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World Wrestling Championship to offer fewer quotas for Paris Games, World Qualifier gets more: UWW

NEW DELHI: The 2023 World Wrestling Championship will offer five quota places for the 2024 Olympics in each of the 18 weight categories instead of six as UWW on Wednesday announced changes to the qualification process for the Paris Games.

The Times of India

Bhowneesh Mendiratta earns India's first 2024 Paris Olympics quota place in shooting

NEW DELHI: Bhowneesh Mendiratta earned India's first 2024 Paris Olympics quota place in shooting, after he finished a commendable fourth in the men's trap competition at the ongoing ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia.

The Times of India

Vladimir Putin's favourite Olympics sport star quits Russia with no plans to return

Five-time gold medalistAnastasia Davydova, who received an order of merit from Putin last year, has left Russia just days after the Vladimir Putin announced his plans for a partial military mobilisation

Daily Mirror

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Opals' win over Japan another sign of recovery from disappointing Tokyo Olympics

The Opals overcome a difficult match-up against Japan to top Group B at the FIBA Women's World Cup, as the Australians continue to move on from the disappointment of last year's Olympics.

ABC News

Perth's Stephen Milne reflects on his special journey after announcing retirement from competitive swimming

Milne enjoyed medal success on the Commonwealth and Olympic stage all while training at the local leisure centre with Perth City Swim Club

Daily Record

London Marathon chief urges Mo Farah to take inspiration from Kipchoge

Mo Farah has been urged not to make any hasty decisions about retirement and to take inspiration from world record holder Eliud Kipchoge when he returns to run the London Marathon on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Tokyo Olympics bribery arrests widens to third Japan sponsor

Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member have ensnared a third company that sponsored the Games

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Soft power, the new race every country wants to win

Success in international sporting events does have a positive effect, which India must note

The Hindu

Boxer Lovlina to miss National Games because of a nose injury

KOLKATA: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will not take part in the National Games

The Hindu

Boxing set to be scrapped from Olympics after 2024 following crucial vote

The International Boxing Association has voted emphatically against permitting a leadership challenge to incumbent president Umar Kremlev

Daily Mirror

Egypt to Apply to Host 2036 Olympic Games

Egypt will apply to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, the Egyptian youth and sports minister said in a statement on Saturday, a bid that if successful would make it the first Arab or African nation to host the event, The Associated Press reported. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Alex Scott reveals racist trolls left her ‘scared for her life’

The former footballer opened up about the impact online abuse had on her

The Independent UK

Alex Scott says trolling and racist abuse took her to some ‘dark places’

BBC presenter received death threats after false reports that she was to replace Sue Barker on A Question of Sport

The Guardian - UK

BBC presenter Alex Scott 'briefly turned to drinking' to 'drown out' racist trolls

Former footballer turned BBC pundit Alex Scott has opened up about the devastating impact racist and sexist online trolling has had on her mental health, revealing for the first time her spiral into a 'dark place' that 'briefly' led her to drinking

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Fijian skateboarders attend Rumble on the Reef in Mackay as step towards Brisbane Olympics

There are no skate parks on their island, so Fiji's skaters practise at the one place that is guaranteed to have a smooth pavement — Parliament House.

The Hindu

Archer Atanu Das gears up for the National Games

The Olympian will use the event to take stock of his game ahead of a hectic 2023 calendar

The Independent UK

Vatican cyclist spreading the pope's message at worlds

A plain white helmet like the pope’s skullcap

The Hindu

Ashutosh has his sights trained on Olympics participation

Qualification for under-15 Nationals a first step in ultimate career quest

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The Japan News/Yomiuri

Mascot toy sales implicated in Games scandal

The bribery scandal being uncovered after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics allegedly extends even to the cute but lucrative stuffed mascot toys.

Newsroom.co.nz

Where is she now? Pat Barwick

In his final story, written for LockerRoom, the late David Leggat spoke to former Black Sticks captain and coach Pat Barwick, who continues to give back to every part of hockey, even in her 'r

The Independent UK

Tom Daley opens up about his mental health and eating disorder: ‘It was a very taboo thing’

The Olympic gold medallist now uses knitting as a form of self care

Tribune News Service

Scott Fowler: Charlie Scott on racism, trailblazing, Dean Smith and why he chose UNC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlie Scott, this week’s star of the “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” series, was the first Black basketball player on scholarship at the University of North Carolina. In many ways, he was the Tar Heels’ version of baseball player Jackie Robinson, dealing with the racism inherent in…

The Independent UK

IOC chief sorry for not honoring 1972 Olympic attack victims

The head of the International Olympic Committee has apologized for the organization’s longtime failure to commemorate 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics

ABC News

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup tips off in Sydney tomorrow: Here's what you need to know

The world's 12 best women's basketball teams are in Sydney for the biggest event in the sport, alongside the Olympics. So when is it on, how can you watch, and will the Opals win?

Golf Monthly

How Can I Play Le Golf National?

The venue near Paris will host many of the world's best players when the Olympics comes to France

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