Spain’s Jordan Diaz won gold in the men’s triple jump on Friday, securing his country’s first ever Olympic medal in the event by defeating defending champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal who had to settle for silver. Pichardo and Diaz were neck-and-neck after two attempts, with Diaz jumping 17.86 metres, two centimetres ahead his rival. Pichardo…
Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title on Friday, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush and foiling the Norwegian’s bid to be the second man to retain the title. Benjamin, second behind Warholm in the Tokyo final and with two silvers and…
The Netherlands completed a remarkable double in Olympic hockey on Friday when its women’s team, the defending champions, beat China 3-1 in a shootout to take gold just 24 hours after the men’s side had triumphed over Germany. The Dutch women, who were appearing in their sixth successive final, were made to work hard for…
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), on Friday, said that it remains optimistic about a favourable outcome of wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s application before the Court of Arbitration of Sport’s (CAS’s) Ad hoc division. Vinesh had pulled off the biggest upset of the Paris 2024 Olympics when she beat the ‘invincible’ Yui Susaki in the semifinals of…
Lee Carsley has been appointed England’s interim coach ahead of its Nations League campaign which begins next month, the Football Association said on Friday. Carsley has been managing England Under-21s since 2021 and led it to the European Under-21 Championship title in 2023. The FA said Carsley will initially manage England for their September fixtures…
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet surged to the Olympic women’s 10,000 metres gold medal in 30 minutes 43.25 seconds on Friday to add to her 5,000 title at the Games. Italian Nadia Battocletti took silver in 30:43.35 and Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, the gold medal winner in Tokyo, finished third in 30:44.12. World record holder Chebet did her…
Paris St Germain has signed Ecuadorian centre-back Willian Pacho from Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt on a contract until 2029, the Ligue 1 champion said on Friday. Neither PSG nor Frankfurt disclosed the financial details of the deal. The 22-year-old Ecuador international, capped 16 times, becomes the first Ecuadorian player in PSG’s history. Having started his…
Spain, the runner-up of the last edition of the Olympic Games, made amends at the French capital when it beat host France 5-3 in extra-time to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics in men’s football on Friday. This was the second gold medal for the Spaniards, after the 1992 Barcelona Olympics where Kiko had…
Jean-Philippe Mateta of France scores their third goal from the penalty spot following a VAR review. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Jean-Philippe Mateta of France scores their third goal from the penalty spot following a VAR review. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Richardson turned on the afterburners to overhaul Britain, Germany and France in the home straight as the US quartet took gold in 41.78sec.
