Pidcock’s off-road passion makes him mountain biker to beat in Paris on July 9, 2024Britain’s Tom Pidcock spends most of his professional cycling life these days on his road bike but when he does venture off of the tarmac and grabs his mountain bike he is unstoppable. The 24-year-old Yorkshireman, whose day job is with Ineos Grenadiers, has been described as a generational talent on two wheels and looks […]
Revamped U.S. 3×3 basketball team aiming for golden debut in Paris on July 9, 2024The U.S. men’s 3×3 basketball team will make their Olympic debut with a revamped and unconventional squad seeking redemption in Paris after failing to qualify for Tokyo. The key to the team’s resurgence lies less in their training or tactics and more in the non-traditional backgrounds of their players, who have rediscovered their passion for […]
French aiming high in BMX Racing on home dirt on July 9, 2024French riders will be hoping to finally achieve the same success in BMX racing on their home track at the Paris Olympics that they have long enjoyed at the world championships when the bikes hit the dirt at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in August. Although the sport has its origins in California in the 1960s, BMX has been […]
‘Miracles’ and hope: Stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen on July 8, 2024Just a pat on the back by preacher “Bhole Baba” and Ramkumari said a stone in her kidney vanished. The 85-year-old gave no proof but this story and countless others of similar “miracles” led to Baba’s following rocketing in India’s northern states. A gathering addressed by the former police head constable in a crowded field […]
NEWSMAKER-Iran’s Pezeshkian brings hopes of moderation after routing hardline rival on July 7, 2024Iran’s president-elect, low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, carries the hopes of millions of Iranians seeking less restrictions on social freedoms and a more pragmatic foreign policy. Pezeshkian, who defeated hardline Saeed Jalili in Friday’s second-round presidential vote, is someone world powers are likely to welcome, hoping he might pursue peaceful ways out of a tense standoff […]
Taekwondo power couple eyes home gold for France in Paris on July 5, 2024It is buy-one-get-one-free for France’s taekwondo team ahead of the Paris Olympics with a Spanish-Turkish coaching couple behind the country’s efforts to gain its first gold medal in the combat sport. Rosendo Alonso and Gulsah Kuscu have two world champions in their team of four athletes for the Games and feel France has never been […]
Rhythmic gymnast Kaleyn stays the course despite tough breaks on July 5, 2024Eleven years ago, at her first junior world cup event in Romania, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast Boryana Kaleyn broke her left leg while performing her ball routine to the tune of ‘Memory’ from the musical ‘Cats’. Rhythmic gymnasts may look delicate as they slip gracefully through hoops and catch clubs while doing the splits in the […]
Australia’s Lee siblings hope to team up at Olympics, eventually on July 4, 2024Australia’s Olympic golf siblings Minjee Lee and Min Woo Lee may not cross paths at Paris due to their playing schedules and can only hope they might be able to team up at future Games. The Olympic tournament will feature separate men’s and women’s events with the same individual strokeplay format that has been featured […]
Pakistan to tackle potential bidders’ concern over airline safety ban on July 4, 2024Pakistan’s privatisation commission is addressing concerns voiced by those qualified to bid for the country’s national airline about a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) ban on the carrier, an official said on Wednesday. The privatisation of the loss-making state-owned enterprises has long been on the International Monetary Fund’s list of recommendations for Pakistan, which […]
Copa America hosts US eliminated after 1-0 defeat by Uruguay on July 3, 2024Copa America hosts the United States were bundled out of the tournament at the first hurdle on Monday after a 1-0 defeat by Group C winners Uruguay consigned them to third place and allowed Panama to advance as runners-up. Defender Mathias Olivera scored to give Uruguay the win that sees them advance to the quarter-finals […]