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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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Speed climber wins Indonesia’s first gold at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia poses after winning the men’s speed final during the sport climbing competition at the Paris Olympics 2024, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) Indonesians celebrated their country’s first Olympic gold medal in a sport other than badminton, won by Veddriq Leonardo in the inaugural…
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Olympics 2024: Matthew Hudson-Smith narrowly misses out on men’s 400m gold to Quincy Hall | Olympics News
Matthew Hudson-Smith narrowly missed out on gold to USA’s Quincy Hall in a dramatic men’s 400m final at the Paris Olympics. Hudson-Smith led into the final straight but Hall came roaring back and pipped the Briton by 0.04s as Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga took bronze. Hall had never won a major individual athletics title before and…
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Olympics 2024: Ireland’s Kellie Harrington wins boxing gold but Lewis Richardson edged out of making 71kg final | Boxing News
Ireland’s Kellie Harrington won gold in the women’s 60kg at the Paris Olympics, but Team GB boxer Lewis Richardson was edged out of making the men’s 71kg final following defeat to Mexican Marco Verde. Harrington was crowned double Olympic champion after beating Wenlu Yang at Roland Garros in the women’s 60kg final. Following a cagey…
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Nesthy Petecio vows no let up in bid for Paris Olympics gold
The Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio reacts after beating China’s Xu Zichun (Blue) in the women’s 57kg quarter-final boxing match during the Paris Olympics 2024 at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 4, 2024. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP) MANILA, Philippines — Can’t stop, won’t stop. That’s Nesthy Petecio’s mindset just two wins away…
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Djokovic wins his first Olympic gold medal, beats Carlos Alcaraz
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic blows a kiss after defeating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles tennis final at the Roland Garros stadium during the Paris Olympics 2024, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) PARIS — Novak Djokovic won his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)…
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Olympics 2024: Team GB’s Tommy Fleetwood claims silver as Scottie Scheffler wins gold in men’s golf | Golf News
Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood secured a silver medal in the men’s golf at the Paris Olympics behind American world No 1 Scottie Scheffler at Le Golf National. Fleetwood fired a final-day 66 to fall one stroke short of Scheffler’s 19 under par total after the world No 1 had tied the course record of 62, with…
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Carlos Yulo bags second gold medal, rules vault in Paris Olympics
Philippines’ Carlos Yulo celebrates after winning the artistic gymnastics men’s vault gold in the Paris Olympics 2024 at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 4, 2024. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) The goal, for Team Philippines, was to better what was an astounding performance by the country in the Tokyo Olympics. Carlos Yulo…
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Reaves, Cousins see Americans cruising to gold
DeMarcus Cousins arrives in Manila. Photo from Wendell Alinea NBA stars and former Team USA standouts Austin Reaves and DeMarcus Cousins, in town for two different gigs, are both confident the American squad will rule men’s basketball in the 2024 Paris Olympics. “I really like their chances. Their talent is second to none—by far the…
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With gold, Carlos Yulo puts PH greatness on world stage anew
Team Philippines’ Carlos Yulo celebrates after winning the gold medal during the men’s artistic gymnastics individual floor finals at Bercy Arena at the Paris Olympics 2024, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) He zig-zagged his way past the many media pitstops inside a Tokyo arena, trying to explain what had just…
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