Andre De Grasse is enjoying the high of being a gold medallist once again. The 29-year-old from Markham, Ont., capped off an adversity-filled Olympics in August by anchoring Canada’s men’s 4×100-metre relay team to gold, a first for Canada since 1996. De Grasse has been in Toronto the last couple of weeks for the Toronto International … Read more
Travis Scott has been released from police custody in Paris. The Grammy-nominated rapper joined thousands in attending the 2024 Olympics and, after watching the U.S. men’s team defeat Serbia in basketball Thursday night, was arrested early Friday at the Four Seasons Hotel George V over an alleged altercation with his bodyguard — but won’t face … Read more
Noah Lyles simply could not summon his feared closing speed in the 200-meter sprint at the Paris Olympics on Thursday ― and one reason might have been that he had COVID-19, he and his mother told NBC after the race. USA Today also reported through an unnamed source that Lyles, who has asthma, had tested … Read more
MyKayla Skinner says she’s experiencing online bullying from fans of her fellow gymnast Simone Biles amid the 2024 Olympic Games. On Tuesday, Skinner posted a video on Instagram asking Biles to put an end to the cyberbullying she says she’s faced over her previous comments about U.S. women’s gymnastics. “Things have really gotten out of … Read more
Serena Williams is expressing frustration after she and her children were allegedly turned away from dining at a restaurant in Paris during the 2024 Olympics. The retired tennis legend, 42, served as a torch bearer for the Paris Olympics, which kicked off last month in the French capital. She was also spotted cheering on Team … Read more
“Operation Wrath of God” targeted more than a dozen suspects across Europe and the Middle East. New Delhi: During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, 11 Israeli athletes were killed by members of the Palestinian terrorist organisation Black September. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir secretly ordered Mossad, Israel’s elite intelligence agency, to … Read more
Paris 2024 organizers have apologised for the segment VATICAN CITY: The Vatican said on Saturday it had been saddened by a skit at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony appearing to parody Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” painting. “The Holy See was saddened by certain scenes at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games … Read more
French TV station France 2 had good reason to highlight Molly Carlson’s Olympic comedy video on Thursday ― it’s flat-out funny. Carlson, a TikTok star and a diver currently second in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, recently re-enacted some Olympic sports as if they took place on a high dive. Set to the … Read more
Amazon reported a significant increase in quarterly profits for the period of April-June, surpassing analyst expectations. The company earned $13.5 billion, up from $6.7 billion a year earlier. However, Amazon’s revenue forecast for the next quarter fell short of predictions, leading to a decline in its stock price during after-hours trading. Amazon projected sales between … Read more
PARIS: More than 100 conflicts fester around the world. The Middle East teeters on the brink of a regional war. In Ukraine, Russia advances slowly but steadily in the east, reducing towns to rubble. The “Olympic Truce,” clearly, is not being heeded. In the run-up to every Olympics over the past 30 years, the United … Read more
