Lebanon's Hady Habib Heads to Paris 2024 Olympics
Hala Abdallah 2024-07-22 11:43 - Reading : less than a minute
Meet the Lebanese-American tennis player, Hady Habib, who will represent Lebanon in the Paris 2024 Olympics, kicking off this Friday.
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2024-07-22 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After winning three MVP titles and one NBA championship, Nikola Jokic stands on the threshold of securing eternal glory in Serbia if he can bring home an Olympic gold medal to the basketball-mad country. Jokic's return to international competition comes a year after he skipped the Basketball World Cup in the Philippines, where Serbia finished ...
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Rhasidat Adeleke hopes to become the first Irish female to win an Olympic athletics gold in Paris, an achievement that would provide a fitting riposte to racists who have targeted her for online abuse. Born and raised in Ireland to Nigerian parents, Adeleke, 21, heads to Paris as the European 400 meters silver medallist – one of three medals ...
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This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 22:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Rafael Nadal lost his first final in two years on Sunday, as the Spaniard went down 6-3, 6-2 to Portugal's Nuno Borges at the clay-court Bastad Open. The Spanish tennis great had shown signs of a return to form in Scandinavia as he made an impressive run to the final, just one week before tennis at the Olympic Games gets underway on the clay in ...
Tennis: Giovani Samaha and Carmen Maria Azar Champions of ATCL Open
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 20:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) concluded its annual Open tennis tournament, which was held over two weeks on its courts under the supervision of the Lebanese Tennis Federation, with the participation of 355 male and female players. In the final match of the men's singles category, Giovani Samaha beat Mustafa al-Natour by two ...
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri Wins Maiden Grand Prix in Hungary
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 18:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Oscar Piastri took his maiden Formula One win in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, with Lando Norris in second for a McLaren 1-2. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton completed the podium at the Hungaroring where McLaren locked out the front row of the grid for the first time since 2012. "Amazing day for us as a team. Oscar controlled the race and he deserved ...
Paris Olympics Preparations Move Up a Gear
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 15:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Preparations for the Paris Olympics went up a gear on Saturday as security teams scoured the banks of the Seine ahead of Friday's opening ceremony and top International Olympic Committee officials met in the French capital. Police with sniffer dogs were seen checking the six-kilometer (four-mile) route along the Seine for the ceremony in which up ...
Olympics 2024 Basketball: Are the USA Still the Stuff of Dreams?
Jad Ramadan 2024-07-21 13:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At this year's Paris Olympics, basketball will once again be one of the main attractions. Numerous teams from all over the world will be competing from July 26 onwards, hoping to represent their nation to the best of their ability by winning a medal, preferably a gold one. For some, a place on the podium may be enough. For others, qualifying for ...
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This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 12:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Tadej Pogacar will be firmly in the spotlight as he goes down the ramp last on Sunday's final day individual time trial in his adopted home of Monaco, with a third Tour de France title all but secured. The final stage of the 2024 Tour will be broadcast around the world as he speeds along the corniche from Monaco to Riviera town Nice. "I can ride ...
LeBron Rescues USA From South Sudan Shock in Olympic Warm-Up
This Is Beirut 2024-07-21 09:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
South Sudan's basketball team nearly delivered a stunning upset to a United States team of NBA superstars on Saturday before losing 101-100 in an Olympics warm-up game in London. LeBron James, 39, the all-time NBA scoring leader, registered a game-high 25 points, including the deciding points on a driving layup with eight seconds remaining at the ...
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This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 20:46 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lando Norris claimed pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of Oscar Piastri as McLaren celebrated their first front row lock-out in over a decade. Red Bull's three-time world champion Max Verstappen took third in qualifying to start Sunday's race on the second row with the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz for company. Verstappen's under ...
Lyles Wins Last 100m Before Olympics in Personal Best
This Is Beirut 2024-07-20 19:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Noah Lyles set himself up perfectly for the Paris Olympics by haring to a personal best in winning the 100m at Saturday's Diamond League meeting. In the last sprint before the Olympics, Lyles was relatively quick out of his blocks and tore down the track at London Stadium to win in 9.81 seconds. Importantly, he easily held off a clutch of ...