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Wheelchair racer Kinghorn adds to GB’s Paralympics tally with stunning gold

Wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn added to GB’s Paris Paralympics success with a stunning T53 100m gold at Stade de France

The Guardian - UK

“I went to Rio for a show. I told my wife I’d just been for a helicopter ride and I was now sitting on gorgeous white sand… She hung up on me!” The need to deceive loved ones inspired Caravan’s Paradise Filter

Canterbury pioneers’ 14th album was surprisingly lacking in their traditional Ealing Studios views of England, containing more serious observations on modern life instead

Louder

‘Crime doesn’t pay’: drug gangsters turned podcasters send message to Rio’s youth

A group of Brazilian ex-criminals with many grisly stories have made life lessons into a startling listen

The Guardian - UK

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Jogo do Bicho: Brazil’s popular illegal animal lottery is losing its bite

Banned since the 1890s yet widely played until recently, Rio betting game has strong links to carnival, football and gangs

The Guardian - UK

Stray bullets and closed schools: Rio’s kids suffer as police crack down on gangs

Thousands of schoolchildren in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas miss classes and risk violence as Brazil’s police battle drug gangs

The Guardian - US

Rio Police Crack Down On Illegal Claw Machines

Rio de Janeiro police crackdown on claw machines for fraud, seizing machines and plushies. Users unaware of manipulation.

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Rio de Janeiro police have a new target in their crosshairs: hard-to-get stuffed animals

Rio de Janeiro police carried out 16 search warrants targeting the claw machines that elicit exhilaration among children and adults alike across the city

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Brazil’s deadly kite wars are leaving many with horror wounds. Some want them banned

Cases of motorcyclists having a limb severed or throat slit by kites remain common

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: How Team GB performed across every sport at Paris Games

British athletes finish seventh in medal table - but match haul of London 2012

Evening Standard

Lydia Ko holds nerve to win gold and complete full set of Olympic medals

The New Zealander added to her silver and bronze medals from Rio and Tokyo by finishing two shots clear of Germany’s Esther Henseleit at Le Golf National

The Guardian - UK

Katie Ledecky surprises Stanford friend Albane Valenzuela at Paris Olympics

The pair of Stanford alums first met at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and became close friends.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Shot-Put Scientist Ryan Crouser Chases Historic Three-Peat in Paris

Despite a nagging elbow injury and pectoral muscle tear in the spring, the 31-year-old from a family of throwers will compete for a third gold medal at the 2024 Olympics.

Sports Illustrated

‘It was awesome’: after Rio and Tokyo false starts, golf hits an Olympic high

On the outskirts of Versailles, in front of huge galleries, Olympic golf found a home on day one of the men’s competition

The Guardian - UK

Paris is setting a glorious example — if London wants the 2040 Olympic Games, copy them

Our reporter’s whistle-stop tour of Paris Games shows what London can learn

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Ryan Murphy wins his seventh Olympic medal but US miss out on gold in pool

Ryan Murphy won his seventh Olympic medal as claimed bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke in Paris on Tuesday night

The Times of India

Paris 2024: Tom Daley wins fifth Olympic diving medal but China grab gold

In a thrilling competition at the Olympic Games on Monday, China's Lian Junjie and Yang Hao emerged victorious in the men's synchronised 10m platform, dethroning Britain's Tom Daley, who had won gold in the same event at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

Cycling News

‘It feels so great to come full circle’ - Jenny Rissveds on her Olympic mountain bike bronze medal

Swedish rider had struggled following her 2016 gold medal at Rio games

The Guardian - UK

They Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar review – love and identity on the 1960s music scene

A glorious debut about a Senegalese singer’s rise to stardom and the woman he meets in New York

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Pioneers in Paris: Rio golden girls eye legacy moment

Tim Walsh's Olympic rugby sevens team set the wheels in motion for female contact sport in Australia and will have a chance to write a final chapter in Paris.

The Times of India

Paris Olympics 2024: PV Sindhu is there, but Satwik-Chirag best bet

PARIS: Badminton has been one of the bright spots for India over the last three Olympics. Saina Nehwal’s bronze in London showed the way and PV Sindhu took it up from there, winning a silver and bronze in Rio and Tokyo, respectively. Sindhu is one of India’s flagbearers in the…

The Times of India

Paris Olympics: Local disquiet meets global anticipation

PARIS: The metro ride from Belleville to the Main Press Centre in Porte de Maillot on Thursday morning was uneventful. The media accreditation cards for Paris 2024 around our necks brooked no queries. Some curious looks and that was all. There was no rush of passengers. It was like any…

The Independent UK

Finance ministers of the Group of 20 in Brazil discuss tax on super-rich

Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations have gathered in Rio de Janeiro for a two-day meeting to discuss a global tax on the super-rich, a top priority for Brazil, which holds the presidency

The Independent UK

Adam Peaty: British swimmer bids for third successive Olympics title after challenging period

The Briton enters Paris 2024 off the back of a period in which he admits he was close to retirement

France 24

The Olympics are usually an environmental disaster. Can Paris be the exception?

Organisers of the Paris Olympics have promised the event will be "historic for the climate". As part of its climate strategy, the committee established a goal of generating no more than half the planet-warming gases produced by previous Summer Games in London and Rio, pledging to slash emissions in three…

The Guardian - UK

State craft: how De Gaulle shaped France’s inclusive Olympic sport infrastructure

Stung by failure in 1964, the General created a unique sporting architecture that has always prioritised participation

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