Kimberley Woods has had to fight for most things in her life and duly battled to an emotional K1 Olympic bronze. The 28-year-old was left on tenterhooks when occupying the final podium place as reigning Olympic champion Ricarda Funk of Germany took to the course last. Funk missed one of the last gates on the…
In June 1924, L’Auto, the French sportspaper that had launched the Tour de France, ran a large portrait on its front page. This was the Olympic Games of the Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi and his five gold medals; of Harold Abraham and Eric Liddell, whose story would be told in Chariots of Fire; of Johnny…
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team is moving on. The squad of Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera produced the high total score of 172.296 at the subdivision 2 qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday. Four gymnasts from each team perform each event, with the lowest score in the…
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team walked onto the floor at Bercy Arena on Sunday in leotards adorned with thousands of crystals, the kind designed to attract as much attention as possible. Don’t mistake all that glamour — both on the floor and in the stands, where…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index ended the week’s first trading session on Sunday by gaining 149.22 points, or rising 1.24 percent, to close at 12,175.43.The total trading turnover of the benchmark index was SR6 billion ($1.6 billion) as 143 of the stocks advanced, while 84 retreated.The Kingdom’s parallel market, Nomu, also rose 82.97…
HD HHI at the Indian Ocean Defence & Security Conference in Perth, Western Australia, emphasized their established track record delivering the FFX Batch 3 frigate-design to the Korean Navy (ROKN). In addition the builder put a significant focus on their industrial expertise delivering naval combatants both domestically and abroad. The Hyundai-presentation at IODS 2024 stood…
Leon Marchand, of France, celebrates after receiving his first gold medal in the men’s 400-meter individual medley final at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on Sunday in Nanterre, France. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption toggle caption Matthias Schrader/AP NANTERRE, France — Moments after thousands of his countrymen sang a deafening treatment of the French national anthem…
July 28, 2024 An emotional Adam Peaty admitted his Paris 2024 Olympic Games silver medal was a ‘victory for him’ after he was denied a historic treble by the narrowest of margins. Peaty was bidding to become the first person to win the Men’s 100m Breaststroke title for a third consecutive Games but was touched…
Anderson guided world 5000m record-breaker Dave Moorcroft plus Sheila Carey, Liz McColgan, John Graham, Judy Simpson and many more during a stellar career For many, John Anderson’s booming voice is synonymous with the original Gladiators. As the referee on the iconic television programme his catchphrase “Contender ready! Gladiator ready!” made him a household name in…