Israel Is Booed Relentlessly During Olympic Soccer Match Against Mali
PARIS — Israel’s national anthem was loudly jeered before its soccer team kicked off play at the Paris Olympics against Mali on Wednesday night.
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Olympic Soccer Tournament Gets Off To Wild, Violent And Chaotic Start
SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — The Olympic men’s soccer tournament got off to a violent and chaotic start Wednesday with Morocco’s shocking 2-1 win against two-time gold medalist Argentina.
2030 Winter Olympics To Get Conditional Approval ... For French Riviera
France will get just a partial Olympic win on Wednesday when its bid to host the 2030 Winter Games is presented to IOC members.
Coco Gauff Named Female U.S. Flag Bearer At Paris 2024 Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony.
Olympic fans can eat, drink and cheer in a mini World's Fair in Paris park
Sip a cool caipirinha cocktail in Brazil. Sample a spicy samosa in India. Boogie down with a DJ in France 'til the early hours. Or, do all three in a day — and perhaps meet some athletes, too.
France blocks 1,000 people from Olympics over spying concerns
Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics — one of the security challenges that Paris is cracking down on in its goal to keep Games safe for athletes and fans.
Homeland Security secretary names independent panel to review Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday.
Biden campaign officials were confident before he debated Trump. Then the walls came crashing down
Many of Joe Biden’s advisors had doubts about him holding a presidential campaign debate, arguing that it will merely give Donald Trump a national platform for melodrama. Better, they said, that he left to make outrageous and bizarre comments to his MAGA crowds which can be held up to ridicule.