PARIS (AP) — Some of the world’s best beach volleyball is coming from places better known for snow than for sand. Norway, the defending Olympic gold medalist, is undefeated through pool play at the Summer Games. Sweden arrived in Paris with an innovative jump-set that helped it climb to the top of the international rankings.
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — The banned International Boxing Association wants to give a $50,000 prize to Italy boxer Angela Carini , who tearfully quit her opening bout with Imane Khelif of Algeria at the Paris Olympics after just 46 seconds. IBA president Umar Kremlev made the announcement in his latest video in a series of
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif takes to the ring at the Paris Olympics again Saturday following days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports. Khelif meets Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary, whose boxing association planned to contest the
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered in Bangladesh’s capital to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed in a wave of violence last month amid protests against a controversial quota system for government jobs. The protesters chanted anti-government slogans, such as “Justice, Justice, We want
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel, state TV reported Saturday. The televised statement said a rocket with a seven-kilogram (about 15-pound) warhead was used to target
Ekonomija | Izvor: Beta | 02.08.2024 | access_time 15:00 Ministarstvo informisanja i telekomunikacija i Pošta Srbije zaključili su danas ugovor kojim se PTT muzeju poveravaju na čuvanje, stručnu obradu i izlaganje unikatni albumi međunarodne filatelije iz fonda protokolarnih poklona Ministarstva. Ugovor su potpisali i primopredaju obavili vršilac dužnosti direktora Pošta Srbije Zoran Anđelković i ministar informisanja i telekomunikacija Dejan
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Marta Maggetti won gold Saturday in the women’s new windsurfing class called iQFOiL , topping Sharon Kantor and Emma Wilson at the Paris Olympics . Maggetti, 28, is from Italy, and Kantor, 21, is from Israel. Wilson is the British daughter of a two-time windsurfing Olympian. In iQFOiL windsurfing, the sailors
CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — After 10 Olympic Games and 36 years, Nino Salukvadze says she’s finally done. The pistol shooter from Georgia has been ever-present at the Summer Olympics since Seoul 1988, when she competed for what was still the Soviet Union. At the 2024 Olympics , she became the first female athlete ever to
PARIS (AP) — A judoka from Afghanistan tested positive at the Paris Olympics for the anabolic steroid that sprinter Ben Johnson used at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Mohammad Samim Faizad gave a sample at his opening bout that tested positive for stanozolol, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. It was the third failed drug test
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Nearly 17 months ago in New Delhi, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was disqualified from the International Boxing Association’s world championships three days after she won an early-round bout with Azalia Amineva, a previously unbeaten Russian prospect. The disqualification meant Amineva’s official record was perfect again. The IBA said Khelif and fellow
