PARIS (AP) — NBC announcer Leigh Diffey said “I got it wrong” on his botched Paris Olympics call that incorrectly identified Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as winner of the 100 meters. The race was a photo finish and went to American sprinter Noah Lyles. Diffey, NBC’s regular play-by-play announcer for IndyCar who is calling his
Brazil has appealed FIFA’s decision to suspend Marta for two matches after her red card in the group stage of the women’s soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics . Brazil is set to face World Cup champion Spain in a semifinal match in Marseille on Tuesday. Marta sat out Brazil’s 1-0 quarterfinal victory over host
PARIS (AP) — There are NBA champions, All-Star selections and award winners all over the men’s basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics . And if that wasn’t enough, all four matchups will have a Game 7 feel. This is it. The most decisive day of the Olympic men’s tournament is Tuesday, where eight teams will
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PRAGUE (AP) — Antisemitic incidents in the Czech Republic sharply increased last year, with their peak appearing in the final quarter of 2023 following the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, an assault that triggered the war in Gaza , the country’s Jewish community said Monday. In its annual report, the Federation of
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, police said. Glen Malcolm Conning, a pilot for Indonesian aviation company PT Intan Angkasa Air Service, was shot
MOSCOW (AP) — The director of the Russian military’s main congress center and a top Defense Ministry official were arrested Monday on fraud charges, part of a sweeping probe into abuse of office in the top echelons of the country’s military leadership. The Investigative Committee, Russia’s top state criminal investigation agency, announced that Vyacheslav Akhmedov
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese-American physicist Tsung-Dao Lee, who in 1957 became the second-youngest scientist to receive a Nobel Prize, died Sunday at his home in San Francisco at age 97, according to a Chinese university and a research center. Lee, whose work advanced the understanding of particle physics, was one of the great masters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Iran threatens to respond to the suspected Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the regional militias that the Islamic Republic has armed for decades could play a role in any attack. Here’s a look at Iran’s history of arming militias, its allies in the region
PARIS (AP) — Equestrian star Isabell Werth has been advocating at the Paris Olympics for better horse welfare. But even she bristled when attention kept shifting from the competition to suspended riders. In the wake of the Charlotte Dujardin video scandal that dominated coverage of the sport ahead of the Paris Games, Werth and other
