Villepinte. After securing at least one bronze medal for Mexico in the middleweight boxing category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Marco Verde acknowledged feeling pressured because this sport has given the country many medals. The boxer from the Tricolor triumphed this Saturday in his quarterfinal fight after defeating Indian Nishant Dev by split decision. … Read more
Paris. Spain’s Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes won bronze in the women’s doubles at the Paris 2024 tennis tournament on Sunday by beating Czechs Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova, ahead of the men’s final between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. The Iberian duo won with scores of 6-2 and 6-2 in a competition that will … Read more
Paris. Kneeling and in tears, Carolina Marín said goodbye in the cruelest way possible to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this Sunday in the badminton semifinals, with an injury to her right knee that reopens the nightmare she went through in 2019 and 2021. The 31-year-old from Huelva, gold medallist at Rio 2016, was giving … Read more
Mexico City. Marco Verde left the ring crying tears of joy. He also felt the relief of someone who has taken off the pressure of being the favorite and securing a bronze medal for Mexico at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. After eight years of waiting, the tricolor boxing regained hope and will once again … Read more
Paris. Jamaican Shericka Jackson, the reigning two-time world champion in the 200 metres, was declared out of action before the start of the series in that distance this Sunday at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in which American Gabby Thomas and Saint Lucian Julien Alfred advanced to the semi-finals. It is another blow to Jamaican … Read more
Paris. South Korea won the gold medal in the men’s individual archery event on Sunday to end the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with all the gold medals in the sport by taking all five titles up for grabs. South Korea’s Kim Woojin won the men’s singles title after beating American silver medallist Brady Ellison 6-5 … Read more
Paris. Taiwanese Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers at Paris 2024 embroiled in a gender-based controversy, secured an Olympic medal with a resounding victory in the 57kg quarter-finals on Sunday. Lin, who has secured at least one of the two bronze medals awarded in Olympic boxing, defeated Bulgarian Svetlana Staneva by unanimous decision in the … Read more
ParisSerbian Novak Djokovic won the Olympic tennis gold medal for the first time in his career, beating Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday in an electrifying final at Roland Garros. At 37 years old and with a record of 24 Grand Slam titles, Djokovic won in two sets of 7-6 (7/3) and 7-6 (7/2) after almost … Read more
Pagain. Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh claimed the first Olympic gold medal of her nascent career on Monday with a landslide victory in the 400m individual medley at the Paris Games. Romanian swimming star David Popovici also made his Olympic debut. McIntosh, 17, had already claimed her first Olympic medal on swimming’s opening night, taking silver … Read more
Paris. Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez revealed on social media that she competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics while seven months pregnant. Hafez reached the last 16, beating a higher-ranked opponent along the way. Currently world number 26, the Egyptian, who was playing in her third Games in Paris, defeated American Elizabeth Tartakovsky before falling to … Read more