Basket Pour Toutes: Fighting against France’s sports and Olympics hijab ban | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Basket Pour Toutes: Fighting against France’s sports and Olympics hijab ban | Paris Olympics 2024 News

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Paris, France – Diaba Konate was a rising star in French basketball. Called up by the French Federation of Basketball (FFBB) at 17, she went on to play in the national youth teams in three major tournaments, reaching the finals of the U18 European Championship and the Youth Olympic Games in…

Disgraced Olympic swimmer Sun Yang eyes competitive return as drug ban ends | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Disgraced Olympic swimmer Sun Yang eyes competitive return as drug ban ends | Paris Olympics 2024 News

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Sun’s ban ends too late for him to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics but he says he will restart his swimming career. Disgraced three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang hopes to return to competitive swimming “as soon as possible” after his more than four-year ban for a doping violation ended….

Japan’s famous brother-and-sister act eye more Olympic judo gold | Paris Olympics 2024

Japan’s famous brother-and-sister act eye more Olympic judo gold | Paris Olympics 2024

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Three years after the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s Hifumi Abe and his sister Uta want to go for gold again in Paris 2024 Olympics. Japan’s brother-and-sister Olympic judo champions Hifumi and Uta Abe say they are spurring each other in their bid to defend their titles at this year’s Paris Games….

One of the biggest hurdles for athletes on the Olympic path: Money | Paris Olympics 2024

One of the biggest hurdles for athletes on the Olympic path: Money | Paris Olympics 2024

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Ashley Uhl-Leavitt landed an opportunity most athletes can only dream of – a chance to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games. While this Florida-based marathon runner has run in some of the most iconic races in the world like the New York City Marathon, this is her first time to…