Denmark’s Rune pulls out of Olympic tennis with injury

Denmark’s Rune pulls out of Olympic tennis with injury

Denmark's Holger Rune said Wednesday that a wrist injury has forced him to withdraw from the Olympic Games tennis tournament. The former world number four has struggled for form this season, failing to reach a final since the first week of the year and slipping to 16th in the rankings. "I am really sorry that I will be unable to play the Olympics," the 21-year-old said in […]

July 25, 2024 12

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Chaos, crowd trouble as Morocco beat Argentina in men’s Olympic football opener

Chaos and confusion reigned on Wednesday as Morocco beat Argentina 2-1 in their opening game of the men's Olympic football tournament, but only after a late equaliser for the South American side was disallowed and the final minutes were played out in an empty stadium following crowd trouble. Argentina thought they had escaped from the Group B match in Saint-Etienne with a 2-2 draw when Cristian Medina scored […]

July 25, 2024 6

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Bradley says Tiger will be ‘as involved as he wants’ in Ryder Cup

New 2025 US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley says Tiger Woods, who was in talks for the post, will be as involved with the US squad as he desires. Bradley, speaking on the eve of the start of the US PGA Tour 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, said he spoke with 15-time major winner Woods at the British Open last week at Royal Troon. […]

July 25, 2024 7

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Late-night gamer Verstappen eyes redemption at Belgian Grand Prix

A week after ranting on the team radio in Budapest, Max Verstappen heads to the Belgian Grand Prix warned to take "nothing for granted" and advised by Red Bull to give up late-night simulation racing during race weekends. The series leader and three-time world champion departed Hungary in a petulant mood after finishing a frustrated fifth, swearing on team radio and in post-race interviews, having gone to bed […]

July 25, 2024 6

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Canada football staff sent home over Olympic drone scandal

An assistant coach and an analyst with the Canadian women's football team were sent home from the Olympics Wednesday for their part in a spying scandal. The analyst, 43-year-old Joey Lombardi, was also given a suspended eight-month prison sentence for flying a drone over a New Zealand training session this week in Saint-Etienne. Lombardi pleaded guilty when he appeared in court in Saint-Etienne on Wednesday, the court told […]

July 25, 2024 7

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Emerging talents primed for Paris but Olympic boxing on the ropes

Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis are among the boxing greats who have cut their teeth at the Olympics, with a new generation of fighters eager to follow in their footsteps in Paris. But there are serious questions over whether the sport will even remain on the Olympic programme. Boxing made its debut at the modern Olympics in 1904 and has been contested at every Summer Games […]

July 25, 2024 7

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Blitzboks need loads of luck to stay in Olympics after two losses

When it mattered, the Springbok Sevens simply weren’t good enough. That’s the verdict after day one at the Paris Olympics, where the Blitzboks crashed to a 17-5 defeat to add to their narrow 10-5 loss against Ireland, leaving them with an uphill climb, and needing plenty of luck to make the playoffs of the tournament. Because after those two losses the Blitzboks need to beat Japan in their final […]

July 25, 2024 7

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Crouser set for his shot at Olympic history

Ryan Crouser likes making history, whether by breaking decades-old world records or Olympic landmarks, and the genial American can post a new first in Paris by becoming the only three-time Olympic shot put champion. The 31-year-old will enter the Games on the back of three injuries and finishing second to European champion Leonardo Fabbri in the final Diamond League meet, in London, before Paris but he can […]

July 24, 2024 21

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Warholm ready to rip vest open at Paris Olympics

One of the most iconic images of the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics was the sight of Karsten Warholm ripping open his running top after shattering the world record in winning the men's 400m hurdles gold. The Norwegian recorded the mind-boggling time of 45.94 seconds, a time many 400m flat runners would struggle to make, let alone with 10 hurdles in the way. Warholm, a three-time world champion, wrapped […]

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