Convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde made his Olympic beach volleyball debut to a mixed reaction in Paris, with audible boos. Van de Velde was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after admitting three counts of rape against a 12-year-old British girl. He and volleyball partner Matthew...

Convicted rapist Van de Velde booed on Olympic debut

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Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik’s girlfriend adorably celebrated the athlete’s historic pommel horse routine at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“History = Made,” Tess McCracken wrote via Instagram Monday alongside a snap of the USA gymnast clinching his bronze medal. 

“The most insane, magical day watching you close it out to bring home the first team medal for USA in sixteen years🇺🇸 Words can’t capture how proud I am of you❤️.” 







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McCracken also shared celebratory photos of Nedoroscik, 25, being hoisted by his teammates — Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Brody Malone and Fred Richard...

Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik’s girlfriend celebrates pommel horse hero’s historic bronze medal win

Jack McMillan, from Northern Ireland, will receive an Olympic gold medal after Great Britain retained their Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay title.

Jack McMillan helps Team GB to relay gold

Duncan Scott anchored Great Britain’s 4x200m freestyle relay team to gold to draw level with Sir Chris Hoy on seven Olympic medals - the record for a Scottish athlete.Scott now has two gold and five silver medals in his collection after banishing the disappointment of Monday night’s fourth place in the individual event. Team GB - defending their title from Tokyo three years ago - led from the start and Scott finished off with a powerful final leg.It is Britain’s first gold medal in the pool at the Paris Games.

Relay gold draws Scott level with Hoy

Team GB's Kirsty Gilmour exited the Paris Olympics as she lost her second badminton group match to China's He Bingjiao. Gilmour, 30, was representing Team GB in her third Olympic Games and has never reached the knockout stage. The Scot pushed Bingjiao close in the opening game, losing 24-22, but was swept aside 21-8 in the second by the world number eight.Bingjiao has topped the round-robin group stage, which means she progresses.

Gilmour's Olympics over after loss to Bingjiao

Ireland’s men face a must win game against Argentina on Thursday if they are to keep alive their hopes of reaching the Olympic hockey quarter-finals.A third straight defeat, 2-0, to India, coupled with Argentina’s 2-0 win over New Zealand has left Ireland and New Zealand with no points after three games and lying outside of the four qualifying places in Pool B.Two first half goals from Harmanpreet Singh, who converted an early penalty stroke after a foul by Shane O’Donoghue and then a late penalty corner, were enough in a game that Ireland contributed much to but couldn’t score.Meanwhile Team GB, captained by Cookstown’s David Ames, held the world number one side, Netherlands, to a 2-2 draw.GB are third in Pool A with five points from three games, two behind the Dutch and a win against bottom side France on Thursday would secure a place in the knockout stages.

Ireland on verge of elimination after third straight defeat

The 38-year-old is in hospital after being knocked unconscious outside The Deck.

Man suffers head injury outside nightclub

Lancashire batter Tom Bruce returns to New Zealand for the birth of his second child.

Batter Bruce leaves Lancashire for birth of child

An inquest into the deaths of Carol Hunt and her daughters Hannah and Louise opens in Hatfield.

Daughter texted for help before crossbow deaths

Police say two rival gangs co-ordinated to kill the rapper as he celebrated his 26th birthday in June.

Three arrested for murder of Florida rapper Julio Foolio

Eight buildings once used to generate power at a nuclear plant are due to be demolished. Sellafield has been given permission by Cumberland Council to knock down the Calder Hall Blower Houses at its Seascale site. They consist of two sets of four identical buildings built in the 1950s, that...

Nuclear plant's buildings to be demolished

PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are underway. The United States led the medal standings after the second day of competition, but more winners will join the list every day from July 27-Aug. 11. See which countries lead the medal count and the highlights in today’s schedule. Below is a list of all the medal winners, day by day.

A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners

Matt Richards has failed to reach the 100m freestyle final at the Paris Olympics, but went on to help the 200m freestyle relay team retain their title.He finished sixth in his semi-final in 48.09 - 12th fastest overall. Only the quickest eight make tomorrow’s final.The setback came 24 hours after Welshman Richards won silver in the 200m freestyle final.However, Richards won gold later in the day with fellow Welshman Keiran Bird, who had helped GB qualify for the final, also took home gold.

Gold for Richards after 100m freestyle blow

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As the Paris 2024 Olympics are going on, the gymnasts of Team USA are preparing for their turn to shine

Team USA’s medal hopes in gymnastics at Paris 2024

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Wendy's birthday was spent away from her loved ones. Virginia Wendy Williams fans, the latest update is not encouraging. The former talk show host turned 60 on July 18 without any of her loved ones around. According to Yahoo, family members remain "out of bounds" and have no access to Wendy as she battles dementia and progressive aphasia.

The family of talk show diva Wendy Williams were unable to celebrate her 60th birthday by her side

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As the world's greatest athletes compete for both individual glory and national pride at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, spectators at home will also wonder which country will have the honor of raking in the most medals. The U.S., Japan and China and the host country, France, were leading the...

Here are the latest medal results from the 2024 Paris Olympics

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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The U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team ending a 16-year Olympic medal drought headlined Day Three of the 2024 Paris Games on Monday.

2024 Olympics Day 3 Results: USA Men's Gymnastics Team Ends Medal Drought

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NATHAN HALES has won Team GB’s third gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics, triumphing in the men’s trap shooting final. The 28-year-old set a new Games record as he beat off stiff competition from China’s Qi Ying to win gold. The previous record was 43/50, set by Czech star David Kostelecky in Tokyo. Dad-of-two […]

Team GB win third gold medal of Paris 2024 as Nathan Hales sets new Olympic record to triumph in trap shooting final

An Algerian judoka has been disqualified after failing the weigh-in before facing an Israeli opponent at the Olympic Games. Messaoud Redouane Dris, 22, had been scheduled to face Tohar Butbul in the -73kg category on Monday. However, Dris weighed in above the 73kg limit ahead of the contest and was...

Algerian judoka disqualified before facing Israeli

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GOLD MEDAL - Wiffen makes history in Paris

Daniel Wiffen has made history by becoming the fist athlete from Northern Ireland to win an Olympic gold medal since...

GOLD MEDAL - Wiffen makes history in Paris

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