UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 10, 2024, 04:32 AM ETThe former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained during the attack, the Kenyan hospital where he was being treated said on Tuesday.Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to more than 75% of
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 10, 2024, 09:07 AM ETTOKYO -- Olympic sponsor Panasonic is terminating its contract with the IOC at the end of the year, the company said in a statement Tuesday.Panasonic is one of 15 companies that are so-called TOP sponsors for the International Olympic Committee. It's not known the value of the Panasonic sponsorship, but sponsors contribute more than $2 billion in a four-year cycle
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 10, 2024, 06:25 AM ETNAIROBI, Kenya -- A man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack, according to the Kenyan hospital where he was treated.Dickson Ndiema was admitted at the Moi Referral Hospital in the western Eldoret city for burns covering 30% of his body. Ndiema is alleged to
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 10, 2024, 11:52 AM ETLAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The Algerian boxing federation that is home to Olympic champion Imane Khelif on Tuesday joined the World Boxing group that wants to save the sport's place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.Algeria and Japan joining World Boxing increases the organization's membership to 44 federations, with applications from more countries being processed.Boxing's Olympic status is uncertain. The International
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 10, 2024, 05:39 PM ETAustralian breaker Rachael Gunn, or B-girl Raygun, holds the top spot in her sport's latest world rankings despite Olympic performances that led to online ridicule.On Tuesday, breakdancing's governing body issued a statement to "provide clarity" on why Raygun tops the rankings.Raygun, a 37-year-old university lecturer from Sydney, failed to score any points at the Paris Olympics in routines that included
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 11, 2024, 06:49 AM ETPARIS -- French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said Wednesday.Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack "Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris" during the July 26 to Aug. 11 Olympic competition. The prosecutor told broadcaster France
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 11, 2024, 12:00 PM ETGENEVA -- In a move by the IOC that apparently could block Sebastian Coe as an expected presidential candidate, the Olympic governing body has clarified its complex election rules before a deadline Sunday to enter the race.A letter was published Wednesday after being sent by the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission to the 111 members, including Coe and several more
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 11, 2024, 02:22 PM ETDETROIT -- Thousands of documents turned over by Michigan State University reveal nothing new about what the school might have known about years of sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar, the campus doctor who assaulted female athletes, the state attorney general said Wednesday."It was surprising to me that we did not find anything that was incriminating," Attorney General Dana Nessel
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Sep 10, 2024, 10:38 PM ETSYDNEY -- Field hockey player Tom Craig has been suspended for 12 months by the sport's Australian governing body for attempting to purchase cocaine at the Paris Olympics.Craig was arrested but released without charge after trying to purchase the drug in Paris on Aug. 7 during a night out after his Olympic campaign ended.He faced Australian media in Paris after
UNBELIEVABLE DISCOUNTS AT AMAZON.COM || Big news last week on the Olympic Park slide. Perhaps you missed it amid the euphoria and phantasmagoria of Sunday night’s Paralympic closing ceremony, as the curtain finally came down on the vivid summer panorama that was Paris 2024. In the circumstances, then, the chequered fate of the ArcelorMittal Orbit – the Anish Kapoor sculpture in east London that like all the best art was
