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The semi-final matches of the Women’s Olympic Football tournament – kick off at 17:00 (UK time) with the USA taking on Germany – for a second time this tournament (the USA won 4-1in the group stages) followed by Brazil taking on tournament favourites Spain at 20:00). Olympic Women’s Football fixtures today – 06/08/2024 FixturesKick-offWhere to watch?USA vs Germany17:00Discovery+Brazil vs Spain20:00Discovery+The battle for a bronze medal takes place on 9 August at 14:00 – the final…
The semi-final matches of the U23s Men’s Olympic Football tournament – kick off at 17:00 (UK time) with Morocco taking on Spain followed by the host nation France facing Egypt at 20:00. The odds suggest we could see a Spain vs France final – however Morocco have proven to be slick and exciting this tournament – so don’t be quick to write them off. Olympic Men’s Football fixtures today – 05/08/2024 FixturesKick-offWhere to watch?Morocco U23…
Imane Khelif has hit out at the ‘bullying’ she has received during the Olympics, describing it as ‘harmful to human dignity’. Khelif’s participation at the Paris Olympics has come under scrutiny after she and Lin Yu-ting – who are both now guaranteed medals -were disqualified from last year’s Word Championships. At the time, the International Boxing Association (IBA) said both fighters failed gender eligibility tests, but the International Olympic Committee has cast doubt over the…
Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles spoke out about the string of mental and physical issues he has dealt with in his life after claiming gold in dramatic fashion on Sunday in Paris. The American superstar won an incredible 100m final, beating Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson to the gold medal by the narrowest of margins. Lyles came into Paris as the reigning world champion in both 100m and 200m after gold in Budapest last year. He feels…
Volleyball is one of the most popular events at the Olympics for fans hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the lesser-known sports at any Games. And viewers tuning in to watch the volleyball competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympics may well note a quirk – one player is wearing a different colour shirt to their teammates. But what exactly is the reasoning behind this different coloured outfit? Here is everything you need to…
Team GB had to eventually settle for bronze in the mixed really triathlon despite initially believing they had won silver at the climax of a thrilling race in Paris. Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Sam Dickinson and Beth Potter were competing in the brilliant event for Great Britain, leading for much of the race. Germany took the lead late in the contest, with Laura Lindemann impressively crossing the line first, but it was close as Potter…
Adam Peaty did not hold back in criticising ‘cheating’ at Paris 2024, slamming previously ‘contaminated’ Chinese swimmers after the 4x100m medley. Team GB finished fourth in the medley, with China winning gold, but Peaty was not happy seeing the team stand atop the podium. Two of the four-man team, Qin Haiyang and Sun Jiajun, were among 11 swimmers allowed to compete in Paris despite testing positive for a banned substance. They were allowed to swim…
Team GB silver medallist Amber Rutter believes a VAR system should be in place for future Olympic shooting events after being controversially denied gold in Paris. A shoot-off was required in Sunday’s skeet final after Great Britain’s Rutter and Chile’s Francisca Crovetto tied on 55 shots from 60 targets. The pair still could not be split after three shoot-off rounds but Rutter was then adjudged to have missed a shot which replays appeared to show…
If you’ve been following the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the word repechage will have been popping up all over the place. A repechage round has been newly introduced for the Games this summer for all the individual track events, except the 100m sprint. From the 110m hurdles and 200m dash, right through to longer distance 800m and 1500m events, you’ll see repechage races. Organisers said it is an ‘innovation’ that’s making its debut in the…
Team GB athlete Holly Bradshaw was in ‘floods of tears’ after quite literally crashing out of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Bradshaw, competing at her final Olympics, failed to clear 4.40m after three attempts, bowing out of the women’s pole vault at the Stade de France. The 32-year-old cleared 4.85m to claim bronze at Tokyo 2020 but could not get anywhere near that height in Paris. One of her attempts went badly wrong and she was…
With the Paris Olympics in full swing, France is even more popular among British tourists than usual. If you’re heading across the Channel this summer, you’ve likely been brushing up on your parle français is order to fit in with the locals. But there are a few common French phrases native English-speakers often get wrong – and doing so could leave you pretty red-faced. Think of all the idioms we use that confuse UK tourists…
Tamara Potocka says she ‘left her soul in the pool’ after collapsing immediately after a race in scary scenes at the Paris Olympics. The Slovakian, competing at her first games, was racing in the women’s 200m individual medley on Friday, finishing seventh in her heat. Source link
The first knockout games of the U23s Men’s Olympic Football tournament – it’s all to play for as the first quarter-final matches kick off at 14:00. Only four teams will progress to the next round – on Monday 5th August. Olympic U23s Men’s Football fixtures today – 02/08/2024 Quarter-finalsFixturesKick-offWhere to watch?Quarter-finalsMorocco U23 vs USA U2314:00Discovery+Quarter-finalsJapan U23 vs Spain U2316:00Discovery+Quarter-finalsEgypt U23 vs Paraguay U2318:00Discovery+Quarter-finalsFrance U23 vs Argentina U2320:00Discovery+
Day six of the Olympic Games is underway with 18 gold medal events taking place across an action-packed schedule in Paris. Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde secured bronze for Team GB in the opening rowing final of the day but there was heartbreak for Helen Glover, who missed out on what would have been a historic gold in the women’s four. Jake Wightman has been forced to withdraw from Paris 2024 due to a hamstring…
Rory McIlroy will represent Ireland once again at the Olympics in Paris. The 35-year-old golf star, who was born in Northern Ireland, will be competing at his second Olympics after making his debut in Tokyo in 2021. McIlroy was born in Northern Ireland and was eligible to represent Team GB but opted to play for Ireland three years ago. In Tokyo, McIlroy and his teammate Shane Lowry finished just outside the medals as they placed…
A doctor has urged people not to stop washing their hands when they go to the toilet after an Olympic athlete claimed he was doing just that. Chris Eades, an infectious diseases consultant in Manchester, said he was dismayed to hear this unorthodox method given airtime by a Team USA triathlete. ‘You can’t immunise yourself to E. coli by being exposed to it,’ he told Metro.co.uk. ‘It doesn’t work like that.’ ‘If people follow that…
Steven van de Velde’s partner says he was ‘disappointed’ with the crowd reaction after the convicted rapist was relentlessly booed again at the Olympic Games in Paris. Van de Velde was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping a 12-year-old British girl when he was 19. He resumed his volleyball career after serving 12 months of a four-year sentence and was named in the Netherlands’ Olympic squad in June.…
Tyler Mislawchuk believes it was the heat – and not pollution in the River Seine – that made him vomit ‘ten times’ after the men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics. Alex Yee staged an incredible late comeback to seal Team GB’s fifth gold medal of the Games in Wednesday’s compelling triathlon. However, the main talking point in the build-up to the spectacle had been the poor water quality in the French capital, with practice sessions…
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is well into its first week with Team GB’s medal count quickly rising. Britain has one of the most successful records in Olympic history and Team GB are once again fighting the likes of the United States and China in the medal table. The nation has secured 20 medals at Paris 2024 so far from the opening five days; six gold, seven silver and seven bronze, making it their…
Turkey’s Yusuf Dikec has been dubbed a ‘hitman’ by Olympics viewers after his cool and calm performance in the air pistol shooting. The 51-year-old is competing at his fifth Olympics, having previously participated in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo in 2021. Dikec had not won an Olympic medal before travelling to Paris but made history with his teammate Sevval Ilayda Tarhan as they won silver – Turkey’s first-ever shooting sport medal. During…
Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle has accused his rivals of ‘looking down’ on him and ‘deliberately splashing’ his coach at the Paris 2024 Olympics. It comes after Pan broke his own world record as he won gold in the 100m freestyle on Wednesday night, further intensifying the doping row involving China’s swimmers. An investigation by the New York Times revealed in April that 23 Chinese swimmers who had competed at the last Olympics in Tokyo had…