RESULTS SO FAR: Gp A: Guinea 1, New Zealand 2; France 3, US 0. Gp B: Argentina 1, Morocco 2; Iraq 2, Ukraine 1. Gp C: Uzbekistan 1, Spain 2; Egypt 0, Dominican Rep. 0. Gp D: Japan 5, Paraguay 0; Mali 1, Israel. 1 […]
NYON: Switzerland’s Sandro Schärer has been chosen by the UEFA referees committee to take charthe of the Super Cup between Real Madrid and Atalanta on Wednesday, August 14, at the National Stadium in Warsaw. Scharer, 36, has been an international referee since 2015 and has […]
KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTING —- Argentina have appealed, optimistically, to FIFA to be awarded all three points after the chaotic events surrounding their 2-1 defeat by Morocco in the Olympic Games men’s football tournament on Wednesday in Saint-Etienne. Argentina thought they had equalised at 2-2 deep […]
PARIS —- At last, almost seven years after a rule-bending double hosting award, Paris has its 2024 Olympic Games. The formal launch was a made-for-television Opening Ceremony at times spectacular, at times over-stuffed, at times apparently interminable but which was certainly unique in concept with […]
PARIS: The run-up to the formal Opening Ceremony to the Olympic Games in Paris was disrupted overnight by a co-ordinated sabotage attack on the French high-speed rail network. With most of the athletes and officials already in the French capital the victims who had trains […]
PARIS: Herewith the full speech delivered by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 today, 26 July 2024. Good evening Paris! Good evening France! Dear athletes, Dear President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, […]
RESULTS SO FAR — Gp A: Canada 2, New Zealand 1; France 3, Colombia 2. Gp B: Germany 3, Australia 0; US 3, Zambia 0. Gp C: Spain 2, Japan 1; Nigeria 0, Brazil 1.
PARIS: Canada women’s football manager Beverly Priestman has been removed as Olympic head coach and suspended by the country’s football federation as the fall out continued after a drone was flown over New Zealand’s training session on Monday. Canada Soccer said it took the action […]
PARIS / AIPS: Just as AIPS predicted two days ago, the Main Media Centre of the Paris 2024 Olympics is now filled beyond capacity, bustling with journalists and photographers. Since Wednesday the LOC Media Operations have had to create extra spaces by opening up new […]