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France’s three-time Olympic gold medallists Marie-Jose Perec and Teddy Riner then lit the Olympic cauldron, suspended on a hot-air balloon, before Canada’s Celine Dion sang Edith Piaf’s “Hymn to Love,” in her first public performance in years, drawing huge cheers from the crowd. Read more
ESPN reported that Tagovailoa’s new contract includes $167 million guaranteed and is the largest in Dolphins history. Read more
Here are some key details on the surfing competition and what to watch for. Read more
The coordinated sabotage took place as France mounted a massive security operation involving tens of thousands of police and soldiers to safeguard the capital for the sporting extravaganza. Read more
When Hawaii freshman All-American wideout Pofele Ashlock was just a high school sophomore, he and his younger brother, Jarvis “Dino” Heimuli, went to live with their maternal grandparents. Read more
Tickets are still available for the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet to be held Aug. 8 at Honolulu Country Club. Read more
Olympic surfers based in Tahiti will miss out on the spectacle of the Games’ opening ceremony on Friday, but might have trumped their Paris-based peers with their accommodation in a freighter-cum-cruise ship serving as a floating athletes’ village. Read more
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The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) removed head coach Bev Priestman today following her suspension by Canada Soccer over a drone spying scandal that has thrust the 2020 Olympic gold medalists into an unsavory global spotlight. Read more
The U.S. began their quest for a fifth gold medal with a resounding 3-0 victory over Zambia at Nice Stadium on the first day of the Olympics women’s soccer competition today. Read more
A doping row involving Chinese athletes may prove a tinderbox at the Olympic swimming meet where the United States face the biggest challenge to their reign in decades from Saturday. Read more
When early proponents of hosting an unprecedented Olympics opening ceremony along the river Seine first pitched the idea to the then-head of Paris police, he was dead-set against it. Read more
Holding an event away from the continent where the main Games were held happened only once in the history of the modern Olympics — in 1956. Read more
First things first. Five months after its last official practice, the Hawaii football team returned to TC Ching field for the opening of training camp, with the run-and-shoot offense fully entrusted to quarterback Brayden Schager. Read more
The Chaminade women’s basketball team on Wednesday was ranked No. 7 among all NCAA Division II programs in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Honor Roll. Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will take the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to the Independent Compliance Review Committee next month, WADA told Reuters, a landmark move that could jeopardise the country hosting the 2028 and 2034 Olympics. Read more
Salt Lake City was awarded the 2034 Winter Olympic Games in a vote of the International Olympic Committee today. Read more
Antoine Dupont scored a brilliant individual try as France kept alive their medal hopes despite a stuttering start to the Rugby Sevens tournament in front of a passionate home crowd at the Paris Olympics today. Read more
