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UK's media-savvy PM Burnham shifts messaging to TikTok, podcasts

LONDON - Whether he is pulling a pint, tossing a builder's helmet in the air or running with Olympic medallist Mo Farah, the UK's new prime minister Andy Burnham has embraced social media with a deft touch.

Bangkok Post

Athens is cleaning its all-marble Olympic stadium for the first time in more than a century

Athens’ iconic Panathenaic Stadium is undergoing its first systematic cleaning in more than a century

The Independent UK

The American Breaststroke Revolution Is Fueled by Accidental Stars

McKenzie Siroky was a hockey player, while Van Mathias was a distance butterflyer who quit swimming. Now both are prime 2028 Olympic threats.

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Keely Hodgkinson welcomes fresh rivalry as shock silver paves road to Olympic defence

Hodgkinson lost her European crown to Switzerland’s Audrey Werro but was proud of her fight to claim silver after a difficult season

The Independent UK

The Most Interesting Man in Swimming Is Doing Less, But Setting Records

A shorter, faster approach to training has transformed Van Mathias from a retired swimmer into one of America’s brightest hopes for the 2028 L.A. Olympics.

Sports Illustrated

‘Clark Kent grew up’: Audley Harrison on fighting the system, Olympic gold and life after the ring

Audley Harrison, the former Olympic super-heavyweight champion, tells Donald McRae about taking satisfaction from changing British boxing for the better, but that he still wants to train a world champion

The Guardian - UK

Hauser hails new triathlon home ahead of Olympics

Australian triathlon has launched a high-performance hub as it builds towards the Los Angeles and Brisbane Olympics, with Matt Hauser as its top medal hope.

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Britain ends 92-year European athletics wait with Hodgkinson and Hunt leading from front

Keely Hodgkinson is the headline act as Birmingham hosts and she believes her 800m clash with Audrey Werro is set to be ‘race of the championships’

The Guardian - UK

Keely Hodgkinson believes European 800m will be ‘race of the championships’

The British Olympic gold medallist will go head-to-head with Switzerland’s Audrey Werro, while Femke Broeders-Bol will also be involved in Birmingham.

The Independent UK

‘This is where I belong’: Katelyn Ohashi’s Olympic comeback is fueled by joy, not redemption

A decade after leaving elite gymnastics behind, the viral UCLA star is chasing a spot at LA 2028 on her own terms – and inspiring a new generation

The Guardian - US

Team GB curler Eve Muirhead targets 2030 Olympics after retirement U-turn

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The Independent UK

‘That fire’s been rebuilt in me’: Olympic champion Eve Muirhead set for sensational return to curling

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: After nearly four years of retirement Scotland’s Eve Muirhead, who skipped the GB team to gold in Beijing 2022, will return for a tilt at a fifth Olympic Games. She tells Flo Clifford about the surprise encounter that led to her comeback and what more she hopes to…

The Independent UK

Three women are Australia's most admired sports figures

An Olympic gold medallist, a grand slam winner and high-flying soccer star are Australia's most revered sports people, a poll has found, and they are all women.

AAP

Swimmer le Clos says his home was destroyed in a fire while he was at the Commonwealth Games

Olympic champion swimmer Chad le Clos says his home in South Africa was destroyed in a fire while he was at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland

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Aussie open water swimmers rallying for Olympic future

World champion open water swimmer Moesha Johnson says Australia will lose part of its DNA if the sport is cut from the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

The Guardian - UK

UK Sport withdraws funding from GB Snowsport for next Olympic cycle amid governance review

UK Sport has refused to let GB Snowsport deliver an Olympic programme amid record funding for winter sports

The Independent UK

UK Sport to invest record £33m in GB’s Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes ahead of Alpes 2030

UK Sport are to invest a record £33m over the next Olympic cycle, an increase of £8m on the four years leading up to Milan-Cortina

The Independent UK

Sir Chris Hoy makes Andy Burnham plea in bid to stop men dying from prostate cancer

Six-time Olympic cycling champion Hoy, 50, is living with a stage four prostate cancer diagnosis

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The Economic Times

Prioritise women boxers, better bet for 2028 Olympic medal: Akhil Kumar

Indian women boxers are a stronger medal bet for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. They delivered record-breaking performances at the recent Commonwealth Games. Akhil Kumar believes women boxers deserve prioritisation in future planning. He noted the women's team won six gold medals while men secured two. The sport needs inspiring…

AAP

Games offers green-and-gold light to Olympic riches

Glasgow 2026 might have offered up second-tier opposition for Australian athletes but it's been a stepping stone for hugely promising LA-bound talent.

AAP

Vision for Olympic site shown as critics slam 'fantasy'

Public consultation is being invited on a state government's Olympic plans amid bitter opposition to the use of a heritage-listed park.

The Guardian - UK

‘Pretty much the downfall of society’: Adam Ramsay-Peaty on press intrusion, forgiveness and going all in for LA 2028

After a rollercoaster week at the Commonwealth Games, the double Olympic champion tells Donald McRae he will never stop believing what he can achieve

AAP

'Death, taxes and Kyle': Cam McEvoy's life certainties

Improving like fine wines, two of Australia's greatest swimming golden oldies could still be going strong when the Brisbane Olympics come around.

AAP

'Have kids and come back': swim great's Brisbane dream

Australian swimming great Kaylee McKeown has made the exciting revelation that she may try for a family before making a dream finale at the Brisbane Olympics.

The Independent UK

Track cycling star Matt Richardson ruled out of Commonwealth Games with injury in blow to England

The Olympic and world medallist had been the hot favourite in the three sprint events in Glasgow this week

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