Liverpool are preparing a double swoop for Wolves duo Rayan Ait-Nouri and Pedro Neto, reports GiveMeSport. The Reds are hoping to bolster their ranks at both ends of the pitch ahead of next season, with bringing in a new left-sided defender among their priorities. Ait-Nouri, who has a £38million release clause, fits the bill in […]
Female Olympians are often judged on their looks. Now, some are taking control of their image
Anyone who’s worn long, acrylic nails knows it can be difficult opening a door handle with them, let alone turning a double back tuck and sticking the landing. But that’s exactly what U.S. gymnast and Olympic silver medallist Jordan Chiles has been doing for years. Chiles, 23, who is heading to the Paris Games, is known in […]
French police arrest Russian man on accusations of planning to ‘destabilize’ Olympics
French authorities have foiled several plots to disrupt the 2024 Olympics, including arresting a Russian man in one of them, officials said Wednesday, just days before the opening ceremony of the Summer Games in Paris. France has been on high alert over the past few weeks as preparations to host the Olympics hit the final […]
Stan Bowman back in NHL as Edmonton Oilers new general manager
Stan Bowman made a promise upon his NHL return. “These things will never happen on my watch again,” Bowman said Wednesday after the Edmonton Oilers hired him as their new general manager and executive vice-president of hockey operations. Bowman is the first former Chicago Blackhawks executive re-hired by an NHL team since the team’s 2010 […]
Tonsilitis forces top-ranked Jannik Sinner out of Olympic tennis tournament
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner pulled out of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday because of tonsillitis. Sinner, a 22-year-old from Italy, posted on social media that a doctor advised him that he should sit out the Summer Games. Sinner won the Australian Open in January for his first Grand Slam title and moved up to No. 1 […]
Morocco fans force suspension of Olympic soccer opener before team emerges with win over Argentina
Morocco fans crashed the pitch to protest a late goal by Argentina at the opening match of the Paris Olympics men’s soccer tournament, an angry and bizarre scene that left the game suspended for nearly two hours with only minutes remaining. Moments before play resumed, the goal was disallowed by VAR for offside, and Morocco […]
Canada suffers 20-point loss to Spain in final Olympic women’s basketball exhibition
Megan Gustafson had 17 points and nine rebounds as Spain thumped Canada 68-48 in the countries’ final tune-up ahead of the Paris Olympics. Queralt Casas added 20 points for the fourth-ranked Spaniards, who open the women’s tournament at the Games on Sunday against No. 2 China. Kayla Alexander led the way for Canada with 10 […]
Nearly 100 years after its last medal, men’s basketball in Canada finally has its own Dream Team
Midway through the second quarter of last Sunday’s final pre-Olympic tune-up, with Canada leading Puerto Rico by five points, Nickeil Alexander-Walker took a handoff from teammate Trey Lyles and calculated his choices on the fly. In a split-second Alexander-Walker, a sixth man for the Minnesota Timberwolves and a key component of Canada’s attack, had reached […]
Canadian Olympians thrilled to have family and friends in Paris after pandemic Games
When Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron competes for a second Olympic gold medal in Paris, she’ll be doing it in front of a large cheering section including her parents, siblings, training mates, former coaches and friends. That’s in contrast to the 2021 Tokyo Games, when athletes competed in front of mostly empty stands due to the […]
French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she’s barred from the Olympic opening ceremony because of her hijab
French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee (FOC) said it is working with her to find a solution that adheres to the team’s secular requirements for athletes. Sylla, a 26-year-old member of France’s 400-meter women’s […]