LIVE. JO 2024: concern for an Olympic Games star, rugby 7s in the spotlight, live

Rugby à 7 is in the semi-finals of the Olympic Games while a star may have to withdraw this Friday, July 26.

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• No Olympic event this Friday, July 26 with a day dedicated to the c& ; opening ceremony. On Thursday evening, the French rugby team 7 has qualified for the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament and will face South Africa on Saturday afternoon.
• While the tennis draw offered a clash between the two legends Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the 2nd round, the Spaniard is affected. to the adductors and the worry grows 24 hours from the start of the tournament.
• Discover all the news of the day.

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08:30 – Concerns around Rafael Nadal

The Spaniard threw& oacute; a disturbance over his participation in the Olympic tournament yesterday by canceling his planned training with Alexander Zverev. In the evening, his trainer Carlos Moya à Entrusted à la Radio Nacional Espanola that the Majorcan was suffering from discomfort in the adductor. While he could face Novak Djokovic in the second round in Paris, there are therefore doubts about his participation. We will certainly know more tomorrow, since he is due to start his doubles tournament with Carlos Alcaraz. 

08:15 – Contagious joy from stadium to stadium

When Antoine Dupont and his teammates qualified at the Stade de France, the handball matches were not yet over at the Arena Paris Sud, which did not prevent the supporters of the Blues to sing the qualification

Discover images from all the competitions of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with day-by-day highlights.

08:02 – A look back at yesterday's victories

Hello everyone and welcome to this third day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. No event today with the opening ceremony of the Games. Yesterday, the Blues of rugby sevens brilliantly eliminated Argentina 26-14 and will face South Africa tomorrow for a place in the final of the Olympic tournament.

07/25/24- 11:42 PM – Good night everyone!

Thank you for following this beautiful day with us. We leave you with this pretty jewel by Kenza Dali facing Colombia

07/25/24- 11:37 PM – No events on Friday

Paris 2024 organizers have preserved the traditions of the Olympic Games by not organizing any events on the day of the Opening Ceremony. We will therefore be entitled to a great party on the Seine tomorrow evening, the competitions will resume on Saturday morning.

Laborious, hesitant and lacking confidence at the start of the competition, the French Rugby 7s team appeared much more attractive and pargmatic today in the quarter-final against Argentina. After showing some great sequences of play early in the afternoon against Fiji, Antoine Dupont's teammates gave the spectators at the Stade de France a great moment during their quarter-final against the Argentinian Pumas. It was mainly thanks to a dream first half that the Blues gave themselves the dream of cherishing the hope of an Olympic medal on Saturday. They scored three tries (Tomi, Grandidier 2 tries) and put the Argentinians on the ropes (21-0 at half-time). Subsequently, the French experienced a slight setback which allowed the Argentinians to come back to 7 points in the second period. Dupont's last try freed up the tricolors, who will therefore have a date with history in two days, a date in front of more than 80,000 spectators.

The same cannot be said of the French women's team. Hervé Renard's players ensured the essentials against Colombia by winning 3 goals to 2, but their excellent first half concluded with a three-goal lead suggested that they would be in for a walk in the park against the South Americans. Despite constant support from the large crowd at Groupa Staidum, they collapsed in the second half by conceding two goals to their opponents. The three points were preserved thanks to a tough defense in the last quarter of an hour. There will be a lot of things to correct for the rest of the competition for Wendie Renard's partners.

The French handball team showed solidity for its first match of the tournament against Hungary (31-28). With great success in shooting, the Olympic champions did not force themselves too much for this first exam. After a sluggish start, they showed a lot of authority and control as they took the lead in the score.

We will remember from this first day in the women's handball, the surprise victories of Korea against Germany (23-22), Brazil against Spain (29-18) and Sweden against Norway (32-28).

It is worth noting a great qualification of the men's archery team for the quarter-final on Monday against Italy or Kazakhstan.

While the tennis competitions have still not started, this Thursday was quite eventful with the withdrawals of Rune, Murray and Rybakina. Nadal injured in the adductor had to cancel his training. The Spaniard will be able to meet Djokovic in the second round for the 60th duel between the two great champions.

07/25/24 – 11:02 PM – Victory for the Blues and the Americans

End of the last women's football matches. The Blues were scared against Colombia, who were authoritarian in the first half (3-0), they saw the South Americans come back to 3-2, but were able to preserve this small goal lead. On the other side, the United States beat Zambia 3-0

07/25/24 – 23:00 – Rugby 7s semi-finals schedule

The Rugby 7s semi-finals will take place on Saturday at the Stade de France. France will face South Africa, in a small remake of the quarter-final of the 2023 World Cup, while Fiji will face Australia. The match for third place as well as the final will take place late Saturday evening.

It's over between Australia and the USA. The Wallabies win authoritatively 18-0. The Americans have never managed to to pull their pin out of this game

07/25/24 – 22:46 – The Americans are powerless

The United States cannot find solutions against a very well-organized Australian team; three minutes remain to play

07/25/24 – 22:40 – Nadal injured in an adductor

Rafael Nadal is experiencing pain in an adductor, which is why he has canceled his training today against Zverev. We will know more tomorrow morning about the severity of the injury.

07/25/24 – 10:38 PM – Australia ahead at halftime

The Wallabies lead at halftime against the United States (10-0). The score is however a little harsh for the Americans

07/25/24 – 22:38 – Australia ahead at half-time

The Wallabies lead at half-time against the United States (10-0). The score is however a little harsh for the Americans

07/25/24 – 10:32 PM – Relive Dupont's try

The last test of the Blues against Argentina, succeeds by Dupont, in video

25/07/24 – 22:29 – USA and Australia face off for the last ticket

Last quarter-final of Rugby à 7, the United States challenges Australia for the last ticket in the last four

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From July 24 with the first tests of rugby at 7 to the finals of team sports such as handball with the women's final, discover all the detailed calendars of the main events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Match times, results and rankings, discover all the essential information to follow the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

For these Olympic Games, France's ambition is very high. If the medal forecasts promise a top 3, the organization and even the president are banking on a top 5 with a record number of medals. Several big French stars are expected during the Olympic Games. We are thinking in particular of Léon Marchand in swimming who could be the biggest star of these Games. But team sports with handball, basketball, volleyball, football, could also bring their share of trinkets. Finally, what can we say about judo with in particular its spearhead Teddy Riner or fencing, still the most prolific sport.