Category: Sports
Nigerian boxer suspended from Paris Olympics after doping test
A volunteer speaks on the phone under the Olympics rings at North Paris Arena, the venue for Boxing for the Paris Olympics 2024, in Villepinte, north of Paris, on July 24, 2024. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) Nigerian boxer Cynthia Temitayo Ogunsemilore has been suspended from the Paris Olympics for violating an anti-doping rule,…
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka: West Ham in talks with Man Utd over defender valued at more than £15m | Football News
West Ham are in talks with Manchester United over the signing of right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The club are keen to negotiate on United’s valuation which is understood to be in excess of £15m. Wan-Bissaka has entered the final year of his contract at United and wants to assess all his options. Talks between United and…
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China bags Games’ first gold medal
(from L) South Korea’s Keum Jihyeon and Park Haju (silver), China’s Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao (gold), Kazakhstan’s Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev (bronze) pose at the end of the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Alain JOCARD /…
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Olympics 2024: Team GB win cycling and diving medals on day one in Paris as Adam Peaty continues threepeat bid | Olympics News
Team GB won their first opening-day Olympic medals in 20 years as they took silver and bronze on the first day of Paris 2024. Divers Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen got Great Britain up and running with a bronze medal – via dramatic circumstances – in the women’s 3m synchronised springboard. The pair took…
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Team PH female gymnasts get their chance to shine
Team Philippines gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar during training ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024 gymnastics competition. –Levi Jung-Ruivivar Instagram PARIS—One of the things that kept Levi Jung-Ruivivar in touch with her Filipino side is her love for gymnastics. After all, her dad, Anthony, was a member of the US junior gymnastics squad and represents the Filipino…
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Olympics 2024 – Day two: Paris schedule, latest results, July 28 events and start times, Team GB medal hopes | Olympics News
There are 13 gold medals up for grabs on day two at the Olympics Games. We look at where those medals will be won and which Brits will be in action on Sunday. Team GB athletes and medal hopes Adam Peaty is searching for a historic third consecutive men’s 100m breaststroke Olympic title, with the…
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Buboy Fernandez wants quick Pacquiao win over Anpo
Manny Pacquiao and Rukiya Anpo pose ahead of their exhibition fight as part of Super RIZIN 3 card on Sunday at Saitama Super Arena in Japan.–MP Promotions/Wendell Alinea TOKYO–Manny Pacquiao’s exhibition match in Japan is only set for three rounds. And that’s if it lasts that long–a scenario that Pacquiao’s longtime cornerman Buboy Fernandez doesn’t…
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Belgian GP: Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton among contenders for ‘wide open’ Spa contest | F1 News
A combination of bad weather and a grid penalty for Max Verstappen has shuffled the grid for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, leaving it unclear as to who is the favourite for victory in Spa. Verstappen was very clearly the fastest driver in Saturday’s wet conditions as he comfortably topped qualifying, but will start from 11th…
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Manny Pacquiao brushes aside size disparity vs Rukiya Anpo
Manny Pacquiao and Japan’s Rukiya Anpo face off during the official weigh-in for their exhibition boxing match at Saitama Super Arena in Japan.–MP Promotions/Wendell Alinea TOKYO–Manny Pacquiao is facing his tallest opponent yet on Sunday when he takes on Japanese kickboxer Rukiya Anpo in an exhibition boxing match at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The…
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Belgian GP: Lewis Hamilton ready for ‘hell of a fight’ in expected dry race after major Mercedes changes | F1 News
Lewis Hamilton feels he will have to put up a “hell of a fight” in the Belgian Grand Prix if he is to maintain the podium position he qualified in during Saturday’s rain-hit running at Spa-Francorchamps. Hamilton got the wet weather he had been left hoping for after a “pretty bad” Friday of running for…
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