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China's Olympic champ Zheng embraces big home expectations

BEIJING, SEPT 24: Paris Olympics champion Zheng Qinwen said Tuesday she hopes to use the fervent support of the home ...

Eurozone business activity slumps after Olympics boost

BRUSSELS, Sept 24: Eurozone business activity declined for the first time in seven months in September, as France lost steam ...

The Olympics 2024 and global politics

Syed Raiyan Amir

When Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French historian and educator, initiated the modern Olympic Games in 1894, his intent was ...

Australian hockey star Craig banned after Olympic cocaine bust

Australian hockey player Tom Craig has been banned for 12 months following his arrest during the Paris Olympics last month ...

India's Randhir Singh elected Asian Olympic chief

NEW DELHI, SEPT 8: India's veteran sports administrator Randhir Singh was elected Sunday unopposed as the president of the Olympic ...

India's Randhir Singh elected Asian Olympic chief

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India's veteran sports administrator Randhir Singh was elected Sunday unopposed as the president of the Olympic Council of Asia in ...

Australia's Raygun 'sorry' about Olympic backlash

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Australia's "Raygun" has apologised for the backlash that her widely ridiculed Paris Olympics performance brought to the broader breakdancing community.Rachael ...

Olympic gold medallist Zheng into US Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, AUG 27: Paris Olympics champion Zheng Qinwen said her come-from-behind US Open first-round win over Amanda Anisimova was ...

Olympic champion Ko ends eight-year major drought with Women's British Open win

ST ANDREWS, AUG 26: Lydia Ko said she had enjoyed a "Cinderella" story after ending an eight-year wait for a ...

Olympic champion Zheng wants to keep 'winning, winning, winning'

NEW YORK, AUG 24: Zheng Qinwen is determined not to let up after becoming the first Chinese player to win ...

Taiwan leader praises Olympic boxing champion in gender row

TAIPEI, AUG 16: Taiwan's president praised Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting on Friday for showing "grace" despite attacks on ...

China's Olympic tennis glory tracks booming middle classes

BEIJING, AUG 16: Zheng Qinwen's historic tennis gold at the Paris Olympics this month followed a decades-long surge in the ...

Australian Olympic Committee slams 'vexatious' Raygun claims

SYDNEY, AUG 15: The Australian Olympic Committee on Thursday decried what it said was a "vexatious, misleading and bullying" petition ...

France launches probe over alleged cyberbullying of Olympic gender-row boxer Khelif

PARIS, AUG 14: France has launched a cyberbullying probe following a complaint by Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, who ...

China's Olympic divers inspire next generation at Beijing pool

BEIJING, AUG 13: The splash of young athletes hitting the water and the cries of encouragement from coaches echo through ...

Hero's welcome for Olympic gender-row boxer Imane Khelif in Algiers

ALGIERS, AUG 13: Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif said she had won for her country's women as Algeria's Paris Games ...

Cubans celebrate return of record Olympic champion Mijain Lopez

HAVANA, AUG 13: Thousands of Cubans on Monday night welcomed home the island's Paris 2024 team led by five-time Olympic ...

Botswana gets half-day holiday to welcome Olympic gold

GABORONE, AUG 13: President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared Tuesday afternoon a holiday as Botswana geared up to welcome home sprinter Letsile ...

Romanian gymnast Barbosu to be awarded Chiles' Olympic floor bronze: IOC

PARIS, AUG 12: Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu will be awarded the Olympic floor exercise bronze medal originally given to Jordan ...

French police win plaudits after high-risk Olympics

PARIS, AUG 12: The vaulting ambition of the Paris Olympics made them risky and hard to police, but French security ...

USA register eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold

PARIS, AUG 12: The United States held off France 67-66 to win an unprecedented eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold ...

Paris bids triumphant 'au revoir' to Olympics

PARIS, AUG 12: Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiled from the roof of the Stade de France at the climax of ...

Paris Olympics 2024 medal tally final: USA, China win 40 Gold each

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Paris Olympics 2024 medal tally is out and the final standings have settled the debate on the top sporting nation ...

Five-time Olympic medalist Tom Daley announces retirement from diving

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Five-time Olympic medalist Tom Daley announced his retirement from diving on Monday.Daley told British Vogue magazine he had decided to ...

Curtain falls on Paris 2024 as Olympic flame passes to Los Angeles

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Movie star Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of France's national stadium and received the Olympic flag, bringing a heavy ...

Olympics equipment heads for 'second life' post-Games

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The stands have fallen quiet and the Athletes' Village is emptying. What happens to all the equipment now the 2024 ...

USA beat France 98-87 for men's basketball Olympic gold

PARIS, AUG 11: The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling ...

Marta admits Olympic final 'probably' her last game for Brazil

PARIS, AUG 11: Brazil legend Marta admitted Saturday that defeat in the Olympic women's football final against the United States ...

Swanson strike hands USA Olympic women's football gold against Brazil

PARIS, AUG 11: Mallory Swanson scored the winning goal as the United States edged Brazil 1-0 in Saturday's Olympic women's ...

Olympics chief Thomas Bach says will not seek third term

PARIS, AUG 11: International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the Paris Games on Saturday he will not seek ...