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Double Olympic champion Brownlee retires aged 36
Two-time Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee announces his retirement from the sport at the age of 36.Top stories - BBC News - 9 hours ago -
Olympic champion Noah Lyles races streamer IShowSpeed in 50-meter dash
IShowSpeed challenged the Olympic champion to a race for $100,000 and a shot at being the fastest man in the world.Sports - ESPN - November 8 -
Simone Biles honored in L.A. as champion for kids. Will the GOAT return to compete in 2028 Olympics?
Simone Biles was honored for work with Friends of the Children. She spoke about it, the Paris Olympics, 2028 L.A. Games, her Netflix doc and loving her Black job.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 25 -
Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40Sports - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team at age 40
Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team at age 40Sports - ABC News - November 14 -
Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, who trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions, has died at 82
Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, who trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions, has died at 82Sports - ABC News - 4 days ago -
‘I’ve seen winters change’: Olympic champion Jessie Diggins refuses to shut up and ski
The two-time cross-country World Cup champion is widely considered the best Nordic skier in US history. This year she has bigger goals. Every April, Jessie Diggins sits down with her longtime ...World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago -
Olympic medalist suspended in doping investigation
Olympic silver medalist race walker Koki Ikeda of Japan has been provisionally banned for suspected blood dopingSports - ABC News - November 1 -
O'Sullivan knocked out of Champion of Champions by Xiao
Seven-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is knocked of the 2024 Champion of Champions in Bolton by Xiao Guodong in the first round.Top stories - BBC News - November 14 -
Comcast tops earnings estimates as Olympics propel the company
Comcast beat third-quarter earnings estimates as the Summer Olympics in Paris boosted NBCUniversal’s revenue and Peacock’s subscriber count.Business - CNBC - October 31 -
Australian breaker Raygun retires from sport after Olympic backlash
Rachael Gunn said the level of scrutiny around her performance made it difficult to keep competing.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Controversial Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn retires from competition
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has told a Sydney radio station that she plans to retire from competition just three months after her unconventional routine at the Paris Olympics led to her being ...Sports - ABC News - November 6 -
Yahoo Sports AM: Olympic athletes in peril
In today's edition: How the House-NCAA settlement is impacting Olympic sports, Winnipeg won't stop winning, NBA Cup tips off, CFP rankings revealed, and more.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 13 -
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'Hybrid' Champions Trophy not acceptable - PCB
A 'hybrid model' for hosting the Champions Trophy will not be accepted by Pakistan, according to its Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Verstappen defends 'on-the-limit' driving during title fight
Max Verstappen tells BBC Sport in Las Vegas about the approach that has brought him to the cusp of a fourth world title.Top stories - BBC News - 7 hours ago -
7 charged with cyberbullying after Paris Olympics artistic director's opening ceremony backlash
French authorities say they have charged seven individuals in connection with a cyberbullying campaign targeting Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the Paris Olympics’ opening and closing ...World - ABC News - October 25 -
Historic House-NCAA settlement leaving hundreds of Olympic sport athletes in peril
While the NCAA and power conferences agreed to expand upon scholarships as part of the settlement, they also imposed roster limits for sports, many of which did not previously exist.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25 -
Winnipeg Olympics Were Once The West's Top Women's Hockey Challengers
The Winnipeg Olympics were Western Canada's top challenger in the 1930s, almost annually competing for a Dominion title. Here's a look back at the historic women's hockey team.Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 2 -
The Paris Olympics displaced nearly 20,000 people, local associations say
A coalition of over 100 organizations has reported that nearly 20,000 individuals were displaced from informal housing in Paris and surrounding areas during preparations for the 2024 Summer OlympicsWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Bottom Line: Coaches call in hired guns for Olympics, sponsorship solution
Coaching FGS Global registered to lobby for a “federal solution that protects Olympic sports programs and broad-based sports sponsorship” on behalf of several associations representing sports ...Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
Raygun quits competitive breakdancing over backlash to her viral Olympics performance
Rachael "Raygun" Gunn has announced that her professional breakdancing career is over, citing the online reaction to her Paris Olympics performance.Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn retires from competitive breaking after Olympic upset
Australian was hounded online for performance in Paris Carrying on ‘seems a really difficult thing for me to do’ Breaker Rachael Gunn has retired from competitive breaking due to the scrutiny ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Raygun Retires From Competitive Breaking After Intense Olympic Backlash
The 37-year-old Rachael Gunn became the subject of widespread ridicule after her unorthodox Olympic routine.Sports - The New York Times - November 7 -
Canada’s Olympic drone spying scandal a symptom of an ‘unacceptable culture’
Independent investigation’s report sent to Canada Soccer Governing body promises ‘decisive action’ inside a week The drone spying scandal that erupted during Canada’s women’s football team’s ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Canada Soccer Association says Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep
The Canadian Soccer Association says an independent review confirmed the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstepSports - ABC News - November 8 -
Canada’s Olympic drone spying scandal a symptom of ‘unacceptable culture’
The drone spying scandal that erupted during Canada’s women’s football team’s 2024 Paris Olympics campaign was a symptom of a “past pattern of an unacceptable culture”, Canada Soccer has said after ...Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 8 -
What kind of host will Donald Trump be for the World Cup and Olympics?
The president-elect could spark tension between the culturally open cities staging events and a national government promoting insularity. Very soon after the outcome of the US presidential election ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
This lounge chair made of 1984 L.A. Olympics merch is a tribute to what's coming
Artist Darren Romanelli teamed up with Goodwill and scoured EBay to piece together his Olympic-themed lounge chair and ottoman.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 13 -
Olympic skier Lindsay Vonn says she's coming out of retirement
Five years after retiring from the sport that made her a household name, skiing legend Lindsey Vonn says she wants to race again. Vonn says she plans to return to training as she tests out a new ...Top stories - NBC News - November 14 -
Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, 40, coming out of retirement
Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40.Top stories - CBS News - November 14 -
Vonn, 40, to return 6 years after last Olympics
Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40 -- and six years after her most recent Olympics.Sports - ESPN - 6 days ago -
Béla Károlyi, gymnastics coach of Olympic stars, dies at 82
Legendary gymnastics coach Béla Károlyi has died at 82. Károlyi coached Romanian Olympic gold medalists Nadia Comaneci before coming to the U.S. where he helped a 16-year-old Mary Lou Retton win ...Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Fifth athlete disqualified from one of dirtiest races in Olympic history
Tatyana Tomashova loses London 2012 1500m silver Russian banned for retrospective doping offences The London 2012 race regarded as one of the dirtiest in history has expunged yet another name ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Controversial Cortina sliding track for 2026 Olympics taking shape as deadline approaches
The controversial sliding center being completely rebuilt for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics is starting to take shape as the clock ticks down to a March deadlineSports - ABC News - Yesterday