Simone Biles missed out on winning a fourth gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics after making a critical mistake in the women’s beam final. The American slipped off the apparatus midway through her routine, with her eventual score of 13.1 leaving her in fifth place. And the 27-year-old appeared irate afterwards, seemingly complaining about […]
Team GB silver medal taken away at Olympics as Beth Potter left gutted | Other | Sport
The Team GB mixed triathlon team have been downgraded from a silver medal to a bronze in Paris. In what proved a thrilling finale, Laura Lindemann crossed the line first to secure gold for Germany, as Beth Potter and Taylor Knibb, of the USA, were involved in a photo finish behind her. Initially, it was […]
Olympics LIVE: Team GB medal downgraded as athlete ‘hospitalised’ by dirty water | Other | Sport
Spanish golfer Jon Rahm has opened up on the ‘painful’ experience of losing a six-shot lead to Scottie Scheffler in the final round of the golf event in Paris. “I not only feel like I let myself down but to just not get it done for the whole country of Spain, it’s a lot more […]
Graham Thorpe ‘a legend and great human being’ as cricket mourns death | Cricket | Sport
England star Ben Stokes has led the tributes to former Surrey cricketer Graham Thorpe after he passed away at the age of 55. The England and Wales Cricket Board released a statement on Monday confirming his sudden death, prompting renowned names from all over cricket to pay their respects to the ex-England international. On Monday […]
Olympics: Athlete who swam in River Seine ‘hospitalised’ as team forced to forfeit event | Other | Sport
Belgium withdrew from Monday’s mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Olympics after one of their athletes, Claire Michel, was struck by illness in Paris. The water quality in the River Seine has been a controversial talking point this summer, causing plenty of problems for the triathlon events. Seine competed in the women’s triathlon on Wednesday, […]
Local hockey community mourns player killed in motorcycle crash
Ottawa-Gatineau’s junior hockey community is in mourning after a local player died in a motorcycle crash this weekend. Creed Jones, 24, was one of two people killed in the crash late Friday night on Highway 417 in Ottawa, according to Ontario Provincial Police. Jones was a goalie who played for the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, the […]
Canada leaves France without an Olympic soccer medal, but the 22 indefatigable players lost on their own terms
Minutes after the Canadian women’s soccer team took down Colombia, winning the third of three must-win games to complete an improbable Olympic group stage sweep, goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan was asked what could stop her team. “Just us, man,” Sheridan told Radio-Canada’s Christine Roger. “We’re the only thing in our way.” A six-point penalty from FIFA, […]
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif calls to end bullying over her gender misconceptions
Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her. “I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic […]
Why a 4th-place finish in 10,000m meant as much to Moh Ahmed as ‘most Olympic medals’
Fourth place finishes at the Olympics are supposed to be painful. And for Moh Ahmed in the men’s 10,000 metres, that may have genuinely been true. But after a race in which 13 men ran faster than the previous Olympic record, which had held since 2008, the Canadian appeared more satisfied than anguished. “Honestly I have no regrets. I […]
After flaming out in France, Canadian women’s basketball team resets for 2028 Olympic cycle
You could call it a passing of the torch. But, really, what the Canadian women’s basketball team did at the Olympics was more of a flameout. Visions of a first-ever podium appearance went up in smoke on Sunday after a 79-70 loss to Nigeria in Lille, France. Canada finished the group stage 0-3 and, for […]