09/08 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 ...
10/08 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 ...
10/08 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 ...
10/08 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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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 ...
11/08 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ethiopian Tamirat Tola delivered a masterclass in solo front running to win the Olympic men's marathon in Paris on Saturday as Eliud Kipchoge's bid for a third gold went up in smoke. Tola clocked an Olympic record of 2hr 06min 26sec for victory, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Belgium's Bashir Abdi, whose silver marked an upgrade from his bronze ...
11/08 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off world champion Marco Arop of Canada to win Olympic men's 800m gold in a lightning fast race on Saturday. Wanyonyi clocked a personal best of 1:41.19 for victory, maintaining a proud record for Kenya who have now won the last five Olympic men's 800m titles. Arop took silver just one-hundredth of a second behind ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/08 15:54 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile Tebogo and his 200m gold medal, a first for the southern African country. Botswana's Olympic team was due to return on Tuesday with Tebogo's gold as well as silver medal in the men's 4x400m relay, boosting the country's total ...
