Only one prospect brought back a medal in the 2024 Paris Games from boxing—21-year-old Omari Jones. The Orlando resident won a bronze medal but squandered his chances for gold losing to Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev in the semi-finals of the welterweight division. However, months after the games came to a close, Jones has achieved a new…
Right on cue, just as his mum is explaining how the unexpected sight of him instantly made everything bearable when confronted by more Olympic heartache, Tommy pipes up on the baby monitor; the squawks of a premature wake from the morning nap. “Sorry, I’ll have to stick a dummy in and see if he goes back…
LAUSANNE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) — The Paris 2024 Olympic Games attracted a record 84 percent of the potential global audience – approximately five billion people – according to the Paris 2024 Insights and Audience Report released on Thursday. The report, based on independent research conducted on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), highlighted unprecedented…
LAUSANNE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) — The Paris 2024 Olympic Games attracted a record 84 percent of the potential global audience – approximately five billion people – according to the Paris 2024 Insights and Audience Report released on Thursday. The report, based on independent research conducted on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), highlighted unprecedented…
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), in its 31st Board meeting, introduced a series of transformative reforms to elevate the governance and operational standards of sports federations in the country. Among the key measures approved are the implementation of the Pakistan Code of Ethics and Governance in Sports (PCEGS), the establishment of an independent…
Ahmed Hafnaoui has entered the NCAA transfer portal, reopening the possibility of returning to American collegiate swimming. SwimSwam asked Hafnaoui about his future plans, and while he didn’t commit to returning, he said that he “maybe” will change universities and return to the collegiate swimming scene. Hafnaoui swam part of last year at Indiana, after…
Three-time gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin has been banned from equestrian for one year after a disturbing video showing her whipping a horse emerged online. Dujardin was accused of hitting her horse 20 times with a whip as it walked around a dirt training area. The disgraced champion withdrew from the 2024 Olympics in Paris over blowback…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) firmly let its stance be known regarding international federations paying Olympic prize money during the first of three days of its Executive Board meeting on Tuesday. For the 2024 Paris Olympics, World Athletics became the first global federation to award each of its gold medalists with prize money, offering $50,000…
“The legitimacy of Zwift and of Esports has been confirmed by the IOC [International Olympic Committee]. Any sport that is being sanctioned by the Olympics is legitimised in that sense.” Easily set up in your living room, bedroom, or garage, Zwift offers amateur and professional athletes a convenient way to achieve their workout goals from…
9 years. That’s how long Galal Yafai had to wait to exact his revenge on Sunny Edwards. The two promising prospects back then clashed in amateurs, where the latter walked away with a win and soon announced himself on the pro boxing stage. But Yafai bid his time and marched through the vagaries of amateur…
