There have been very few male basketball players with four Olympic medals. Kevin Durant is the only one with four golds. Durant won gold at his fourth consecutive Olympics, starting with the 2012 Games in London. He joins Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James as American men with four total medals in basketball, but the latter two only won bronze in 2004 in Athens, mainly because their coach didn’t play the then-rookies enough. KD has been around so long that his American teammates now include players who idolized him while they were growing up. One of them, Anthony Edwards, was on…
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The United States have won their eighth consecutive Olympic women’s 4×400-metre relay crown to clinch the country’s 14th track and field gold medal of the Paris Games. A star-studded USA quartet, which included two-time Olympic 400-metre hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and 200-metres gold medallist Gabby Thomas, powered home in 3 minutes and 15.27 seconds on Saturday. The Netherlands took silver in 3:19.50 with Great Britain grabbing bronze in 3:19.72. “The US just has so much depth,” McLaughlin-Levrone said after the win. “Every woman from the trials to the final was going to do their job. “I’m grateful that we were…
What an Olympics for Grant Fisher. The 27-year-old American picked up his second medal of the 2024 Paris Games in thrilling fashion on Saturday at Stade de France. On the final straightaway of the 12.5-lap men’s 5000m final, Fisher roared past multiple runners before crossing the finish line third in 13:15.13. The bronze medal triumph made Fisher the first American man to ever medal in both the 5000m and 10,000m events at the same Olympics. 24/7 New York news stream: Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 5000m race in 13:13.66, while Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi…
LAGOS DE MORENO, Mexico – On August 8h, operations commenced at Yangtze Optics Mexico Cable S.A. de C.V. in Mexico’s Jalisco State, marking the establishment of Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company’s (YOFC) first production facility in the nation. This development not only represents a significant phase in YOFC’s international strategy but also positions the company to capitalize on the growing demand for telecommunications infrastructure in Mexico. The new facility will supply high-quality fiber optic cables and solutions to Mexico’s telecommunications market, while creating hundreds of local jobs and stimulating both economic expansion and technological innovation. As Latin America’s second-largest economy with a rapidly expanding…
Zimbabwean authorities should end their crackdown against opposition and civil society members ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit scheduled for August 17, 2024, in Harare, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately and unconditionally release everyone arrested for exercising their rights. Authorities should also promptly and effectively investigate allegations of torture or other ill-treatment of detainees and hold any suspected perpetrators accountable in fair proceedings, the groups said. Further, SADC should urgently demand an end to this assault on human rights as it prepares to hand the bloc’s leadership to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. “Since…
Show Dem Camp, The Cavemen and Nsikak David Lyrics”Why” is the fourth track on the recently released joint 10-track album by Show Dem Camp, The Cavemen, and Nsikak David, read the song’s lyrics below.No Love In Lagos Album Cover ArtRELATED: Read ‘Fall’ Lyrics by Show Dem Camp, The Cavemen & Nsikak DavidShow Dem Camp, The Cavemen & Nsikak David – Why LyricsI dey on my own, I wan take my bangaThey come tell me say I no fit jolly jollyNa him I asked themWhy why why Why why whyThem come tell me say, I no fit jolly jollyNe ne ne…
The statement from Ventosilla’s family “raises very serious questions that deserve clear and accurate answers,” Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said. “Harvard Kennedy School supports the family’s call for an immediate and thorough investigation and for public release of all relevant information, and the School stands with all of Rodrigo’s friends and colleagues and with the LGBTQ+ community.”Ventosilla’s family has asked the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to push for an investigation into Indonesian authorities’ conduct. But in a statement issued this week, the ministry appeared to side with Indonesian officials’ account of the events.In a news release on…
Team USA secured the gold medal in men’s Olympic basketball. They overcame France in a hard-fought 98-87 victory on Saturday. While elite talents such as Nikola Jokic, LeBron James and Stephen Curry were undoubtedly stars of the tournament, some former NBA players enjoyed strong showings, potentially earning themselves another shot in the league. Here are three former NBA talents to impress during the Olympics. 1. Guerschon Yabusele – FranceGuerschon Yabusele was last seen in the NBA in 2019, where he played for the Boston Celtics. Since leaving the US, he has built a career in Spain, playing for European powerhouse Real Madrid.…
The Canadian beat France’s Dany Dann in front of a partisan crowd to take the first-ever men’s gold medal in breaking.Canada’s B-Boy Phil Wizard won the inaugural Olympic men’s breaking gold in Paris and said he hoped it “opens doors to people” involved in the high-energy dance sport. Phil Wizard, whose real name is Philip Kim, beat France’s B-Boy Dany Dann in Saturday’s final amid the opulent grandeur of the Place de la Concorde, with B-Boy Victor of USA taking bronze. Breaking, better known as breakdancing, is making its first and possibly last appearance at the Olympics, having been left…
In a shocking twist to the already incredible gymnastics floor final at the Paris Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport delivered a new ruling in the penultimate day of the Games to reverse Jordan Chiles’ score. The Romanian Olympic Committee said it had appealed scores for Sabrina Maneca-Voinea and Ana Maria Bărbosu in the floor exercise final after a last-minute inquiry on behalf of American rival Chiles prompted heartbreak and rage from the former gymnastics powerhouse. The Romanian teammates were left outside the medals in Monday’s floor final after finishing with matching scores of 13.700. Barbosu thought she had won bronze over Maneca-Voinea via…