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The kind of bullying and abuse Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has been subjected to makes one thing crystal clear: in the age of social media, misinformation is easiest to amplify when it’s rooted in misogyny, transphobia and racism, and amplified by verified, blue-ticked accounts on X. It has also made it clear that trans-hate will…
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Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP Former President Donald Trump on Saturday (August 17, 2024) again decried two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labelling the female boxers as men. Trump made the comments while speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and pledging to “keep men out of women’s sports,” turning his attention to…
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Imane Khelif won the women’s 66kg final against China’s Yang Liu in a unanimous points decision (File) Paris, France: France has launched a cyberbullying probe following a complaint by Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, who was at the centre of a gender controversy at the Paris Olympic Games, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The investigation…
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New Delhi: Hopes of billion Indians now rests on the shoulders to lawyer Harish Salve who will today represent wrestler Vinesh Phogat in her Paris Olympics disqualification case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Ms Phogat, a top contender in the 50-kg wrestling category, was disqualified from the Paris Olympics due to a…
The closing ceremony will be a much shorter affair and will take place in more traditional fashion (File) Paris: With Tom Cruise widely predicted to engage in a death-defying stunt on the roof of the Stade de France, Sunday’s Paris Olympics closing ceremony promises a memorable passing of the five rings flag to Los Angeles….
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Imane Khelif is an amateur boxer, Paris: Forty-six seconds into her match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif, Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned the bout. She left the ring in tears, but the result also caused a huge uproar on social media, with many accusing authorities of “allowing a man”, referring to Imane, to compete in the…
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The coordinated attacks were staged at 4:00 am (0200 GMT) early Friday. Paris: Seven out of 10 French high-speed trains will run Saturday on three key routes, a day after saboteurs paralysed much of the train network as the Olympic Games started in Paris. No immediate claim of responsibility was made for the coordinated overnight…
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South Korea’s Olympic team. File | Photo Credit: AP South Korea’s Sports Ministry on July 27 expressed regret over a gaffe during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in which South Korean athletes were incorrectly introduced as North Korean. Further, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) apologised for the gaffe, on July 27. “We deeply…
Paris: Paris is decked up to host a grand opening ceremony later today for the 2024 Olympics, but went into a tizzy after the rail network was crippled by “malicious acts”. Here are the top updates on France’s rail network disruption: Trains to and from Paris have been disrupted by what the government called a…