Paula Badosa will not be competing at the Olympic Games next month and has opened up on the reason behind her decision to skip the event. The 2024 Paris Olympics will commence in late July, with the tennis tournaments slated to run from July 27th to August 4th. A total of 64 players will compete…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, June 12, 2024Photo credit: Getty for LTA Andy Murray is the only man in history to ever successfully defend the Olympic gold-medal in singles.. The former world No. 1’s Olympic days may be done. Watch: Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement Speech Goes Viral Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray suggested he…
By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Wednesday, June 12, 2024 A dream team of major accomplishments is set to potentially bring home Olympic glory for Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal will play doubles together at the Olympics, the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation said on Wednesday. Watch: Federer’s…
Getty Images It’s official: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz–if both are healthy when the time comes–will play doubles together at the 2024 Paris Olympics. David Ferrer, who is the captain of the Spanish National Team for the upcoming Games, announced the majority of his roster on Wednesday. “One pair, which I think everyone knows and…
The U.S. Men’s Olympic Team suffered defeat in its final tune-up match before heading to Paris, France this July. Marko Mitrovic’s squad lost 2-0 to Japan on Tuesday at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Shota Fujio and Mao Hosoya both scored goals for Japan, who had a comfortable evening against the Americans. Bryan…
The race to Paris 2024 is nearly complete. Only two tournaments remain before the 60-player Olympic field closes, with the cutoff date of June 24 coming just after the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Team USA currently consists of three players but that could jump to four if Megan Khang manages to move into the top…
Nikola Jokic was named to Serbia’s preliminary 16-player roster for the Paris Olympics. There were questions as to whether Jokic would play for Serbia this summer. Other NBA players named to the roster include Vasilije Micic, Nikola Jovic, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Aleksej Pokusevski. Serbia open against the United States on July 28.
Indiana Fever/X Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark gracefully accepted her exclusion from the U.S. Olympic national women’s basketball team roster on Sunday. During practice, she addressed reporters for the first time about not being selected for the 2024 team. She mentioned that being left off the roster only fuels her determination to compete for a…
Indiana Fever/X Jason Whitlock blamed ‘BLM-LGBTQIA+Silent P Alphabet Mafia bigots’ for Caitlin Clark’s Olympics snub in social media posts, accusing the gay community of the WNBA star’s absence. Initially, Whitlock expressed satisfaction that Clark would not compete in the upcoming Games, writing: “Am I the only one glad they left Caitlin Clark off the Olympic…
Indiana Fever/X Caitlin Clark was left off the 2024 US women’s Olympic basketball team, sparking outrage on social media. Barstool’s Dave Portnoy called it ‘the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard’ on X. “How dumb are these people? Never complain about women salaries ever again. Make that team fly commercial. Unreal dumb,” Portnoy said. “I’d rather…
