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Inside ’The Redeem Team’

Dwyane Wade and Coach K pull back the curtain on the 2008 USA men's olympic basketball team in new Netflix…

Sports Illustrated

Redeem Team: How Kobe Bryant’s steel restored pride to US basketball

A new Netflix documentary explores how the late NBA star helped provide some comfort for a team and country in…

The Guardian - US

‘The Redeem Team’: How NBA stars worked together to win Olympic gold in 2008

In exhilarating Netflix documentary, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony and others share memories of rebuilding Team USA.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Why I live in Isleworth: Fitaly founder Charlene Ashong on what makes her hometown west London’s best-kept secret

The best part about life in Charlene Ashong’s ‘quaint and quiet’ hometown? Nobody knows where it is, says the plant-based…

Evening Standard

Paris 2024 Olympic bosses unveil revolutionary marathon route

Organisers of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have unveiled a route for the men’s and women’s marathon loosely based…

Radio France Internationale

Learnt to enjoy the sport from Virat Kohli: Bhowneesh Mendiratta

GANDHINAGAR: Bhowneesh Mendiratta, 23, is jet-lagged after flying from Osijek (Croatia) to Delhi to Ahmedabad. Fellow shooter Shreyashi Singh tells…

The Times of India

Leeds' Olympic gymnast Nile Wilson announced as Dancing On Ice 2023 contestant

He won an Olympic bronze medal in the men's horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics;

Leeds Live

Marathon course for Paris Olympics announced; lots of uphill

The marathon course at the 2024 Paris Olympics will include a strength-draining 438 meters of uphill racing

The Independent UK

Golf among 3 sports to debut at 2026 Commonwealth Games in Australia

Golf returned to the Olympics in Rio in 2016 and will now be part of the Commonwealth Games in Victoria…

Daily Mirror

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Brisbane Olympics president Andrew Liveris casts doubt over Gabba redevelopment plans

The Brisbane 2032 Olympics boss reveals the next steps in planning for the games and his desire to "create a…

ABC News

Brisbane 2032 Olympics organiser defends sitting on board of fossil fuel company

Andrew Liveris says his position at Saudi Aramco means he ‘knows the solutions’ as he presides over climate-positive games

The Guardian - AU

Beijing Marathon to Return after 2-Year Covid Hiatus

Thousands of runners will line up for the Beijing marathon in November after a two-year Covid pause, organizers said, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Success key as Brisbane seeks Games brand

Performance on the field of play will be the measure of Olympic success, Kieren Perkins says, as Brisbane 2032 begins…

AAP

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Olympic pentathlon eyes 'Ninja Warrior' courses for survival

The sport of modern pentathlon hopes to stave off Olympic removal by possibly adding “American Ninja Warrior” style obstacle courses

The Independent UK

Opportunity decade awaits Australian sport

The Australian Sports Commission says the 10-year window of major events is a chance for the nation to set itself…

AAP

Tributes paid on death of Jim Redmond, who helped son hobble to Olympic finish line

London (AFP) - Jim Redmond, who helped his injured sprinter son Derek cross the finish line at the 1992 Barcelona…

AFP

Father who helped son finish 400m race in iconic Olympic moment dies

Jim Redmond helping his injured son Derek over the finish line at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 remains one of…

Daily Mirror

Publishing executive charged in Tokyo Olympics bribes scandal

A top executive at a major Japanese publishing company has been charged with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organising committee…

Irish Independent

Princess Royal named patron of group working to commemorate athlete Eric Liddell

The Eric Liddell 100 commemorates the runner and missionary’s achievements as the centenary of his success in the 1924 Paris…

The Independent UK

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Weynay Ghebresilasie hoping to represent Great Britain at Paris Olympics

A flag bearer for Eritrea at London 2012 he became eligible to run for Britain last year and finished ninth…

The Independent UK

Denmark World Cup shirt protest over Qatar far too toned down - Susan Egelstaff

WHEN is a protest really a protest? And, perhaps more importantly, when is a protest really worth something?

The National (Scotland)

Opals hopeful of building on WC success

Australia captain Tess Madgen hopes the Opals' charge to basketball World Cup bronze has laid the foundations for success at…

AAP

Olympics-Russia slams idea of making athletes condemn war in order to compete

Russia accused the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Saturday of violating Olympic principles by suggesting that its…

Reuters

Olympics-Russian athletes who do not back invasion of Ukraine could return to competing - IOC president

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering a return to competition of Russian athletes who do not support the country's…

Reuters

Paralympians welcome Qld Premier's title change after 'Minister for the Olympics' snub

Paralympic athletes say they welcome an addition of Paralympics to the Queensland Premier's formal titles but still question why it…

ABC News