PARIS (Reuters) - The United States topped the medals table at the Paris Olympics with 40 golds after the final title was decided on Sunday, finishing above China only by virtue of their 44 silvers. China, who were the last team apart from the U.S. to top the standings when...

Olympics-United States Top Medals Table at End of Paris Olympics

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Three gold medals in track and field at Saint-Denis, France, on Thursday raised the United States’ total haul to 30

Olympics medal count today: See where the United States stands on Friday at 2024 Paris Olympics

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As Paris 2024 draws to a close, Team GB still have medal chances before the closing ceremony sees the end of the Games.Weightlifting, cycling and modern pentathlon will be the focus as organisers prepare for the handover to Los Angeles.SUPER CAMPBELL ON SUNDAYEmily Campbell will look to emulate the breakthrough silver medal she won in Tokyo three years ago when she competes in the women’s 81kg+ weightlifting category at 1130am (10.30am BST) . Gold is surely out of the question for the Nottingham lifter, in a division dominated by China’s reigning champion Li Wenwen, who routinely lifts over 30kg more...

Day 16 at the Olympics: Au revoir Paris

As the 2024 Paris Olympics draws to a close, the BBC rounds up some of the most stunning photos captured from the Games – and reveals their similarities to historic works of art. The ancient Olympic Games were already a quarter of a millennium old when, in 530 BC,...

Seven of the Paris Olympics' most striking images – as artworks

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

Jodie Beer is jailed for six years for trying to take cocaine, pills and phones into Parc prison.

Prison officer smuggled drugs in juice cartons

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It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

Police appeal for witnesses after an attack in Underhill Road, in Folkestone.

Man arrested after serious assault on woman

Kerenza Bryson says she is 'gutted' not to win a modern pentathlon medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Bryson 'gutted' to miss out on Olympic medal

“It’s an extraordinary night. It’s everything I wanted, but for it to happen, it’s an excellent feeling. In practice, leading up to the competition, I felt great. So, I believed in myself, and I knew that I had it in me. Just went and released it, no pressure; I was already in the top eight, so I had nothing to lose. I’ve done some things that I didn’t know I was capable of doing. But I believed, and I had faith, so I was in the moment, and I enjoyed it,” Roje Stona.

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There's nothing quite like having a balcony cabin on a cruise ship. But while that semi-private space might seem like yours to do with as you please, Carnival is making sure cruisers know it comes with limitations.

Carnival Issues Ban on Balcony Activity Popular with Another Cruise Line

Aberdeen: Mitov, Devlin, Molloy, Rubezic, MacKenzie, McGrath, Heltne Nilsen, Shinnie, Morris, Gueye, Sokler.Substitutes: Doohan, Jensen, Miovski, McGarry, Besuijen, Milne, Duncan, Boyd, Ambrose.St Mirren: Balcombe, Fraser, Gogic, Iacovitti, Rooney, Adeniran, Boyd-Munce, Idowu, Tanser, Olusanya, Scott.Substitutes: Urminsky, Bwomono, Kenny, R Taylor, Brown, F Taylor, Smyth, Ayunga, Mandron.

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An Adama Sidibeh double helped St Johnstone coast past 10-man Kilmarnock at Rugby Park to pick up their first win of the new Premiership season.Sidibeh's strikes sandwiched Joe Wright's red card, as the defender was sent off after two yellows in the opening 16 minutes.It got worse for Kilmarnock in the second-half when they were denied a penalty before conceding one two minutes later, with Benjamin Kimpioka converting.What did you think of the match? Was it the best St Johnstone performance of the season?How impressed are you by Adama Sidibeh and Benjamin Kimpioka?Let us know your thoughts on the game here.

Kilmarnock 0-3 St Johnstone: Have your say

He gave officers a false name and address, but later admitted having drugs and money in his vehicle.

Drug dealer jailed after being caught in park

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Full schedule of Australia’s hopes on the 15th day at Paris 2024 including athletics, diving, water polo, kayak and golf

Olympic Games: Australians in action on day 15 in Paris

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe won Great Britain's first ever Olympic medal in artistic swimming - performing an exquisite free routine to take silver in the duet. The childhood friends, whose mothers also used to compete as a pair in the sport, performed to a theme of Rising Phoenix to score 294.5085 - for a combined total of 558.5367.

Shortman and Thorpe win historic artistic swimming medal

A tribunal determines Dr Marc Whitehouse's fitness to practise to be impaired.

False prescriptions doctor's licence suspended

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It's the first time since 1996 that the host country will play for a gold medal in men's basketball

2024 Paris Olympics: Victor Wembanyama lifts France to gold-medal match after thrilling win over Germany

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Sportscasting.com has collected and analyzed the Instagram data on Brazil women’s gymnast Rebeca Andrade and her follower growth during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Rebeca Andrade has gained over 8,225,956 (+299.87%) Instagram followers since the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Since July 11, Rebeca Andrade’s Instagram following has...

Rebeca Andrade Has Gained 8.2 Million Followers (+299%) During 2024 Paris Olympics

When Team GB's Kyle Kothari reflects back on the journey to his first ever Olympic Games, he feels proud. The 26-year-old is preparing to go for glory in the men's 10m platform dive, the same event in which Tom Daley won bronze in Tokyo. But, in many ways, being in...

Diving for Olympic glory after career-threatening injury

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GB end Paris 2024 with 65 medals to top Tokyo total

Emily Campbell and Emma Finucane win two bronze medals for Team GB on the final day of Olympic action in...

GB end Paris 2024 with 65 medals to top Tokyo total

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