Imane Khelif gender row at Paris 2024: Is this a transgender issue at all? What we know so far

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out seconds into their bout at the Paris Olympics. Outcry has come from conservatives like former U.S. President Donald Trump and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world…

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Paris 2024 Olympics: ‘I am glad that she could give her best,’ says Sreeja Akula’s coach Somnath Ghosh

Somnath Ghosh, personal coach of Sreeja Akula, said that they were both “upset and crying,” after she fought gallantly and lost against world number one Sun Yingsha of China in the women’s singles table tennis pre-quarterfinal of the Paris 2024 Olympics. In an exclusive telephonic chat with Sportstar from Paris on Friday, Somnath said it…

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Paris Olympics 2024: Police investigating hate speech targeting opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly

Paris prosecutors said Friday that police have opened a hate speech investigation following a complaint by Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly over death threats. The Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Jolly filed a police complaint on Tuesday, four days after the opening ceremony, for death threats, “public insults” and “defamation.”…

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Paris 2024 Olympics: China’s Wang and Long win gold in men’s synchronised diving 3m springboard

China’s Wang Zongyuan and Long Daoyi retained China’s men’s synchronised 3-metre springboard title at the Paris Olympics on Friday, claiming the country’s fourth gold in the sport and keeping alive their goal of taking all eight on offer. Mexico’s Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera took silver and Anthony Harding and Jack Laugher from Britain won…

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