycott 2024 Paris Olympics
Russia’s Olympic Committee has said Moscow would not be boycotting the 2024 Olympics in Paris and every Russian athlete was free...
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/ 3 years agoIOC urged to ban Iran for discriminating against women in sport
A group including former Franco-Iranian boxing world champion Mahyar Monshipour and Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has asked the...
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/ 3 years agoNew Zealand crush Fiji in Oceania Olympic qualifying final
Striker Riley Bidois scored five goals as New Zealand swept aside Fiji 9-0 in the final of men’s Oceania Olympic qualifying...
