Letsile Tebogo’s 200m gold made history, Stephen Curry helped steer the USA basketball clear of a massive upset to Serbia, and Sharon van Rouwendaal dedicated her […]
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Paris Olympics: Tebogo wins Africa its first Olympic 200m win, ‘Super Syd’ shatters world record
Despite Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo spoiling American Noah Lyles’ last race, the United States dominated Thursday’s athletics events, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s record-breaking 400m hurdles performance and […]
Botswana’s Tebogo upstages Lyles to claim Africa’s first Olympic men’s 200m gold
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo stunned the field on Thursday, storming the men’s 200m gold and beating out favourite Noah Lyles, who could only finish third. Meanwhile, France […]
Tebogo delivers Olympic glory for Africa and late mother
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo defied Covid on Thursday to become the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres, upstaging pre-race favourite Noah Lyles’ plans for […]
France fight off comeback from Germany to reach Olympic men’s basketball final
A turbo-charged French men’s basketball team, boosted by a home crowd, fought back a late comeback from Germany on Thursday to send the host through […]
Destination Paris: Skateboarder Minna Stess drops in, marathon swimming, hoops du jour
The inside experience of a maiden Olympics: US skateboarder Minna Stess, 18, our guest in this edition of Destination Paris. Gunning for a second gold. Noah […]
French Lebrun brothers defeated in Olympic table tennis semi-finals against China
China’s men’s table tennis team triumphed over host nation France with a 3-0 semi-final victory at the Paris Olympics on Thursday but the scoreline belied […]
The end of an era for Ugandan icon Josh Cheptegei, who forfeits before men 5000m race
The end of an era for Ugandan icon Josh Cheptegei: Why is he, arguably the greatest 5000m runner of all time, turning his back on […]
Algerians rally behind gold medal hopeful Imane Khelif amid gender misconceptions
Relatives and neighbors erupted in cheers on Tuesday when Algeria’s Imane Khelif advanced to the Olympic final in women’s boxing, winning a clear unanimous decision […]
Two-time olympian swimmer from Palestine Yazan Al Bawwab hopes to help build sports venues
Yazan Al Bawwab is a swimmer and one of eight athletes representing Palestine at the Paris 2024 Olympics. When he swam the 100m backstroke, he […]