Month: August 2024

PARIS  — When her confidence waned and her body only began to tickle the fringes of normalcy, Sunisa Lee turned to her comfort zones. Though an exceptional all-around gymnast, she is especially gifted on the uneven bars. As she slowly made her way back from two debilitating kidney diseases, it was the bars that helped […]

One afternoon two seasons ago, an EFL manager was tidying a locker during the players’ warm-up when, underneath a pile of socks and shorts, he found a tin of something he did not recognise. The kit man revealed it was a substance known as ‘snus’ and conceded the support staff had not shared their knowledge […]

Boxer Cindy Ngamba clinched the first medal of any kind for the Olympic refugee team Sunday at North Paris Arena, guaranteeing herself at least a bronze with a win against France’s Davina Michel in the women’s 75-kilogram quarterfinals. The Olympics do not hold bronze medal bouts in boxing, so Ngamba will receive a medal win […]

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Team USA coach Cheryl Reeve is no stranger to dynasties. From 2011 to 2017, her Minnesota Lynx won four WNBA championships. And during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where Reeve was an assistant, four of her players played key roles for the gold medal squad. So, it’s probably a pretty comforting […]

San Daniele del Friuli was an atmospheric neighbourhood trattoria in Highbury that was once a regular destination for Arsenal’s players and management. It was located a five-minute stroll from the stadium’s marbled entrance. On Champions League nights, it stayed open late and diners would clap warmly as manager Arsene Wenger came in for a bite […]

Follow live coverage of the 100m final and more track and field competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympics SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha’Carri Richardson, down to one knee on the wet track, looked up at the video screen. Whatever she saw, maybe the final times of the replay of the race, was confirmation of what must […]

NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky is rewriting the history books. Again. On Saturday night, she took gold in the women’s 800-meter freestyle, her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event. It marks the first time a woman ever won four gold medals in the same event and also brought Ledecky’s career total up to […]

Follow live coverage of USA vs. Puerto Rico in 2024 Olympics men’s basketball group play. VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — The “Lille Olympics” are over for Team USA and went mostly according to plan. A few defensive hiccups here, a minor injury there, oh, and a bus ride or two because someone lit the train track on fire […]

It was far from the most entertaining match of soccer this Olympics has offered — even French-influenced booing rang out every time the U.S. played out of the back. It was forward Trinity Rodman who eventually fought through tired legs and a compact Japan defense to find the back of the net for the U.S. […]