The script was ripped up at Roland Garros on Wednesday as ailing second seed Aryna Sabalenka and off-colour fourth seed Elena Rybakina were sent tumbling out in the quarter-finals.Hampered by illness throughout her match, Sabalenka crashed to a 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 defeat to Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva as the Australian Open champion’s 11-match Grand Slam winning streak ground to … Read more
Sofia Asvesta has officially secured her place in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.
Foody, the No.1 delivery service in Cyprus, announced its partnership with athletes Milan Trajković and Viktor Olov Leonidou for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Milan Trajković is a top track and field athlete who has broken Cyprus National Records and won gold medals. Viktor Olov Leonidou is an accomplished mountain-running and ultra-distance athlete who has achieved impressive results in competitions. Foody’s partnership with the athletes aims to support their pursuit of excellence and inspire others.
France will provide additional military aid to Ukraine in the coming days and weeks, as confirmed by the Elysee after a phone call between President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Macron expressed support for a truce during the Paris Olympics this summer, with Russia ceasing operations and diplomatic negotiations being pursued.
Marios Georgiou, Cyprus’ top gymnast, is returning home with five medals from the European championships: gold in the All-Round, silver in the parallel bars, and bronze in the pommel horse and horizontal bar. He has now won a total of six medals in the European Championship, including a gold in 2022 in the horizontal bar.
Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are planning to partner up at the Paris Olympics this year in doubles tennis tournaments.
Fact: Delays and flight cancellations were set to impact swathes of Europe on Thursday due to a strike by French air traffic control workers.
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The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony. The torch was lit by Greek actress Mary Mina using a backup flame due to cloudy skies. The torch relay will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic flame in Paris at the opening ceremony. Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete as neutral athletes with no national flag or anthem. The torch relay began with Greece’s Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Ntouskos passing the flame to France’s three-time Olympic medallist in swimming, Laure Manaudou. The French torch relay will last 68 days and end in Paris on July 26.
Karsten Warholm, the world 400 metres hurdles champion, expressed uncertainty about breaking his own record at the Paris Olympics. He mentioned that the new running spikes he developed with Puma have boosted his confidence. Warholm visited Puma suppliers in Vietnam to test shoes and materials for the new spikes, which were unveiled in Paris. He used to criticize shoe technology but now believes it has leveled the playing field in running. Puma launched a campaign featuring Olympic athletes, including Warholm, to gain more market share in the running shoe market.
The Olympic rings for the Paris Games will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower, with work to set them up starting at the end of the month.