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☆ Who will light the Olympic cauldron? Here are 10 potential candidates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Mark Puleo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is a spectacle steeped in both tradition and secrecy. With just one day until the opening ceremony, the identity of the individual who will light the cauldron remains unknown. The 25-year-old led France to 2018 World Cup triumph, becoming the second teenager in history (after Pelé) to score in a final, then led France to another World Cup final in 2022. He was the team’s leading scorer during its 1998 World Cup title run and later transitioned to coaching after retirement. AdvertisementTony ParkerTony Parker had his number retired before a French Olympic tuneup game earlier this month.

Persons: Tony Estanguet, —, Marie, José Pérec Marie, José Pérec, Loup Gautreau, Pérec, Estanguet, Zinedine Zidane, Ballon, Zidane, headbutting Italy’s Marco Materazzi, Kylian, Mbappé, Real Madrid Omar Sy, Sy, Lupin, Haakon, Chung Sun, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Thierry Henry Thierry Henry, Nicolas Tucat, Henry, Victor Wembanyama, Thomas Pesquet, Pesquest, Martin Fourcade Fourcade, Tony Parker Tony Parker, Maxime Gruss, Tony Parker, Star, Joel Embiid, Jean, Pierre Siutat, Athletic Embiid, Embiid, “, Weis, Naomi Osaka, Yuna Kim, Cordeiro de, Vladislav Tretiak, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Nash, Christian Petersen Organizations: Getty, Summer Games, headbutting, Real Madrid, Games, Globe, French, Arsenal, France, France’s U21, Space, Getty Images, San Antonio Spurs, NBA, FIBA, French Federation of Basketball, Athletic, Philadelphia 76ers, Blues, spurning Locations: Paris, France, AFP, Barcelona, Atlanta, Guadeloupe, Norway, South Korea, Pyeongchang, United States, French, Cameroon, spurning France, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Cordeiro de Lima, Sochi, London, Vancouver

London CNN —Prince Harry will return to the United Kingdom in May to celebrate a milestone anniversary of the Invictus Games, the biennial sporting competition he founded a decade ago. It was not immediately clear if the prince will meet with his relatives during the trip next month. Prince Harry talks with wheelchair basketball players during the launch of the Invictus Games at the Copper Box Arena in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in March 2014. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesThe Invictus Games were established by Prince Harry after his deployment in Afghanistan. Winter sports will also be played for the first time at the Vancouver Whistler games, including Alpine skiing and snowboarding, Nordic skiing and biathlon, skeleton and wheelchair curling.

Persons: London CNN — Prince Harry, Duke, Sussex, King Charles ’, Harry, ABC’s, “, ”, I’m, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Queen Elizabeth II, Paul’s, Prince Archie’s, Buckingham, Charles, Naruhito, Masako, Prince Harry, London's Queen Elizabeth, Max Mumby, ” Harry Organizations: London CNN, Invictus Games, London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic, CNN’s Royal, Invictus, Vancouver Whistler, First Nations Locations: United Kingdom, London’s St, Paul’s, United States, St, London's Queen, Afghanistan, Vancouver, Whistler, Canada

They used to call this waterlogged city the Most Serene Republic, but there is nothing serenissima about the opening days of the Venice Biennale. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. You exchange tips on shows not to miss. You judge, you gossip, you wash it all down with Prosecco. Have you seen the Uzbekistan pavilion?

Organizations: Venice Biennale, Prosecco Locations: Serene, Venice, Uzbekistan

Its 18-month investigation found that Petr “Gara” Garabik had engaged in repeated sexual harassment and unwanted sexual contact with Reid. “New women on the team were warned about him,” Reid told the AP. Garabik told the AP in an email that the case against him was "complete nonsense from the start." By that I mean other team members.”Last May, six months after SafeSport concluded its investigation, U.S. Biathlon retroactively changed the criteria for being pre-qualified for the World Cup team — and Reid was bumped off. During the SafeSport investigation Reid underwent hours of questioning, a process that retraumatized her, she said.

Persons: Joanne Reid, Deedra Irwin, Reid, ” Irwin, Petr “ Gara ” Garabik, Wax, ”, Larry Nassar, Garabik “, “, Beth, Heiden, Eric Heiden, ” Reid, Garabik, SafeSport, —, Jack Gierhart, ” Gierhart, “ We’re, pats, Bernd Eisenbichler, Irwin, Lowell Bailey, Bailey, ’, Ju’Riese Colón, there's Organizations: Biathlon, Army National Guard, U.S . Center, SafeSport, The Associated Press, U.S, AP, World, U.S . Locations: Czech, U.S, Slovenia, ’ ”, Garabik, Austria

☆ IRONMAN World Championship: After a life-changing diagnosis, Cyril De Pistoia is embracing his ‘second chance at life’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Del Pistoia had been travelling a lot between France and the US for work and began feeling more fatigued than usual. However, to decrease the likelihood of the cancer returning, Del Pistoia underwent a bone marrow transplant. Then, after being able to stand up, I was able to walk.”Recovery was slow but, bit by bit, Del Pistoia started to rebuild his life. Exciting futureNow, with a IRONMAN World Championship race in the bag, Del Pistoia is on the hunt for more challenges. Away from sport, Del Pistoia has recently qualified as a seaplane pilot and wants to use his platform to raise awareness and improve accessibility for those living with disabilities.

Persons: Cyril Del Pistoia, Frenchman, Del, ”, ” Del, Del Pistoia, “ You’re, Donald Miralle, “, I’ve, couldn’t, hasn’t, they’re Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Frenchman, Del, Nice Locations: Del Pistoia, Nice, France, ” Del Pistoia, Canada, Australia

☆ Ukraine feels the strain amid 'very heated' fighting in Avdiivka as Russia presses on with new Donbas offensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Fighting in Avdiivka, near Ukraine's eastern front, has entered the fifth day. In the north-east of Ukraine, a top general said the fighting had also "significantly worsened." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It is very heated, very heated," he said, per the AFP. The White House said Friday that Russia has resumed employing the so-called "human wave" tactic in its war against Ukraine.

Persons: —, Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Russia's, John Kirby Organizations: AFP, Service, Agence France, Independent, Reuters, Ukraine, National Security Council Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine's, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Alabino, Moscow, Russia, Kupiansk, Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast

☆ Oksana Masters Had a Difficult Path to Athletic Triumph
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Emily Bobrow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

“A lot of people have no idea that I was living in a car right before Sochi”—the 2014 Winter Games, when she took home a silver and a bronze for cross-country skiing. Her 17 medals are also for rowing, cycling and the biathlon. “People see me now, but they don’t see the hard parts that came before,” she says. That is why she decided to write her new memoir, “The Hard Parts,” out Feb. 21. It also covers her formative years in several abusive orphanages in Ukraine, where she was born with webbed fingers, one kidney and no weight-bearing bones below the knees.

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