Tag: Olympics
Olympics 2024: Delicious Orie ‘gutted’ after latest split-decision defeat for Team GB boxers in Paris | Boxing News
Team GB boxer Delicious Orie feels Olympic gold has been “taken away” from him after losing by split decision to Davit Chaloyan. A cagey start in the men’s super-heavyweight category saw Chaloyan throw some good hooks, but Orie grew into the round and took control with some solid jabs. A closer contest followed in the…
Read MoreOlympics rookie Villegas gives PH boxing team the start it needs, as core led by Petecio starts seeing action
Philippines’ Aira Villegas (in blue) fights against Morocco’s Yasmine Mouttaki in the women’s 50kg preliminaries round of 32 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on July 28, 2024. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP) The core of the crack Philippine boxing delegation plunges into action in…
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Olympics 2024: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in straight sets in second-round clash at Roland Garros | Olympics News
Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-1 6-4 as two of tennis’ great champions clashed in the second round of the Olympic men’s singles at Roland Garros. The much-anticipated matchup between record 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic and Nadal, a 14-time winner of the French Open, initially proved to be a bit of a damp squib…
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Rafael Nadal to face Djokovic in Paris Olympics showdown
Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after beating Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics in their men’s singles first round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium at the Paris Olympics 2024, in Paris on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP) Rafael Nadal set up an Olympic Games blockbuster against Novak Djokovic on Sunday, shrugging…
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Olympics 2024: Tom Daley and Noah Williams take silver in 10m synchro diving final in Paris | Olympics News
Tom Daley and Noah Williams claimed silver in the 10m synchro diving final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Daley and Williams produced six brilliant dives to guarantee at least a silver, but were ultimately beaten into the gold medal position by flawless Chinese pair Lian Junjie and Hao Yang. Daley was competing at a fifth…
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Carlos Yulo has chance to make history at Paris Olympics
The Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo competes in the parallel bars event of the artistic gymnastics men’s qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) Carlos Yulo has an opportunity to join a handful of Filipino athletes who have pulled off…
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Olympics 2024: Adam Peaty, Kimberley Woods win medals for Team GB in Paris as Andy Murray claims epic doubles win | Olympics News
Adam Peaty was unable to join the great Michael Phelps in the record books after suffering his first individual defeat in an Olympics final in the men’s 100m breaststroke. Peaty was seeking to become just the second male swimmer after Phelps to win the same event at three successive Olympics but Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi claimed…
Read MoreSimone Biles dazzles in Paris Olympics debut despite injury scare
US’ Simone Biles competes in the balance beam event of the artistic gymnastics women’s qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) Simone Biles made a stunning return to Olympic competition on Sunday, powering through left calf pain to get…
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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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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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