Tag: Olympics
Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony
A full moon rises behind the Olympic rings hanging from the Eiffel Tower, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Paris, France. The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is Friday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) The Paris Olympics 2024 will officially open the Summer Games with an elaborate opening ceremony on July 26 (July 27, Manila time)…
Read MoreTeam USA basketball at Paris Olympics 2024
Team USA basketball team players with forward LeBron James (C) attend a training session at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d Ascq, northern France, on July 24, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics 2024 men’s basketball games. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) MANILA, Philippines—Team USA is out for redemption in the Paris Olympics 2024 men’s…
Read MoreAngelique Kerber will retire from tennis after Paris Olympics
FILE – Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber announced Thursday, July 25, 2024 that she will retire after the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) PARIS — Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber announced Thursday that she will retire after the Paris Olympics. The 36-year-old German player won majors at every tournament except for…
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Durant ‘feeling good’ ahead of Team USA’s Paris Olympics bid
Kevin Durant gets a pass as Team USA men’s team practiced before the start of the basketball competition at the Paris Olympics 2024, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Kevin Durant, who missed all five of Team USA’s warm-up games with a calf strain, practiced on Wednesday upon the Americans’ arrival…
Read MoreSalt Lake City, Utah to host 2034 Winter Olympics
People celebrate while watching a live feed from Paris moments after the International Olympic Committee awarded Salt Lake City the 2034 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps) SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics following a vote Wednesday by…
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Top-ranked Jannik Sinner out of Paris Olympics with tonsillitis
(FILES) Jannik Sinner has pulled out of the Paris Olympics tennis tournament after being diagnosed with tonsillitis, the men’s world number one confirmed on July 24, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) Men’s tennis number one Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, days before it begins, after falling ill with tonsillitis.…
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Coco Gauff joins LeBron as Team USA Paris Olympics flag bearer
(FILES) Tennis star Coco Gauff will be the woman flag-bearer for the Team USA at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE PARIS — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday’s…
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Nadal, Alcaraz cautious on Paris Olympics doubles medal chances
Spain’s Rafael Nadal (L) and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz pose for pictures during a press conference at the Olympic Village, in Paris, on July 24, 2024, prior to take part in the men’s singles tennis competition of the Paris Olympics 2024. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz know they won’t win…
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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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IOC, Macron reject Israel boycott call at Paris Olympics 2024
IOC President Thomas Bach hugs Israeli football player Niv Yehoshua during the inauguration of the Olympic Truce Wall in the Olympic Village at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/David Goldman) The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Tuesday a Palestinian demand…
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