6 h. ago Olympic skateboarder Nyjah Huston shares graphic details of injury amid fears for his manhood

Huston, who won a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, left fans concerned when he posted a photo from a hospital bed on Wednesday night.

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54 h. ago ParalympicsGB star Poppy Maskill gets early birthday treat as she collects MBE

The swimmer, who turns 20 on Saturday, was ParalympicsGB’s most successful athlete at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

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5 d. ago Lord Coe never had a chance in Olympics race with Robert Mugabe's 'golden girl'

JEREMY CROSS COLUMN: Lord Seb Coe was in the running to become the next IOC President though was beaten by two-time gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister Kirsty Coventry

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6 d. ago New Olympics chief claims Russia's exile is double standards and opens door for their return for Los Angeles Games in 2028

Incoming IOC president Kirsty Coventry has revealed that she will open talks to have Russia reinstated to the Olympics in time for the 2028 Games in LA. Russia was banned from Paris 2024. 

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7 d. ago British Olympic hero Sharron Davies blasts IOC after Lord Coe lost election race and throws gauntlet down to new president to protect women's sport after boxing gender row at Paris Games

New International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is facing immediate calls to protect the women's category after securing a landslide election win.

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7 d. ago British Olympic hero Sharron Davies blasts IOC after Lord Coe lost election race and throws gauntlet down to new president to protect women's sport after boxing gender row at Paris Games

New International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is facing immediate calls to protect the women's category after securing a landslide election win.

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7 d. ago Molly Caudery reflects on Olympic heartbreak ahead of world title tilt

Molly Caudery is the favourite to retain her World Indoor pole vault title this weekend having experienced the lowest of lows during last summer's Olympic Games in Paris

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7 d. ago IOC presidential election LIVE: Kirsty Coventry beats Seb Coe to claim historic victory

Lord Coe is up against Juan Antonio Samaranch, whose father was IOC president for 21 years, and Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry in a battle for the most powerful post in sport

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8 d. ago Inside the Olympic conclave: Coe bids to relive 2012 glory but mystery surrounds vote

At a Greek resort surrounded by 131 infinity pools, six waterslides and a golf course designed by Bernhard Langer, Sebastian Coe is taking aim at a fourth Olympic triumph – but his path to victory is narrowOne question, more than any other, swirled around the exclusive Costa Navarino resort on Wednesday evening. Could Sebastian Coe really pull it out of the fire again? At the Moscow and Los Angeles Olympics he bounced back from defeat in the 800m to take 1500m gold. Then, against the odds in Singapore in 2005, he brought the 2012 Games to London ahead of Paris and Madrid.And now, in the final hours before Thursday’s vote for the next International Olympic Committee president, he was busy pressing flesh and securing promises in the hope of a fourth Olympic win. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Coe feels ‘momentum’ but IOC presidential race remains on knife

Vote on next IOC president to take place on ThursdaySamaranch Jr, Coventry and Coe the leading contendersSebastian Coe feels he has momentum as the race to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee reaches its final hours. Most experts believe the seven-strong contest to be the next leader of global sport is on a knife-edge, with Coe one of the “big three” alongside the Spaniard Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, who is the favourite, and Kirsty Coventry, whowould be the first female president of the IOC.However, Lord Coe struck an upbeat message after meeting many of the 98 voters who will decide his fate before the vote on Thursday afternoon. “I feel there is momentum,” he said. “I have enjoyed the campaign and the discussions I have had. I have listened a lot and I’ve heard about what members are concerned about and what they would like to change. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Boxer Imane Khelif sends blunt message to Donald Trump as gender row escalates

Imane Khelif won gold at the Olympics last year following a gender controversy

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1 week ago Olympics chief: Boxing gender row was sparked by Russian fake news campaign

‘It has nothing to do with the reality,’ Thomas Bach says

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1 week ago Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, claims IOC chief

Thomas Bach criticises ‘fake news campaign from Russia’Two boxers competed in Paris under cloud of controversyA gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, said on Saturday. Bach, who is stepping down in June after 12 years in the biggest job in world sports, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games. The boxing competition in the Paris was run by the IOC after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. But the IBA, run by the Russian businessman Umar Kremlev with close links to the Kremlin, accused the IOC during the Games of allowing two female athletes, who had been banned by the IBA following a chromosome test a year earlier, to compete. A bitter war of words ensued b...

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1 week ago Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, says IOC chief

Thomas Bach criticises ‘fake news campaign from Russia’Two boxers under scrutiny won gold in Paris A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, said on Saturday. Bach, who is stepping down in June after 12 years in the biggest job in world sports, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games. The boxing competition in the Paris was run by the IOC after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. But the IBA, run by the Russian businessman Umar Kremlev with close links to the Kremlin, accused the IOC during the Games of allowing two female athletes, who had been banned by the IBA after a chromosome test a year earlier, to compete.A war of words ensued between the two organisa...

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2 w. ago Slot sanguine after Liverpool exit in ‘best game of football I’ve ever been involved in’

PSG beat Liverpool on penalties in Champions LeagueSlot praises ‘teams of an incredible level and intensity’Arne Slot described Liverpool’s Champions League exit as the ­finest game of his career after Paris Saint‑Germain stunned Anfield with ­victory in a penalty shootout.The Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma proved the decisive figure in the last-16 second leg with penalty saves from Darwin Núñez and Curtis Jones. The game had gone to extra time and penalties after ­Ousmane Dembélé’s winner cancelled out Liverpool’s first‑leg lead from Paris. PSG converted all four of their penalties in a flawless shootout display. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Drugs cheat Lance Armstrong's gesture to Bradley Wiggins and why he's so grateful to him

Bradley Wiggins post-cycling life has proven to be truly difficult, but the British Olympic hero has received a lot of support from Lance Armstrong

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3 w. ago Addiewell archer receives his MBE as proud gran, wife and dad look on

Nathan Macqueen won gold at the Paralympic Games in Paris

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3 w. ago Cindy Ngamba: ‘I don’t want to go to Saudi until I hear from women that laws have changed’

The LGBTQ+ Olympic medallist makes her pro debut on an all-female card at the Royal Albert Hall but says she is disappointed by the Saudi stranglehold on her sport“I’m still deciding my nickname,” Cindy Ngamba says with a languid grin as she prepares for her debut as a professional fighter at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday night. Ngamba, who won the first Olympic medal in history for the Refugee Team at the Paris Games last year, is a sparkling personality and a boxer of vast potential, so it does not take her long to reveal her current favourite.“On my gumshield it says ‘One in 100 Million’ so that’s a nickname I like,” Ngamba says. “It’s linked to the Refugee Team because I am just one in a 100 million refugees from around the world.” Continue reading...

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