PARIS (AP) — After getting off to a rocky start last year, Olympics 2024 organizers said the Paris Games have broken the record for the most number of tickets sold or allocated in the event’s history. And yet, tickets are still available. Organizers say 9.7 million tickets were sold or allocated for this year’s Olympic […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Subway Series turned into two teams passing in different directions. After the Mets completed a four-game sweep with a 12-3 rout in the Bronx on Wednesday night, Yankees manager Aaron Boone sounded his most frustrated in two years. “We’re getting our teeth kicked in,” he said during a question-and-answer session
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Javier Milei arrived Thursday in Paris, his office said, where he is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron after tensions escalated between their countries over the Argentine soccer team’s derogatory post-match chants about French players. A short clip captured during Argentina’s Copa America victory celebrations in Miami
The head of Argentina’s soccer federation said the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco on Wednesday “makes no sense,” and Argentina’s coach called the scene “a scandal.” The opening match of the men’s soccer tournament was suspended for nearly two hours during added time after Morocco fans invaded the field and threw
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley has a small hang-up with “Hard Knocks” and its airing of his phone call to say goodbye to the New York Giants. The Philadelphia Eagles running back said he had no clue his side of the conversation with Giants management in the midst of free agency would be recorded and
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Freshman quarterback DJ Lagway grabbed a controller, settled comfortably into a leather stool and immediately started to adjust Florida’s roster. There was only one move to make, really: Lagway benched Graham Mertz and inserted himself into the starting lineup for a quick game of EA
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — An Australian swimming coach came under fire from his own team on Thursday after saying was pulling for a South Korean athlete to beat his country’s medal contenders at the Olympics. Head coach Rohan Taylor called the comments by Michael Palfrey “un-Australian” and said he might
The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is set for Friday.
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PARIS (AP) — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could meet his longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament. Djokovic was drawn Thursday against Australian Matthew Ebden and Nadal faces Hungaraian Marton Fucsovics, with the winners of those matches meeting in Round 2. The 38-year-old Nadal won a record 14 of