الوسم: France
Team USA escapes France for 8th straight women’s basketball gold
Team USA poses for a picture with their gold medals at Bercy Arena at the Paris Olympics 2024, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) PARIS — Team USA women’s basketball team had never been challenged during its 32-year run in the Olympics like the Americans were Sunday by France. They…
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Team USA holds off France for 5th straight men’s basketball gold
Team USA’s Steph Curry, center, hugs United States’ LeBron James, right, as United States’ Kevin Durant holds up an American flag after the United States won a men’s gold medal basketball game at Bercy Arena at the Paris Olympics 2024, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Team USA won its…
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Olympics 2024: USA men’s basketball team win fifth straight gold medal after beating hosts France | Olympics News
Steph Curry and LeBron James produced fireworks as the USA claimed a fifth straight gold medal after beating hosts France in Paris. Curry scored 24 points and led the way to a 98-87 win in the final, while Kevin Durant – the first four-time men’s gold medallist in Olympic basketball history – scored 15, as…
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France defends men’s volleyball Olympic gold medal, beats Poland
Poland’s Aleksander Sliwka (11) walks of the court after losing a gold medal men’s volleyball match against France at the Paris Olympics 2024, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) PARIS — France defended its Olympic gold medal in men’s volleyball on Saturday, and oh how special to do so right at…
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Booed by French fans, Embiid and Team USA face France for gold
Team USA center Joel Embiid (11) celebrates a basket in the final minutes against Serbia during a men’s semifinals basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) PARIS — It was Joel Embiid’s time to celebrate. And he savored every second. One…
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USA beats Serbia, to face France for men’s basketball gold
USA’s #04 Stephen Curry celebrates after scoring in the men’s semifinal basketball match between USA and Serbia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris on August 8, 2024. (AFP) PARIS, France – The United States had to dig deep to erase a 17-point deficit to beat Nikola Jokic’s Serbia 95-91…
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France tops Canada to reach Olympics basketball semis
France’s Evan Fournier, center, celebrates with Victor Wembanyama, right, after scoring during a men’s basketball game against Canada at the Paris Olympics 2024, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) PARIS — France had an ugly couple of days following its group-stage finale loss to Germany. It turned them into possibly its…
Read MoreFrance, Germany, Canada book Paris Olympics basketball quarters
France’s Matthew Strazel celebrates after France defeated Japan in a men’s basketball game at the Paris Olympics 2024, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France— France’s miracle last-second comeback at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday got even better a few hours later, when the host nation clinched a spot in…
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France blocks suspected spies from Paris Olympics
FILE – A police officer walks past a Paris Olympics 2024 canvas Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File) PARIS — Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the…
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Mark Cavendish on Tour de France record: There’s always a finish line with everything in life | Cycling News
History-making British cyclist Mark Cavendish told Sky Sports News “there’s always a finish line with everything in life” following his final Tour de France campaign. Cavendish claimed a record-breaking 35th career Tour de France stage win with victory in Saint-Vulbas, moving clear of Eddy Merckx to stand alone in Tour history three years after matching…
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