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ROME, Italy |(AFP) – Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago put a definitive end Tuesday to Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the city’s newly elected mayor refused to support the project. “I wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today to withdraw Rome-2024 from the running,” Malago told a specially convened press conference. Rome’s ill-fated bid to host the Games was effectively killed off last month when the city council voted in […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) – All 36 referees and judges used at the Rio Olympic boxing have been removed for the time being as the sport’s amateur governing body investigates the officiating which overshadowed the action in the ring, it said on Thursday. Several beaten fighters in Rio alleged they had been the victim of poor or even corrupt judging at the August Olympics and the International Boxing Association (AIBA) sent home an undisclosed number of referees […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) – US swimming star Ryan Lochte has been charged with making a false statement about being robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics, Brazilian police said Thursday. The 32-year-old gold medal-winner risks a jail sentence, Brazilian media quoted one police official as saying, although the judicial authorities had yet to confirm that. “Ryan Lochte was charged with the crime of falsely reporting a crime,” police said in a statement, adding that […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Susan STUMME Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte lost four sponsorship deals Monday — a major financial hit for the embattled gold medalist stemming from his spurious claim of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio, a story later discredited by Brazilian police. Global swimwear brand Speedo and US fashion label Ralph Lauren topped the list of companies that ended their relationships with the 32-year-old Lochte, with the former noting his actions […]
(REUTERS) The closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games brings the curtain down on 16 days of spectacular global sporting achievements. Simon Biles, winner of four gold medals and one bronze, leads Team USA as its flag bearer, as the country celebrates another winning medal haul at an Olympic Games. The power went out briefly in a section of the Maracana stadium and parts of the surrounding neigborhoods minutes before the Olympics […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) — Joseph Schooling pulled off a stunning Olympic upset on Friday by beating US legend Michael Phelps in the 100m butterfly to win Singapore’s first ever gold medal. Asian champion Schooling, 21, completed a wire-to-wire victory to deny Phelps a fourth successive title in the event, winning in a Games record 50.39sec. Phelps, amazingly, tied with both Chad le Clos and Laszlo Cseh for the silver. “I don’t know […]
DAVAO City, Philipines (Eagle News) – Nagbigay ng karagdagang P2 milyon si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kay Olympic Silver Medalist Hidilyn Diaz sa kanyang pagkapanalo sa 2016 Rio Olympics. Ito ay naganap sa loob ng Malacanang of the South, DPWH Depot, Panacan, Davao City nitong Huwebes ng gabi, August 11, 2016. Dumating si Diaz Huwebes ng gabi at agad nakipagkita kay Pangulong Duterte dito sa Davao. Inaasahan naman ni Diaz na makakauwi na sa kanyang bayan ngayong […]
REUTERS — The new trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ has been released during the Olympic coverage on NBC on Thursday (August 10). Although trailed in advance, it was not made clear when the trailer would appear but fans’ appetites were eventually whetted when it was released during the Olympics. The Gareth Edwards directed film follows a group of rebels on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star. Felicity Jones’ […]
by Alastair HIMMER Michael Phelps captured his 20th Olympic gold medal in dramatic fashion Tuesday, sealing victory with a kiss from baby son Boomer, before adding a staggering 21st before the night was over. The American crushed fierce rival Chad le Clos to regain his 200 metres butterfly title in a dust-up bristling with tension, celebrating by pointing to the sky and gesturing to the Rio crowd to “bring the noise” — an order […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) – Rio Olympics organisers said they would replace the Games’ official Chinese flags on Monday after the discovery of a design flaw which caused fury in China. A spokesman insisted the design had been approved by Chinese officials but he said their Brazilian manufacturer was now rushing to produce correct flags. The realisation that the four small, golden stars on the Chinese emblem are pointing upwards rather than towards the […]
Spectators and delegates file out of Rio’s Maracana stadium after colorful fireworks closed down the Summer Olympics opening ceremony under the watchful eye of the military. (video courtesy AFP)
