MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia launched a furious tirade at the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, March 20, arguing the IOC's restrictions on Russian athletes and its criticism of the Moscow-organized Friendship Games amounted to "neo-Nazism". The IOC on Tuesday both barred Russian...
SAINT-DENIS (AFP) -- Thierry Henry's France side is firm favorites to progress following a kind group draw for men's football at the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday, March 20, as the host waits to see if Kylian Mbappe will be made available. France's football star Kylian Mbappe (AFP/File photo)...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Olympic chiefs announced on Tuesday, March 19, that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) from either country "will not participate in...
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) gears up for its final push of sending more athletes to the Paris Olympics after two Filipino boxers recently earned their respective spots through a qualification tournament in Italy. (From left to right) Former boxer and coach Reynaldo...
Olympics-bound Maxine Esteban will be representing Ivory Coast’s orange, white and green in Paris but for the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), she’ll always be a source of pride and honor for her native country. Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban (File photo) “We in the POC are very...
Fil-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban officially booked a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics, but will be representing Ivory Coast after switching federations last year. The 23-year-old former Ateneo standout clinched the lone African singles spot in the women’s foil event, making her the first...
The Philippine taekwondo team fell short in its bid to clinch Olympic berths to Paris after Jessica Canabal and Kurt Barbosa yielded to their respective semifinal rivals in the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Tai’an, China on Saturday, March 16. Kurt Barbosa fails to earn a return...
Tachiana Mangin and Arven Alcantara fell short in their bids to earn berths to the 2024 Paris Olympics after succumbing in their respective weight classes in the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Tai’a, China on Friday, March 15. Arven Alcantara, right, fail to advance to the Paris...
SYDNEY (AFP) -- World record holder Kaylee McKeown warmed up for her Olympic 200m backstroke defense with a blistering swim at the NSW State Championships Friday, March 15, while sprint star Mollie O'Callaghan upstaged Emma McKeon. Australia's Kaylee McKeown (AFP/File photo) Australia's...
PARIS (AFP) -- France coach Didier Deschamps has cast doubt on Kylian Mbappe's chances of representing his country at this year's Paris Olympics, saying that it would be "very difficult" to compete at the Games straight after Euro 2024. Kylian Mbappe (AFP/File photo) "It is very difficult...
PARIS (AFP) -- This year's Paris Olympics will use renewable energy, serve lots of vegetarian meals and heavily restrict plastic bottles, but can an event involving so much construction and international travel ever be environmentally sustainable? A worker sets up a giant poster announcing the...
PARIS (AFP) -- Kylian Mbappe returned to the starting lineup and scored as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nice 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the French Cup on Wednesday, March 13. Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring his team's first goal. (AFP) Having only been used as a...
