Canada women’s soccer head coach suspended amid drone scandal

• By Reuters
• July 25, 2024
• Last updated 7:49 p.m.
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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

How Macron’s ‘crazy’ Olympics ceremony along the Seine came about

• By Reuters
• July 25, 2024
• Last updated 2:14 p.m.

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

U.S. women’s soccer blanks Zambia in Paris Games opener

• By Field Level Media
• July 25, 2024
• Last updated 2:13 p.m.
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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

Soccer kicks off Paris Olympics ahead of opening ceremony

• July 24, 2024

WADA to put U.S. anti-doping agency under compliance review

• By Steve Keating, Reuters
• July 24, 2024

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

Dupont’s France stays alive after stuttering start in Olympic rugby

• By Reuters
• July 24, 2024

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

Canadian Olympic Committee head says coach had no knowledge of drone incident

• By Reuters
• July 24, 2024

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is confident women’s soccer head coach Bev Priestman had no knowledge of the spying incident that has engulfed her squad in scandal ahead of their gold medal title defence at the Paris Olympics. Read more

France struggles with its hijab rules for Olympics opening ceremony

• By Layli Foroudi, Reuters
• July 24, 2024
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French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country’s secularism laws, they said today. Read more

Argentina upset in chaotic Olympic soccer opener; France blanks U.S.

• By Field Level Media
• July 24, 2024

A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco on Wednesday caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2. Read more

Video emerges of Olympian Dujardin whipping horse’s legs

• By Simon Jennings in Paris and Alan Baldwin / Reuters
• July 24, 2024
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The FEI International Equestrian Foundation on Tuesday shocked the riding world when it suspended Britain’s six-time Olympic medallist Charlotte Dujardin over inappropriate training methods. Read more

Beefed-up Olympics security thins out tourists, squeezing merchants

• By Liz Alderman, New York Times
• July 23, 2024
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Fabrice Pierret is used to catering to hordes of tourists who pack Le Lutétia, a brasserie he manages on the Île Saint-Louis, where a splendid view of the Seine River, with a glass of red wine and steak frites, has long made it a popular stop for visitors. Read more

Coffees, gaming and Fijian singing: Olympians soak up social village life

• By Ian Ransom, Reuters
• July 23, 2024

With a pair of baristas churning out coffees and a rooftop terrace for social gatherings, Australia’s quarters at the Olympic village embody the social spirit of a Paris Games unencumbered by COVID-19 restrictions. Read more

Women set to grab the spotlight for Team USA in Paris

• By Rory Carroll and Amy Tennery, Reuters
• July 23, 2024

American women from Simone Biles to Katie Ledecky and Sha’Carri Richardson will dominate the spotlight in Paris as the explosion in popularity of women’s sports in the United States makes its way to the Olympic stage, experts said. Read more

Olympic silver medalist Kevin Asano learned life lessons from his college judo coach

• By Noah Furtado nfurtado@staradvertiser.com
• July 19, 2024
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Kevin Asano became an Olympic silver medalist in judo while still a student at San Jose State University, where he had been given a true sense of belonging away from his Hawaii home. Read more

Paris mayor finally swims in Seine to prove water purity

• By Elizabeth Pineau, Reuters
• July 17, 2024
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the River Seine today, fulfilling a promise to try to convince doubters that its waters will be clean enough to hold Olympic swimming events. Read more

Paris opening ceremony will see big police presence but no changes after Trump attack, official says

• By Kurt Hall, Reuters
• July 17, 2024

Some 45,000 police will secure the Paris Olympics’ July 26 opening ceremony, with over 100 heads of state and government set to attend, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding no changes were planned after the weekend attack on Donald Trump. Read more

Carissa Moore proving to be good as gold in and out of the water

• By Noah Furtado nfurtado@staradvertiser.com
• July 14, 2024
• 5

Before Moore founded the Moore Aloha Charitable Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the health and wellness of young women and girls through surfing, she won three WSL Championships. Read more

Teahupo‘o set to star as Paris Games takes surfing home to Tahiti

• By Lincoln Feast, Reuters
• July 10, 2024
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While most 2024 Olympians will be battling for glory in Paris, the world’s best surfers will be going for gold some 16,000km away on the island of Tahiti, where the spinning blue barrels of Teahupo’o might be the real star of the show. Read more