Boxing hero Price praises Lottery’s impact To mark the National Lottery’s 30th birthday, Lauren visited Caerphilly Dragons – an all-female football club – as well…
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Plans to keep Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower sparks row Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has sparked controversy with her plan to keep the Olympic rings…
Sir Chris Hoy announces he is being treated for cancer There is no bias in the original title provided. The six-time Olympic gold medallist said…
Summary The Olympic flame arrived in Marseille on a ship for a welcoming ceremony, kicking off an 11-week journey across France with 10,000 torchbearers passing…
Simone Biles crowned all-around world champion for a record sixth time The Guardian says In the two years since Simone Biles returned home from the…
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France’s vaunted gastronomy will be put to the ultimate test when organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have to feed 15,000 athletes.
Bowie won three medals at the Olympics in Rio in 2016.
The International Olympic Committee pushed back against the mayor of Paris on Wednesday, insisting there were no plans for “a Russian or Belarusian delegation” at the 2024 Games while also acknowledging that some athletes from those countries could be welcomed.
Russia cannot be allowed at Olympics – Zelensky President Zelensky has said Russia should not be allowed to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.…
The Guardian says Kamila Valieva’s legal team has claimed that her positive drugs test may have come from a contaminated glass of water that contained traces of her grandfather’s heart medication.
France24 says Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Games testers confirmed Friday – the IOC is appealing.
The Guardian says Great Britain missed out on their first medal of Beijing 2022 after Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffered a crushing defeat to the Swedish team in their mixed curling bronze medal match.
The Guardian says Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he will not attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Aljazeera says Australia will not send officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the event and risking a further souring of relations with China.
Aljazeera says The United States has announced it will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s “egregious” rights abuses.
The Independent says the White House will join a global chorus of calls for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The Guardian says a damning investigation into boxing at the Rio 2016 Olympics has found widespread evidence of “corruption, bribery and the manipulation of sporting results”
Larry Nassar became the biggest sexual abuse scandal in sports history. But how did he get away with it for so long?
France24 says Olympic gymnast Simone Biles held back tears on Wednesday as she spoke at the Larry Nassar trial in the United States.
Saudi Arabian Olympic champion and Karate player Tarek Hamedi was welcomed with a grand celebration at Jeddah airport following his silver medal win at the Tokyo Games, videos shared on social media showed on Monday.
Nigerian Sprinter Blessing Okagbare is out of the Tokyo Olympics after being suspended for failing a drugs test
Brisbane is set to be officially named host of the 2032 Olympics when the IOC meets in Tokyo next month. IOC president Thomas Bach…
Road closures in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for UAE Tour cycling race The UAE Tour cycling race will get under way next week and motorists…