The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are officially underway with early competition beginning on the soccer pitch as the city puts finishing touches ahead of the opening ceremony. NBC’s Tom Llamas reports for TODAY. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, starting with the Opening Ceremony July 26 at 12 p.m. ET.
Qualifying rounds continue today, with women's soccer and handball and men's rugby sevens.Doha Madani
"This concern underscores the importance of our shared commitment to ensuring the safety and security of all participants," Katz added. He did not provide details about the evidence assembled by the Israeli government.The Paris Games have been shadowed by safety fears amid Israel's monthslong military campaign in the Gaza Strip as well as other geopolitical crises, such as the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Sudan.
A U.S. victory would send the Eagles into the semifinals Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. A loss would place Team USA into a consolation bracket on Saturday at 9 a.m., competing for fifth place.The women's national team led a powerful first half in their game against Zambia, leading the match 3-0, but the Americans are not without their own mistakes.
French revolutionaries wore phryge caps throughout their fight for societal change, including when Parisians stormed the Bastille prison in July 1789, to identify those who were part of the revolutionary government. Horan made a second missed attempt at the goal at the four minute mark quickly followed by an attempt by Sophia Smith. But Smith's goal was blocked in a clean save by Zambia's goalkeeper.Despite even possession from both teams, Brazil scored the decisive goal in the 24th minute when playmaker Marta found Nunes.
In Paris, 12 teams are competing in each of the men's and women's tournaments. The top four teams in each pool of six continue to the quarterfinals. From there, it's a straight knockout. If the scores are still tied after two rounds of overtime, then the match will be determined by a shootout similar to penalties in soccer.
However, despite Japan's best efforts, they lost 2-1. Japan will look for a better result Sunday when it plays Brazil.Despite Japan's opening goal in the 13th minute by Fujino Aoba, Spain held on for a comfortable 2-1 victory in its opening match of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Gauff will join LeBron James at the opening ceremony of the Paris Games. She called the NBA superstar one of her idols:"I've watched so many Heat games on TV, in person. I've seen him in person a couple of times. I've never met him, but I like to say I’ve met him.""I don't think I can mess it up too much," she said."I am a little bit concerned about the height difference, like is my arm going to be up here while he's holding it.
The United States will face Australia in the rugby quarterfinals in a match scheduled for 10:30 p.m. in Paris .Sean Nevin "We’ve grown a lot, and we’ve introduced a lot of new things that I think will help us have success in this tournament."Pin trading has become a fun tradition for athletes around the Olympic Village as each team gets a specially made pin for their country. But this year, Biles has brought her own personalized pins to trade.
"Finally," she told NBC News on the eve of the WNBA draft."What you see is just what happens when people pay attention. People are like, ‘Oh, women can ball.’" Dion has been forced to put her career on hold in recent years. Last year, she canceled all future tour dates after being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome.The powerful skill is the most difficult vault ever performed in women's gymnastics and is notoriously hard to land cleanly.
The U.S. rugby squad needs at least a draw, and preferably a win, against Uruguay at 9 a.m. ET to advance out of pool play.France’s counterterrorism prosecutor’s office has confirmed to NBC News that a man from the Gironde region was arrested today on terrorism charges. "Swimmers hate the ready room," explains Regan Smith, who won two silvers and a bronze at the Tokyo Games."I think there are some oddballs out there who crave the ready room and love it. I’m not a huge fan of it ... I’ve gotten much more confident as I've gotten older so it doesn't shake me quite like how it used to."
Hayes insists the team will not be burdened by the memory of its early exit from the World Cup."I think this team is firmly focused on ... creating a new history together," Hayes said in a press conference."Our motivation isn’t always about righting the wrongs. Far from it. We’re excited. We’re prepared."
But Martin and his teammate then remembered that they had GPS tags in their bags and were able to locate them with most of their stolen goods."Thank God for the bag tag. We found all our bags," Martin says in the video. "You are selected for the Olympics, organized in your country, but you can’t participate in the opening ceremony because you wear a headscarf," the 26-year-old member of the French 400-meter women's and mixed relay teams wrote on Instagram.
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