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In a twist almost no one saw coming, France was this close to upsetting Team USA women’s basketball in the gold medal game on Sunday. In fact, both teams’ woeful shooting performances opened the door for the French, making the Americans really uncomfortable down the stretch. If not for Kahleah Copper’s heroics, we might have been talking about France’s first gold medal ever instead of a nail-biting 67-66 USA win.

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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

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	Team USA gymnast Jordan Chiles is no longer a bronze medal winner. Team USA Women's Basketball Ekes Out Win Over France, 67-66, Takes Gold Medal




	The sport’s highest court voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles’ coach that vaulted Chiles to third, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Sunday. As a result, Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise. 




	The IOC announced early Sunday it was reallocating the bronze from last Monday’s women’s floor final to Romanian Ana Barbosu.  




	The decision came after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided a scoring appeal made by...

US Gymnast Jordan Chiles Must Return Olympics Floor Exercise Bronze Medal

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Jordan Chiles won bronze on floor exercise, but an appeal by Romania changed all that.

Why this American gymnast is losing her bronze medal

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Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

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

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The Sporting News live tracked results and highlights from the 2024 Olympic women's volleyball gold medal match between the USA and Italy.

USA vs. Italy volleyball results: Italy sweeps Team USA in dominating fashion for first Olympic gold medal

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Team USA fans are breathing a huge sigh of relief after the U.S. women's basketball team downed France 67-66 in an exceptionally competitive gold medal game. And those fans include not just President Barack Obama, but current and future WNBA players, who were thrilled (and probably more than a little relieved) to see their teammates and friends take home gold.

Paris Olympics: Angel Reese, Barack Obama, and more react to USA women winning gold vs. France: 'A WIN IS A WIN'

Nigerian police are investigating the death of a Nigerian transgender TikToker known as “Abuja Area Mama”. The beaten and bruised body of 33-year-old transgender woman was found along a highway in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday, local media report. Abuja Area Mama had a loyal fan base on...

Nigerian transgender TikToker found dead

48 young people were killed at the Stardust nightclub in Artane on Valentine’s Day, 1981.

Families of Stardust victims to get compensation

Bryony Page said it was "an honour" to be one of Team GB's flagbearers for tonight's ceremony.

Trampoline star's role in Olympics closing ceremony

This year's festival in Scarborough is no longer going ahead, organisers have announced.

Music festival cancelled due to low ticket sales

A man is jailed for repeatedly biting a 19-year-old's face on a bus.

Teen left with scarring after man bit her on face

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

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 American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise after sport's highest court said her score was judged improperly, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Sunday.The IOC announced early Sunday it was reallocating the bronze from Monday's women's floor final to Romanian Ana Barbosu after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said Saturday night it would respect the court's decision and elevate Barbosu to third. The decision came less than 24 hours after the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided a scoring appeal made by Team USA coach Cecile Landi during the competition...

American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return bronze medal after court mandates score change, IOC says

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PARIS (AP) — Monica De Gennaro of Italy made three previous trips to the Olympics only to leave empty-handed each time. Finally, at age 37, she’s going home with the gold. Italy beat the defending champion U.S. team Sunday to win gold in women’s volleyball at the Paris Olympics.

Italy beats defending champion US for gold in women’s volleyball at Paris Olympics

Susan Wojcicki, the former boss of YouTube and one of Google's earliest employees, has died aged 56. Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai announced that Ms Wojcicki had passed away after two years of living with lung cancer. Mr Pichai, who is also the boss of Google's parent company Alphabet, said...

YouTube's former chief Susan Wojcicki dies aged 56

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Toyosi Oluyanusi scored St Mirren's equaliser and his pace was a persistent threat at Pittodrie.

Aberdeen 3-1 St Mirren: Who impressed?

Kilmarnock 0-3 St Johnstone | Watch Craig Levein's post-match thoughts.

'We played really well for long spells' - Levein

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

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USA top medal table after winning thrilling last gold

The United States snatch top spot in the 2024 Olympic medal table as their women's basketball team beat hosts France to win the final gold on...

USA top medal table after winning thrilling last gold

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