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Paris Olympics: PV Sindhu opens campaign with dominant win over Fathimath Abdul Razzaq
The gulf of class between the two players was evident as Sindhu, who is vying for a third Olympic m…
PTI
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The US Olympic committee is suing Logan Paul and KSI's drink brand Prime for using Olympic branding without permission
Logan Paul and KSI's drinks brand unlawfully used terms like "Team USA" and "going for gold," the U…
Grace Dean
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Walkie-talked-inspired tech is the secret weapon behind Olympics security
Security staffers in and around Paris are relying on 4G push-to-talk technology to keep the Olympic…
Chris Stokel-Walker
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Who is CAS that will decide Vinesh Phogat's medal fate in the Paris Olympics?
Vinesh Phogat was recently disqualified from the 2024 Paris Olympics for being 100 grams overweight…
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Walking on Ice, sleeping on grass: How Horn prepped Indian hockey team
This mix of activities was aimed at testing the team's endurance and teamwork. These activities wer…
PTI
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I attended the Olympics as a regular person. Here's what the surprisingly easy and cheap experience was like.
Attending the Summer Olympics was cheap and easy for us. Here's how we got tickets to a football ma…
Agnes Groonwald
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Japan's Olympic teams have a plan to stop voyeuristic creeps
Japan's Olympic athletes will wear new uniforms that block infrared cameras, preventing voyeurs fro…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Many supposedly 'neutral' Russian Olympic athletes have cheered on the invasion of Ukraine, rights group says
A human rights group claims that the majority of Russian "neutral" athletes competing at the Olympi…
Mia Jankowicz
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GOP House candidate JR Majewski drops out after facing backlash for disparaging Special Olympics athletes
JR Majewski used an ableist slur during a podcast appearance first reported on by Business Insider …
Bryan Metzger
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MAGA House candidate JR Majewski's disparagement of Special Olympics athletes is reverberating in the high-stakes Ohio Senate race
GOP Senate candidate Matt Dolan is calling on his opponents, Bernie Moreno and Frank LaRose, to res…
Bryan Metzger
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GOP House candidate JR Majewski refuses to drop out after disparaging Special Olympics athletes: 'I will not be threatened'
As BI first reported, Majewski called Special Olympics athletes "fucking retarded" on a recent podc…
Bryan Metzger
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GOP House candidate JR Majewski uses ableist slur against Democrats: 'It's like being in the Special Olympics'
"It's like being in the Special Olympics," Majewski said of Democrats. "No matter how good you perf…
Bryan Metzger
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Fake AI Tom Cruise is part of a Russian scheme to mess with the Olympics, Microsoft alleges
Russia wants you to hate the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics — and it's enlisted the help of a fake, AI-…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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How a botched lobotomy on a member of the Kennedy family may have led to the creation of the Special Olympics
That was what she had hoped for. Shriver (née Kennedy) had been pushing for acceptance and better t…
James Pasley
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Good luck getting a seat at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The only tickets left are almost $3,000.
The Paris 2024 Olympics is seven months away, but tickets, airfares, and hotel prices are already c…
Lloyd Lee
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Paris is battling an infestation of bloodsucking bedbugs on trains and in movie theaters as the city gets ready to host the 2024 Olympics
Paris, the host city of the 2024 Olympics, has a major bedbug infestation in movie theaters, trains…
Lara O'Reilly
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With crises brewing around the world, the US's diplomatic 'special agents' are sharpening old skills and learning some new ones
US diplomats and the special agents assigned to protect them are confronting new challenges as geop…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Robin Roberts surprised a track star nicknamed 'Lightning' with an invite to the Special Olympics on TV, and both sides cried tears of joy
Lumene "Lightning" Montissol - a 26-year-old Boston native - told Roberts she's "been waiting for t…
Meredith Cash
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More than 300 horses traveled to the Olympics on special flights complete with passports, in-flight meals, and mandatory COVID quarantines
The horses enjoyed the equivalent of business class accommodations, featuring in-flight meals and s…
Meredith Cash
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Dutch gymnasts wore a special tribute to the Tokyo Olympics hosts with Japanese writing on their leotards
Gymnasts from the Netherlands showed gratitude to their hosts in Japan as they competed at women's …