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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday again decried two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling 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,” turned his attention to the recently concluded Olympic Games and the case of two athletes who became the subject of international scrutiny regarding misconceptions about their gender. Trump has long criticized transgender people as part of his rallies and focused specifically on transgender athletes, using language about gender identity that LGBTQ+ advocates say is wrong and...

@Megatron_ron BREAKING: Iran has summoned the French ambassador for the offensive representation of Jesus Christ during the Olympics opening ceremony. Muslims consider Jesus a prophet of God. @Megatron_ron Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance: 'The insulting representation of Jesus Christ in Paris yesterday was completely offensive and crossed all red lines. France, a country with a major history of Christianity, must be ashamed of itself, and I implore our Christian people all over the world to speak out against this act – we resolutely condemn this'

Days after Algerian boxer Imane Khelif filed a legal complaint in France over online harassment she faced during the 2024 Olympics, some high-profile people were revealed as part of the case. Both Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling have been named in the complaint, which was filed against X on Friday, according to Variety. “J. K. Rowling and Elon Musk are named in the lawsuit, among others,” attorney Nabil Boudi told Variety on Tuesday.

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The allegation that Khelif is transgender became so widely spread that even former President Donald Trump addressed the issue, vowing to "keep men out of women's sports." Arab responded that Trump has enough problems of his own and he should "go see a doctor." Algerian officials also responded to the allegations against Imane.

Breaking, a.k.a. break dancing, kicked off its inaugural appearance as an Olympic sport in style. Snoop Dogg opened the competition Friday at Place de la Concorde in Paris via the coup de baton, when a wooden baton is struck on the floor to signal an event’s commencement. Dressed in a red, white and blue tracksuit, the Grammy-nominated rapper — who has been making the most of his time in Paris and reportedly earning $500,000 per day as an Olympics correspondent for NBC and Peacock — accessorized with colorful kicks as the festivities got underway. Men and women will compete separately...

The men’s 1,500-meter final always promised to deliver drama, but perhaps not quite like this. This was supposed to be a showdown between Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic champion, and Josh Kerr, the world champion. So it was a shock to everyone inside the Stade de France when a different runner entirely surged into the lead in the final straight to claim an unlikely, improbable win. Cole Hocker’s victory was arguably the biggest upset of the Games so far, a wild ending to a thrilling race for the ages. The American stretched out his arms in delight as he crossed...

Olympic swimmers may have found a possible cure to beating the E. coli-riddled Seine River that has been one of the huge storylines at the 2024 Paris Olympics — a can of Coca-Cola. Several world-class athletes swear that the sugary soda has helped them stave off bacteria and any infection they could get from competing in the open waters. “There’s no harm in drinking a Coke after a race,” New Zealand’s Ainsley Thorpe told the Wall Street Journal after the Women’s Triathlon last week. “If you Google it, it says it can help.” Doctors say there is no medical backing...

[Catholic Caucus] The Vatican got almost everything wrong in its weak response to the Olympic blasphemyThe ceremony was not merely an offense against Christians; it was an offense against God. What the Vatican handled as a breach of good manners was in fact a deliberate blasphemy, a violation of God’s first commandment.(Catholic Culture) — What’s wrong with the Vatican statement on the Olympic blasphemy? Nearly everything.Start with the timing. More than a week passed between the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics and the release of the tepid Vatican response. During that week thousands of people had expressed their shock...

Paris organisers’ worst fears have come true after mutiple athletes fell seriously ill after competing in the triathlon. Concerns were raised going into the Olympics over the events taking place in the Seine River and now the reality has hit. Belgium were forced to pull out of the mixed triathlon relay after one of their athletes was hospitalised with an E. coli infection. Claire Michel, 35, has been sick for the past four days, an illness that has now ruled her out of the race entirely. With Belgium unable to replace her in their four-person team, they have been forced...

Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles capped an exhilarating gymnastics meet at the Paris Olympics with a first, as the trio stood on the podium together for the floor exercise. They’re the first three Black gymnasts to share the top three spots in an Olympics — a feat that also occurred at last year's world championships, when Biles and Andrade shared the podium with Shilese Jones in the individual all-around.

Russia, Belarus competitors will not hear their national anthems at Games The neutral collective of athletes won its first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Ivan Litvinovich was not allowed to float down the River Seine on a boat during the Games' opening ceremony a week ago—just like all 32 athletes from Russia and Belarus whose Olympic team identity has been made almost invisible because of their nations' military invasion of Ukraine. When standing on the top step of the podium, Litvinovich was prohibited from hearing the Belarus anthem, the AP reports. Playing instead was a nondescript, wordless...

Do these look like WOMEN to you, IOC?????????........... This is a sham and a travesty......................

PARIS (AP) — Overcome with emotion, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif left the ring in tears after a resounding victory this weekend. Khelif has faced days of hateful comments and false accusations about her gender following her first fight against an Italian opponent who quit seconds into their bout. “It’s because she’s African, because she’s Algerian,” 38-year-old Algerian fan Adel Mohammed said Saturday, when Khelif clinched an Olympic medal. “These comments are coming from white people … it’s a kind of racism.” Female athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination when it comes to sex testing and false...

The Boston Globe has apologized for its headline that called Algerian Imane Khelif a “transgender boxer.” The heavily criticized headline ran in both the print edition of the paper last week and on its mobile edition with a story written by the Associated Press’ Greg Beacham. “Transgender boxer advances,” it read. However, on Saturday the Globe issued a statement in which it apologized for the inaccurate nature of the headline. “A significant error was made in a headline on a story in Friday’s print sports section about Algerian boxer Imane Khelif incorrectly describing her as transgender. She is not. Additionally,...

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has issued a scathing statement aimed at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding its controversial eligibility guidelines for transgender athletes competing in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. The IBA’s remarks come in the wake of a shocking boxing match that has ignited fierce debates about fairness and safety in women’s sports. In a match that lasted just 46 seconds, Italian boxer Angela Carini faced off against Algerian athlete Imane Khelif. Carini was quickly overwhelmed, succumbing to two powerful punches before dropping her helmet and calling the situation “unjust.” The scene escalated as Carini fell to...

Two boxers – Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan, have reportedly been cleared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to fight in the 2024 Paris Olympics despite their previous disqualification from the Women’s World Boxing Championships in March of 2023 after DNA tests were ordered amid concerns over their sex. The IOC said on Monday that both boxers satisfied the eligibility criteria to compete. According to the Daily Mail: At the time, [2023] Umar Kremlev, president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), claimed the tests had proven the athletes – including Khelif and Yu-Ting, who will both...

CHANT 'HEIL HITLER' AT ISRAEL'S OLYMPICS SOCCER GAME 7/29/2024. Pro-Palestine protesters made their presence known at the Olympics in the worst possible way ... invoking the biggest antisemite known to human history straight from the stands.

So Team (W)USA's quest for their 8th straight Gold Medal started off on the right foot yesterday with a 102-76 victory over Japan. That result is not the point of this blog, seeing as the team has not even lost a GAME in Olympic play since 1992. My eyebrows didn't raise a millimeter when I saw they won big. However one stat from yesterday's game that did suprise me was to hear that of all the games played thus far, Team USA's was the least attended by a mile. Look I'm not saying that their cranky head coach Cheryl Reeve...

The leftist-populist government of Slovakia has announced that it will not take part in the closing ceremonies of the Paris Olympics over the “insult” to Christianity and the “degenerate decadence” put on display during the opening of the games. Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba announced on social media on Monday that he will cancel his planned trip to France to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics after an LGBTQ-themed apparent parody of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ enraged Christians worldwide. Taraba, who has been covering certain responsibilities in the wake of the failed assassination attempt of PM Robert...