Sharpshooter Hancock key to US hopes of spiking China’s guns in Paris on July 12, 2024The United States will need Vincent Hancock to come out all guns blazing in their bid to upstage China at the Paris Olympics shooting range as the 35-year-old looks to become the first shooter to win the same individual event four times. Hancock, regarded as the greatest skeet shooter of all time after his Olympic […]
‘Time is running short,’ former House speaker says on July 12, 2024US President Joe Biden faced fresh doubts on Wednesday about his re-election chances from heavyweights Nancy Pelosi and George Clooney, who may influence other Democratic lawmakers and financial donors, and two Senate Democrats. Biden must decide quickly whether to stay in the 2024 White House race, former House Speaker Pelosi, a longtime Biden ally, said […]
Russia’s absence leaves power vacuum in rhythmic gymnastics on July 11, 2024Since the Atlanta 1996 Games when former Soviet countries began competing as individual nations, athletes from Russia and Belarus have twirled, pirouetted and tumbled their way to Olympic dominance in rhythmic gymnastics. They will not be in Paris this year, however, because of sanctions put in place after the invasion of Ukraine, leaving more than […]
Pakistan sack selectors Wahab, Razzaq after disappointing World Cup on July 11, 2024The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sacked selectors Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq on Wednesday following the team’s disappointing T20 World Cup campaign last month. The 2009 champions lost to tournament debutants and co-hosts United States before crashing out in the group stage of the 20-team tournament. “The Pakistan Cricket Board … has notified Abdul Razzaq […]
China badminton success assured but to what extent? on July 9, 2024Chinese success in Paris is virtually guaranteed with the likes of Chen Yufei leading the charge but high rankings do not necessarily translate into medals at the Olympics, where the pressure to perform is unlike any other competition. The Tokyo Games three years ago delivered a series of dramatic upsets, near misses and high emotions […]
Gauff hails depth in women’s tennis despite Wimbledon exit on July 9, 2024Rather than despairing at the carnage left behind in the women’s draw at Wimbledon, the evidence shows that the entertainment value has never been better, Coco Gauff declared after becoming the latest Grand Slam champion to perish in the first week. Reputations have counted for little at this year’s grasscourt major. Of the 13 women’s […]
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 […]