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Olympics commentator Mike Tirico has apologised after a gaffe involving the Palestine flag. After a broadcasting blunder ...

Samoa's boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito dies at Olympics village "This shirt represents the current image in Palestine," Abu Sal told AFP on Saturday. "The children who are martyred and die ...

On Saturday, the United Nations assembly approved a resolution granting Palestine new rights and ... which is prohibited by the International Olympic Committee. In that case, only athletes from ...

Even in war, branding applies. Israel and Hamas are engaged in a parallel battle of optics despite a ceasefire that took ...

Calls to ban Israel from the Olympics intensified as their national anthem was booed and chants of "free Palestine" were heard their national football team took the field their during opening game ...