22 h. ago Olympic hero Laura Kenny's statement after public pictures spark accusations

Five-time Olympic gold medal winner Dame Laura Kenny has hit back after online messages which claimed that the Team GB icon was attention-seeking after posting pictures online of her breastfeeding

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3 d. ago Australia’s Matt Hauser wins world triathlon title with Wollongong victory

World No 1 claims gold on home soil to end 15-year drought for AustraliaGermany’s Lisa Tertsch triumphs in women’s final to seal maiden crownWorld No 1 Matt Hauser has won the triathlon’s world championship series in Wollongong, ending a 15-year drought for Australia.Two-time Olympian Hauser never relented across Sunday’s 1.5km swim, 40km cycle, and 10km run event and won gold by a monster 34 seconds on home soil. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Australia’s Matt Hauser wins world triathlon title with emotional victory on home soil

World No 1 claims gold in Wollongong to end 15-year drought for AustraliaGermany’s Lisa Tertsch triumphs in women’s final to seal maiden crownWorld No 1 Matt Hauser has won the triathlon’s world championship series in Wollongong, ending a 15-year drought for Australia.Two-time Olympian Hauser never relented across Sunday’s 1.5km swim, 40km cycle, and 10km run event and won gold by a monster 34 seconds on home soil. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Adam Peaty was forced to act after 'nearly kiss' before ex blamed Strictly 'curse'

Three-time Olympic gold medal-winner Adam Peaty is engaged to Holly Ramsay after his ex-girlfriend suggested the Strictly 'curse' led to the downfall of their relationship

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5 d. ago Ariarne Titmus retires just as she swam – at the top of the sport and uniquely herself | Kieran Pender

Stepping away from swimming as current two-time world and Olympic champion at only 25 is another distinctively Titmus thing to doAriarne Titmus has always done things her own way.So it was when she first blazed to glory in 2019 – a teenager unheralded outside Australia, upstaging American swim queen Katie Ledecky on the world stage. So it was in 2022 when, as reigning world and Olympic champion, Titmus decided to skip the world titles. “I’ll definitely be asleep,” she told me at the time – the championships were held in Budapest, and Titmus remained in Australia, not ever tuning in to the overnight broadcast. And in 2023 when the women’s 400m freestyle turned from “race of the century” to coronation and ultimately procession, as Titmus dominated rivals Ledecky and Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh at the world titles and again the 2024 Olympics. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Paisley cycling hero Jack Carlin calls time on his Olympic career

The four-time Olympic medalist said he can't “ignite the spark” in himself to try and reach another tournament

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6 d. ago Milan Olympic hockey arena delays may leave NHL stars on untested ice

Main Milan arena won’t host December test eventNew 16,000-seat venue still under constructionWomen’s hockey could open it on eve of GamesForget about thin ice. For now, there’s no ice.With NHL players preparing to return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade, construction on the main hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Games is going down to the wire. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tom Daley and husband fled UK after ugly clash with BBC presenter

Tom Daley has become a firm favourite on The Celebrity Traitors, but the former Olympic diver has been through a tough time with his husband, Dustin Lance Black

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7 d. ago GB and Scottish sprint star Jack Carlin announces retirement from track cycling

“If I was to say to 18-year-old Jack you’re going to walk away in ten years’ time with four Olympic medals around your neck, I’d have bitten your hand off,” the 28-year-old said

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7 d. ago Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell reveals she used to 'beat herself up if she ate too many calories' and would wake up 'feeling guilty' after the weekend in candid confession

The former track-and-field star, 59, remains the only female British athlete to have held the Olympic, World, European, and Commonwealth titles at the same time.

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9 d. ago Victoria Pendleton confirms second tragic death as Team GB icon makes emotional statement

Two-time Olympic champion and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Victoria Pendleton announced the tragic news of a second family death in as many years on social media

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9 d. ago Victoria Pendleton announces second family tragedy in two years in heartbreaking statement

The two-time Olympic champion and Team GB icon has taken to social media to share some tragic news

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1 week ago Olympic legend Bradley Wiggins opens up on his cocaine hell and how he SNORTED the drug off a gold medal: 'I don't know how I'm still alive'

The Tour de France champion and five-time Olympic gold medallist revealed earlier this year that he had struggled with a drug addiction following his retirement from the sport in 2016.

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2 w. ago ‘I’m the total opposite to Cav and Brad’: Geraint Thomas on how a normal bloke won the Tour de France

The two-time Olympic gold medallist details the grit and sacrifice needed to succeed and says Ineos are held to a different standard than other teams“I’m pretty laidback and don’t take myself too seriously off the bike,” Geraint Thomas says as, in retirement, the 2018 Tour de France winner reflects on the contrast between his relaxed public persona and his real self. “I think people assume I’m like that in every aspect of my life. But when it came to training and racing I took it really seriously. I did everything I could to reach my very best and always go as deep as possible. I had that determination to perform.”The 39-year-old Welshman pauses as he thinks of his old contemporaries Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins: “Cav was obviously a lot more outspoken. I didn’t tend to tell people what I was hoping to do. And Brad’s spoken recently about how he had troubles in the past while he portrayed the whole rock-star image. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scots twins talk filmmaking with Hollywood legends Joel Coen and Frances McDormand on Glasgow set

Nathan and Ben McQuaid met their hero and his wife, actress Frances McDormand, on the set of Jack of Spades which is filming in Glasgow city centre.

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2 w. ago Wasted chances and a late goal provide dramatic end to Crystal Palace’s unbeaten run

Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace: The Toffees ended the visitors’ historic streak through new hero Jack Grealish’s stoppage-time winner

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2 w. ago From cage to screen: The Smashing Machine and Mark Kerr’s second act with The Rock

Mark Kerr’s rise and fall was captured in a cult MMA documentary. Now Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has brought his story to Hollywood with A24’s The Smashing MachineIt started with an affirming nod of heads between two tough guys at a Santa Monica Gold’s Gym in the summer of 1997. One-time Olympic wrestling contender Mark Kerr was training for his first Ultimate Fighting Championship fight, having dominated in a three-fight, one-night tournament in Brazil two months earlier. Dwayne “Rocky Maivia” Johnson, a former NFL prospect sidelined with a knee injury suffered during his second year with the WWE, approached him.“Can I take you to lunch?” Johnson asked Kerr, who obliged him at the Firehouse restaurant in Santa Monica. The conversation inevitably drifted to mixed martial arts, as Johnson peppered the 1992 NCAA champion with pointed questions about the unregulated sport. MMA was gaining popularity in Japan, where multiple promotions hired pro wrestlers for “crossover” fights. Continue...

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2 w. ago Olympic champion runner Semenya ends landmark legal fight against sex eligibility rules

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending her seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field

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2 w. ago Andy Murray's 'unbelievable' new sporting target after quitting tennis stuns Sky Sports pundit

Andy Murray retired from tennis last year after representing Team GB at the Summer Olympics in Paris, but the two-time Wimbledon champion now has a new ambition

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