This Is Beirut 2024-08-10 17:14 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nikola Jokic recorded a triple-double as Serbia defeated Germany 93-83 to claim Olympic men's basketball bronze on Saturday, avenging their loss in last year's World Cup final. Jokic scored 19 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 11 assists as Serbia came away with consolation medals after their heartbreaking semi-final loss to the United ...
2024-08-10 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic stormed to victory in the Olympic women's 400m on Friday in a new Games record time. Paulino, the reigning world champion, surged home in 48.17sec with Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser taking silver in 48.53sec and Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek taking bronze in 48.98sec. The 27-year-old Paulino's time bettered ...
2024-08-10 11:30 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanese-born Bulgarian weightlifter Karlos Nasar won Olympic gold by breaking the world record in the -89 kg final with a total of 404 kg in Paris on Friday. The 20-year-old athlete, born in Paris to a Lebanese father and Bulgarian mother, lifted 180 kg in the snatch and 224 kg in the clean and jerk, his first world record, for a total of 404 ...
2024-08-10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Substitute Sergio Camello struck twice in extra time to settle a remarkable Olympic men's football final on Friday, as Spain beat France 5-3 to take gold after Thierry Henry's hosts had earlier staged a dramatic comeback. It had looked as though Spain were going to run away with victory at the Parc des Princes when they recovered from conceding ...
2024-08-10 09:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defied a major gender controversy to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Friday as the United States' star sprinters flew and then flopped on the track. Khelif, 25, claimed a unanimous points decision win over China's Yang Liu in the women's 66kg final for her first Olympic medal. Khelif expressed immense happiness, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-09 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France's newly-crowned Olympic surfing champion Kauli Vaast took a victory lap in Paris on Friday as he surfed down the Seine river with his gold medal around his neck. On Monday, Vaast won men's surfing gold on his Tahitian home waves at Teahupo'o, becoming the first Olympic champion from the French Pacific island. He wowed supporters again on ...
2024-08-09 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A resurgent United States under new coach Emma Hayes are hoping to establish themselves as the leading force in women's international football once again by claiming the gold medal in Saturday's Olympic final against Brazil and their legendary skipper Marta. The USA came into the Olympics with a rejuvenated squad and a point to prove after a poor ...
2024-08-09 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States had to dig deep to erase a 17-point deficit to beat Nikola Jokic's Serbia 95-91 on Thursday to keep their bid for a fifth straight Olympic men's basketball gold medal alive. Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry dazzled with 36 points, and all-time NBA scoring leader LeBron James had a triple-double of 16 points, 12 rebounds, ...
2024-08-09 12:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Letsile Tebogo has always said an Olympic medal would not just be for Botswana but the continent of Africa, and he duly delivered on Thursday by becoming the first African to be crowned 200m Olympic champion. The 21-year-old produced a stunning run in Paris to leave pre-race favorite Noah Lyles trailing in third. In fact, Tebogo is only the ...
2024-08-09 10:52 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Letsile Tebogo claimed a historic Olympic 200m title for Botswana on Thursday as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone produced a stunning performance to smash the world record in the women's 400m hurdles. Tebogo's superb run left Noah Lyles' hopes for three gold medals in tatters as he was forced to settle for bronze and then revealed he has Covid. Lyles ...
Abbass Attara 2024-08-09 10:24 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Laëtitia Aoun, one of Lebanon’s rising taekwondo stars, delivered an intense and emotional fight for the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Facing Canadian Skylar Park, the Lebanese athlete gave it her all, but her dream of standing on the podium vanished in the final seconds. A performance that will be etched in the history of ...
2024-08-09 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, at the centre of an Olympic gender eligibility row, goes for gold in Paris on Friday as Thierry Henry bids to lead France's footballers to glory. With just three days of sport to go at the Games, there is a packed athletics programme at the Stade de France. The boxing competition has been overshadowed by a bitter row ...