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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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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoEpic pool rivalry lights up first day of Olympic medal action
A mouthwatering 400m women’s freestyle headlines the first full day of sporting action at the Olympics on Saturday after a soggy...
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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoWatch: Perec follows idol Ali in lighting Olympic cauldron
Marie-Jose Perec was rewarded for her career as France’s greatest track athlete when she lit the Paris Olympics cauldron along with...
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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoUpdated: Historic river parade launches Paris Olympics
A historic boat parade down the River Seine launched the Paris Olympics with spectacular French flair Friday, as the City of...
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Football
/ 2 years agoPlayers unaware of spying scandal as Canada Olympic coach sent home: official
Canadian soccer chiefs on Friday pleaded for FIFA not to deduct points from their women’s Olympic football team amid a drone-spying...
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/ 2 years agoSnoop Dogg stars as flame sails into Paris for opening ceremony
The Olympic flame cruised into Paris on Friday on a diesel-belching tug, the torch held aloft by its white-clad bearer, having...
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/ 2 years ago‘Raw meat’: British team hit out at Paris Olympics food
France may be the home of haute cuisine but the British team have been less than impressed about the food on...
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Cycling
/ 2 years agoEvenepoel unhappy with ‘holes’ in road for Olympics time trial
Remco Evenepoel, one of the favourites for Olympic time trial gold on Saturday, criticised the presence of numerous “holes” on the...
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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoNadal injury doubt for Olympics, says coach Moya
Rafael Nadal has suffered a thigh injury to put his participation at the Paris Olympics in doubt, his coach Carlos Moya...
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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoFrance’s high-speed railway hit by ‘sabotage’ hours before Olympics
France’s high-speed rail network was hit by arson attacks that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers on Friday, just...
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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoParis braces for ‘most incredible’ Olympics opening ceremony
Thousands of athletes are set to sail through central Paris on Friday during an unprecedented and high-risk Olympics opening ceremony that...
