This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 20:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Atletico Madrid signed striker Julian Alvarez from Manchester City on Monday in a deal reported to be worth up to 85 million euros ($93 million). "The club has reached an agreement with Manchester City for the transfer of the Argentine forward, who has signed a contract for the next six seasons," said Atletico in a statement. Spanish reports say ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-12 09:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiled from the roof of the Stade de France as Paris bid farewell on Sunday to an Olympics hailed as one of the most successful in history. Cruise descended on a wire in front of 71,500 spectators, grabbed the Olympic flag and jumped on a motorbike, to the delight of athletes and fans. In a preview of what the world ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-11 21:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The United States pipped China for top spot in the battle of medals on Sunday as Paris prepares to bring the curtain down on one of the most successful Olympic Games in history. In a thrilling finale that capped 17 days of spellbinding action, the United States women's basketball team squeezed past France 67-66 to clinch the last gold of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-11 20:48 - Reading : less than a minute
The Olympic Games concluded this Sunday after two weeks of emotionally charged moments. Here’s a look back at the athletes who left a mark on this edition.
This Is Beirut 2024-08-11 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States held off France 67-66 to win an unprecedented eighth successive women's Olympic basketball gold on Sunday and extend their run of victories at the tournament to 61 games. A'ja Wilson scored a game-high 21 points for the Americans, who won the title for the 10th time overall, surviving a buzzer-beating shot from France's Gabby ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-11 19:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Final Paris Olympics medals table on Sunday: Gold Silver Bronze Total USA 40 44 42 126 China 40 27 24 91 Japan 20 12 13 45 Australia 18 19 16 53 France 16 26 22 64 Netherlands 15 7 12 34 Great Britain 14 22 29 65 South Korea 13 9 10 32 Italy 12 13 15 40 Germany 12 13 8 33 New Zealand 10 7 3 20 Canada 9 7 11 27 Uzbekistan 8 2 3 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-11 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday. The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three events. And Hassan did not ...
2024-08-11 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Mallory Swanson scored the winning goal as the United States edged Brazil 1-0 in Saturday's Olympic women's football final to claim the gold medal for a record-extending fifth time. Brazil fought hard on a hot afternoon at the Parc des Princes, but the USA struck just before the hour mark when Swanson – on her 100th cap – ran through to ...
2024-08-11 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off world champion Marco Arop of Canada to win Olympic men's 800m gold in a lightning fast race on Saturday. Wanyonyi clocked a personal best of 1:41.19 for victory, maintaining a proud record for Kenya who have now won the last five Olympic men's 800m titles. Arop took silver just one-hundredth of a second behind ...
2024-08-11 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ethiopian Tamirat Tola delivered a masterclass in solo front running to win the Olympic men's marathon in Paris on Saturday as Eliud Kipchoge's bid for a third gold went up in smoke. Tola clocked an Olympic record of 2hr 06min 26sec for victory, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Belgium's Bashir Abdi, whose silver marked an upgrade from his bronze ...
2024-08-11 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United States won their fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17. In a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics final three years ago, LeBron James and the USA team stacked with NBA stars once again proved too much for France's sensational NBA Rookie of the ...
2024-08-11 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hollywood will help script a glittering ending to the Paris Olympics on Sunday with 14 gold medals to be decided before the French capital hands over the reins to 2028 host Los Angeles. Tom Cruise, who is currently filming the latest episode of the Mission Impossible franchise in Europe, is expected to play a starring role at the closing ...