Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Athletics-Uganda's Cheptegei wins 10,000 metres gold
PARIS (Reuters) - Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei won the men's 10,000 metres gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday, the first track medal of the athletics programme. Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi took sil...
Aug 02, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-American Crouser does enough at start of bid for shot put 'three-peat'
By Amy Tennery PARIS (Reuters) -Ryan Crouser of the United States got his bid for an Olympic shot put "three-peat" off to the right start on Friday as he threw a solid 21.49 metres to finish third in ...
Aug 02, 2024
Olympics-French sweep podium in men's BMX racing, Daudet takes gold
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) -France's Joris Daudet won gold in men's BMX racing on Friday, leading a French sweep of the podium. His compatriots Sylvain Andre and Romain Mahieu took silver and ...
Aug 02, 2024
Analysis-US recession scare fuels searing rally in bonds, yield curve flip in view
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sharp repricing in U.S. interest rate cut expectations could give more fuel to a searing bond rally triggered by weakening economic data, as investors grappl...
Aug 02, 2024
Factbox-Wall Street sees bigger 2024 Fed easing after soft jobs report
(Reuters) - A surprisingly weak U.S. employment report for June has turned Wall Street confidence on a soft landing into near panic that a recession is looming, prompting major firms to change forecas...
Aug 02, 2024
Olympics-Swimming-Marchand takes his fourth gold in Paris pool
PARIS (Reuters) - French favourite Leon Marchand took his fourth gold medal of the Paris Olympics when he won the men's 200 metres Individual Medley in an Olympic record time on Friday. Britain's Dunc...
Aug 02, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-Britons dominate women's 800m heats
By Helen Reid PARIS (Reuters) - British athletes dominated two of the six women's 800 metres qualifying heats on Friday with gold medal favourite Keely Hodgkinson looking strong and Ethiopia's Tsige D...
Aug 02, 2024
Florida braces for tropical storm expected to hit Gulf Coast
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A tropical storm is expected to form off Florida this weekend after a disorganized weather system crosses Cuba, bringing howling winds, torrential rain and ocean surges to th...
Aug 02, 2024
Olympics-Swimming-McKeown completes backstroke double with 200m gold
By Ian Ransom PARIS (Reuters) - Australia's Kaylee McKeown cemented her place among the greats of Olympic swimming on Friday as she became the first woman to retain both of the backstroke titles with ...
Aug 02, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-Allman leads the way in discus as Robert-Michon reaches final in seventh Games
By Mitch Phillips PARIS (Reuters) - Valarie Allman of the United States underlined her status as the hot favourite to retain her Olympic discus title when she led qualifying with a 69.59 metre throw o...
Aug 02, 2024
