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World No. 1 Wang Chuqin’s paddle is broken by a photographer The incident occurred while she was winning the gold medal in doubles. Then the unthinkable happened for the table tennis superstar. Ollie Lewis release date: 1 August 2024 16:10 BST | Has been updated: 1 August 2024 17:18 BST The Chinese table tennis superstar was visibly shaken after seeing his prized possession destroyed by an over-excited photographer in Paris.Wang Chuqin won the mixed doubles title on Tuesday and celebrated her first Olympic gold medal with teammate Sun Yingsha.But his joy quickly turned to disbelief when he realized his paddle,…

BBC’s Celebrity Race Across the World is set to return for a second season, with fans eager to see who will take on the epic journey. This time, the celebrities will plot an itinerary from Belem in northern Brazil to Frutillar in the Andes mountains in southern Chile. Who is in the cast of Celebrity Race Across the World 2024? Jeff and Bobby Blazer First up, we have Jeff and Bobby Blazer. Jeff is a veteran TV presenter and a familiar face on popular shows such as “This Morning,” “Dancing on Ice,” “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! NOW!,”…

this morningJeff Blazer and other stars travel to South America Celebrity Round the World Race Season 2.Producers from the BBC and Studio Lambert have confirmed that the new season will Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 9:00 PM Available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.This year’s celebrities will set off from the Amazon in Belem, northern Brazil, and cross South America to finish in the Andes.Jeff Blazer with his son Freddie ( EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing She will team up with star Bobby Brazier, while BBC Radio 2’s Scott Mills will team up with her husband Sam Vaughan.Ted Lasso’s…

Alamy(Credit: Alamy)In the 1800s, three women forever changed the study and understanding of ancient Egypt, so why has their legacy continued to be overlooked?1864, British travel writer Lucy Duff Gordon Standing on top of her house Luxor TempleGazing out her window at the Libyan mountains from the west bank of the Nile, she basked in the sun while listening to the cacophony of brooding camels, braying donkeys and barking dogs below. She missed her family, whom she had left behind at home in London while she recuperated in Egypt’s hot desert climate to ease her tuberculosis symptoms. Maison de FranceThe…

Repetitive mission design and a mostly empty open-world setting left me a little worried that the Force might be weakening in Star Wars Outlaws, which I recently played four hours of. Kay and Nix explore different planets on a mission to pull off one of the biggest heists in the Star Wars galaxy. (Ubisoft This open galaxy created by the team at Ubisoft is not without visual appeal, but after four hours of play, I began to worry about the emptiness of the open world. I’ve seen quite a few people get upset about Ubisoft games lately, but I’ve rarely…

Australia’s foreign minister has said a recent defence agreement between North Korea and Russia is destabilising and “dangerous to the world”.by By Kim Hyun-jin The Associated PressJuly 30, 2024 2:25 AM EST• 2 min readSEOUL, South Korea — Australia’s foreign minister said Tuesday after visiting a tense border village between North and South Korea that a recent defense pact between North Korea and Russia is “destabilizing” and “dangerous to the world.”In June, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pact to provide each other with military assistance if either country was attacked, deepening concerns…

Twenty years after the massacre, the legend of the giant wild pig known as “Hogzilla” lives on.The monster pig was originally thought to be a monstrous 12 feet long and weighed a staggering 70 stone.Hunter Chris Griffin poses with a giant pigOther giant boars have been hunted, but none have lived up to the hype of the Hogzilla.This incredible pig was also said to have had enormous 18-inch tusks.Hogzilla was a cross between a wild boar and a domestic pig that was tracked down by an American hunter in June 2004.Chris Griffin shot and killed a hogzilla at a hunting…

Four days into the Paris Olympics, hopes of breaking swimming world records continue, with Adam Peaty winning the 100m breaststroke final in the slowest time in 20 years. Adam Peaty competes in the 100m breaststroke final on Sunday(Corbis (via Getty Images) by Alan SmithJuly 30, 2024 11:31Has been updatedJuly 30, 2024 11:42Hopes of breaking world records in the swimming pool at the Paris Olympics continue on for the fourth day. Times are so slow at La Défense arena that Adam Peaty’s winning time in the 100m breaststroke final was the slowest in the event in the last 20 years. There’s…

Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)When a restaurant is located in the Arctic and most of its ingredients have to be brought in by boat or plane, fine cuisine requires some pretty inventive thinking – I mean, seals, whales, reindeer and even plankton?The sommelier warned me about the shotgun: “We double-check in the kitchen, but you never know what’s going to happen,” she added, pointing out that the elaborately plated medal placed before me was made from a ptarmigan shot by a local hunter.Looking closer, the grouse gravy with pumpkin jam and pickled thyme smells like a childhood memory, like Sunday dinner…

Peaty narrowly missed out on a historic third consecutive 100-meter breaststroke title.This race was one of the slowest at the Olympics.The Paris pool is just over two metres deep, much shallower than in previous Olympic Games. Three days into the swimming competition at the Paris Olympics, much attention has been focused on the surprisingly slow times in the pool. This point was best illustrated in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke final on Sunday night, when Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi held off Adam Peaty and America’s Nick Fink in a highly competitive yet surprisingly slow race. In fact, the event was the slowest…