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Mensah’s Olympic dream ends after placing sixth in 50m freestyle

Ghanaian swimmer Joselle Mensah made her Olympic debut in the women’s 50m freestyle, finishing sixth in the heats.

The young swimmer made a strong start in Heat 4 of the 50m freestyle, but she struggled to maintain her stamina in the latter  stages o…

President Coe defends athletics prize money for Olympic champions

World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe has defended the decision to become the first Olympic sport to dish out prize money, with each Paris gold medallist receiving $50,000.

Race walkers Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador and Yang Jiayu of China w…

Beach Soccer Premier League to resume after AFCON qualifiers

The second season of ‘2024 edition’ of the Zone Two Beach Soccer Premier League is expected to resume on Sunday, at the various match venues after the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches.

The Beach Soccer Premier League went on break af…

Japan’s Nagase repeats trick with 81kg judo gold

Japanese judoka Takanori Nagase overpowered Georgian Tato Grigalashvili to win the Olympic men’s 81 kilogram gold for the second successive Games on Tuesday.

Nagase, who also picked up a bronze in the event in 2016, continued Japan’s strong start to …

China’s Deng, 18, wows her way to BMX park gold

Chinese BMX rider Deng Yawen saw off the competition in the Paris sunshine to seal a surprise Olympic gold in the women’s park final on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old’s second of two runs of 92.60 points secured victory at the spectacular setting of Plac…