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Taekwondo power couple eyes home gold for France in Paris
Reuters· 41 minutes agoIt is buy-one-get-one-free for France's taekwondo team ahead of the Paris Olympics with a Spanish-Turkish coaching couple behind the country's efforts to gain its first gold ...
Team GB swimmers share their secrets to dealing with high-stakes stress
The Irish News· 1 hour agoWhen thousands of spectators are laser-focused on your every move as prepare to dive into the pool...
Peggy Darcy was an absolute lady who lived a long and fruitful life
Irish Independent· 1 hour agoMargaret (Peggy) Darcy (née D'Arcy) of Gorey, Wexford has passed away age 92, following a long and fruitful life.
'Mankini' Australian horseman Rose wins race to be fit for Paris
Reuters· 1 hour agoThree-times Olympic medallist Shane Rose has successfully battled back from a series of injuries...
Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull's-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 1 hour agoA fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news...
Focus: Olympics-High costs, safety worries hurt Paris Games bookings
Reuters· 2 hours agoSpiralling travel and accommodation costs, French political tumult and security concerns are...
Data centre boom reveals AI hype’s physical limits
Reuters· 2 hours agoUnderpinning this frenzy is a rush to build the infrastructure needed to train and run generative AI (GenAI) models. , opens new tab the sum invested in...
The last days of Andy Murray
The New Statesman· 2 hours agoAt the French Open earlier this year there was a sense of Götterdämmerung. The downing of the indomitable warrior Rafael Nadal, undoubtedly the greatest...
Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls | Jonathan...
The Guardian· 2 hours agoA disrupted climate and diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Meanwhile, the threat of a second Donald Trump victory looms in the US and Britain’s Nigel ...
Paris Olympic Pageant Opens – On This Day in 1924
The Irish News· 2 hours agoThe formal opening of the Olympic Games at Colombes Stadium on Saturday will be both simple and imposing. President [Gaston] Doumergue, the members of...