2024-07-13 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
AFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends that have lit up the Games. Nadia Comaneci: The Perfect 10 Aged just 14, the Romanian became the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 — winning a jaw-dropping seven maximums from judges at the 1976 Games in Montreal. She collected four 10s for the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 23:13 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Novak Djokovic swept past Lorenzo Musetti on Friday to book a second successive Wimbledon final against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and move one win away from a record-setting 25th Grand Slam title. Just five weeks after undergoing knee surgery, seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic reached his 10th final at the All England Club with a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 15:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Every time Lamine Yamal scores, he holds up his fingers to sign the numbers 304 — the postcode of Rocafonda, the modest Catalan district where he grew up, which is bursting with pride over the 16-year-old's success in Euro 2024. It's not yet midday, but there is a real buzz inside the local bar, El Cordobes, which is still reeling with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends who have lit up the Games. Jesse Owens: Infuriating the Fuehrer Owens, an African-American, exploded the Nazi-propagated myth of racial superiority at the age of 22, when he won four athletics gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics under the nose of Adolf ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-12 13:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
England took a long time to get going in Germany, but they march on to Berlin to face Spain in Sunday's Euro 2024 final, buoyed by more late drama and their best performance of the tournament to beat the Netherlands 2-1. Ollie Watkins was the unlikely hero for the Three Lions, as the Aston Villa striker smashed in a stoppage-time winner in ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 22:52 - Reading : less than a minute
The West Asian U18 Basketball Championship kicked off in Baghdad, Iraq, with six participating countries. Lebanon won its first game against Palestine by a grand score of 109-62. The tournament, which runs until July 15, includes Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Iran, Yemen and the host country Iraq. The competition also serves as a qualifier for the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 22:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Paris Olympics will be the 33rd summer edition since the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The Games have never failed to produce acts of bravery and brilliance, as athletes push themselves in the bid for gold. Spyridon Louis: Greek marathon man Spyridon Louis, a Greek shepherd who had served in the army, became a national icon when he ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 18:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and seven-time winner Novak Djokovic can set-up a Wimbledon final blockbuster on Friday. However, standing in their way are Daniil Medvedev and Lorenzo Musetti, who has made the semi-final of a Grand Slam for the first time. Alcaraz, Medvedev in Repeat Show Spanish world number three Alcaraz defeated Medvedev ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese athletics delegation showed off their talent at the five-day Under-23 Arab Championships in Ismailia, Egypt. The young Lebanese athletes demonstrated their excellence in the queen of disciplines, showing a clear improvement over nations with greater resources and world champions. A Harvest of Medals Lebanon won two gold, five ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 11:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ten-man Colombia defeated Uruguay 1-0 to reach the final of the Copa America for the first time in 23 years after an ill-tempered semi-final on Wednesday. A 39th-minute Jefferson Lerma header sealed victory for the Colombians, who will now face holders Argentina in Sunday's final in Miami. It was an anarchic semi-final played in front of a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-11 10:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ollie Watkins achieved a stunning injury-time win as England beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Wednesday to set up a Euro 2024 final showdown with Spain in Berlin. It was an incredible finish to an evening that began badly for England, as Xavi Simons gave the Netherlands an early lead in the semi-final in Dortmund. However, England were soon level ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-10 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Novak Djokovic progressed to a record-equalling 13th Wimbledon semi-final without hitting a ball on Wednesday after Alex de Minaur pulled out injured as Elena Rybakina kept her focus on a second title. Australian ninth seed De Minaur, 25, announced shortly after midday at the All England Club that he was "devastated to pull out due to a hip ...