Simone Biles’ GOAT status is undeniable. Today, Simone Biles made history, winning her sixth Olympic gold medal in the gymnastics all-around final. She’s now the first American gymnast to do so. She narrowly defeated Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, who finished silver, and her teammate Suni Lee who finished bronze. The 27-year-old is now the oldest Olympics all-around champion since Maria …
P thinks it would benefit the world. Pharrell was one of the many celebrities who attended the Louis Vutton party during the Summer Olympics. The artist’s inclusion was a no brainer, given his role as the brand’s creative director. One thing that attendees didn’t expect, though, was Pharrell campaigning to change the Olympic games. Or rather, to change them back …
Jake Paul, an honorary coach of the U.S. Olympic boxing team, sounded off on Thursday. Paul, the social media influencer and pro boxer, joined a chorus of objectors following an Olympic women’s boxing match that included an Algerian fighter whose gender eligibility has come under question. The Algerian, Imane Khelif, won her opening bout Thursday after landing a single punch …
Simone Biles and Suni Lee are back on the mat Thursday for the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around final. The veteran Team USA stars, who helped add the team’s fourth Olympics gold medal on Tuesday, will compete in four rotations: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. Biles, who won the individual all-around in Rio in 2016, and Lee, …
Angela Carini bowed out of the biggest fight of her life in just 46 seconds after eating several big shots from her controversial opponent, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif … who failed a gender eligibility test in 2023, but has been permitted to compete in Paris. 25-year-old Carini, competing for Italy, faced 25-year-old Khelif on Thursday … but the scrap didn’t …
The queen of Roland Garros was dethroned Thursday in the Olympic semifinals – by a different kind of queen. Qinwen Zheng – or QUEEN-wen, as she enjoys being called around the WTA Tour – took out No. 1 Iga Swiatek, 6-2, 7-5, in a stunner that will give China a chance to win its first gold medal in tennis on …
When it was over, when Rafael Nadal’s Paris Games — and his Olympic career — ended with a doubles loss in a stadium central to his legacy because it hosts the French Open, which he’s won a record 14 times, he soaked in the applause accompanying his exit from the red clay. Was this 6-2, 6-4 defeat alongside Carlos Alcaraz …
You may have heard the legendary story about the one game that the 1992 USA basketball “Dream Team” actually lost. The story goes that the team’s head coach and former NBA champion with the Detroit Pistons, Chuck Daly set up a pre-Olympics scrimmage against a college basketball all-star team. Daly stopped the game early and purposely made strange substitutions to …
Arne Slot’s new-look Liverpool beat Premier League rivals Arsenal 2-1 with goals from Mohamed Salah and Fabio Carvalho in Philadelphia. Salah’s 13th-minute strike and Carvalho’s finish in the 34th minute capped excellent Liverpool moves, before Arsenal’s Kai Havertz swept in a close-range shot in the 40th minute of an exciting first half. Both teams made changes during the second half …
Manchester United’s new £52m defender Leny Yoro has been ruled out for three months and striker Rasmus Hojlund will miss six weeks with injuries they suffered in Saturday’s pre-season game with Arsenal. Sources confirmed the news just over an hour before United’s 3-2 victory over La Liga side Real Betis in San Diego. Both men were forced off in the …
