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AMERICAN gymnast Jordan Chiles is on the verge of being STRIPPED of her Olympic bronze five days after the medal ceremony in Paris. Third place will be returned to Ana Barbosu, who broke down in tears after Team USA’s inquiry during the final, after Romania launched an appeal. Chiles inquired about her own 13.666 score after […]

Team USA to be stripped of Olympics gymnastics medal due to protocol breach five days after rival was left in tears

Speedo Fastskin proved once again to be the world’s fastest swimsuit and is the result of four years of innovation. Following the close of the Paris 2024 swimming events, global swim brand Speedo, reflects on 9 days of swimming which saw over half (50.3%) of Olympic swimming medals won in Speedo. Topping the ‘unofficial’ brand podium, Speedo Fastskin 2.0 was worn in the competition’s most exciting performances which included a Speedo medal count of 75 (29 gold, 23 silver, 23 bronze) and Olympic Record performances from multiple Speedo athletes including one World Record from China’s Pan Zhanle in the 100M freestyle.

Speedo Tops Olympic Medal Haul With Over Half Of Swim Medals Won In Speedo

The Wyndham Championship has been a wild weekend — a marathon to finish the regular season of the PGA Tour. Play started Friday, and the cut was not made until Sunday morning. This week was make-or-break for many of the golfers in the field, as plenty were trying to...

PGA Tour: Jordan Spieth among most popular names to miss the cut at Wyndham Championship

The New Zealander is the only person to have claimed the bronze, silver and gold medals in in Olympic Golf competition. It was the silver in 2016, the bronze three years ago in Tokyo and, finally, the cherry on top: a gold medal in Paris. Ko finishedat -10 to claim...

Putting Tips From Olympic Gold Medalist Lydia Ko

The United States snatched top spot in the 2024 Olympic medal table as their women's basketball team earned a thrilling victory over hosts France to win the final gold on offer in Paris. The fearsome US team were in danger of one of the all-time Olympic upsets but won 67-66...

USA top medal table after winning thrilling last gold

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Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson Has Courageously Battled and Conquered Cancer Several Times

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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

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a state of emergency in Northeast Florida and across much of the state as a tropical system appears almost certain to develop. The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that a tropical wave has a 90% chance of developing into at least a tropical depression over the next seven days. Most models show it moving into the Gulf of Mexico and then coming ashore and crossing the state, possibly moving over Northeast Florida.

Tropical system is nearly certain to develop

When Eliezer Mayenda was faced with the onrushing Ethan Horvath on Saturday after being played in by Jobe (himself excellent at the Cardiff City Stadium, much to the probable chagrin of the ‘he’s living off his brother’s name’ brigade), Sunderland fans inside the stadium and watching on TV probably shared similar sentiments…

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The Paris Olympics are over and, as expected, the Games featured plenty of highs and lows, from a sprinter from St. Lucia (pop. 180,000) earning that country's first medal to Canadians caught snooping with a drone.Here are some of the bests — and worsts — from the two-week event:The BestTeam USA basketball continues gold-medal run: LeBron James and A'ja Wilson led their respective squads to Olympic glory yet again in Paris. The women won their eighth straight and the men their fifth consecutive gold medals. If you were born in the year 1996, you have seen the U.S. finish worse than...

'Allez, Leon!' to drone snooping: The best and worst of Paris Olympics

Stephen Curry saved one of the greatest stretches of his historic career for the closing minutes of the gold medal game in his first and only Olympics appearance. Curry iced the win for the United States against France with four straight three-pointers, and his final dagger will survive as one of the most amazing shots of his historic career.

Stephen Curry tortured French announcers with Olympics takeover

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Funding cuts, bureaucracy and societal change are being blamed. Could hosting a Games be the answer?

Germany ponders its Olympic future after disappointing Paris medal tally

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Shame on you, International Olympic Committee.
As announced on Sunday, Jordan Chiles will be stripped over her bronze medal in floor exercise over a mere technicality, thanks to an appeal by Romania.
As we explained on Saturday breaking down this debacle: Chiles’ coaches appealed the judges’ initial scoring of her routine, and when her score put her into third place over Romania’s Ana Barbosu, she won the bronze.
Romania’s argument upon appeal was that Team USA challenged four seconds too late by Federation of Gymnastics rules, which state that inquiries need to be sent in 60 seconds after the scoreboard shows the score.
It...

There’s 1 solution to the shameful way Jordan Chiles was stripped of an Olympic gymnastics medal: Give 2 bronzes

It wasn’t the dominant victory most anticipated, but Team USA still got it done, pulling out a 67-66 win over France to take home the gold medal. The win marks the U.S. women’s basketball team’s 8th consecutive gold medal — and 61st straight Olympic victory — but was a thrilling, back-and-forth affair few could have predicted considering America’s dominance throughout this tournament.

U.S. women beat France to secure Olympic gold — but it wasn’t the game we expected

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The PGA Tour’s regular season is over, and there are three events left to decide the FedEx Cup winner. Up first is the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn. Now that Matt Kuchar has finished the Wyndham Championship, the Top 70 for this first playoff...

PGA Tour: An official look at the final Top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings heading to Memphis

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The 2024 Paris Olympics wrapped up on Sunday. Here is a look at athletes from Georgia who medaled during the two weeks of the Games. Vincent Hancock Sport: Shooting Georgia Connection: From Eatonton Medal won: Hancock won gold in men’s skeet shooting, becoming only the sixth man to win four gold medals in the same […]
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Here are the Georgia athletes who won medals at the Paris Olympics

Off the ball, we looked much better. A decent press, and I think Alan Browne gave us some much-needed leadership and nous, which we missed a lot of last season. For the most part, we defended admirably and rarely looked panicked. This was without our first-choice centre back pairing, and we’ll only get better as the season progresses.

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The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

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Team USA collapses in the women’s golf event, no medal in the 2024 Olympics

Team USA did not end up on the podium for the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Olympics. Rose Zhang, Nelly Korda and Lilia Vu made...

Team USA collapses in the women’s golf event, no medal in the 2024 Olympics

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