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Greg Van Avermaet, Olympic champion, Roubaix winner, to retire from cycling at the end of 2023

The Belgian says he has "no regrets" as he will head out of the peloton aged 38

Cycling Weekly

Could France protest fury spill into next year's Olympics?

Preparations in France for the 2024 Olympic Games had been going largely smoothly

The Independent UK

Boxing Worlds: Ashish advances with hard-fought win

Boxer Ashish Chaudhary's "dream" is to fulfill his late father's desire to see an Olympic medal around his neck. In March 2020, just before the Olympic qualifiers in Jordan, Ashish lost his father who was ailing for a long time.

The Times of India

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Ruby Tui: New Zealand Black Ferns star to play Premier Rugby Sevens in US

World Cup and Olympic champion will compete in multi-city professional event climaxing in Washington DC in August

The Guardian - US

IBA slams ‘black sheep’ breakaway body as schism roils boxing

A new world boxing federation was announced last month in a move aimed at securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future.

Al Jazeera

Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave opens up on harrowing health battle

Since retiring from the sport in 2000, he has suffered a range of symptoms and was at first reluctant to seek help.

Daily Record

Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave's harrowing health battle as he breaks silence on diagnosis

The Olympic hero, who won a remarkable five gold medals at five consecutive Games, tells James Moore about discovering he has a testosterone deficiency

Daily Mirror

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U.S. Olympic Track and Field Legend Ralph Boston Dies at 83

The Laurel, Mississippi native rose to prominence ahead of the 1960 Olympics after besting a world record set by Jesse Owens.

Sports Illustrated

Put systems in place to deal with players' issues with respect and dignity: Athletes Commission

NEW DELHI: The Athletes Commission of the IOA has recommended the national Olympic body to put systems in place to deal with issues of the players "with respect and dignity" in the light of the protest by top wrestlers of the country against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

The Times of India

Media is supporting Brij Bhushan more than the players: Bajrang Punia

NEW DELHI: Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, one of the prominent faces leading the wrestlers' protest in Delhi, on Sunday accused the media of supporting the Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh more than the players. While celebrated wrestler Vinesh Phogat appealed to the media not to…

The Times of India

Russian Athletes Say IOC Participation Plan ‘Excessive and Discriminatory'

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is "excessive and discriminatory", the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) athletes' commission said. The IOC sanctioned Russia and its ally Belarus after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022 but last month recommended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lynch rolls with the punches and sets his sights on Paris

There are few sports that are in more of a mess than amateur boxing is at the moment. From a looming Olympic ban to long-standing concerns about the…

The National (Scotland)

Dancing on Ice judge reveals 'tense moments' led to judges being 'told off'

Diversity star Ashley Banjo joined the judging panel this year alongside former Strictly Come Dancing professional Oti Mabuse and former Olympic skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

Daily Mirror

Jordan Drawn with US, Lebanon with France in Basketball World Cup

The United States will open Basketball World Cup play against New Zealand this summer, with Greece and Jordan also awaiting the Americans in the group stage. And the earliest the US can see France in an Olympic final rematch is the semifinals. FIBA held the World Cup draw in Manila…

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The Hindu

NCB busts drug cartel in Goa; Olympic medal-winning Russian swimmer, her compatriot among three held

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international drug cartel in Goa and arrested two Russians — a 1980 Olympic silver medal-winning woman swimmer and a former policeman — along with an Indian, besides seizing different drugs, an official said on April 29.

The Hindu

'It hurts me...': Neeraj Chopra extends support to protesting wrestlers

Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on April 28 extended his support to the protesting wrestlers and called for “quick action” from the authorities in order to ensure that justice is served.

Dynamite News

"It hurts to see athletes on streets demanding justice": Neeraj Chopra comes in support of Wrestlers' protest

Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra on Friday came in support of the ongoing wrestlers' protest, and said that he was 'hurt' to see athletes on the streets demanding justice. Read further on Dynamite News:

ABC News

Brisbane 2032 asked to deliver on regional Olympic Games promise

Brisbane 2032 was built on a promise of being an Olympic Games for the entire Pacific region, but Oceania nations know the risks that "legacy 2032" will be a hollowed-out exercise in short-term political spin.

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Brittney Griner says she would only play overseas again to represent Team USA

Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

Newsroom.co.nz

Sisters first, sailors second in twins' Olympic quest

Sailing twins Courtney and Brianna Reynolds-Smith are gunning for the Paris Olympics, and although it's been an uphill battle, they're happy chasing the same dream together, Suzanne McFadden writes.

Evening Standard

Dustin Lance Black charged with assault for ‘throwing drink over BBC presenter’

Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black is set to stand trial for assault after allegedly throwing a drink over a TV presenter during a night-out with Olympic diving star husband Tom Daley.

Radio France Internationale

France plays catch-up with services for people with disabilities before 2024 Olympics

As disabled athletes and activists protested against the difficulties using public transport during a national conference on disabilities, French President Emmanuel Macron announced 1.5 billion euros to improve accessibility ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games in Paris.

The Independent UK

Protest over disabled access in France before Paris Olympics

An influential disabled rights group in France is boycotting a conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, in protest at the failure to make Paris more accessible ahead of the 2024 Olympics

The Independent UK

Officials banned for false report for Olympic qualification

Two track and field officials in Albania have been banned from the sport for falsifying an athlete’s result to help him qualify for the Tokyo Olympics

Irish Mirror

'The longest ten seconds' Aidan Walsh on his Olympic Boxing bronze medal at the Tokyo games

Walsh became just the 16th Irish person to win an Olympic boxing medal at the Tokyo games.

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