Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Golf-Fleetwood vies with Rahm for third day lead
By Gus Trompiz GUYANCOURT, France (Reuters) - Britain's Tommy Fleetwood made a steady start to the third round of the men's Olympic golf competition on Saturday to stay at the top of the leaderboard, ...
Aug 03, 2024
Ukrainian military says it sank Russian submarine, damaged anti-aircraft missile system
KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military said on Saturday that it had sunk a Russian submarine and damaged an S-400 anti-aircraft missile system in the illegally-occupied Crimean peninsula. The militar...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Judo-France's progress to mixed team final makes the stands shake
By Zhifan Liu PARIS (Reuters) - Individual champion Teddy Riner led France into the judo mixed team final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, causing such excitement among the home crowd that officials...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Archery-South Korea's Lim wins gold in women's individual event
By Sheila Dang PARIS (Reuters) - South Korea's Lim Sihyeon won gold in the women's individual archery event at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, taking home her third title during the Games. Lim's compa...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Athletics-Warner's quest to defend Olympic decathlon title over
By Lori Ewing and Lori Ewing PARIS (Reuters) - Canadian Damian Warner's defence of his Olympic decathlon title came to a crashing halt on Saturday with a disastrous pole vault event. The 34-year-old s...
Aug 03, 2024
Al Qaeda affiliate says it has taken two Russians hostage in Niger
(Reuters) - An al Qaeda affiliate in West Africa's Sahel region has taken two Russian citizens hostage in Niger, according to a video released by the group on Friday. The video from the media foundati...
Aug 03, 2024
Abrdn finance chief Jason Windsor to replace Stephen Bird as CEO, Financial Times reports
(Reuters) - Abrdn finance chief Jason Windsor is the front-runner to become the next chief executive of the British fund manager following the departure of Stephen Bird, the Financial Times reported o...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Swimming-Peaty back in action after worst of weeks with COVID
By Alan Baldwin PARIS (Reuters) - Adam Peaty returned to the Olympic pool on Saturday after what he described as the worst week of his life recovering from COVID. The triple gold medallist, who went i...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Tennis-Australians Ebden and Peers win men's doubles gold
By Martyn Herman PARIS (Reuters) -Australian duo Matthew Ebden and John Peers won the gold medal in the Olympic tennis men's doubles as they beat American pair Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram 6-7(6) 7-...
Aug 03, 2024
Olympics-Swimming-'I feel like Simone Biles': Ireland's Wiffen basking in newfound fame
By Rohith Nair PARIS (Reuters) - Daniel Wiffen is not used to the fame that comes with becoming an Olympic champion after he became the first Irishman to win a gold in the pool but the 23-year-old is ...
Aug 03, 2024
