Views: 6 LBC A spate of arson attacks on France’ s rail network have brought chaos to the start of the Paris Olympics today. With just hours to go before the opening ceremony on the River Seine on Friday, fires were started at key installations overnight, grinding trains to a halt. Listen to this article […]
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Views: 19 Nakaayi Halima breaks her own 800m National record of 1:57.56 to 1:57.26 during the London diamond league today.
Views: 3 NPR PARIS — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long (miles-long) area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass. The words on many
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Views: 5 THE CUT Paris’s mayor may be celebrating the city’s readiness to host the Olympics next week by swimming in the formerly E. coli–infested Seine, but not everyone is impressed with the host city. On Tuesday, Amnesty International called France’s refusal to allow its athletes to wear hijabs while competing in the Games discriminatory and hypocritical.
Views: 2 Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon poses after beating the world record in the women’s 1500m on July 7, 2024 Kipyegon set the new record by clocking a time of 3:49:04 at Stade Charlety. She eclipsed her previous record by 0.07sec set in Florence in June 2023. PARIS —Â Faith Kipyegon of Kenya broke her own world
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Views: 3 Over 600 runners laced up their shoes and pounded the pavement in Kisoro District for the inaugural Virunga Marathon. This exciting event, held at Saza grounds, drew participants not only from across Uganda (Kampala, Kasese) but also from neighboring Kigali, Rwanda. The marathon wasn’t just about competition – it was a race for
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Views: 1 2019 world champion Halimah Nakaayi wins the Prevegan women’s 800m final at the Los Angeles Grand Prix with a time of 1:57.56, setting a new national record. Nakaayi left her mark on the race, showing remarkable endurance and strategy. Ethiopia’s Gemiecu Tsige Duguma led for a significant portion of the race, but Nakaayi
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Views: 1 Kenyan athlete Rodgers Kwemoi participates in the men’s 10,000-kilometre race in Doha, Japan in 2019 Kenya’s long-distance runner Rodgers Kwemoi received a six-year ban for suspected doping, bringing to light the cases of doping among Kenyan athletes that threaten their dominance in the industry. In a statement, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) cited 18 instances
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Views: 2 Prosecutors in Japan are investigating an assault case involving a Kenyan athlete and two Japanese nationals. On Thursday, May 9, the silver medalist was referred to prosecutors to determine his innocence and involvement in the matter. The athlete stood accused of assaulting the two at the Komazawa-Daigaku Station around 10 pm when he was allegedly intoxicated.
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Views: 1 New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): The Indian badminton players, including PV Sindhu, have secured five quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics as per a ‘Race to Paris’ Ranking List’ published by the sport’s governing body, the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Former world champion PV Sindhu, a silver medalist from 2016 Olympics and
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