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Paris 2024: Olympic Committee Unveils Lebanese Delegation
Paris 2024: Olympic Committee Unveils Lebanese Delegation

The Lebanese Olympic Committee announced the names of the delegation that will participate in the Summer Olympic Games (Paris 2024), which will be held from July 26 to August 11. The delegation comprises 27 members, as follows: François Saadé: President of the delegation, member of the Executive Committee and Treasurer Samar Younes: ...

LeBron James to Be Team USA Flagbearer for Paris Olympics
LeBron James to Be Team USA Flagbearer for Paris Olympics

LeBron James, the NBA's all-time leading points scorer, will be the male flagbearer for Team USA at the Paris Olympics, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced on Monday. James, 39, was picked by his fellow US Olympians for Friday's ceremony on the river Seine. The female flagbearer will be announced on ...

Olympics 2024: Ray Bassil With Her Sights Set on a Medal
Olympics 2024: Ray Bassil With Her Sights Set on a Medal

Lebanese champion Ray Bassil, competing in the Olympic trap shooting event at the Paris Olympics, hopes to proudly represent the Cedar country, which is increasingly mired in an endless melting pot of problems. With four days left until the Olympic Games, tension is high among all participating athletes, and Ray Bassil is no exception. The ...

Lebanon's Hady Habib Heads to Paris 2024 Olympics
Lebanon's Hady Habib Heads to Paris 2024 Olympics

Meet the Lebanese-American tennis player, Hady Habib, who will represent Lebanon in the Paris 2024 Olympics, kicking off this Friday.  

Pressure Builds in Serbia for Jokic to Deliver at Olympics
Pressure Builds in Serbia for Jokic to Deliver at Olympics

After winning three MVP titles and one NBA championship, Nikola Jokic stands on the threshold of securing eternal glory in Serbia if he can bring home an Olympic gold medal to the basketball-mad country. Jokic's return to international competition comes a year after he skipped the Basketball World Cup in the Philippines, where Serbia finished ...

Adeleke, the Face of Modern Ireland, Eyes Olympic Glory
Adeleke, the Face of Modern Ireland, Eyes Olympic Glory

Rhasidat Adeleke hopes to become the first Irish female to win an Olympic athletics gold in Paris, an achievement that would provide a fitting riposte to racists who have targeted her for online abuse. Born and raised in Ireland to Nigerian parents, Adeleke, 21, heads to Paris as the European 400 meters silver medallist – one of three medals ...

Nadal Defeated in First Tour Final in Two Years
Nadal Defeated in First Tour Final in Two Years

Rafael Nadal lost his first final in two years on Sunday, as the Spaniard went down 6-3, 6-2 to Portugal's Nuno Borges at the clay-court Bastad Open. The Spanish tennis great had shown signs of a return to form in Scandinavia as he made an impressive run to the final, just one week before tennis at the Olympic Games gets underway on the clay in ...

Tennis: Giovani Samaha and Carmen Maria Azar Champions of ATCL Open
Tennis: Giovani Samaha and Carmen Maria Azar Champions of ATCL Open

The Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) concluded its annual Open tennis tournament, which was held over two weeks on its courts under the supervision of the Lebanese Tennis Federation, with the participation of 355 male and female players. In the final match of the men's singles category, Giovani Samaha beat Mustafa al-Natour by two ...

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri Wins Maiden Grand Prix in Hungary
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri Wins Maiden Grand Prix in Hungary

Oscar Piastri took his maiden Formula One win in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix, with Lando Norris in second for a McLaren 1-2. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton completed the podium at the Hungaroring where McLaren locked out the front row of the grid for the first time since 2012. "Amazing day for us as a team. Oscar controlled the race and he deserved ...

Paris Olympics Preparations Move Up a Gear
Paris Olympics Preparations Move Up a Gear

Preparations for the Paris Olympics went up a gear on Saturday as security teams scoured the banks of the Seine ahead of Friday's opening ceremony and top International Olympic Committee officials met in the French capital. Police with sniffer dogs were seen checking the six-kilometer (four-mile) route along the Seine for the ceremony in which up ...

Olympics 2024 Basketball: Are the USA Still the Stuff of Dreams?
Olympics 2024 Basketball: Are the USA Still the Stuff of Dreams?

At this year's Paris Olympics, basketball will once again be one of the main attractions. Numerous teams from all over the world will be competing from July 26 onwards, hoping to represent their nation to the best of their ability by winning a medal, preferably a gold one. For some, a place on the podium may be enough. For others, qualifying for ...

Pogacar on Brink of Third Tour de France Triumph Ahead of Riviera Finale
Pogacar on Brink of Third Tour de France Triumph Ahead of Riviera Finale

Tadej Pogacar will be firmly in the spotlight as he goes down the ramp last on Sunday's final day individual time trial in his adopted home of Monaco, with a third Tour de France title all but secured. The final stage of the 2024 Tour will be broadcast around the world as he speeds along the corniche from Monaco to Riviera town Nice. "I can ride ...