Tag: athletes
8 months ago
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12,000 athletes and a lotus-shaped mega stadium. The Asian Games comes to China

China’s leader Xi Jinping is to declare the Asian Games open at a lotus-shaped mega stadium in Hangzhou on Saturday.

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8 months ago
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Spanish women’s league players go on strike for first two games of season over pay dispute

Players competing in the top-tier of women’s football in Spain will go on strike for the opening two weeks of the new...

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9 months ago
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How to watch Simone Biles go for more history at US Gymnastics Championships

Simone Biles is familiar with making history. At 26 years of age, she’s already one of the sport’s greats.

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11 months ago
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Top soccer players could form union to tackle racist abuse, Romelu Lukaku says

Inter Milan and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku says the world’s top soccer stars could form a union to tackle racist a...

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12 months ago
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UFC maintains links with Russian fighters and others connected to sanctioned Chechen warlord desp...

The video looks like a gun advertisement – on steroids. Shot in the style of a music video, with quick edits and a pu...

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12 months ago
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Goalkeeper scores from inside his own penalty area in wild ending to Mexican soccer match

Goalkeeper Santiago Ramírez scored an absurd long-range goal to cap off a wild semifinal between his Atlético Morelia...

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about 1 year ago
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Goalkeepers just can’t stop scoring in Chilean football. The latest goal is a last-second diving ...

It's becoming quite the season for goalkeepers in Chile.

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about 1 year ago
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The Paralympics TikTok account uses ‘edgy and unique content’ but has been critiqued by some for ...

Social media is awash with memes and GIFs and, at times, 'edginess,' but it can be a difficult balancing act as the o...

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about 1 year ago
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Angel Reese is ‘probably the greatest athlete ever to come out of LSU sports. Male and female. Ev...

Shaquille O'Neal knows a thing or two about success. The four-time NBA champion and one of the league's greats has wa...

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about 1 year ago
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Australian rugby and NFL player Jarryd Hayne found guilty of rape

Former Australian rugby and NFL player Jarryd Hayne has been found guilty of raping a woman in 2018.

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about 1 year ago
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IOC allowing Russian and Belarussian athletes to compete is a ‘slap in the face,’ says Ukrainian ...

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to allow Russian and Belarussian athletes to participate in inte...

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about 1 year ago
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Enter player zero: NFL stars excited by jersey number rule change

The No. 0 is a famous one in the NBA. Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum all wear jerseys emblazoned ...

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about 1 year ago
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World Athletics tightens rules on transgender women athletes

World Athletics (WA) announced new rules on Thursday impacting transgender women athletes, banning some from competin...

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about 1 year ago
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Goalkeeper scores from a goal kick – it could set the record for the longest range goal in history

Argentine goalkeeper Leandro Requena scored one of the most outrageous goals you are ever likely to see during his Co...

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about 1 year ago
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PSV Eindhoven imposes 40-year stadium ban on fan who attacked goalkeeper

Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven has imposed a 40-year stadium ban on a fan who invaded the pitch and attacked an op...

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about 1 year ago
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‘Get rid of the rats’: NFL players rate teams and reveal some ‘gross’ details

Given the multi-billion dollar nature of the business, you might think that no expense would be spared in ensuring NF...

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over 1 year ago
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Concerns mount over Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed without hijab | CNN

A female Iranian climber, who did not wear a hijab at an international competition in South Korea, left for Iran on T...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | Partying Olympic athletes blow off steam in Tokyo by trashing hotel rooms, stealing tea...

Some Canadians were rowdy enough that they violated COVID protocols, drew noise complaints, may have been involved in...

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almost 3 years ago
thestar.com

PHOTOS: Canada’s swimming heroes back home after triumphant Tokyo Olympics

The swim team matched the number of medals Canada won in the pool at the 2016 Rio Olympics with six.

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu ‘inspired’ by generation of athletes fighting to remain to be eli...

Bishop-Nriagu hoping to reach the podium in the 800 metres after finishing fourth at Rio Olympics

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about 3 years ago
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Vaccines are on the way for Canada’s athletes, who continue to train for Tokyo under ‘stressful’ ...

On Thursday, Canadian athletes and officials got welcome news that Pfizer and BioNTech would donate Covid-19 doses to...

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over 3 years ago
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Athletes’ lives aren’t any more valuable, experts say, and they can wait for the vaccine like the...

Charles Barkley is just the latest to suggest athletes be allowed to jump the queue. He says they’ve paid for the pri...

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almost 4 years ago
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Noah Lyles' 200m 'world record' dismissed as he had actually only run 185m

The error happened because he was put in the wrong place on the track, writes Jane Clinton

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