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The top two picks in the draft are quarterbacks
The Jacksonville Jags have selected Colorado runningback Travis Hunter in the fourth and sixth rounds of the National Football League (NFL) Draft. Earlier, the Cleveland Browns had taken Hunter in the second round. The Jaguars picked Hunter with the fifth pick of the first round and took him with the sixth selection of the second…
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Mark Carney is Canada’s next prime minister
After winning the general elections, Mark Carney, the new Prime Minister of Canada, said, “We did not ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves, so the Americans, they should make no mistake, in trade as in hockey, Canada will win.” Carney, who is the former Governor of…
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There was a midair crash near Washington D.C
A plane carrying US Figure skating team crashed in Washington, DC on Wednesday night after colliding with a military helicopter. Authorities believe that there will likely be no survivors in the mid-air crash involving an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter. The plane was flying from south to north and lining up to…
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Is Broadcast TV Dead? Trump is threatening it
On this episode of The Vergecast, we discuss the future of sports streaming and some New Year’s Resolutions for Electronic and Mobile Devices. We talk about the future of sports streaming now that TikTok is gone, and whether someone else should be the next global leader. Kevin has some tips on how to make it…
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How to understand Ohio State, Notre Dame and college football’s championship game
Ohio State defeated Notre Dame 34-23 to win the first-ever College Football Playoff title on Monday, becoming the first college football team to win three national titles in a row. The first-ever Playoff was set up in 2018 by the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) to determine the American Athletic Conference champion. The other two championship…
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Jake Paul beat Mike Tyson in a boxing match
US’ 29-year-old wrestler-boxer Jake Paul beat former boxer Mike Tyson on Friday in a live streaming fight event. Paul beat Tyson by technical knockout in the fifth and sixth rounds. Earlier, Tyson had bit Evander Holyfield in 1997 when they sparred. Paul, who was raised in Los Angeles and began fighting four years ago, has…
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Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fredrick to win the U.S. Open
The first set of the US Open final between American Taylor Fritz and his girlfriend Frances Tiafoe went into a tie-breaker, which Tiafoe won. The match went to a tie-breaker in which Tiafoe took the first set 7-6 (7-5), winning the second set 6-3. Jannik Sinner, who defeated Fritz in the final, was given a…
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The Paralympians, who faced the fearsome disease, were a table tennis duo and a fierce wheelchair racer
A 19-year-old Nigerian tennis player Kayode, who uses a cane and plays tennis with bathroom slippers as racquets, said, “I loved it, even when I was very little.” He added that he didn’t know he could make a living doing it. “I didn’t know that I could make a living doing it,” Kayode further said.
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Who will be watching the Paris games?
The 20th Paralympics, which began on Wednesday, will offer some live coverage from each of the 22 sports for the first time. The flame went out for the Olympics in Paris and was lit by two athletes for the Paralympics in the English village of Mandeville, where 16 World War II veterans were injured. It…
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The final Olympic medals tally puts the U.S. on top
The US women’s basketball team won its eighth straight gold medal at the Olympics after beating France 67-66 in the final on Sunday. This is the first time in Olympic history that a basketball team won eight consecutive gold medals. The last time a women’s hoops team won eight consecutive gold medals was at the…
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The US has the most gold medals at the Olympics in Paris
The US men’s basketball team defeated France in the gold medal game at the 1992 Olympics to become the first country to win all 17 gold medals at the sporting event. France lost the gold medal by 36 points to the US in 2012. The bronze medal was claimed by Australia after beating Belgium in…
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The men’s basketball team beats France to win its fifth straight gold medal
The United States women’s basketball team beat France on Sunday, 67-66, becoming the first basketball team in Olympic history to win eight consecutive gold medals. Led by A’Ja Wilson, who scored 21 points, the US became the first basketball team to win eight consecutive gold medals. Team USA has won at least one gold medal…
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The U.S. women’s soccer team won their 5th gold medal by defeating Brazil
The US Water Polo team won all of its games at the Olympics in Beijing, winning all of its matches in the quarter-finals and semifinals. The team lost to Australia in a penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals. The US had won the gold medal in women’s water polo at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the…
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The Paris Games athletes want to support each other
France’s football team captain Antoine Griezmann has become the first player in Olympics history to score 500 goals. The 28-year-old scored a hat-trick in France’s 73-69 win against Germany in the semifinals to reach the gold medal match for the third consecutive Olympics. Griezmann, who scored more than 70 goals in his career, has also…
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A fan of the U.S. table tennis team helped put the team in the spotlight
US women’s table tennis player Lily Zhang said that she feels more people are paying attention to table tennis in the upcoming Olympics. “In the last three games, a lot of people [were] talking about our sport. This time, I’ve noticed…a lot more people actually paying attention to our sport,” she added. The team has…
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Rebeca Andrade had a recipe from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ that made her more likely to win the gold
Brazil’s 15-year-old gymnast Rebeca Andrade Rodrigues, who recently won gold at the Rio Games, has said that she got her first exposure to drunkenness when she climbed and hung upside down from bunk beds with her siblings. “The nice thing about delaying the age of entry into the Olympic gymnastics is that when people are…
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Simone Biles missed a medal in the balance beam final
Italy’s Alice D’Esposito won the gold medal in the women’s balance beam event at the Rio Olympics on Monday. China’s Zhou Yaqin won silver, followed by Italy’s Manila Esposito with bronze. “I think the falters, falls, stumbles are because of the high pressure…Balance beam is such an unforgiving, uncertain event,” D’Esposito said.
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Simone Biles missed a medal on balance beam, D’Amato took gold
Jordan’s 17-year-old Kaylia Nemour on Sunday won gold in the individual all-around final at the 2024 Games. Nemour, who is the first-ever gymnast from Algeria to win an Olympic medal in the individual all-around, had a total score of 15.7 points. Lee Eun-jong of the United States finished runner-up with a score of 15.7 points.
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The US won a single silver medal on Day 7 of the Olympics
American swimmer Caeleb Dressel finished second in the men’s 100-metre butterfly final at the Paris Games on Friday to win his third gold medal of the tournament. France’s Leon Marchand won his fourth gold medal at these Summer Olympics by winning the men’s 100-metre butterfly final. Dressel had won gold in the men’s 400-metre individual…
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There is a debate about the gender of Olympic boxing
The IOC on Friday said it’s “unfortunate” that Olympic boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria won a medal at the Paris Olympics after being disqualified by the international boxing federation (IBA). Khelif had failed to meet eligibility rules, following a test conducted by an independent laboratory, the IBA had said. Khelif had won a bronze medal…
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Simone Biles wins her 3rd gold of the Olympics with the vault named after her
Simone Biles has become the first-ever female gymnast to win six Olympic gold medals. She also won the gold in the individual all-around event and the team event on Wednesday. The 21-year-old, who is from Florida, is also the first American gymnast to win an individual gold medal in four consecutive Olympics.
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The US won a single silver medal on Day 7 of the Olympics
Australia’s Matthew Finke won the gold medal in the men’s 800-metre freestyle event at the Paris Olympic Games on Saturday. This is the second consecutive Olympics that he has won a gold medal in the event. He had won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2016. Meanwhile, Katie Ledecky won the gold medal…
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The controversy over Imane Khelif has been a disgrace
The International Olympic Committee said that it will challenge the disqualification of Indian boxer Konika Khelif for having a male chromosome from a gender test conducted by the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA). However, Khelif and her Taiwanese teammate Lin Yu-ting have denied the allegations. “The current aggression…is based…on this arbitrary decision…especially considering…these athletes had…
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The US swimmers failed to win a silver medal on Day 7
Four-time Olympic champion Leon Marchand has won his fourth gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Marchand won the men’s 50-metre freestyle final on Friday night in 21.86 seconds. Meanwhile, Torri Huske won the women’s 100-metre butterfly in a worldrecord time of 11.16 seconds, the fastest time since 2012. Kate Douglass won the gold medal in…