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What to know about street and park skateboarding at the Paris Olympics 28 Jul 2024 - 08:57 pm
US' Mariah Duran competes in the women's street skateboarding prelims during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
Biles dazzles in Paris Olympics debut despite injury scare 28 Jul 2024 - 05:09 pm
US' Simone Biles competes in the uneven bars event of the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)
Paris 2024: Tunisian Fares Ferjani wins fencing silver medal 28 Jul 2024 - 04:34 pm
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Palestinian Olympic swimmer hopes for sporting chance 28 Jul 2024 - 03:44 pm
Palestine's Yazan Al Bawwab reacts before a heat of the men's 100m backstroke swimming event at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Oli Scarff / AFP)
Anthem gaffe dismays South Sudan Olympic basketball players, fans 28 Jul 2024 - 03:30 pm
South Sudan's #10 Jt Thor stands at attention during the national anthems prior to the men's preliminary round group C basketball match between South Sudan and Puerto Rico during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Olympics organisers cancel first triathlon training over Seine pollution 28 Jul 2024 - 02:35 pm
A photograph taken from an helicopter on July 26, 2024 shows an aerial view of the Eiffel Tower along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / POOL / AFP)
Swimming blockbuster headlines Olympics stage as Biles returns 28 Jul 2024 - 12:01 pm
Britain's Adam Peaty compets in a semifinal of the men's 100m breaststroke swimming event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Oli Scarff / AFP)
FIFA strips Canada of 6 points in Olympic women's football, bans coaches 1 year 27 Jul 2024 - 09:09 pm
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China takes first Olympic gold as rain disrupts Games 27 Jul 2024 - 12:57 pm
Gold medalists Yuting Huang and Lihao Sheng of Team China (L), Silver medalists Hajun Park and Jihyeon Keum of Team Republic of Korea (L) and Bronze medalists Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Team Kazakhstan (R) take a selfie on the podium during the Shooting medal ceremony on July 27, 2024. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
Paris 2024 Olympics: The 33rd Olympic Games Open with a Ceremony on the Seine 27 Jul 2024 - 12:14 am
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (2L) holds the Olympic torch next to US' athlete Carl Lewis (L), Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci (2R) and US tennis player Serena Williams (R) on the river Seine during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
Paris Olympics begins with sprawling opening ceremony on the River Seine 26 Jul 2024 - 08:53 pm
Coloured smoke forms the French flag on the Austerlitz bridge over the river Seine at the start of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Ann Wang / POOL / AFP)
Simone Biles to unveil unique uneven bars skill at Paris Olympics 26 Jul 2024 - 05:03 pm
US' Simone Biles takes part in an artistic gymnastics training session at the Bercy Arena in Paris on July 25, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Photo by Loic Venance / AFP)
Snoop Dogg stars as flame sails into Paris for opening ceremony 26 Jul 2024 - 04:18 pm
US rapper Snoop Dogg makes a peace sign as he holds the torch as part of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Torch Relay, on the day of the opening ceremony, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on July 26, 2024. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
Franco-Swiss airport briefly evacuated for security reasons 26 Jul 2024 - 01:59 pm
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Olympics a homecoming for coaching duo backing Biles in Paris 26 Jul 2024 - 01:54 pm
This photograph taken in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on July 26, 2024 shows the Olympic village. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
France's high-speed railway hit by 'sabotage' during Olympics 26 Jul 2024 - 11:16 am
Passengers gather around the departure boards at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris on July 26, 2024 as France's high-speed rail network was hit by malicious acts disrupting the transport system hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP
Paris holds its breath before opening ceremony 26 Jul 2024 - 09:52 am
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Team Qatar stars eye glory at Paris Olympics 26 Jul 2024 - 09:24 am
Qatar Olympic Committee President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani with Team Qatar athletes during his visit to the Olympic Village, in Paris, yesterday.

Boxing

US Heavyweight boxer George Foreman (L) is seen on January 1973 during a training session in preparation for his match against Joe Frazier in Kingston. (Photo by AFP) Heavyweight boxing great George Foreman dead at 76
File photo Algerian boxer Khelif 'not intimidated' by Trump as she targets second Olympic gold in LA
File: Kyrgyzstan's Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu and Bulgaria's Javier Ibanez Diaz (blue) competed in the men's 57kg semi-final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel / AFP) Boxing moves 'one step closer' to 2028 Olympics place
(FILES) World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title holder Britain's Tyson Fury takes part in an pre-fight press conference at Wembley Stadium in west London, on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) Former world heavyweight champion Fury retires from boxing

Badminton

Indonesia's Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (C) and Rinov Rivaldy (top) play a point during their mixed doubles match against China's Gao Jiaxuan (R) and Wu Mengying (L) at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on February 16, 2025. (Photo by AFP) China loses to Indonesia at Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships final
China's Guo Xinwa and Chen Fanghui hit a return against Japan's Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito in the mix doubles final match at the Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2025 badminton tournament at Istora stadium in Jakarta on January 26, 2025. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) China takes silver at badminton Indonesia Masters
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Chinese badminton players and coaches (in white jackets and black armbands), along with all players competing in the 2024 Asia Junior Championship, praying together for the late Chinese player Zhang Zhi Jie. (Photo by Handout / public relations and media division of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) / AFP) China badminton player, 17, dies of cardiac arrest after collapsing on court

Shooting

Peninsula Qatari shooter Rashid Al Athba wins 4th place in World Cup Shooting Championship in India
Winner, Germany's Peter Florian (centre), silver medallist Li Yuehong of China, and bronze medallist Anish Bhanwala of India pose for a photo after the Men's 25 meter rapid-fire pistol final. Florian, Feng shoot for glory in Lusail
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