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The heavy rainfall in Paris is not only wrecking scheduling and travel; it also made the cycling portion of Wednesday’s women’s triathlon more reminiscent of a demolition derby.

As transgender fighters Imane Khelif (Algeria) and Lin Yu-Ting (Taiwan) prepare to enter the ring against female fighters later this week, one of Khelif’s former opponents is sounding the alarm over the dangers the men pose.

WNBA and Olympian Diana Taurasi and Team USA Women’s Coach Cheryl Reeve used the Olympics to push Kamala Harris for president.

An Australian swimmer who has won gold and silver thus far is slamming the “ridiculous,” woke, eco-friendly Olympic village schemes as not conducive to high-performance athletics, and it may have cost her a record finish.

Two people injured at a seaside machete battle were among those arrested over the disorder on Tuesday night at an English seaside town.

Before Monday, Olga Kharlan was primarily known as the Ukrainian fencer who refused to shake her Russian opponent’s hand. Now, she’s the Ukrainian fencer who refused to shake her Russian opponent’s hand and the winner of Ukraine’s first 2024 Olympic medal.

Since the new Labour Party government came into power earlier this month, over 3,000 illegal boat migrants have crossed the English Channel.

Newly British interior minister accused of double standards after responding with fury to a riot following a mass stabbing of young children.

Riots broke out in the English seaside town of Southport after the gruesome mass stabbing left three young girls dead and 10 wounded.

A French DJ and LGBTQ activist is taking legal action over online abuse regarding her role in the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony’s “Last Supper” display. Barbara Butch’s attorney, Audrey Msellati, wrote in a statement posted to Butch’s Instagram that

Four restaurants in Ohio have announced they will not televise the Olympics to their patrons after the “insulting” displays during the opening ceremonies in Paris on Friday.

A school bus parked in a Jewish neighborhood in Toronto was firebombed on Monday, while anti-Israel graffiti messages like “Free Palestine” were painted on a kosher grocery store and Jewish community center.

Olympic organizers were forced to order 4,000 pounds of meat and eggs quickly after athletes decried the fake meat and non-dairy options.

International Olympics Committee (IOC) spokesman Mark Adams declared that the Commission “fully supports” two fighters with male chromosomes who are set to compete this week against females.

Nearly half of Americans say the United States does not have a responsibility to help Ukraine, according to a poll released Monday.

Concern for public safety and raw emotion runs high after a mass stabbing of young children in the United Kingdom.

U.S. Tennis Olympian Coco Gauff was in tears Monday while arguing a call with the chair umpire before her loss to Croatia’s Donna Vekić.

A Chinese state outlet mocked French culture for its “sense of relaxation” on Monday, blaming it for errors at the Paris Olympics.

U.S. men’s gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik triumphantly won a bronze medal in pommel horse Monday, bringing the USA its first team medal in the sport since 2008.

Row upon row of empty seats at the Paris Olympic Games has reportedly sent organizers into a panic, prompting them to offer tourists tickets at fire-sale prices.

11 children and two adults were stabbed at a mother and baby support centre dance party, three children fatally.

The leftist-populist Slovak government announced it will not attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics over the “insult” to Christianity.

Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for directing a terrorist group, days after he was convicted in Woolwich Crown Court.

Dismal electric car sales have reportedly forced German car parts giant ZF Friedrichshafen AG to cut jobs. The layoffs are in response to “the changes in the mobility sector, particularly in the field of electromobility.”

A third child has died after a stabbing at a Taylor Swift-theme party, allegedly by a knifeman from a family of Rwandan refugees.

The ban on children being prescribed puberty blockers was upheld as lawful on Monday, rejecting challenges from a pro-trans group.

Daily water tests measure levels of fecal bacteria known as E. coli. Efforts to make the river suitable for swimming cost €1.4 billion.

Too hard and too costly. That sums up the reason Air New Zealand has abandoned a goal to cut its carbon emissions by 2030, blaming a range of difficulties Tuesday for the decision.

The new Labour Party government is set to slash winter energy benefits for around 10 million pensioners while preparing massive tax hikes to fund soaring spending

Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal won a bronze medal in the street skateboarding event n Sunday, and iquoted the Bible after her big win.

Three war vessels from Russia’s Baltic Fleet arrived in Havana, Cuba, this weekend for a four-day “work visit” to the communist nation that will reportedly conclude on Tuesday.

ESPN’s Pat McAfee has added his voice to those condemning the organizers of the Olympics for the satanic and blasphemous opening ceremony program produced by an activist French artist.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday he will put the finishing touches on an “action plan for peace” by the end of November. He added that he cannot discuss a ceasefire while Russian forces occupy Ukrainian territory.

Two boxers — Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan — have reportedly been cleared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to fight in the 2024 Paris Olympics despite their previous disqualification from the International Boxing Association’s Women’s World Boxing Championships in March of 2023 after DNA tests were ordered amid concerns over their sex.

Two children have died and 11 people injured in a mass stabbing at a children’s Taylor Swift-themed children’s party in Liverpool on Monday. 

Eurosport’s Bob Ballard is apologizing for a “sexist” comment that ultimately led to his removal from network coverage of the Olympic Games.