Paris 2024 Olympics: Organisers respond to offended reactions to opening ceremony | World News

The Olympics opening ceremony was intended to “trigger a reflection” while using a global audience to promote diversity and freedoms in France, Paris 2024 organisers say. They were responding to a question in today’s daily games news conference about apparent “offended reactions” to the spectacle from a Catholic and Muslim perspective and those “countries that don’t share inclusivity and sexual …

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Ipswich Town v Fortuna Düsseldorf: Pre-season friendly preview

Sam Morsy scored the only goal of the game as Ipswich Town beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in Austria last weekend. (Image: Contributed) PRE-SEASON SO FAR This is game number four of Ipswich Town’s pre-season. The first two were played behind-closed-doors, with Suffolk non-league side Needham Market, recently promoted to the National League North, and League One outfit Reading understood to …

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Thousands flood central London streets for Tommy Robinson ‘protest’ | UK News

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Thousands of people have gathered in central London for a march led by Tommy Robinson. Protesters wearing outfits and waving flags depicting the Union, English, Scottish and Welsh flags chanted ‘Rule Britannia’ and ‘We want our country back’. The right-wing activist, whose …

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Men’s Finals Scores, Blog and Results

Finals day is here as the medal positions will be decided for the men’s Rugby Sevens at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Australia are fighting for gold as they take on Fiji (12:00 am) in the semi-finals after cruising through the quarter-finals. Watch every Rugby Sevens match from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ad-free, live and on demand in 4K on …

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Olympic debutant Ryan Mullen gets Irish cyclists underway in Paris

Ryan Mullen has won medals at the Worlds and Europeans for Ireland and today gets the Irish cycling Olympic campaign underway in Paris in the elite men’s TT Ryan Mullen, a multiple national TT and road race champion, gets Ireland’s cycling campaign at the Olympic Games underway in Paris this evening, on a day when rain looks like it will …

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Paris 2024 Olympics day one: China wins first golds; rain wreaks havoc; cycling, tennis and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Cycling, Women’s Time Trial: Elisa Longo Borghini leaves the gates to a huge cheer. The 32-year-old Italian has enjoyed a massive career, taking two Olympic bronze medals in the road race at Rio and Tokyo – she’s ighly fancied here. France’s best medal chance, Juliette Labous …

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Caspar Corbeau Heads 100m Breaststroke Ahead Of Adam Peaty

Paris Olympics, Day 1 Prelims: Caspar Corbeau Heads 100m Breaststroke Ahead Of Adam Peaty; Qin Haiyang Ninth Adam Peaty safely navigated the 100m breaststroke as he seeks to make more history although it was Caspar Corbeau who headed the prelims at La Defense Arena. Peaty will join Michael Phelps in an exclusive two-man club if he was to win his …

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