By Staff The Associated Press Posted July 27, 2024 1:13 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size FIFA deducted six points from Canada in the Paris Olympics women’s soccer tournament and banned three coaches for one year each on Saturday in a drone spying scandal. The stunning swath of punishments … Read more
Tennis star Coco Gauff is documenting her experience representing the U.S. at the Olympics, much to the delight of sports fans. The reigning U.S. Open champion was a flag bearer at the Paris Games on Friday, becoming the first tennis player to carry the U.S. flag during an Olympic opening ceremony. She was joined as … Read more
A pest expert has revealed an ingenious tip for keeping holidaymakers’ clothes free of bed bugs, amid fears the UK could be hit with another invasion of the parasitic insects. Pest-busting specialists Rentokil say they’ve seen a 117-percent increase in enquiries about the blood-sucking creatures, and are warning the millions heading abroad this summer to … Read more
Team Canada is set to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games that are just a week away from kicking off in the French capital. More than 300 Canadian athletes across 32 sports will be vying for medals in Paris over the fortnight. Interest in this year’s Summer Games, which take place once every four … Read more
Experts are sounding the alarm over a potential bedbug epidemic in the UK, with infestations already on the rise across the Channel. The upcoming Paris Olympics is expected to exacerbate the situation, as millions flock to the city, potentially bringing back the pesky critters in their luggage. Last summer saw a 23% increase in pest … Read more
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the River Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to try to convince doubters that its waters will be clean enough to hold Olympic swimming events. Hidalgo took the plunge around 10 a.m. on a glorious summer’s day in Paris, with visitors crowding on nearby bridges to catch a … Read more
Paris: President Emmanuel Macron on Monday was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated the far right in elections with no group winning an absolute majority. The outcome of the legislative elections, called by Macron three years ahead of schedule in a bid to … Read more
With three weeks to go until the Paris Olympics, organizers are making contingency plans as questions remain about the safety of the River Seine that is due to host open-water swimming events during the summer Games. The latest testing results from monitoring group Eau de Paris released on Thursday raised some hopes, showing that water … Read more
Preparations are heating up for the Paris Olympics and some countries, including Canada, are making sure their athletes remain cool during the two-week-long summer sporting event. Team Canada is among several visiting delegations that will be adding air conditioning units because the rooms in the Olympic Village where the athletes will be staying won’t have … Read more
Water pollution levels in Paris’ River Seine remain much higher than allowed for bathing, data showed on Friday, one month before the Olympics in which the capital’s landmark waterway is meant to be one of the swimming venues. Data published on the city’s website showed concentrations of enterococci and E.coli bacteria remained well above legal … Read more
