Transport won’t be ready, Paris mayor says ahead of 2024 Games

Transport won’t be ready, Paris mayor says ahead of 2024 Games

Paris’ Mayor Anne Hidalgo attends the 105th session of the Congress of Mayors organised by the “France’s Mayors’ Association” (AMF), in Paris, France, November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Paris will not be ready for the Olympics and Paralympics in terms of transport and sheltering the homeless, … Read more

France demolish 10-man Gibraltar 14-0 in record win

France demolish 10-man Gibraltar 14-0 in record win

[1/3]Soccer Football – Euro 2024 Qualifier – Group B – France v Gibraltar – Allianz Riviera, Nice, France – November 18, 2023 France’s Kylian Mbappe scores their fourth goal from the penalty spot REUTERS/Claudia Greco Acquire Licensing Rights NICE, France, Nov 18 (Reuters) – France recorded the biggest victory in European Championship qualifying with a … Read more

Games-Pan Am Games come to predictable end but face uncertain future

Games-Pan Am Games come to predictable end but face uncertain future

[1/5]Pan-Am Games – Santiago 2023 – Closing Ceremony – Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile – November 5, 2023 General view of performers and Fiu the Pan-Am Games mascot during the Closing Ceremony as the evening light illuminates the Andes mountains REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado Acquire Licensing Rights SANTIAGO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The Pan American Games … Read more

Jalolov wins super-heavyweight crown, Kurash medallist tests positive

Jalolov wins super-heavyweight crown, Kurash medallist tests positive

HANGZHOU, China, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov won super-heavyweight boxing gold and China’s women’s basketballers beat their arch-rivals Japan in a thriller at the Asian Games on Thursday. Tokyo Olympic champion and twice world champion Jalolov, 29, beat Kazakhstan’s Kamshybek Kunkabayev, 31, on points to take gold and continue his impressive record. The … Read more

Athletics official in stable condition after being hit by hammer

Athletics official in stable condition after being hit by hammer

[1/2]Asian Games – Hangzhou 2022 – Athletics – Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China – September 30, 2023 A judge is injured after Kuwait’s Ali Zankawi throws the hammer through the net during the Men’s Hammer Throw Final REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Acquire Licensing Rights HANGZHOU, China Oct 1 (Reuters) – An athletics official suffered a broken … Read more

China’s Xi seriously considering South Korea visit, Yonhap reports

China’s Xi seriously considering South Korea visit, Yonhap reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the plenary session of the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 23, 2023. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING/SEOUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Saturday said he will seriously consider visiting South Korea, Yonhap news … Read more

Italy attempt to make headlines at home during World Cup

Italy attempt to make headlines at home during World Cup

[1/2]Rugby Union – Rugby World Cup 2023 – Pool A – Italy v Namibia – Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France – September 9, 2023 Italy’s Manuel Zuliani scores their sixth try REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 12 (Reuters) – The 2023 Rugby World Cup kicked off in France on Friday, and while the competition is … Read more

Brazil thrash Bolivia 5-1 in Neymar’s record-breaking appearance

Brazil thrash Bolivia 5-1 in Neymar’s record-breaking appearance

Soccer Football – World Cup – South American Qualifiers – Brazil v Bolivia – Estadio Mangueirao, Belem, Brazil – September 8, 2023 Brazil’s Neymar celebrates scoring their fifth goal REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Acquire Licensing Rights BELEM, Brazil, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Brazil lived up to expectations by smashing Bolivia 5-1 at home in their 2026 World … Read more

Three rescued after sharks attack inflatable yacht off Australian coast

Three rescued after sharks attack inflatable yacht off Australian coast

[1/5]Vincent Thomas Etienne, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Berezkin, the three people rescued after sharks attacked a yacht off the Australian coast, pose for a photo in Vanua Levu Island, Fiji July 31, 2023. Russian Ocean Way/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SYDNEY, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Three people on board an inflatable catamaran in … Read more

Healy ruled out of otherwise full strength Irish squad

Healy ruled out of otherwise full strength Irish squad

Rugby Union – Six Nations Championship – Ireland Captain’s Run – Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland – March 17, 2023 Ireland’s Cian Healy during training REUTERS/Lorraine O’Sullivan/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBLIN, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Ireland prop Cian Healy was ruled out of the World Cup through injury on Sunday as coach Andy Farrell named … Read more