PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian tennis player Anhelina Kalinina withdrew from the Paris Games because she caught a cold following rainy weather in France’s capital, her country’s Olympic committee said. “Unfortunately, we spent a long time on the courts yesterday waiting for the competition to start,” Kalinina said Sunday in a statement from the Ukrainian committee.
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Kevin Durant is available for Sunday’s U.S. Olympic opener against Serbia at the Paris Games . USA Basketball made the announcement about an hour before the game . Durant missed all five of the team’s pre-Olympic exhibitions with a calf strain. He originally got hurt a few days before the team
PARIS (AP) — When Kaylia Nemour competes alongside Simone Biles and her gymnastics rivals at the Paris Olympics , she feels right at home. The 17-year-old athlete, one of the best in the world on uneven bars, was born in France. She grew up here, and still trains here. She posted the best score on
ELANCOURT, France (AP) — French mountain biker Pauline Ferrand-Prevot finally won the Olympic gold medal that she had been chasing for more than a decade on Sunday, while Haley Batten pounced when misfortune struck two of her biggest rivals to claim silver in the best finish ever for an American rider. Ferrand-Prevot crossed the finish
CLARK, Philippines (AP) — France renewed a commitment to help defend freedom of navigation and overflight in the Asia-Pacific Sunday and said that its supersonic fighter jets — a pair of which landed for the first time in the Philippines — and advance military power would enable it to respond rapidly to any humanitarian or
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine on Sunday said it struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow claimed further gains, left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded. Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement Kyiv’s security services were responsible for
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Simone Biles posted an all-around total of 59.566 in the women’s gynmastics second qualifying group for the 2024 Paris Olympics . The U.S. team is heavily favored to win gold after finishing second to Russia in Tokyo. Biles briefly left the floor and
Venezuela’s opposition leaders attended a rally at one of the main universities in Venezuela to speak with students about the future ahead should they win July 28 elections and end 25 years of socialist party rule. (AP Video shot by Andry Rincon) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Venezuela’s government is facing its
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — U.S. water polo captain Maggie Steffens is playing with a heavy heart at the Paris Olympics after her sister-in-law died a couple days before the Games began. Lulu Conner, 26, died Tuesday after traveling to Paris to cheer on Steffens as she goes for a fourth consecutive gold medal with the
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles dominated during qualifying with the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics on Sunday despite limping on her left leg and saying she had an issue with her calf. Here’s what we know about Biles’ status: What’s the latest on Simone Biles’ calf injury? U.S. coach Cecile Landi said
