Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Boxing-Algerian Khelif eyes gold amid gender row
By Ashraf Hamed Atta PARIS (Reuters) - Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, bidding to become her country's first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, said she is proud for guaranteeing herself a medal ...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Boxing-China's Yang progresses to final as Wu wins first medal of competition
By Aadi Nair PARIS (Reuters) - The first medal of the boxing competition at the Paris Games was decided on Saturday after China's Yang Wenlu beat Wu Shih Yi to progress to the lightweight final, while...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Tennis-Croatia's Vekic calls silver medal 'incredible' after series of mishaps
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) - Croatia's Donna Vekic had so many misadventures on her way to the Olympics, including "pain everywhere", a plane delay and illness, that she said walking awa...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Gymnastics-Biles shushes Tokyo critics with three gold medals so far in Paris
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber PARIS (Reuters) - Simone Biles said on Saturday that the critics who had taken aim at her for withdrawing from the Tokyo Games three years ago over mental health concerns h...
Aug 03, 2024
Harris campaign staffs up in battleground states, 'Sun Belt' in play
By Stephanie Kelly WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Kamala Harris's presidential campaign is staffing up in battleground states over the next two weeks including in the 'Sun Belt' that increasingly lo...
Aug 03, 2024
UK agency reports explosion near ship east of Yemen's Aden
CAIRO (Reuters) - Britain's marine security agency on Saturday reported a small explosion near a vessel 170 nautical miles east of Yemen's Aden, an area where Houthi militants have been targeting comm...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Tennis-Australia's Ebden goes from singles zero to doubles hero
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) - Australia's Matthew Ebden went from suffering the heaviest defeat in the first round of the men's singles at the Olympics tennis tournament, winning only one...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Cycling-Nature calls as German Polit has to make use of Paris cafe facilities during race
By Julien Pretot and Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - Back in the old days, until the mid-1960s, professional riders would stop at cafes to get food, water or even wine to refuel. On Saturday, German...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Cycling-Evenepoel survives puncture to claim brilliant road double
By Julien Pretot and Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) -Belgium's Remco Evenepoel had a heart-in-mouth moment as he claimed gold in the Olympic men's road race in impressive fashion on Saturday to becom...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Gymnastics-Yulo wins historic gold for Philippines with floor exercise title
By Chang-Ran Kim and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber PARIS (Reuters) - Carlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men's floor exercise final at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning Phil...
Aug 03, 2024
