par This Is Beirut, 23/07 14:19 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
élections France Macron Olympic Games
French President Emmanuel Macron will break his silence on Tuesday to clarify his intentions after the legislative elections and define the “Olympic and political truce” he is invoking, in the face of a left that is still clamoring to govern despite its divisions and a right that is proposing an a minima agreement. Accused by his opponents of ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/07 23:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron France France Government French Prime Minister Lucie Castets New Popular Front Olympic Games
French President Emmanuel Macron, on Tuesday, dismissed a left-wing alliance's push to name a new prime minister after snap elections, saying parties in a fractured parliament must come together to build a broad coalition after the Paris Olympic Games. "Of course we need to be concentrated on the Games until mid-August," Macron told broadcaster ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/07 23:12 - Reading : less than a minute
Mariana Sahakian Olympic Games
Table tennis player Mariana Sahakian was eliminated from the Olympic Games after losing 4-0 (11-7 / 11-6 / 11-4 / 11-6) to American Lily Zhang in the second round on Sunday evening. The Lebanese player was no match for Zhang, ranked 35th in the world and the top American in the ITTF rankings. Zhang dominated the match from start to ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/07 10:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Benjamin Hassan Olympic Games paris Philippe Wakim
On the third day of the Olympic Games, the competitions continue in Paris. On Monday, July 29, two Lebanese athletes will be competing: Tennis Benjamin Hassan (Lebanon) vs Sebastian Baez (Argentina). Men's singles, second round. Roland Garros (Court number 14) around 4.30 PM. Fencing Philippe Wakim (Lebanon) vs Chen Yi-Tung (Chinese ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/07 12:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France Olympic Games paris SNCF
The French authorities arrested an activist belonging to an ultra-left movement at a site belonging to national rail operator SNCF, days after sabotage attacks paralyzed the network at the start of the Olympic Games, a police source said on Monday. The man was detained at Oissel in northern France on Sunday and had access keys to SNCF technical ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/07 19:56 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal at the Olympic Games on Monday, claiming a 6-1, 6-4 victory in the pair's 60th and potentially last meeting. It was 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic's 31st win in a rivalry that began on the same Roland-Garros clay courts in 2006. Nadal was largely outclassed in the much anticipated encounter, only coming ...
par Elie Valluy - Paris correspondent, 30/07 18:31 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
This Is Beirut spoke with Lebanese residents in Paris to get their reactions to the Olympic Games, which officially kicked off on Friday in the French capital and other cities across the mainland and overseas territories. The Paris Olympic Games officially kicked off on Friday, July 26, with the lighting of the Olympic flame in the ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/08 21:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz Novak Djokovic Olympic Games Paris 2024
World number three Carlos Alcaraz edged closer to an Olympic Games showdown against Novak Djokovic on Thursday with a storming display which brought the queen of Spain to her feet. Alcaraz, playing on the same Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros where he captured the French Open in June, saw off 13th-ranked Tommy Paul of the United States ...
par This Is Beirut, 03/08 19:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Alcaraz DJOKOVIC Olympic Games
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet for the seventh time on Sunday in the Olympic Games final at Roland Garros. Here's a look at the six previous meetings: 2022: Madrid semi-final—Alcaraz 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 7-6 (7/5) In the pair's first meeting, the 19-year-old Alcaraz followed up his quarter-final win over Rafael Nadal by defeating Djokovic, ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/08 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donia Abu Taleb narrowly missed out on becoming the first Saudi Arabian woman to win an Olympic Games medal on Wednesday. Abu Taleb was defeated by Mobina Nematzadeh of Iran in the bronze medal play-off in the -49kg division of the taekwondo competition played out inside Paris' spectacular Grand Palais. The 27-year-old had won her last 16 clash ...
par Abbass Attara, 09/08 10:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Laëtitia Aoun, one of Lebanon’s rising taekwondo stars, delivered an intense and emotional fight for the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Facing Canadian Skylar Park, the Lebanese athlete gave it her all, but her dream of standing on the podium vanished in the final seconds. A performance that will be etched in the history of ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/08 20:48 - Reading : less than a minute
Athletes Olympic Games Paris 2024
The Olympic Games concluded this Sunday after two weeks of emotionally charged moments. Here’s a look back at the athletes who left a mark on this edition.
