156 articles tagged "paris-olympics-2024"
The Opals have bounced back from a loss to Nigeria by defeating Canada early this morning 70-65. While another loss wouldn't have ended their Olympic campaign, it would have put them in a difficult position before
The All-Around Gymnastics Final at the 2024 Olympics took place in Paris last night, and a slew of stars gathered to watch Simone Biles take home her sixth gold medal. It comes as no surprise as millions have becom
Team Fiji swimmer David Tolu Young has already set his sights for the next Olympics where he is hoping to compete for medals. Young won his heat and set a new National record of 22.71 seconds in the Men’s 50 metr
The USA Women's Rugby Sevens team received a $4 million sponsorship from Michele Kang to enhance resources for their players and coaching staff and set the stage for a strong performance at the 2028 Summer Olympics in L
23-year-old Daniel Wiffen became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to win an Olympic gold medal in 36 years as he triumphed in a thrilling 800-metre freestyle final in Paris. Wiffen edged out American Bobby F
Simone Biles has understood gymnastics from day one. Aimee Boorman, the woman who guided the superstar from the start of her career through to a five medal run at Rio 2016, told Olympics.com in an exclusive intervi
The United States beat South Sudan 103-86 in the Men’s Basketball competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Team USA is undefeated so far, as they also thrashed Serbia 110-84 in an earlier game. Meanwhile, Sou
American competitive swimmer, Katie Ledecky has won gold in the 1500m Freestyle final this morning in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 27-year-old has now won 12 medals in four Olympic Games. Ledecky who was the f
Serbia have thrashed Puerto Rico 107-66 in the Men’s Basketball competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics. USA is currently leading South Sudan 75-57. In the Women’s competition, Spain edged Puerto Rico 63-62
Simone Biles who is said to be the world’s most decorated gymnast, led her Team USA women’s gymnastics to gold in the team final. Team USA have now reclaimed their apex position in the event after taking silve
Team Great Britain qualified for their first swimming gold medal at the Paris Olympics after the 4x200m freestyle relay team qualified in first place for the final. The team comprised two-time Olympic gold medallis
France edged Japan 94-90 in the Men’s Basketball competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In other results; Spain defeated Greece 84-77, and Canada beat Australia 93-83. The game between Brazil and Germany is
The Black Ferns 7s beat Canada 19-12 in the decider at the Stade de France this morning completing their title defence with an unbeaten run at the French national stadium. It was captain Sarah Hirini, who only bare
Defending gold medallist New Zealand will play the United States in the semifinal of the Olympic 7s women's competition, however, the French hopes of a double rugby gold were dashed after they were defeated by Canada 19
World Triathlon says the men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics will not go ahead as planned today as pollution levels in the Seine River remain too high. This has left athletes facing more uncertainty. The ra
Team Fiji's Vicky Wu went down by 4 sets to Great Britain's Liam Pitchford. Wu says despite the result, this is the best he has played. He is the first Fijian to qualify for the Olympics in the sport of Table
Team Fiji Women’s Rugby 7s coach Saiasi Fuli has made his intentions clear that he will stand by his team no matter the results and if they don’t deliver according to the plan that they have set out. This follo
Fijiana to play South Africa for the 11th-12th place position tomorrow morning at 2.30am. This is after they lost their fourth straight game 28-22 to Brazil this morning. The Fijiana lost all their pool games
Each member of the Team Fiji Men’s 7s team who won silver at the Paris Olympics Men’s rugby 7s competition will be paid $20,000 for their achievement. The Ministry of Youth and Sports says they are awaiting th
Fiji’s most decorated rugby 7s player, Jerry Tuwai has confirmed that he will be stepping away from rugby and will be looking to venture into coaching. The 35-year-old made the announcement following the team’
