PARIS – Ange-Jacques Gabriel lived for 83 years, born here during the reign of Louis XIV and departing this Earth with France in the midst of so much economic and social crisis that revolution would…
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Tara Davis-Woodhall had just won an Olympic gold medal in the long jump and, after an initial celebration that included sand angels in the sand pit at Stade de France in Paris, she sprinted toward…
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PARIS — U.S. men’s Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr knows how good LeBron James is from coaching against him in four consecutive NBA Finals. But after coaching him for more than a month for the…
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PARIS — The decision, so seismic in the moment, looks so obvious now. Emma Hayes knew the front line of Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson had the potential to be something special. But…
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PARIS — Marta is getting quite the sendoff. The Brazilian great will play her final international match Saturday, when Brazil faces the U.S. women’s national team in the Olympic final. It’s the fourth time in…
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PARIS — Breaking — more commonly called breakdancing — is making its Olympic debut here at the 2024 Paris Games. The competition opens with the B-girls, and medals will be decided by the end of…
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PARIS — The U.S. women’s basketball team is playing Australia in the semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart are leading the Americans as they chase their eighth consecutive Olympic gold…
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A Delta Airlines airplane carrying players and members of the Carolina Panthers organization slid off the runway moments after touching down at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The incident happened at 2:35 a.m. Friday morning. Delta…
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PARIS – French police arrested an Egyptian Olympic wrestler on suspicion of sexual assault in the early hours of Friday outside a cafe he had visited in the French capital, the Paris prosecutors office said. The wrestler, who was not…
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SAINT-DENIS, France — Nikki Hiltz has a superpower, they said: being queer. Hiltz – who identifies as transgender/non-binary and uses ‘they/them’ pronouns – will be the first trans/non-binary person to participate in a track and…