Marseille, Aug. 8, (PA media/dpa/GNA) – Britain’s Ellie Aldridge became the first ever Olympic gold medallist in kitesurfing with a brilliant performance in Marseille on Thursday. The…
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India’s Vinesh disqualified from wrestling gold medal bout in Paris
Paris, Aug. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Indian wrestler Vinesh Vinesh has been disqualified from the Paris Olympics wrestling competition for being overweight in the women’s 50kg category on…
Australian player arrested in Paris after allegedly buying cocaine
Paris, Aug. 7, (dpa/GNA) – An Australian hockey player has been arrested in Paris on the sidelines of the Olympics under the accusation of buying cocaine, the…
US delight in shock 1,500m gold from Hocker, 200m triumph from Thomas
Paris, Aug. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Cole Hocker was a shock gold medallist for the United States in the men’s Olympic 1,500 metres where top favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen…
Mighty US and world champions Germany march on into basketball semis
Paris, Aug. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Top favourites United States and world champions Germany remained on course towards meeting in the Olympic men’s basketball final by reaching the…
Germany’s Kucuk wins jump-off to seal Olympic jumping gold
Versailles, Aug. 6, (dpa/GNA) – German show jumper Christian Kukuk grabbed Olympic equestrian gold on Tuesday after emerging first in a tense jump-off in the individual jumping…
France’s Kauli Vaast and Marks of US win Olympic surfing golds
Wellington, Aug. 6, (dpa/GNA) – French surfer and Tahitian local Kauli Vaast clinched Olympic surfing gold on Tuesday (Monday local time) while US surfer Caroline Marks defeated…
‘Out of body experience’ – Another Duplantis world record and gold
Paris, Aug. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Sweden’s Armand Duplantis delighted with another world record for back-to-back Olympic pole vault gold medals while Briton Keely Hodgkinson got a first…
Lyles into semis and Alfred into final in Olympic 200m
Paris, Aug. 6, (dpa/GNA) – American Noah Lyles returned to the Stade de France the day after his Olympic 100 metres gold to win the 200m heat…
Olympic open water swim training cancelled in River Seine
Paris, Aug. 6, (dpa/GNA) – The first training session for the Olympic open water competitions in the River Seine has been cancelled, World Aquatics said on Tuesday…
Cindy Ngamba wins first ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team
Aug 4 (CNN/GNA) – The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of different flags and national anthems…
Djokovic beats Alcaraz to win long-awaited Olympic gold
Aug 4 (BBC/GNA) – Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz in thrilling fashion to secure a long-awaited Olympic title and complete the career ‘Golden Slam’.…
Noah Lyles wins 100m gold by five thousandths of a second
PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters/GNA) – After all the talk and all the hype, Noah Lyles duly delivered when it mattered most by winning the…
Azamati, Saminu fail to reach 100m finals after disappointing semis
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 04, GNA – Ghanaian sprinters Benjamin Azamati and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu couldn’t qualify for the 100m finals at the ongoing…
Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Saminu places third in 100m heat to book semi-final spot
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Ghanaian sprinter Abdul-Rasheed Saminu booked a semi-final spot in the 100m race of the ongoing Paris Olympic…
Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Azamati books ticket to 100m semis after placing second
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Ghanaian sprinter Benjamin Azamati earned a spot in the semi-finals of the 100m race at the…
Britain win Olympic equestrian jumping team final
Versailles, Aug. 2, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Harry Charles won Olympic equestrian gold for Britain in the team jumping final on Friday. The…
China take another diving gold in men’s synchronized 3m springboard
Paris, Aug. 2, (dpa/GNA) – Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan took a fourth Paris diving gold out of four for China in men’s synchronized 3 metre springboard…
Briton Page soars to Olympic trampoline gold, rare Belarussian medal
Paris, Aug. 2, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Britain’s Bryony Page completed her set of Olympic medals with gold in the women’s trampoline on Friday. The 33-year-old won a…
Minister says crime drops sharply in Paris during Olympic Games
Paris, Aug. 2, (dpa/GNA) – The massive police deployment for the Olympic Games has led to a sharp drop in crime in the greater Paris area, the…