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Wembanyama Sparkles to Give Hosts France Winning Start in Olympic Basketball
Wembanyama Sparkles to Give Hosts France Winning Start in Olympic Basketball

Victor Wembanyama scored a joint team-high 19 points as hosts France shrugged off a slow start to beat Brazil 78-66 in their opening game of the Olympic basketball on Saturday. France won silver in Tokyo three years ago and are hoping to go one better at home, boosted by the presence of last year's top NBA draft pick and rookie of the year ...

Paris Olympics Medals Table
Paris Olympics Medals Table

Paris Olympics medals table after Saturday's events: Gold Silver Bronze Total Australia 3 2 0 5 China 2 0 1 3 United States 1 2 2 5 France 1 2 1 4 Belgium 1 0 1 2 Japan 1 0 1 2 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 2 Germany 1 0 0 1 Hong Kong 1 0 0 1 Italy 0 1 2 3 South Korea 0 1 1 2 Britain 0 1 1 2 Canada 0 1 0 1 Fiji 0 1 0 1 Mongolia 0 1 0 1 South ...

France Claim Their First Paris Olympic Gold in Rugby Sevens
France Claim Their First Paris Olympic Gold in Rugby Sevens

Antoine Dupont scored two tries and set up another to inspire France to the country's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics with a 28-7 victory over Fiji at the Stade de France on Saturday. Fiji, the two-time defending champions, opened the scoring through a Joseva Talacolo try converted by Iowane Teba, before France hit back thanks to ...

Ping Pong: Mariana Sahakian Starts Strong at the Olympics
Ping Pong: Mariana Sahakian Starts Strong at the Olympics

Listen to the article [audio mp3="https://thisisbeirut.com.lb/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Lebanese-player-Mariana-Sahakian-secured-a-decisive-4-1-victory-over-Chilean-Zhiying-Zeng-4-11.mp3"][/audio] Lebanese player Mariana Sahakian secured a decisive 4-1 victory over Chilean Zhiying Zeng (4-11, 14-12, 11-5, 11-4, 11-8), marking a promising ...

Leclerc Starts on Pole for Belgian Grand Prix
Leclerc Starts on Pole for Belgian Grand Prix

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix on pole position with Red Bull's Sergio Perez next to him in the front row. World champion Max Verstappen was 0.595 seconds quicker than Leclerc in a wet qualifying session on Saturday but the Red Bull driver starts in 11th place because of a 10-place grid penalty for taking a new ...

Olympics 2024: Habib Suffers Honorable Defeat Against Alcaraz
Olympics 2024: Habib Suffers Honorable Defeat Against Alcaraz

  Lebanese tennis player Hady Habib lost to Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles of the Olympic Games tennis tournament on Saturday. Habib, ranked 275th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, lost to his Spanish counterpart 6-3, 6-1. Although the score showed Alcaraz's dominance, there was no doubt that Habib gave his all ...

Olympic Games : Well, Let the Games Begin!
Olympic Games : Well, Let the Games Begin!

It’s official, it's today, and the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris is underway. After an opening ceremony in the rain, with the Seine as the stage, Paris officially launched its Games on Friday night. The ceremony has left mixed reviews. The scene of the Last Supper on the Seine, a perhaps approximate pun, but undeniably in poor taste, has sparked ...

Olympic Games: Hady Habib Opens the Ball for Lebanon Against Alcaraz on Saturday
Olympic Games: Hady Habib Opens the Ball for Lebanon Against Alcaraz on Saturday

It's hard to imagine how Lebanese tennis player Hady Habib could have got ‘his’ Olympic Games off to a worse start. Of all the possible opponents, he had to come up against Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard is the best player on the world circuit at the moment and has just won back-to-back French Open and Wimbledon titles. Left to fend for himself ...

Teams Sail Down Seine in Rain-Soaked Olympics Opening Ceremony
Teams Sail Down Seine in Rain-Soaked Olympics Opening Ceremony

Miguel MEDINA / AFP Athletes from France's delegation wave flags as they sail on a boat under Pont d'Austerlitz Laetitia Aoun and Simon Doueihy on ‘their’ peniche. Photo taken from Laetitia Aoun's Instagram account. Thousands of Olympic competitors cruised down the River Seine in a spectacular opening ceremony for the Paris Games on ...

Verstappen Hit with 10-Place Grid Penalty for Belgian GP
Verstappen Hit with 10-Place Grid Penalty for Belgian GP

Dutch reigning Formula One world champion Max Verstappen was handed a 10-place grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday after making an engine change. Red Bull fitted a fifth internal combustion engine to Verstappen's car, in addition to the four permitted per season. This change will earn him a penalty on the starting grid of the GP, as ...

Ahed's Withdrawal Plunges Lebanese Football Into Uncertainty
Ahed's Withdrawal Plunges Lebanese Football Into Uncertainty

The Lebanese football world was surprised on Thursday evening by the resignation of Al-Ahed club president Tamim Sleiman, the dissolution of the team and the sale of eight players after a heated meeting held at the club’s headquarters. This meeting also led to the withdrawal of several clubs, which will undoubtedly cause a storm in the football ...