Sports
Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won gold in the men's marathon at the Paris Games on Saturday while Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic crown, failed to finish.Belgium's Bashir Abdi took silver, improving on his bronze from Tokyo, and Kenya&...
American Grant Holloway finally added Olympic 110 metres hurdles gold to his sizeable trophy cabinet on Thursday, exploding out of the blocks as usual before cruising to victory.The 26-year-old, who had claimed virtually every major title in a dominant half decade including three world championship ...
National,Back Page
The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on civilians to enforce a curfew, two serving army officers with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.Gen Wa...
Simone Biles is leaving Paris with her head held high, proud of becoming a three-time Olympian and continuing to show the world how dominant she is in gymnastics, and doing it with grace. At the Games, the 27-year-old collected gold medals in the team, all-around and vault competitions, as well as a...
World
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said violent protesters who had targeted Muslim communities would swiftly face the "full force of the law" as he sought to quell days of anti-immigration rioting.The fatal stabbing of three young girls in the northwest English town of Southport last week...
Business & Commerce
The International Monetary Fund said it was "fully committed to Bangladesh and its people" after protests ousted the prime minister. The Fund, which approved a $4.7 billion loan programme with the country in January 2023, said it was "deeply saddened by loss of lives and injuries...
Hosts France will play an Olympic men's football final for the first time in 40 years after beating Egypt 3-1 in extra time at the Lyon stadium on Monday and will face Spain for the gold medal.France fought back after conceding their first goal in the tournament when Mahmoud Saber grabbed a stun...
New Zealand's green credentials are at risk as the government rolls back environmental reforms in a bid to boost a flailing economy and fulfil promises made to its voters.Since taking power last year, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's centre-right coalition announced it will reverse a ban o...
The United States smashed their own world record in the women's 4x100 medley on Sunday to close the Paris Olympics swimming meet with one last gold that lifted them clear of Australia at the top of the medals table.Australia, who finished with seven swimming golds to the United States' eight...
Iron-man Bobby Finke and the U.S. women's medley relay team shattered world records in golden performances as the Olympic swim meet ended in exhilarating fashion on Sunday with the Americans on top again.Floridian Finke took down Sun Yang's 12-year 1,500m world record as he retained the gold...
Sports,Tennis
Novak Djokovic completed his career Golden Slam as the 37-year-old Serb fought off Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in a magnificent Olympic men's singles final battle at Roland Garros on Sunday.After heartbreak in Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Djokovic simply would not be denied the one ...
Worries over tech earnings and a slowing US economy slammed the Nasdaq Composite index on Friday as it extended recent declines to fall 10% below its record high, confirming it was in correction territory.The tech-heavy index fell 2.4% on Friday after a softer-than-expected jobs report spurred worri...
An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank killed a commander in the Palestinian armed group Hamas on Saturday, Hamas media reported, while Palestinian news agency WAFA said four other men were also killed.The identities of the others were not clear, according to the WAFA report, wh...
America's reigning Olympic champion Carissa Moore was knocked out of surfing's quarter-finals by France's Johanne Defay in Tahiti on Thursday, and said she couldn't imagine a better place to call time on her storied career.The five-time world champion skipped this year's professi...
Switzerland's Chiara Leone won the gold in the women's 50-metre rifle three positions at the Paris Olympics on Friday.Sagen Maddalena from the United States wins the silver while China's Zhang Qiongyue took the bronze.Leone's total of 464.4 is an Olympic record as she followed in the...
French poster boy Leon Marchand and U.S. distance dynamo Katie Ledecky made history while the Paris pool saw its first world record on one of the great nights of Olympic swimming on Wednesday.China's Pan Zhanle ended the programme with another firecracker, the teenager obliterating his own 100 m...
Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Tuesday, reinforcing her status as one of the world's greatest athletes just three years after abruptly withdrawing from the same event at the Tokyo...
Sports,Football
Hosts France secured a place in the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic football tournament with a 3-0 win over New Zealand that put them to top of Group A, while the United States edged Guinea 3-0 to progress on the final day of the group stage on Tuesday.France, coming off two wins, only neede...
Venezuela's opposition said it had voting-tally proof it had won the election claimed by President Nicolas Maduro, as anti-government protests erupted across the country, with police firing tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Caracas.Protesters took to the streets after Maduro was dec...
China's Yang Hao and Lian Junjie won the gold medal in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform event on Monday to keep China's goal of taking all eight diving golds on offer alive.The pair led from the first round and finished on 490.35 points.Tom Daley and Noah Williams of Britain took...
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