Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action. PARIS (AP) — CJ Nickolas waited 20 years for this moment. So on the eve of his taekwondo competition at the Paris Olympics , after slumbering for two weeks on a cardboard bed at the athletes’ village, the Californian made sure he would sleep like
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was back in Belgium on Friday. his lawyer said, after he evaded arrest in Spain for the second time in seven years with a dramatic dash into a getaway car following a public appearance in Barcelona. Puigdemont made a much-anticipated return to Spain this week despite
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency on Friday accused government authorities in ethnically divided Cyprus of rounding up dozens of migrants and forcing them back inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone that they crossed to seek asylum. UNHCR spokeswoman Emilia Strovolidou said that as many as 99 asylum seekers were “pushed back” into
PARIS (AP) — As Algerian boxer Imane Khelif prepared to fight for an Olympic gold medal on Friday, IOC president Thomas Bach again defended her right to compete in the women’s competition at the Paris Games. Khelif is in the final of the women’s welterweight competition and Li Yu-ting of Taiwan will fight for the
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys ($25 billion) as he announced a government effort to try to recover the money. Tusk said that six months of investigations and audits had revealed widespread financial abuse, with 62 members of the previous
Russian plane-launched missile slammed into a Ukrainian shopping mall in the middle of the day, killing at least 12 people and wounding 44 others, authorities said. Russian plane-launched missile slammed into a Ukrainian shopping mall in the middle of the day, killing at least 12 people and wounding 44 others, authorities said. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM]
PARIS (AP) — Jayson Tatum has not played in two of the five U.S. games at the Paris Olympics, held out of both matchups against Serbia. And once again, U.S. coach Steve Kerr said Friday that it’s not an indictment of Tatum. “It’s not what I’m not seeing from Jayson. It’s what I’ve seen from
PARIS (AP) — Karlos Nasar of Bulgaria won weightlifting gold at the Olympics and broke two world records Friday, just over a year after a hotel sink fell on him and severed his left Achilles tendon. Nasar was showering the night before an awards ceremony in May 2023 when he reached for shampoo and pressed
Ann-Katrin Berger saved a last-minute penalty and Germany won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory on Friday over Women’s World Cup winner Spain. Berger dove to stop Alexia Putellas’ penalty attempt in the ninth minute of stoppage time, then raised her hands in victory. Putellas — a two-time Ballon d’Or
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Nikola Dedovic scored four times and Serbia beat the U.S. 10-6 on Friday in the semifinals of the men’s water polo tournament at the Paris Olympics , ending the Americans’ surprising run. Serbia is trying to become the third men’s team to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals. Just like in
