Olympics

Netflix scraps Millie Bobby Brown’s Olympics movie after actor exits over creative differences
Actor was set to play US Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug in ‘Perfect’
The Independent UK 3 min read
LA residents were promised an ‘affordable’ Olympics. In reality, tickets have cost more than $5,000
Technical errors left some residents locked out of the system for hours, only for them to find most affordable seats gone by the time they gained entry
The Independent UK 4 min read
Queen Elizabeth II’s Olympics stunt double outfit featured in fashion exhibition
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style will bring together around 300 garments and items.
Evening Standard 4 min read
Queen Elizabeth’s Olympic skydiving dress unveiled in new royal exhibition
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style will bring together around 300 garments and items
The Independent UK 4 min read
Team USA's Hilary Knight Thinks Things Feel Different This Time, Too
The Seattle captain and 2026 gold medalist can't deny the groundswell of support now surrounding her game.
Sports Illustrated 6 min read
Russia to give cash payments to athletes banned from Winter Olympics
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The Independent UK 1 min read
Russia to compensate athletes unable to compete at Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics
13 Russian and Belarusian athletes passed an IOC vetting process to compete at Milano-Cortina
The Independent UK 3 min read
Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis says he never wanted to hurt wife Melissa Hoskins and attacks media’s ‘false narrative’
Dennis, whose car fatally struck Hoskins in 2023, wrote on Instagram ‘I have ALWAYS been against any sort of abuse against women’
The Guardian - AU 4 min read
Sir Craig Reedie, key London 2012 Olympics figure and former BOA chair, dies aged 84
Sir Craig Reedie, a giant of the Olympic movement, who served as chair of the British Olympic Association for more than a decade and was instrumental in bringing the Games to London in 2012, has died at the age of 84
The Guardian - UK 4 min read
Matt Baker forced to give up on his 'dream' career over common health condition
The Countryfile presenter, 48, previously opened up about an ‘agonising’ injury that his physiotherapist wife helped him with
Evening Standard 4 min read