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From scummy to (maybe) swimmable, the Seine River cleanup is a symbol of the Paris Olympics’...
Yahoo Sports· 1 day ago“I’m sure they know what they’re doing. They’ve had quite a longtime to figure this out,” Grimes...
Boeing door blowout crisis hitting suppliers, airlines and passengers
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 day agoAfter a door panel on an Alaska Airlines-operated Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet blew off midair in January,...
‘Memory Saved Us’: How France Blocked the Far Right
New York Times· 1 day agoThis sun-dappled district of white stone and vineyards in France’s southwest, the historical home of centrist voters, seemed to be swinging sharply right...
Paris mayor takes pre-Olympics dip to prove Seine clean
Digital Journal· 1 day agoThe mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, swam in the murky waters of the Seine on Wednesday to demonstrate...
Swimming in the Seine has been illegal for a century. What Paris says will be different for the...
CBC.ca· 2 days agoOver eight days in August 1900, dozens of swimmers dove into the muddy waters of the Seine River in ...
“A new image of women’s sport”
Olympics.com· 2 days agoLaura Flessel, France’s most famous female fencer, was at six consecutive editions of the Olympic Games. Named France's Sports Minister in</ ...
USWNT has scoreless draw vs. Costa Rica in pre-Olympics tune-up: Takeaways from match
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 days agoBut kickoff isn’t until 9 p.m. local time and it should be cooler by then. Veterans such as Crystal...
I knew that my destiny was to play for Real Madrid – Kylian Mbappe
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 days agoMadrid had earlier posted a photograph of the France superstar posing in front of the club’s 15...
Attacker stabs and wounds French soldier patrolling Paris ahead of the Olympics
National Post· 2 days agoA French soldier was stabbed outside a big train station in Paris on Monday and the attacker was...
Romantic, sure. Historic, yes. But is the River Seine safe for Olympic swimming?
LA Times via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 days agoA tourist boat makes its way down the Seine, which has spectator stands installed on its banks July...