2024-08-11 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17. In a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics final three years ago, LeBron James and the USA team stacked with NBA stars once again proved too much for France's sensational NBA Rookie of the ...
2024-08-11 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hollywood will help script a glittering ending to the Paris Olympics on Sunday with 14 gold medals to be decided before the French capital hands over the reins to 2028 host Los Angeles. Tom Cruise, who is currently filming the latest episode of the Mission Impossible franchise in Europe, is expected to play a starring role at the closing ...
2024-08-11 10:17 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
LeBron James's USA won a fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday, while on the track, Jakob Ingebrigtsen claimed the 5,000m gold after his disappointment in the 1,500m. The USA edged Brazil 1-0 in the women's football final at the Parc des Princes thanks to Mallory Swanson's winner. The Americans claimed the gold medal for a ...
2024-08-11 10:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Paris Olympics medals table after Saturday's events: Gold Silver Bronze Total China 39 27 24 90 USA 38 42 42 122 Australia 18 18 14 50 Japan 18 12 13 43 France 16 24 22 62 Great Britain 14 22 27 63 South Korea 13 8 9 30 Netherlands 13 7 12 32 Germany 12 11 8 31 Italy 11 13 15 39 Canada 9 7 11 27 New Zealand 9 7 2 18 Uzbekistan 8 2 3 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 21:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Manchester City avenged their FA Cup final defeat to Manchester United to lift the Community Shield 7-6 on penalties on Saturday, after a 1-1 draw at Wembley. The game exploded into life in the final 10 minutes as Alejandro Garnacho gave United the lead before Bernardo Silva levelled in the 89th minute. Pep Guardiola's men then edged a marathon ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 17:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nikola Jokic recorded a triple-double as Serbia defeated Germany 93-83 to claim Olympic men's basketball bronze on Saturday, avenging their loss in last year's World Cup final. Jokic scored 19 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 11 assists as Serbia came away with consolation medals after their heartbreaking semi-final loss to the United ...
2024-08-10 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic stormed to victory in the Olympic women's 400m on Friday in a new Games record time. Paulino, the reigning world champion, surged home in 48.17sec with Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser taking silver in 48.53sec and Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek taking bronze in 48.98sec. The 27-year-old Paulino's time bettered ...
2024-08-10 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese-born Bulgarian weightlifter Karlos Nasar won Olympic gold by breaking the world record in the -89 kg final with a total of 404 kg in Paris on Friday. The 20-year-old athlete, born in Paris to a Lebanese father and Bulgarian mother, lifted 180 kg in the snatch and 224 kg in the clean and jerk, his first world record, for a total of 404 ...
2024-08-10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Substitute Sergio Camello struck twice in extra time to settle a remarkable Olympic men's football final on Friday, as Spain beat France 5-3 to take gold after Thierry Henry's hosts had earlier staged a dramatic comeback. It had looked as though Spain were going to run away with victory at the Parc des Princes when they recovered from conceding ...
2024-08-10 09:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defied a major gender controversy to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Friday as the United States' star sprinters flew and then flopped on the track. Khelif, 25, claimed a unanimous points decision win over China's Yang Liu in the women's 66kg final for her first Olympic medal. Khelif expressed immense happiness, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France's newly-crowned Olympic surfing champion Kauli Vaast took a victory lap in Paris on Friday as he surfed down the Seine river with his gold medal around his neck. On Monday, Vaast won men's surfing gold on his Tahitian home waves at Teahupo'o, becoming the first Olympic champion from the French Pacific island. He wowed supporters again on ...
2024-08-09 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A resurgent United States under new coach Emma Hayes are hoping to establish themselves as the leading force in women's international football once again by claiming the gold medal in Saturday's Olympic final against Brazil and their legendary skipper Marta. The USA came into the Olympics with a rejuvenated squad and a point to prove after a poor ...