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Paris Olympics witnessed unprecedented participation, with 10,500 athletes from 206 countries competing across 32 sports and 339 events MNTV Sports PARIS, France (MNTV) – The curtains have closed on the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, marking an achievement for Muslim athletes who secured a total of 66 medals. These include 20 gold, 19 silver, and...
Mian Channu, Pakistan – AFP Dozens of villagers gathered in front of the modest home of Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem to watch the hulking javelin thrower take part in the Olympic Games final. The event was broadcast live by a digital projector onto a screen hanging on the back of a truck in his farming […]
KARACHI, Pakistan ( AA) – Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem on Thursday won the gold medal for the country after 40 years, breaking the Olympic record with a monstrous 92.97m throw in the men’s javelin final at Paris 2024. It was the sixth longest throw of all time, and Asia’s best ever in Olympics. Nadeem, whose first throw was declared [&...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for a review of rules concerning athletes with male genetic characteristics competing in women’s sports. Meloni’s remarks came after Italian boxer Angela Carini withdrew from her Olympics match in Paris following a defeat by Algerian opponent Imane Khelif, who previously faced gender eligi...
Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta has joined a growing chorus of protesters condemning a controversial segment of the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic “Last Supper.” Drag queens parodied da Vinci’s rendition of the Last Supper, Jesus Christ’s final meal with his disciples. The Catholic Church h...
ANKARA (AA) – Authorities in France have launched an investigation after people attending the 2024 Paris Olympics displayed a banner protesting the Israeli army’s attacks on Gaza during a football match between Israel and Paraguay. The fans, who carried Palestinian flags and a banner reading “Genocide Olympics,” are being probed fo...
ANKARA (AA) – French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday wearing a cap to cover her hair after being barred from attending because of her hijab. Sylla, who will compete in the 4×400 meters relay, announced Sunday on her Instagram account […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas on Tuesday evening denied links to any clip threatening attacks on Israeli athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics, calling it a fake video circulated by Israeli security forces for nefarious purposes. Hamas political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement that Israeli security forces circulated a fake video dep...
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on France to overturn its hijab ban on its Olympic athletes. France is hosting the Olympics starting next week in its capital Paris. A new briefing issued on Tuesday by Amnesty focuses on violations of Muslim women’s and girls’ human rights through France’s hijab bans in sports. It [&hel...
Kabul, Afghanistan — AFP Flipping his flailing judo sparring partner to the mat, Afghanistan’s judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad is the only Olympic athlete training for the Games in the country. Six Afghans — including three expatriate women– will compete at the Paris Olympics this month in cycling, athletics, swimming and ...
