Tickets for top women’s events cheaper than men’s despite gender equality push
Much has been made of equality of sexes at the Paris Olympics, the first Games with a 50-50 male-female split among athletes, but there is a gender gap in official ...
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Kontides given hero’s welcome at Larnaca airport
Cyprus’ sole Olympic medallist Pavlos Kontides was given a hero’s welcome upon his return to the island at Larnaca airport on Friday.
The aeroplane on which he flew home ...
Eyes on Georgiou for Olympics horizontal bar final
The Olympic spotlight on Monday is turned the final of the horizontal bar in which Cypriot gymnast, Marios Georgiou, is taking part.
Georgiou qualified for the horizontal bar final on ...
Olympics-Israel warns France of Iran-backed plot
Israel’s foreign minister warned his French counterpart on Thursday of a potential Iranian-backed plot to target Israeli athletes and tourists during the Paris Olympic Games.
Israel’s military campaign ...
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‘We didn’t do enough for sports’, president admits
Over the years, the state “has not done enough for sports and culture,” President Nikos Christodoulides admitted on Tuesday evening.
He promised that from now on the state would do ...
Two police dogs from Cyprus at Paris Olympics
Two Cyprus police sniffer dogs will be flying to Paris next month to join forces with the French authorities to avert a terrorist attack during the Olympic Games.
Police spokesman ...
Olympics row deepens as 35 countries demand ban for Russia and Belarus
A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on Friday, ...