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The Paris Olympics gave us all hope amid the darkness, writes IAN HERBERT… while the beauty of the closing ceremony lay in its modesty

The Olympics provided some much-needed light in decidedly dark times, writes IAN HERBERT,

IAN HERBERT AT THE STADE DE FRANCE: The stadium illuminated by such brilliance these past weeks was cast into darkness as the Olympics closing ceremony's theatrical element began last night. There was something very poignant about that. These Games are over and there is, once again, no counterpoint to the infernal gloom of the daily news narrative. Raids are awaited imminently on Palestinian lands where Hamas fighters are said to be sheltering. Britain, shaken by days of rioting, is holding its breath. No-one pretends that sport shifts that narrative, though for a few weeks there have been a few shards of light. Even the British Olympic Association's chief executive Andy Anson - not a man for vague pronouncements - posited the notion here yesterday that the British athletes' achievements can actually help salve the divides back at home.

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Laura Woods weighs in on 'leaked' report which claims Imane Khelif is a biological man - and reveals that she has 'lost friends' as a result of her stance on the Olympic gender row
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24/10/24 09:48
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OBITUARY: Ace shot-putter, television star, Olympian... and budgie breeder! To suggest Geoff Capes crammed a lot into his 75 years would be an understatement as gargantuan as the man himself
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Donald Trump insists on calling women's Olympic gold medal boxer Imane Khelif a MAN as he talks to WWE icon The Undertaker about 'protecting' women's sports from trans athletes ahead of US presidential election
21/10/24 22:11
Although Khelif was born female and has had her father show her birth certificate as proof of her gender, her success sparked fierce controversy and backlash both during and after the Games.
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21/10/24 13:11
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Sir Chris Hoy is a wise, gentle warrior so beloved that his personal tragedy feels like our own, writes HEATHER DEWAR
20/10/24 18:37
There are times when we hear something so shocking it literally takes our breath away; a sucker punch that spirals immediately into a sense of shock and foreboding.

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