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France win overtime thriller, book Olympic women’s basketball final with US

Paris (AFP) – France stunned Belgium 81-75 in overtime on Friday to reach the Olympic women's basketball final, where they'll try to stop the United...

Urban sport of breakdancing makes high-energy Olympic debut in Paris

Breaking, also known as breakdancing, made its debut at the Paris Olympics on Friday with the women's competition, featuring 17 dancers known as B-Girls...

Richardson rescues US relay, Thiam wins third consecutive heptathlon gold

Sha'Carri Richardson powered the US to an Olympic sprint relay gold with a storming anchor leg at the Paris Olympics on Friday, while Belgium's...

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins Olympic gold after tumultuous run at Paris Games

Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer thrust into the centre of a gender dispute at the Paris Games, defied misinformed scrutiny of her sex to...

Algerian boxer in gender row goes for Olympic gold

Paris (AFP) – Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, at the centre of an Olympic gender eligibility row, goes for gold in Paris on Friday as Thierry...

Euphoria: France to face US in Olympic basketball finals after a night of comebacks

From our Olympics correspondent in Paris – France surged through to the men’s basketball finals Thursday night after a hard-fought victory over Germany that had...

2024 Olympics: Tebogo wins Africa its first Olympic 200m win, ‘Super Syd’ shatters world record

Despite Botswana's Letsile Tebogo spoiling American Noah Lyles' last race, the United States dominated Thursday's athletics events, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's record-breaking 400m hurdles performance...

Duplantis fulfils childhood dream with world record to win Olympic gold

Paris (AFP) – Armand Duplantis says the defence of his Olympic pole vault crown in world-record style came as no surprise as he had visualised...

Local hero Kauli Vaast wins Olympic surfing gold in French Polynesia

Tahitian Kauli Vaast dominated to claim gold for France in the men's surfing event at Teahupo'o on Monday, leaving Australia's Jack Robinson with silver....

Germany beat Antetokounmpo’s Greece to reach Olympic basketball semis

Paris (AFP) – World Cup champions Germany reached the Olympic men's basketball semi-finals for the first time Tuesday, coming from behind to beat Greece 76-63...

Biles wins silver in final Olympics competition after beam fall

Paris (AFP) – Narrowly missing her chance to get a record-setting tally of five gold medals in one Games, star US gymnast Simone Biles on...

US win Olympic women’s 4x100m medley gold with world record

Paris (AFP) – The United States set a new world record time as they powered to Olympic gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay on...

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