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Eilish McColgan has endured so much pain in the past 12 months she admits just lining up for the 10k final in Paris feels like a victory.

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter A BBC commentator corrected her co-host after he accidentally misgendered an athlete live on air. Team GB long jumper Jazmin Sawyers, who is commentating for the BBC this Olympics after an injury prevented her from taking part in the games, was quick to rectify her colleague Steve Backley’s faux pas after Backley accidentally referred to a shot putter with an incorrect pronoun. Sawyers and Backley, a former Team GB javelin thrower, were commentating the shot put together on Thursday morning local time in the Stade de France when Backley made the misstep.

Four-time Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky and two-time Olympic rower Nick Mead have been named as Team USA flag bearers at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics on Sunday.

The Olympics torch will be passed on Sunday to Los Angeles, which will host the 2028 summer games. But city officials are already deep into planning, and have learned a few things from the Paris events.

When you go to a wedding there’s just a few things you shouldn’t do…Wear white, drink too much, ask the bride for anything… and you DEFINITELY never propose!

Steph Curry went on a romantic dinner with his wife Ayesha Curry after a successful quarter-final at the 2024 Olympic games.

Keen-eyed viewers of the Olympics may have spotted some very cute little robot cars during track and field events. The miniature vehicles have been making an appearance at the likes of the javelin and discus throws.

but just missed the podium, coming in , surprised the crowd by proposing to her boyfriend just after the race. And he said yes! Or, I guess he said “oui!”Rather than a ring, it looks like Finot proposed with a pin, which she had pinned on her shirt behind her name tag.

Simone Biles isn’t backing down.

Pitbull has purchased the naming rights for the FIU Stadium, and renamed the venue as the Pitbull Stadium.Announced last night (August 6), the Florida International University Stadium confirmed details of what could be a decade-long agreement with the Grammy-winning recording artist and entrepreneur, Armando Christian Pérez – better known as Pitbull.Home of the FIU Panthers, the site has now been renamed by the musician as the Pitbull Stadium, and Pérez will pay $1.2million (£1.03m) annually for the next five years to retain the naming rights of the on-campus venue.He will then be given the option in August 2029 to extend the deal for another five years if he wishes to continue the partnership.As part of the deal, Pitbull gets 10 days each year to use the stadium rent-free, and various tickets will be set aside purely for FIU students. Similarly, a brand of vodka he owns will become the preferred brand of the venue and he will be given two suites and 20 VIP parking passes for FIU football home games.He is also being asked to create an “FIU Anthem” to be played at the school’s athletic contests according to AP News.“Yes, we’re going to create history in Pitbull Stadium.

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Grab your gag bucket, because Adam Peaty is blowing the lid off the culinary happenings of the 2024 Paris Olympics. And it’s pretty dire.

Mr. 305 is putting his money where his mouth is.

Scottish athlete Josh Kerr beat his arch rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1500m final at the Paris Olympics....but still missed out on Gold.

MyKayla Skinner is throwing herself at the feet of Simone Biles!

Yet another scandal has rocked the Paris Olympics! Rana Reider, an American sprin

Thania Garcia Florida International University has announced it will rename its football stadium as “Pitbull Stadium,” after entering a five-year deal with the musician. Pitbull will pay $1.2 million per year over the next five years for the naming rights, according to documents viewed by the Washington Post. Pitbull is also slated to record and deliver a song for the school to be played at all FIU sports events.

Alica Schmidt finally got to run in the Olympics last week. But at what cost?

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Leon Marchand, the 22 year-old swimming champion who made Team France proud with four gold medals and one silver at the Paris Olympics, ranks as one of the games’ biggest breakout athletes. After wrapping up his last competition on Monday, Marchand, who is originally from Toulouse, in Southern France, and travelled to Paris with his parents and brother, embarked on a wall-to-wall media tour marathon but reportedly snubbed one of the Olympics’ most popular talk shows, “Quels Jeux,” which is hosted by prominent journalist Lea Salamé and airs on broadcaster France Televisions. According to Le Parisien newspaper, it is because Salamé’s show “doesn’t fit his values,” although they didn’t expand on why that might be.

BBC bosses were left red-faced ahead of Keely Hodgkinson's stunning 800m victory on the tenth day of the Olympic Games. The 22-year-old Atherton athlete delivered a flawless performance to secure gold, beating Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma and Kenya's Mary Moraa.

A star Olympian swimmer has been asked to leave the athletes' village in Paris due to allegations of "inappropriate behaviour".