The Paris 2024 Olympics began with a groundbreaking – and rain-soaked – opening ceremony, the first to be staged outside a stadium. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at a selection of standout images from the floating parade down the River Seine and the finale at the Trocadero. Great Britain flag bearers Tom...
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Team GB at Paris Olympics: British athletes to watch at 2024 Games
Jack Laugher: Men’s synchro 3m springboardLaugher and 3m synchro partner Chris Mears became Britain’s first ever diving Olympic champions by claiming a historic gold at Rio 2016. The Yorkshire-born athlete continued his success in Brazil by claiming a silver medal in the 3m springboard as Team GB’s divers recorded their best Games with three medals. ...
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Oleksandr Usyk quotes Winston Churchill as he thanks Britain for Ukraine support
Ukraine’s world champion Oleksandr Usyk quoted Sir Winston Churchill as he thanked Great Britain for its continued support during his country’s war with Russia. Usyk, 37, who defeated Britain’s Tyson Fury in May to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in nearly 25 years, was speaking at an event in London to mark the...
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The ten terrific Team GB stars hoping to strike gold at the Paris Olympics – from a swimmer dating Gordon Ramsay’s daughter to the skateboarder who became Britain’s youngest ever medal winner
With the Paris Olympics starting tomorrow, expectations are high for Team GB to bring home a host of medals in a variety of events, from swimming to gymnastics. Indeed, sports data boffins Gracenote have published their final predictions for the Olympics and have forecast Great Britain will finish fourth in the medal table on 63,...
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William Fox-Pitt predicts GB eventers have the class to deliver Paris gold
William Fox-Pitt believes that Great Britain’s eventers are “sitting pretty” ahead of their Olympic team title defence in Paris. Five-time Olympian Fox-Pitt won medals at Athens, Beijing and London during a stellar career that saw him triumph in a record 14 elite five-star events, including Burghley six times and Badminton twice. He also collected 17...
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Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics and provisionally suspended
British Olympian Charlotte Dujardin has been provisionally suspended by equestrian’s governing body with immediate effect. Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making “an error of judgement”, in her words, during a coaching session. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic dressage champion, had decided to pull out of all...
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The rise and fall of Charlotte Dujardin
Charlotte Dujardin was the golden girl of British equestrian who went from sporting unknown to Olympic champion in barely a year. But six medals and three Olympics into her remarkable journey, Dujardin’s world has fallen apart. Her withdrawal from the Paris Olympics has come barely a week before she was due to compete after a...
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Charlotte Dujardin banned from Olympics after video of her ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’
Authorities declined to comment on the detail of the video involved, but, in an interview with The Telegraph, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Stephan Wensing, said Dujardin’s actions were “really harsh”. “My client used to be a sponsor, and she was in the UK, and she sponsored a lesson for Charlotte to a student,” he explained....
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Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics after video emerges of “error of judgment”
Charlotte Dujardin has withdrawn from the Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making “an error of judgement” during a coaching session. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion, has decided to pull out of all competition while the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) investigates the incident. The video shows Dujardin repeatedly hitting...
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Stats boffins predict how many medals Team GB will win at Paris Olympics – so, who is tipped to join Adam Peaty and Keely Hodgkinson in bagging a gold?
The Paris 2024 Olympics starts this week, with the opening ceremony on Friday Team GB have high hopes and are targeting a haul of between 50 and 70 medals Stats boffins Gracenote have produced a virtual medal table for Paris 2024 By David Coverdale Published: 10:04 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 10:04 BST, 23...
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Sir Steve Redgrave backing GB to top rowing medal table in Paris after Tokyo low
Sir Steve Redgrave expects Team GB to top rowing’s medal table at the Olympic Games in Paris. The five-time Olympic rowing champion believes Great Britain will banish the disappointment of Tokyo three years ago when there was no rowing gold for the first time since 1980. Team GB claimed one silver and one bronze to...
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Andy Murray confirms he will retire from tennis after Paris Olympics
Andy Murray has confirmed he will retire after the Olympics, saying Paris 2024 will be his “last ever tennis tournament”. It had been widely expected that the 37-year-old Scot would call time on his career after the Games as he looked to go out at the top. Murray was recently robbed of a Wimbledon farewell...