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October 23, 2024
Carl-Peter Forster's Red Bandit from Germany won the 45th Rolex Middle Sea Race on Wednesday, becoming the third German boat to win this prestigious offshore challenge. Red Bandit followed in the footsteps Saudade and Morning Glory, who won the race in 1983 and 2006 respectively.
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October 22, 2024
Scallywag 100, owned by Hong Kong businessman Lee Seng Huang, crossed the finish of the Rolex Middle Sea Race 2024 on Tuesday. It was the first monohull to complete this challenging course. The supermaxi completed the 606 nautical-mile offshore race that starts and ends in Valletta…
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August 9, 2024
Jacob Schopf, a German who missed out on the gold medal in Tokyo by just a fraction of second, finally won the double 500m men's race on Friday with Max Lemke. The two were recently paired up and proved to be a perfect match. Their strong strokes…
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October 17, 2024
In the middle of the America's Cup armada, a half dozen futuristic-looking craft are quietly zipping above the waves. The sleek foiling machine, designed by New Zealand's America's Cup Team, looks more like a large sports car than a boat. It…
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August 11, 2024
After a successful Games in France that helped revive the Olympic brand, Paris has handed the baton over to Los Angeles. In a nail-biting women's basketball match against France, the United States won the final gold medal of the Games and moved ahead of China on the medal table.
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August 11, 2024
In a thrilling women's basketball match against France, the United States won the final gold medal of the Games and pushed them to the top of the medal table ahead of China. After a successful Games in France that helped revive the Olympic brand…
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August 11, 2024
Sifan Hassan took the gold medal in the women's race, achieving an Olympic record of 2 hours, 22 mins and 55 secs. It was her first medal on the final day of the Olympics in 2024, when more than a dozen were up for grabs. After a successful Games in France that helped revive the Olympic brand…
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August 10, 2024
The United States won a gold medal in basketball and a silver in table tennis, while China took home a number of golds in diving, weightlifting, and table tennis. The top two medal tables are still in play for the dominant sports nations on the final day of the Games. U.S.
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August 10, 2024
The penultimate Olympic day begins with the marathon, and concludes with an evening packed with athletics. There are also finals for volleyball, basketball and soccer, as well as table tennis. Imane Khelif, the first woman from Algeria to win a gold medal in boxing…
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August 9, 2024
In the women's middleweight boxing, an Algerian at the center of a gender equality dispute was cheered on by a crowd. The U.S. edged ahead of China on the medal table and made its Olympic debut. France suffered a heartbreaking loss in the final men's soccer match.
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August 9, 2024
China won the Olympic table tennis team title for men on Friday. France was hoping for gold and Algerian boxer Imane Khhelif was preparing to compete for gold. There are 35 gold medals to be won on Friday, including in the sports of athletics, boxing and cycling track.
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August 9, 2024
On Friday, the men's marathon swimming took place in the Seine under a blue sky, without Sweden's Victor Johansson who withdrawn over concerns regarding the water quality. In the evening, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif competes for gold. Gold medals…
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August 8, 2024
Lisa Carrington, from New Zealand, led the women's four-person kayak crew to victory at the Vaires sur Marne Nautical stadium on Thursday. She now has six Olympic golds to her name and one bronze. Germany was second, and Hungary came third, but the Kiwis were the winners…
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August 6, 2024
PARIS, August 6-8 - New Zealand’s five-time Olympic champion Lisa Carrington won the first race but Denmark's Emma Jorgensen (world champion) and Frederikke Mathiesen (world champion) were eliminated as the canoe sprint races got underway at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium Tuesday.
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August 2, 2024
Huang Yaqiong, the Chinese gold medalist in mixed doubles, had just left the podium at the Paris Olympics when Liu Yuchen - the silver medalist from Tokyo for men's duals - got down to one knee. Huang, with her partner Zheng Siwei, defeated…
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August 2, 2024
Imogen Grant, Emily Craig and the British pair in lightweight sculls were able to wash away the agony they felt after missing the podium in Tokyo by a hundredth of a sec on Friday when they took home the gold in dominant style. It was a sweet victory…
