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The Paris 2024 Olympics get underway on Friday (Photo: Getty) In just a few days’ time, the Paris 2024 Olympics will get underway with thousands of athletes from across the world set to compete. The very best from the worlds of athletics, cycling, swimming, tennis, breakdancing and more will converge on the French capital with the sole aim of becoming an Olympic gold medalist. But for some there’s a little more at stake, with this the first Games where prize money will be awarded in some sports. With that in mind, let’s take a look at how much Olympians can…

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Canada’s Phil Wizard is one of the favourites to land a gold medal (Picture: Getty) Fans have been left ‘conflicted’ and ‘underwhelmed’ at a new sport for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris with the introduction of Breaking. It is the first dancesport discipline to appear in Summer Olympic history and will take place very soon at the Place de la Concorde from August 9 to August 10. Not everyone is happy about breakdancing at the Olympics, though, and it has led to plenty of controversy and debate ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony. Why is there so much talk about…

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Missing competitive football? Less than two weeks since Spain won the Euro 2024 final in Berlin the men’s and women’s teams are about to kick-off their campaigns for Olympic gold. The two competitions commence before the official opening ceremony is held with glitz, glamour and pageantry in Paris on Friday and it is no surprise Spain are the favourites to be crowned women’s champions after their World Cup success in Australia last year, when they beat England 1-0 in a rather lopsided final in Sydney. There’s no reason why they can’t prevail again despite the fact no nation has ever…

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UK Daily Trending stories Trending – Kamala Harris in race for the White House US politics remains the number one trending story across the world today – both online and in print, as the race for the White House heats up. All eyes have now turned from President Joe Biden to his Vice President Kamala Harris, following Biden’s announcement he won’t seek re-election but will see out the rest of his term as president. The UK newspapers report Harris has enough support to clinch the Democratic nomination. The papers discuss the millions of dollars of donations pouring into the Democratic…

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