Woman Gaga referred to as Michael Polansky her fiancé, seemingly revealing the couple is engaged, whereas introducing him to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on the 2024 Summer season Olympics in Paris.

“My fiancé, Michael,” Gaga is heard casually saying in a clip the prime minister posted on TikTok Sunday evening (July 28). The quick video reveals Attal briefly hugging the singer and shaking palms with Polansky, Woman Gaga’s associate of greater than 4 years, at an Olympic occasion.

Billboard reached out to a consultant for Woman Gaga for remark.

Gaga and Polansky have been publicly relationship since early 2020; she made their relationship Instagram official with a publish that February. In an interview a pair months later, she referred to Polansky as “the love of my life.”

Prime Minister Attal didn’t point out the pair’s obvious engagement on TikTok, as an alternative specializing in the pop star’s show-stopping Friday evening efficiency in Paris: “Thanks Woman Gaga on your beautiful efficiency on the opening ceremony,” he wrote in a caption. “It was breathtaking.”

The multi-talented famous person — who will take over the large display as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux alongside Joaquin Phoenix when the film hits theaters Oct. 4 — was the primary artist to take the stage in the course of the opening ceremony of the Olympics, offering her model of Parisian cabaret-style leisure forward of this summer season’s video games. Woman Gaga carried out the French-language “Mon Truc en Plume” (“My Factor With Feathers”) in a extremely choreographed, however playful, routine that led her from a protracted staircase to a piano.

Whereas in France, Woman Gaga shocked Parisian followers on Sunday with the smallest teaser of music from her forthcoming, much-anticipated seventh studio album.

A thumping, dance-ready snippet off of LG7, and one other teaser leaning extra rock — each heard within the clip under — was performed on the road from a automobile’s rooftop whereas Gaga pumped her fist and spectators screamed. She additionally popped out from the automobile at one level to hitch a crowd sing-along of her A Star Is Born observe “At all times Bear in mind Us This Method.”

“I’m so deeply touched by my French followers this week outdoors the lodge,” she wrote in an Instagram Story simply earlier than coming outdoors to play the music. “I’m gonna come out and say goodbye tonight with just a few seconds of #LG7.”

The as-yet-untitled LG7 would be the follow-up to 2020’s Billboard 200 chart-topping album Chromatica, which was Gaga’s sixth set to debut at No. 1.

Ariarne Titmus’ pre-race error on Saturday turned out to be her solely mistake of the night time in successful a second consecutive gold medal within the 400-meter freestyle.

And, the Australian swimmer defined, it was not some sort of intimidation tactic when she lined up in Katie Ledecky’s lane — merely an sincere error.

“I simply noticed that that one was the free one,” Titmus stated, per the Herald Solar. “Normally such as you stroll out the one on the left is the one you go to and I completely didn’t even understand and take a look at the quantity and we had a little bit of fun within the medal ceremony room.

“I feel [Ledecky] simply stated, ‘Hey Arnie, I feel that’s my lane.’ And I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, I’m so sorry.’ I simply picked up my stuff and moved over.

“After which she stated to me within the medal ceremony room, ‘Don’t fear, I feel it’s instinctive for us to go over to lane 4 nowadays.’

“Like, if anybody thinks it was on goal, that’s not true. It was completely an sincere mistake.”

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Ledecky completed third within the occasion to take bronze, behind Titmus and Canadian Summer time McIntosh.

“I instructed her, ‘All good, all good,’ as a result of she was freaking out,” Ledecky stated, per the Herald Solar. “I didn’t need her to really feel unhealthy or something. I joked together with her earlier than the medals, you’re getting a bit comfy there in lane 4.

“That was no massive deal. I didn’t need both of us to be disqualified for swimming within the improper lane. We received it taken care of.”

Titmus and Ledecky will face off once more within the 800-meter freestyle, with Ledecky the favourite over the better distance.

Titmus can be swimming the 200-meter race, whereas Ledecky is competing within the 1,500-meter occasion.

Did Girl Gaga simply verify her long-rumored engagement?

The singer is at present in Paris for the 2024 Summer time Olympics, the place she carried out on the Opening Ceremony on Friday evening and has been noticed watching occasions over the weekend.

On Sunday, a video was posted on French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s TikTok with the caption, “Thanks Girl Gaga to your gorgeous efficiency on the opening ceremony. It was breathtaking.” 

However that’s not why the clip is getting consideration. Within the video, taken on the venue the place the swimming occasions are being held, with the pool seen within the background, Gaga will be seen giving Attal a hug within the stands. Instantly afterward, she turns to Michael Polansky, the entrepreneur and tech investor she’s been reportedly relationship since roughly 2019 or 2020, and launched him to Attal as “my fiancé.” Attal and Polansky then shake arms.

Studies that Gaga and Polansky have been engaged first surfaced in April, when she was seen sporting a diamond ring on her left ring finger.

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Gaga’s reps for remark.

The singer was beforehand engaged to expertise agent Christian Carino (they broke up in 2019) and actor Taylor Kinney (they broke up in 2016).

On the Opening Ceremony on Friday evening, Gaga carried out solely in French. She sang the French-language track “Mon Truc en Plume” (“My Factor With Feathers”) whereas finishing a choreographed routine with backup dancers. She additionally performed the piano for a part of the efficiency.

Her involvement within the Opening Ceremony had been rumored however unconfirmed till she took the stage on the River Seine in Paris. Her face was hid by pom-poms earlier than the dancers eliminated them to disclose her identification. In response to the Related Press, the efficiency was prerecorded earlier on Friday.

Whereas the theatrical opening ceremony on the 2024 Paris Olympics introduced a myriad of memorable moments, one scene from the efficiency has prompted combined reactions.

The four-hour ceremony on July 26 kicked off the beginning of the Summer season Video games, with athletes gliding down the River Seine and performers reenacting internationally historic moments.

Throughout a tableau, drag queens and dancers lined an extended desk in a picture that sparked controversy, some initially believed resembled Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Final Supper” portrait of Jesus Christ and his 12 apostles.

Although many discovered the second an inclusive celebration for the LGBTQ+ group, others took to social media to name the imagery a “mockery” and “insulting to Christian folks” following the efficiency.

On July 28, Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps apologized “if folks have taken any offense.”

“Clearly there was by no means an intention to point out disrespect to any spiritual group. Quite the opposite, I believe that (creative director) Thomas Jolly actually tried to rejoice group tolerance,” Descamps mentioned at a press convention. “We imagine that this ambition was achieved. If folks have taken any offense, we’re actually sorry.”

That very same day, the ceremony’s creative director, Thomas Jolly, confirmed on French tv that da Vinci’s fifteenth century piece was not his inspiration for the scene.

Learn on for why some have in contrast this Olympics opening ceremony efficiency to the “The Final Supper,” how persons are reacting and extra.

Why some are connecting the Olympics opening ceremony to ‘The Final Supper’

In a single scene from the opening ceremony, a dinner platter lifted to point out a primarily nude Philippe Katerine singing in French. Within the background, dancers and drag queens struck poses alongside an extended desk.

Panning via the tableau, a digital camera first confirmed an individual topped with an aureole in entrance of DJ turntables. The following shot confirmed the remainder of the desk lined with performers holding their poses.

The desk then remodeled right into a catwalk, because the drag queens and fashions took the stage in homage to Paris’ trend scene.

The official X account for the Olympic Video games shared photographs of the second and referenced Dionysus, Greek god of wine-making, fruitfulness and ecstasy.

“The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us conscious of the absurdity of violence between human beings,” read a tweet from the official X account of the Olympics.

However some related the tableau to the biblical scene da Vinci portrayed in “The Final Supper,” when Jesus Christ and his apostles shared a remaining meal earlier than the crucifixion.

When requested concerning the backlash July 27, the ceremony’s creative director, Thomas Jolly, mentioned at a press convention that he didn’t intend “to be subversive,” “mock” or “shock.”

“We wished to incorporate everybody, so simple as that,” he mentioned. “In France, we’ve freedom of creation, creative freedom. We’re fortunate in France to reside in a free nation. I didn’t have any particular messages that I wished to ship. In France, we’re republic, we’ve the fitting to like whom we wish, we’ve the fitting to not be worshippers, we’ve a variety of rights in France, and that is what I wished to convey.”

Showing on French information channel BFM-TV Sunday, Jolly confirmed “The Final Supper” was “not my inspiration.”

“There may be Dionysus who arrives on this desk. He’s there as a result of he’s the God of celebration in Greek mythology. The concept was to have a pagan celebration related to the gods of Olympus. You’ll by no means discover in me a need to mock and denigrate anybody,” Jolly mentioned.

Reactions to Olympics opening ceremony efficiency

Some have been supportive of the creative imaginative and prescient, arguing the tableau was combating to make an announcement on inclusivity.

“We all know within the LGBTQ group in France we’re removed from what the ceremony confirmed. There’s a lot progress to do in society relating to transgender folks. It’s horrible that to legally change their id they’re pressured to be on trial,” France’s Inter-LGBT President James Leperlier mentioned, per the AP.

Chatting with French newspaper Le Parisien, Katerine mentioned in French that all the ceremony was “shifting” and “grandiose.”

“I used to be pleased with it as a result of it’s my tradition. We’re full of various folks and every particular person lives in their very own method and above all has the fitting to take action. I beloved doing it,” he mentioned. Katerine added that he hoped to get the next message throughout: “If we’re bare, there isn’t any warfare as a result of there are not any weapons.”

Le Filip, who gained the third season of “Drag Race France” this yr, informed AP they have been “amazed.”

“I assumed it will be a five-minute drag occasion with queer illustration. I used to be amazed. It began with Woman Gaga, then we had drag queens, an enormous rave, and a hearth within the sky. It felt like a crowning once more. I’m proud to see my associates and queer folks on the world stage,” Le Filip mentioned.

Others, together with celebrities, U.S. political figures and Catholic church leaders, expressed outrage on the scene.

Actor Candace Cameron Bure, whose husband is a two-time Olympic medalist, referred to as the efficiency “disgusting.” 

“(To) see the opening ceremonies utterly blaspheme and mock the Christian religion with their interpretation of the Final Supper was disgusting,” she mentioned in an Instagram submit July 28. “It made me so unhappy. And somebody mentioned, ‘You shouldn’t be unhappy. You need to be mad about it.’ And I’m like, ‘Belief me. It makes me mad.’ However I’m extra unhappy, as a result of I’m unhappy for souls.”

Home Speaker Mike Johnson shared a picture July 27 of the scene on X and referred to as the tableau “stunning” and “insulting.”

Catholic leaders in France referred to as the scene a “mockery of Christianity” in an announcement, Reuters reported.

“This ceremony has sadly included scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity, which we very deeply deplore,” the Convention of French bishops mentioned in an announcement.

Harrison Butker, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs kicker who gave a controversial graduation speech concerning contraception, COVID-19 restrictions, girls’s roles and extra earlier this yr, quoted the Bible on X after the ceremony.

“‘Be not deceived, God is just not mocked. For what issues a person shall sow, these additionally shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh, of the flesh additionally shall reap corruption. However he that soweth within the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life eternal,’” he wrote, citing, “Galatians 6:7-8.”

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A dance troupe performing on the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics drew the ire of Christians all over the world after they appeared to mock Jesus and the Final Supper.

The ceremony, held on Friday alongside the Seine River within the French capital, featured the normal parade of countries. It was the primary time in Olympic historical past the ceremony was held outdoors a stadium.

However the festivities, which featured singers Celine Dion and Woman Gaga, drew controversy when a bunch of 18 performers — together with three members of “Drag Race France” — struck poses behind what regarded like a protracted desk with the Eiffel Tower within the background.

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On the middle of the desk was an ornately dressed dancer with a silver headdress that resembled a halo as depicted in well-known Renaissance fresco of Jesus and his apostles by Leonardo da Vinci that was accomplished in 1498. The dancer smiled and made a coronary heart form together with her arms earlier than the dancers carried out a choreographed routine.

“That is loopy. Opening your occasion by changing Jesus and the disciples on the Final Supper with males in drag,” Clint Russel, the host of the “Liberty Lockdown” podcast, posted on X. “There are 2.4 billion Christians on earth and apparently the Olympics wished to declare loudly to all of them, proper out of the gate NOT WELCOME.”

The Final Supper is the ultimate meal that, within the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared along with his apostles in Jerusalem earlier than his crucifixion. The Final Supper is commemorated by Christians on Holy Thursday and supplies the scriptural foundation for the Eucharist.

Paris 2024 organizers stated the efficiency was an “interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus” to make the world “conscious of the absurdity of violence between human beings.”

Choreographer Thomas Jolly defined his intentions to The Related Press following the ceremony.

“My want isn’t to be subversive, nor to mock or to shock,” he stated. “Most of all, I wished to ship a message of affection, a message of inclusion and in no way to divide.”

The Bhaker family was understandably elated and her father remembers the religious classes which grew to become Manu’s mantra.

“Manu’s mom usually recites shlokas from the Gita to her and one of many verses which she usually recites is ‘yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śhubhāśhubham, nābhinandati na dveṣhṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā’ which suggests one who stays indifferent beneath all situations, and is neither delighted by luck nor dejected by tribulation, he’s a sage with excellent information,” her father informed The Indian Categorical.

Regardless of the rostrum end, Ramkishan says Manu shall be remembering the Tokyo debacle too this present day.

It was on April 28, 2014 {that a} younger Manu Bhaker first took a pistol in her arms on the Common Senior Secondary College in Goria in Haryana, the place her mom was the principal. Previous to that, she would delve into boxing, skating, volleyball, martial arts and tennis, profitable greater than 60 medals on the nationwide stage.

It was solely after an eye fixed damage suffered whereas taking part in volleyball at college that Manu’s curiosity in boxing dwindled and he or she seemed for different sports activities to maintain her busy.

“When Manu was born, my spouse had her B.Ed exams the identical day. So, we will say from day one, Manu had learnt to be on her personal. That’s how we needed her to be and no matter sport she favored, we gave her full freedom to play. She was an excellent boxer, and it helped her construct fast reflexes as a toddler,” shares Ramkishan.

The college had coaches Naresh and Anil Jakhar, a Kargil warfare veteran, who had began a capturing academy. With greater than 30 ladies coaching on the capturing vary on the faculty, Manu Bhaker would urge her father to get her a brand new pistol from Chandigarh.

“I used to be a service provider navy engineer and every time I’d come residence, Manu can be prepared together with her listing of sports activities gadgets. One month after she began capturing, I went to Chandigarh to get her first pistol costing Rs 1,80,000,” her father remembers.

Stage-headed

Jakhar, too, remembers Manu’s early days in capturing on the village and counts one trait as her largest power. “Her household owns the varsity. But, she by no means confirmed off with different ladies and can be at her capturing level on her flip. Generally, she would carry her books to the vary and utilise the time learning earlier than her flip got here,” he says.

A horse-riding fanatic, Manu learnt taking part in the violin in latest months within the build-up to Paris and likewise reconciled together with her long-time coach Jaspal Rana. Whereas Rana had seen her profitable a number of Junior World Cup medals and senior worldwide medals, the coach-shooter duo had parted methods previous to Tokyo Olympics.

Ramkishan sees this as a studying curve. “Jaspal Sir has seen her capturing proper from her junior days and he or she shared rapport with him. No matter occurred, Manu’s largest studying has been to neglect issues and work on issues which assist her obtain her goal, an Olympic medal. Her brother Akhil gifted her a violin final 12 months and he or she was as excited as when she began capturing.”

Whereas she did her commencement from Delhi College, the final two years have seen Manu enrolling herself for a Masters diploma in public administration at DAV Faculty in Chandigarh, a school which counts Neeraj Chopra as one in all its college students. Professor Amanendra Mann, who can be on the ISSF jury, talks about Manu’s curiosity in research motivating her.

“Among the many Paris Olympics Indian shooters learning on the faculty, Manu has been the sharpest. She has developed a eager curiosity in public administration and sometimes discusses the themes with fellow shooters. Generally, shooters want a while off and it has helped her in an enormous manner,” shares Mann from Paris.

At Goria, uncle Mahendra Bhaker is able to name the varsity college students to share the excellent news. “Each Trainer’s Day, Manu makes some extent to go to the varsity and share her insights with the scholars in addition to take heed to them. Her medal won’t solely encourage the scholars however the entire nation,” says the proud uncle.

Father Ramkishan is aware of Manu won’t relaxation on her laurels. “She has learnt to play the nationwide anthem on the violin. This bronze will inspire her for the combined staff occasion and perhaps she will be able to win a gold and allow us to hear the Indian anthem,” says the proud father.

EDMONTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats notched their second win of the season with a 44-28 victory over the Edmonton Elks on Sunday night time.

Bo Levi Mitchell threw a career-high 5 passing touchdowns within the profitable effort with Tim White (two), Luther Hakunavanhu, Jevoni Robinson and Kiondré Smith all on the receiving finish of the scores. Mitchell accomplished 17 of 25 passes for 316 yards and an interception within the win.

Operating again James Butler had 21 carries for 98 yards on the bottom and added three catches on three targets for 19 yards in his workforce’s win.

The Tiger-Cats defence held the Elks from scoring a landing till the fourth quarter of the sport. Tre Ford, who got here into the competition changing McLeod Bethel-Thompson within the remaining body, threw three landing passes to Kurleigh Gittens Jr., Gavin Cobb, and Eugene Lewis within the loss. Ford completed his night time finishing 10 of 15 passes for 121 yards to associate with the three majors.

Boris Bede was two-of-two on area targets whereas Bethel-Thompson linked on 10 of twenty-two passes for 85 yards and an interception by three quarters.

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The Elks, sporting a particular Indigenous emblem on their helmets, hit the sphere first on Sunday night time. Bethel-Thompson began the drive on his personal 26 and moved the chains into Hamilton territory spreading the ball round to his receivers (Hergy Mayala, Kurleigh Gittens Jr. and Dillon Mitchell all with features of 11 on the drive).

On the Hamilton 35, Bethel-Thompson discovered Gittens Jr. once more for 18 yards and a primary down. The Tiger-Cats defence acquired into the sport on the subsequent play as Jonathan Moxey took down the Elks’ QB for a lack of 12. On second-and-22, Bethel-Thompson discovered Smith on the far sideline but it surely wasn’t sufficient for a recent set of downs. Boris Bede hit the sphere for the primary time on the night time and linked on his 26-yard area objective try to offer Edmonton a 3-0 lead with eight and a half minutes left within the opening body.

Edmonton’s defence made their first large play of the sport on the Ticats’ opening drive as Bo Levi Mitchell seemed for Steven Dunbar Jr. on his second move of the sport. Elks defensive again Marcus Lewis jumped in entrance of the route and hauled within the interception, his first of the season.

The Elks had simply two performs on the following drive and on third-and-one on the Hamilton 40, the workforce elected to trot out Bede for his second area objective try of the night time. He was good on the 47-yarder, cashing in on the turnover and including three extra factors to the house workforce’s lead (6-0).

After back-to-back runs from Butler (13 and 5 yards, respectively) when Mitchell and co. hit the sphere on the following possession, Shemar Bridges had his first catch of the night time for a nine-yard achieve to deliver the Tabbies on the Elks aspect of midfield. Just a few performs afterward second-and-four on the Edmonton 37, Mitchell threw an incomplete move to Luther Hakunavanhu mentioning third down. Marc Liegghio was good on his 45-yard area objective chopping Edmonton’s result in 6-3 with three and a half minutes left within the first quarter.

After Hamilton’s defence compelled a two-and-out, it seemed like Edmonton’s defence had achieved the identical. However Elks defensive again Jake Taylor, who was protecting Dunbar Jr., was referred to as for a move interference penalty on second-and-four mentioning a recent set of downs. After a Butler 13-yard run and back-to-back incomplete passes, Liegghio booted a 47-yard area objective to tie issues up at six because the opening quarter wrapped up.

Javon Leake opened the Elks’ first offensive possession of the second body for six and 7 yards out of the backfield however after back-t0-back incompletions from Bethel-Thompson, together with one which went off the arms of Hamilton’s Moxey’s arms, Edmonton needed to punt the ball away. Jake Julien’s 74-yard punt went into the tip zone including a single level to Edmonton’s rating (7-6).

Edmonton defensive lineman Elliott Brown acquired his third sack of the season, discovering Mitchell with a pleasant spin transfer across the edge for the QB take down on Hamilton’s first possession of the quarter. The Elks defence forcing the two-and-out meant the Ticats needed to punt the ball away.

The punters traded singles on the subsequent two possessions with Julien scored his second single of the night time for the Elks, sending his 58-yard punt into the tip zone (8-6). Then Nik Constantinou scored a single of his personal for Hamilton, punting the ball 70 yards into the tip zone (8-7).

Hamilton’s particular groups acquired in on the enjoyable after an Edmonton two-and-out, tallying their second punt block in as many video games. Kobe Jones acquired his arms on the Julien punt and DQ Thomas returned it to the Edmonton 12 with simply over two minutes left within the half. It solely took one play for Hamilton to attain with Mitchell discovering World participant Jevoni Robinson for the 12-yard rating. With the purpose after, Hamilton took a 14-8 lead.

Because the second quarter was winding down, Edmonton was seeking to transfer the chains into scoring place earlier than the break. Jamal Peters jumped in entrance of the move supposed for Eugene Lewis giving the ball again to Mitchell and the Tiger-Cats with simply over a minute on the clock.

Hamilton added one other rating on the turnover with Hakunavanhu’s 66-yard catch-and-run landing on the second play after the interception. With the finished convert, the Ticats took a 21-8 lead with 59 seconds left. That may be the ultimate scoring play because the half got here to an in depth.

The Ticats began the second half in their very own finish zone and moved the chains deep into Elks’ territory. On the Edmonton 16-yard line on second and 5, Mitchell discovered Tim White for the primary time within the sport and the receiver made it rely. White evaded a defender alongside the sideline and bumped into the tip zone for the landing rating. With the convert, Hamilton elevated their result in 28-8 with seven and half minutes left within the body.

Following an Edmonton two-and-out, Hamilton scored one other landing on the night time. Just a few performs into the drive, Mitchell discovered Kiondré Smith for a 59-yard main. After an unsuccessful two-point convert, the Tiger-Cats took a 34-8 lead with simply over three minutes left within the quarter.

After one other Edmonton two-and-out, the Ticats picked proper again up the place they left off on their final possession. Just a few performs into the drive, Mitchell eyed Dunbar Jr. down area, who hauled in a 42-yard move to deliver his workforce all the way down to the Elks’ seven-yard line. Mitchell threw his fifth passing landing of the night time, this time discovering White for the receiver’s second main. With the purpose after, Hamilton elevated their result in 41-8.

Tre Ford changed Bethel-Thompson at quarterback on the Elks’ ensuing drive.

Ford made fast work shifting down the sphere, and after a defensive move interference penalty on Richard Leonard, the Elks arrange store on Hamilton’s five-yard line. On second down, Ford discovered Gittens Jr. in the long run zone for the workforce’s first main of the night time. Edmonton went for 2 and was unsuccessful and Hamilton held onto a 41-14 lead with six minutes left within the contest.

The Ticats added three extra factors to their lead on their subsequent possession with Liegghio linked on his 35-yard try (44-14) with three and a half minutes left.

Ford scored his second landing in as many drives, a drive that included an unbelievable scramble out of the pocket to search out Leake down area for a 22-yard achieve, discovering Gavin Cobb for six. Eugene Lewis hauled within the two-point convert to chop Hamilton’s result in 44-22 with about two minutes on the clock.

Edmonton wasn’t achieved but. After the Elks defence compelled a Ticats fumble, Ford and co. had been again on the sphere. Ford had one other unbelievable scramble to get out of bother on the drive earlier than discovering Lewis for the quarterback’s third landing move. After a failed two-point convert try, Edmonton reduce Hamilton’s result in 44-28.

That may be the ultimate rating as Hamilton held on for the win.

Subsequent up for Hamilton is a battle with the Montreal Alouettes at Tim Hortons Discipline on Friday Night time Soccer, whereas Edmonton heads to Regina to tackle the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday night time.

The Olympic Video games are underway from Paris!

For a full rundown of all of the occasions every day, we’ve got a full breakdown of every part airing, together with the place and the best way to watch. Each Olympic occasion will likely be streaming reside on Peacock.

In relation to the medal rely, the United States is the favourite to win essentially the most medals. China is unlikely to overhaul the U.S. within the general medal haul, however has an opportunity to win extra gold medals than the People.

So which nation is main in medals after the primary day of competitors? Here’s a have a look at the Olympic medal rely (and preserve studying for some Crew USA highlights from Day 2).

Right here is the total leaderboard, final up to date July 28 at 5 p.m.

The final Summer time Olympics wherein america didn’t high the gold medal desk was in 2008 in Beijing. International locations at all times get a medal bump being the host nation, and France is predicted to virtually triple the variety of gold medals it gained in Tokyo.

Crew USA gained seven medals on Sunday, bringing their whole to 12 for the primary two days. Of these 12, 9 have been gained by feminine athletes, and U.S. girls completed first and second in two occasions for the day: the 100m butterfly in swimming, and the fencing particular person foil.

Crew USA Highlights: Day 2

SIMONE BILES SHINES, DESPITE INJURY

Simone Biles is already making historical past in Paris.

The 27-year-old grew to become the primary girls’s gymnast to land a Yurchenko double pike vault on the Olympics, taking maintain of the excessive rating within the occasion with a 15.800. It is a transfer that already had been re-named after her — now generally referred to as the “Biles II.”

The squad of Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera completed in first on the subdivision 2 qualifying on Sunday.

Biles holds the excessive rating within the all-around after finishing her 4 occasions at qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday. She closed the day with a 14.433 in uneven bars, which presently stands because the eighth-highest rating within the occasion.

Biles holds the excessive rating in vault (15.300), flooring (14.600) and the second-highest in beam (14.733) for an all-around whole of 59.566.

Her U.S. teammates are proper behind her, with Suni Lee scoring a 56.132 for the second highest all-around rating and Jordan Chiles sitting third with a 56.065.

The 16-year-old New Jersey native made her Olympic debut on stability beam and uneven bars, serving to Crew USA safe a spot within the crew finals.

The U.S. girls’s gymnastics star is in place to advance to the finals in every occasion, assuming she is not restricted by damage. Biles was heard on digicam saying she felt one thing in her calf however stepped onto the competitors flooring with the leg taped.

She appeared simply tremendous when Taylor Swift’s “Prepared for It” started taking part in and her routine — the toughest on this planet — was stable. She walked gingerly off the ground and sat off to the facet for a second earlier than receiving a hug from longtime coach Laurent Landi.

Regardless of dominating in qualifying, Biles appeared to irritate her leg throughout warmups for the ground train. She left the ground with Crew USA physician Marcia Faustin and later returned along with her ankle taped.

FIRST ALL-U.S. FINAL IN FENCING SINCE 2008

It was American vs. American within the girls’s particular person foil fencing bout.

Lee Kiefer topped Lauren Scruggs 15-6 to win gold, whereas Scruggs claimed silver within the first time ever the U.S. had two girls within the remaining bout.

Kiefer additionally gained gold in Tokyo, finishing a back-to-back triumph.

ALL THOSE SWIMMERS ARE GOLD (OR SILVER, OR BRONZE)

American swimmers Torri Huske wins gold whereas teammate Gretchen Walsh wins silver within the girls’s 100m Butterfly remaining.

It was 1-2 Crew USA to high the rostrum within the girls’s 100m butterfly Sunday in Paris.

American Torri Huske upset teammate and world file holder Gretchen Walsh, who was favored within the race, to take gold with a 55.59 time.

Individually, Carson Foster took bronze within the males’s 400m particular person medley. And within the males’s 100m breaststroke, New Jersey’s Nic Fink tied with Adam Peaty of Nice Britain with a 59.05 time to take silver in what was a nail-biting race wherein the highest three finishers have been separated by simply 0.02 seconds.

Crew USA swimmer Nic Fink tied for silver within the males’s 100m breaststroke remaining, lacking the gold by two hundredths of a second.

MEN’S BASKETBALL, USWNT START STRONG

This is a scary thought for the remainder of the basketball world: LeBron James thinks Crew USA can get even higher.

The U.S. males’s basketball crew opened the 2024 Paris Olympics with a 110-84 win over Serbia. James and Kevin Durant hit each shot they took within the first half because the crew shot over 62.3% from the sphere and linked on 18 3-pointers. They slightly simply disposed of one in all their high threats, which is led by three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

However the U.S. dedicated 17 turnovers.

“We’re gonna get higher with our turnovers,” James informed NBC after the sport. “Clearly we’re making an attempt to make the correct play so you possibly can by no means exclude that, however a few of the careless turnovers that we had, that we can provide ourselves much more possessions offensively. We’ll be higher popping out on Wednesday.”

The U.S. placed on an announcement towards Germany Sunday.

After a 3-0 win versus Zambia within the opener, the USWNT routed Germany 4-1 to additional put a stamp on Group B. The U.S. can safe first place in its group with a minimum of a draw on Wednesday versus Australia.

Sophia Smith scored a brace, whereas Mallory Swanson and Lynn Williams additionally received on the scoresheet towards a often elite German facet that simply could not include the USWNT’s attacking efficiency.

Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher solely permits a purpose as U.S. girls’s soccer defeats Germany 4-1 in pool play on the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Stephen Wade of the Related Press contributed to this report.