8 h. ago Olympic champion on retirement challenges and advice for young female athletes

EXCLUSIVE: Olympic heptathlon champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill opens up about retirement from athletics, raising two children, and the body image pressures facing female athletes

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32 h. ago 'I may be off to the House of Lords but I can't afford to heat my home after being cancelled because of my views', Olympic swimming champion and campaigner Sharron Davies reveals

A total of 34 new life peers were announced this week, most destined to join the Labour benches. Sharron Davies, 63, will be one of just three new Tory peers, and no she didn't foresee this coming either.

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59 h. ago Alex Yee challenged to step up to T100 triathlon distance after searing Valencia Marathon

The Olympic champion became the second-fastest Brit of all-time over 26.2 miles with a stunning time of two hours six minutes and 38 seconds – a feat only bettered by Sir Mo Farah

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63 h. ago Reigning Olympic ski champion Michelle Gisin airlifted after downhill crash in training

Michelle Gisin is the third Swiss reigning Olympic champion to crash in practice in recent weeks

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67 h. ago Sir Chris Hoy breaks his leg in 'worst crash I've ever had', as he battles prostate cancer

The cycling legend and Olympic champion, 49, has suffered the major injury in the midst of his battle against terminal prostate cancer, which he was diagnosed with two years ago.

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6 d. ago Alex Yee runs second fastest British marathon time to trail only Mo Farah

Olympic triathlon champion runs 2:06:38 in ValenciaThe only faster time by a Briton is Farah’s 2:05:11 in 2018Alex Yee, the Olympic triathlon champion, has become the second-fastest British marathon runner in history with a stunning run in Valencia. The 27-year-old finished seventh in a strong field in a time of 2hr 6min 38sec, quicker than any Briton in history apart from Mo Farah, who ran 2:05:11 in Chicago in 2018.It was a remarkable performance, especially given Yee took up the marathon only this year as a mini-sabbatical from triathlon after he won gold in Paris. As Yee crossed the line he roared to the skies before placing his hands to his head, in disbelief at the time he had just achieved. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Valencia Marathon 2025 results: Alex Yee stuns to go second in all

The Olympic triathlon champion finished behind men’s race winner John Korir, while Joyciline Jepkosgei produced the fastest women’s time of 2025 to triumph in Spain

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1 week ago World Athletics scraps landing zone idea to avoid ‘war’ with long jumpers

Plan was introduced to reduce number of foul jumps‘Athletes do not want to embrace it,’ says Jon RidgeonWorld Athletics has scrapped plans to introduce a take-off zone for the long jump rather than the traditional board because of widespread hostility from athletes. Jon Ridgeon, World Athletics’ chief executive, said that while the proposals had gone well in trials, “you do not want to go to war with your most important group of people”.The idea of introducing a wide take-off zone was to reduce the number of foul jumps with athletes no longer required to try to hit a narrow board before jumping. However, the Olympic long jump champion, Miltiadis Tentoglou, described the proposal as “dog shit” because it took much of the skill out of the event, while Carl Lewis called it an “April Fool’s joke”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago World Athletics scraps takeoff zone idea to avoid ‘war’ with long jumpers

Plan was introduced to reduce number of foul jumps‘Athletes do not want to embrace it,’ says Jon RidgeonWorld Athletics has scrapped plans to introduce a takeoff zone for the long jump rather than the traditional board because of widespread hostility from athletes. Jon Ridgeon, the World Athletics’ chief executive, said that while the proposals had gone well in trials, “you ultimately do not want to go to war with your most important group of people”.The idea of introducing a wide takeoff zone was to reduce the number of foul jumps with athletes no longer required to try to hit a narrow board before jumping into the sand pit. However, the Olympic long jump champion, Miltiadis Tentoglou, described the proposal as “dog shit” because it took much of the skill out of the event, while the former track and field athlete Carl Lewis, who won four long jump medals at the Olympics, called it an “April fool’s joke”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago What’s the Monarchy For? review – David Dimbleby’s demolition of the royals is hugely entertaining

Now he’s free of the BBC, he’s gone combative. He drives a horse and cart through a piece of Dominic Grieve sophistry, and tries his best to skewer the institution based around a jewelled velvet hatSettling down in front of David Dimbleby’s new three-parter, and looking at that confrontational title, you wonder why the question it asks is not debated more often. Dimbleby himself has trailed the series by worrying aloud that during his stint as a BBC staffer he was part of an organisation that didn’t challenge the monarchy robustly enough. But retirement means the shackles he wore when he was the corporation’s top politics presenter have been loosened.The opening episode cleaves closest to the titular question – parts two and three are more like “Is the Monarchy a Giant Ponzi Scheme?” and “Are the Monarchy Personally Repellent?”, respectively – with its theme of how much power the monarchy has and how it wields it. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How I tracked down the real Mo Farah: KAMAL SULTAN reveals two

Sir Mo Farah, four time Olympic champion, came out and said his name wasn't Mo Farah. He was trafficked to the UK using another child's identity. But where is the real Mo Farah?

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2 w. ago Sir Elton John says 'it's been devastating' in health update after 'incredible life'

The 78-year-old star has said he has endured a 'challenging' 15 months after retiring from touring

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2 w. ago Canada’s most decorated female Olympian banned from competing for two years

The 2016 Olympic 100 metres freestyle champion's period of ineligibility extends to July 14, 2027

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3 w. ago Helen Glover: ‘Having kids just made me realise sports is so much bigger than the moment you cross the line’

The double Olympic champion rower and mum-of-three opens up about how her training has changed and parenting non-negotiables.

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3 w. ago The horse of a lifetime: Olympic champion to bow out in London in front of home crowd

The horse of a lifetime: Olympic champion to bow out in London in front of home crowd  Horse & Hound

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3 w. ago Woman issues warning to all female drivers after terrifying late

Liv Bedford has issued advice to her fellow female motorists after was left 'petrified' in her car late at night to find upon realising a man was trying to get into her vehicle

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3 w. ago Retired Rushden teacher to take on 'new challenge' by running London Marathon in aid of NSPCC

Retired Rushden teacher to take on 'new challenge' by running London Marathon in aid of NSPCC  Northamptonshire Telegraph

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last month 'I know what's it like to be bullied by the Ramsay cult': How Adam Peaty's mother has found shock new ally in war with her son and his in

As the mother of Olympic champion Adam Peaty struggles to end her toxic feud with her son's bride-to-be, Gordon Ramsay 's daughter Holly, she has been lent support by another woman.

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last month Here glums the bride: Holly Ramsay spotted leaving her parents house with strain of wedding feud clearly taking its toll

Determined not to let an astonishing family feud overshadow her forthcoming wedding to Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty , Holly Ramsey stepped out in south-west London.

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