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Charlotte Dujardin has been forced to withdraw from Team GB for the upcoming Olympics after a video came to light which showed her repeatedly whipping a horse on the legs. The 39-year-old, who is Britain’s joint-most decorated female Olympian and was just days away from featuring at her fourth Games in Paris, has now been banned for six months by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). In her statement, Dujardin claimed she made an ‘error of judgement’ during a coaching session four years ago and is ‘deeply ashamed’ of her actions. The video – shown for the first time on…

Team GB’s biggest stars are all in action at the 2024 Olympics in Paris including Tom Daley, Max Whitlock and Sky Brown as the Games begin. The opening ceremony takes place on Friday (July 26) but the action actually gets underway today (July 24) with the football and rugby sevens kicking things off. Equestrian star Charlotte Dujardin would’ve been one of the main British storylines of the Games – who was hoping to become the country’s most decorated female Olympian of all time – but she dramatically pulled out on Tuesday due to her ‘shameful error of judgement’ during a…

Squadrons of soldiers drafted from all over France; an AI surveillance system that would make China’s president Xi Jinping jealous; both banks of the River Seine barricaded. This is Paris days before the 2024 Olympic Games, which kick off this Friday, July 26. To anyone who does not live in a large European city like London, Paris – often referred to as the ‘City of Love’ – might resemble a dystopian enclave preparing for the Hunger Games. Yasmina, general manager at Hotel Des Ducs D’Anjou, just a few minutes from the Louvre Museum, said the city ‘feels like a jail’ right…

The Olympic Games should be an equestrian free event amid the horse abuse scandal involving Charlotte Dujardin, according to animal rights group PETA. Team GB superstar Dujardin has been provisionally suspended by equestrian’s governing body with immediate effect after a video from four years ago emerged showing her making ‘an error of judgement’. The fallout from the controversy will have far reaching and immediate consequences for Team GB in Paris, as well their three-time gold medalist, but in the long-term animal rights group PETA are adamant that equestrian events are outdated and should have no place in the Games. ‘The…

Charlotte Dujardin has withdrawn from Team GB for the Paris Olympics after a video emerged of her whipping a horse in a coaching session, but what are the rules for using whips in dressage? When competing in dressage, entering the arena with a whip is against the rules and will result in a technical fault. However, whips are allowed to be used in the practice area, as long as it is dropped before entering the space around the competition arena. The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) state in their rules on whips: ‘At all international Events, it is forbidden…

Viewers are enraged by ITV’s Good Morning Britain commentator Alice Plunkett ‘defending’ equestrian Charlotte Dujardin from backlash surrounding a video of the Olympian whipping a horse. Dujardin has been forced to withdraw from Team GB for the upcoming Olympics after a video – shown for the first time on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday – showing her whipping the back of a horses legs repeatedly during training was revealed. The 39-year-old, who is Britain’s joint-most decorated female Olympian, has now been banned for six months by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) and will not appear at the Paris games. In a statement about…

The International Olympic Committee has voted for the creation of the first Olympic Esports Games, only without the games people care about. While esports has been a fixture of the gaming landscape for years now, its path to being recognised as a sport by the Olympics has been a somewhat slow crawl. The first major step came with the creation of the Olympic Esports Series, which was first held in Singapore in June 2023. The event faced criticism, however, over the choice of games on the line-up, which ranged from Gran Turismo 7, a version of Fortnite where you shoot…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read