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Which soccer players will be in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
As soccer in the Paris Olympics kicks off, the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams are looking for gold in the City of Love.
While the opening ceremony is on Friday, matches officially began Wednesday as the U.S. men’s national soccer team were blanketed 3-0 by host France. The U.S. women’s national soccer team defeated Zambia 3-0 Thursday.
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Due to rules put in place by FIFA, soccer’s governing body, men’s soccer teams can only send players under 23 to the Olympics, along with a maximum of three players who don’t meet that age requirement. Women’s teams are not restricted by age.
While some superstars such as Argentina’s Lionel Messi or Brazil’s Neymar won’t be on the pitch for the Summer Games, the competition will still be loaded with talent from across the world. Here’s who will be part of the U.S. men’s and women’s soccer teams.
U.S. women’s soccer team players for the 2024 Olympics
- Goalkeepers: Casey Murphy and Alyssa Naeher
- Defenders: Tierna Davidson, Emily Fox, Naomi Girma, Casey Krueger, Jenna Nighswong and Emily Sonnett
- Midfielders: Korbin Albert, Sam Coffey, Lindsey Horan and Rose Lavelle
- Forwards: Crystal Dunn, Trinity Rodman, Jaedyn Shaw, Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson and Lynn Williams
- Alternates: Midfielder Croix Bethune, goalkeeper Jane Campbell, midfielder Hal Hershfelt and defender Emily Sams
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U.S. men’s soccer team roster for the 2024 Olympics
- Goalkeepers: Patrick Schulte and Gaga Slonina
- Midfielders: Maximilian Dietz, Gianluca Busio and Jack McGlynn
- Defenders: Nathan Harriel, Miles Robinson, John Tolkin, Caleb Wiley and Walker Zimmerman
- Forwards: Benjamin Cremaschi, Djordje Mihailovic, Duncan McGuire, Kevin Paredes and Griffin Yow
- Alternates: Midfielder John Atencio, defender Jake Davis, forward Johan Gomez and goalkeeper John Pulskamp
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Notable soccer players who will be playing in Paris
Argentinian forward Julián Álvarez – less than two weeks after winning the Copa America – will be leading his national team. Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi and U.S. captain Walker Zimmerman are also players to watch on the men’s side.
USWNT’s Lindsey Horan, Sophia Smith and Trinity Rodman are guiding a fresh American team seeking to get back to its winning ways. In their path for glory will be Spain’s national women’s team, who are looking to be the first team to win a gold medal in France after winning a women’s World Cup trophy. Spain’s roster is filled with talent, including current Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati and star Alexia Putellas.
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Notable soccer players who won’t be playing in Paris
Longtime USWNT star Alex Morgan won’t be on the team this year after the squad did not include her in the Paris-bound roster. French and new Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe won’t play in front of his country because his club team didn’t allow him to play. Don’t expect to see USMNT star Christian Pulisic, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, England’s Harry Kane or Norway’s Erling Haaland either.
At least 11 employees were taken to hospitals and residents were urged to shelter in place on Tuesday after an explosion at a Louisville, Kentucky, business.
The Louisville Metro Emergency Services reported on social media a “hazardous materials incident” at 1901 Payne St., in Louisville. The address belongs to a facility operated by Givaudan Sense Colour, a manufacturer of food colorings for soft drinks and other products, according to officials and online records.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said emergency teams responded to the blast around 3 p.m. News outlets reported that neighbors heard what sounded like an explosion coming from the business. Overhead news video footage showed an industrial building with a large hole in its roof.
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“The cause at this point of the explosion is unknown,” Greenberg said in a news conference. No one died in the explosion, he added.
Greenberg said officials spoke to employees inside the plant. “They have initially conveyed that everything was normal activity when the explosion occurred,” he said.
The Louisville Fire Department said in a post on the social platform X that multiple agencies were responding to a “large-scale incident.”
The Louisville Metro Emergency Services first urged people within a mile of the business to shelter in place, but that order was lifted in the afternoon. An evacuation order for the two surrounding blocks around the site of the explosion was still in place Tuesday afternoon.
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A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive green stone.
Sold by Christie’s, the Cartier diamond and emerald brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, dethrones a piece of jewelry made by the fashion house Bulgari, which Richard Burton gave as a wedding gift to fellow actor Elizabeth Taylor, as the most precious emerald.
In 1960, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan commissioned Cartier to set the emerald in a brooch with 20 marquise-cut diamonds for British socialite Nina Dyer, to whom he was briefly married.
Dyer then auctioned off the emerald to raise money for animals in 1969.
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By chance that was Christie’s very first such sale in Switzerland on the shores of Lake Geneva, with the emerald finding its way back to the 110th edition this year.
It was bought by jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels before passing a few years later into the hands of Harry Winston, nicknamed the “King of Diamonds.”
“Emeralds are hot right now, and this one ticks all the boxes,” said Christie’s EMEA Head of Jewellery Max Fawcett. “…We might see an emerald of this quality come up for sale once every five or six years.”
Also set with diamonds, the previous record-holder fetched $6.5 million at an auction of part of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned jewelry collection in New York.
