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’.…
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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…
Ecuador race walker Pintado wins first athletics gold at Paris Games
Paris, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – Brian Daniel Pintado followed in the footsteps of famous countryman Jefferson Perez when he won 20 kilometres race walk gold for Ecuador…
President Coe defends athletics prize money for Olympic champions
Paris, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe has defended the decision to become the first Olympic sport to dish out prize money, with…
Rights group: IOC has created ‘dangerous and absurd’ boxing spectacle
Paris, Aug. 1, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A human rights group says the International Olympic Committee’s rules on gender eligibility at the women’s boxing tournament in Paris have…
Japan’s Nagase repeats trick with 81kg judo gold
Paris, Jul. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Japanese judoka Takanori Nagase overpowered Georgian Tato Grigalashvili to win the Olympic men’s 81 kilogram gold for the second successive Games on…
China’s Deng, 18, wows her way to BMX park gold
Paris, Jul. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Chinese BMX rider Deng Yawen saw off the competition in the Paris sunshine to seal a surprise Olympic gold in the women’s…
New Zealand win second straight rugby Olympic gold against Canada
Paris, Jul. 31, (dpa/GNA) – New Zealand won the women’s rugby sevens Olympic gold just like in Tokyo with a 19-12 win against Canada at the Paris…
Olympics athletes and fans struggle to stay cool as temperatures soar
Paris, Jul. 31, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Athletes and fans struggled to stay cool in the heat as temperatures soared above 30 degrees Celsius in Paris on Tuesday.…
Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Stacey fails to qualify for 100m swimming freestyle semis
By Simon Asare Accra, July 30, GNA – Ghanaian swimmer Harry Stacey placed 7th in the men’s 100m freestyle at the ongoing Paris Olympics. The…
Japan win men’s team gymnastics gold after late China collapse
Paris, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Japan won their eighth Olympic men’s gymnastics team gold on Monday in Paris after China threw away victory with a poor horizontal…
Fencer Kharlan claims first medal for Ukraine at Paris Games
Paris, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Fencer Olga Kharlan claimed a first medal for Ukraine at the Paris Games in the fencing event on Monday. The 2008 Beijing…
From heavy rain to hot sun: Hats and water bottles given out in Paris
Paris, Jul. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Spectators at the Paris Olympics are having to brace themselves for the summer heat, just days after the start of the Games…