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Swimmer Maana Patel sets sight on Asian Games qualification

NEW DELHI: Having realised her dream of representing India at the Olympics, Maana Patel has set her sights on becoming the first Indian woman swimmer in 17 years to compete at the Asian Games later this year.

The Times of India

Dumfries and Galloway judo fighter heading to Special Olympics World Games

Sean Allan will be the only British athlete in the judo competition in Berlin, with coach Luke Struthers also making the trip

Daily Record

NZ book Olympic sevens spot as Aussies keep battling

Australia's men are still locked in a battle for an Olympics sevens spot but New Zealand booked their place by winning the world series event in Singapore.

AAP

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War, politics, and 'all sorts of mess' — how fencing is threatening to derail the Paris Olympics

It is a foundation sport of the Olympics and its former athletes are some of the most powerful people in world sport — but the politics in fencing are threatening to derail Paris 2024, writes Tracey Holmes.

ABC News

Julie Ertz joined by former Red Stars teammates in return to USWNT competition

“I don’t want to come back and be the player I was,” Ertz said. “I want to be better.”

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Truly alarming’: girls put off sport in UK by clothing requirements

Research compiled by the England hockey player Tess Howard shows that girls drop out of sport over worries about kit requirements

The Guardian - UK

Few can understand what Adam Peaty goes through – Duncan Scott

Peaty has sat out this week’s British Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

The Independent UK

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Sapporo election could restart bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games

The Independent UK

Deadly Little Dolphins program looks to find Australia's next First Nations Olympic or Paralympic swimming champion

Australia has historically lacked First Nations representation in the Olympic pool — but this program is looking to change that by Brisbane 2032.

ABC News

Co Tyrone athletes to take to global stage for Special Olympics

The quartet are representing local clubs Eagles in Coalisland, Starbreakers in Carrickmore and Omagh Spire

Belfast Live

James Guy reveals left-field post-career ambition ahead of British Swimming Championships

One of Britain’s most successful swimmers of all time, the 27-year-old from Bury expects to hang up his goggles in the next couple of years

Manchester Evening News

NBCU Sees Early Strength In Paris 2024 Olympic Advertising Sales

Touts research showing benefits for sponsors

Broadcasting & Cable

Sunisa 'Suni' Lee says she's stepping away from gymnastics due to a kidney issue

The Auburn University sophomore and Olympic gold medalist said she was dealing with a "non-gymnastics health related issue" involving her kidneys but didn't rule out a bid for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

WEKU

Meet the Edinburgh dad-of-three hoping to represent Jamaica in the Winter Olympics

Edinburgh's Luke Samuels always dreamed of one day representing Jamaica as an athlete but he never imagined that he would make that step as a 38-year-old father-of-three.

Edinburgh Live

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The Independent UK

Deaf swimmer Nathan Young accuses funding bodies of discrimination

Nathan Young is not entitled to any Government or National Lottery money to fund his pursuit of gold.

AAP

Time for Hockeyroos aspirants to step up: Powell

The Hockeyroos' road to the Paris 2024 Olympics continues with a FIH Pro League tournament in NZ, an international series against India and the Oceania Cup.

ABC News

Battle within US netball puts the sport's Olympics inclusion for Brisbane 2032 Games at risk

The USA is a sporting powerhouse that could be the key to netball's Olympic bid, but a 16-year battle for power in the country is holding back its ability to grow beyond the Commonwealth.

ABC News

Albury gymnastics coach brings different perspective after learning craft in Nigeria

Emeka Ekezie would love it if more people did gymnastics in his home country of Nigeria, but in the meantime he is hoping to train the next star in Australia.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sports Minister: War has Killed 262 Ukrainian Athletes

Russia's war against Ukraine has claimed the lives of 262 Ukrainian athletes and destroyed 363 sports facilities, the country's sports minister, Vadym Huttsait, said on Saturday. Meeting the visiting president of the International Federation of Gymnastics, Morinari Watanabe, Huttsait said no athletes from Russia should be allowed at the Olympics…

Tribune News Service

Laura Yuen: Olympic runner Kara Goucher on abuse and finding her voice

MINNEAPOLIS — After all the abuse and indignities that elite distance runner Kara Goucher has endured, I was surprised that the one moment she got choked up during our hourlong conversation was while recounting the time she won the USA Half Marathon Championships during Grandma's weekend in Duluth.

Bangkok Post

IOC: Ukrainian athletes will suffer from boycott

BERLIN: The International Olympic Committee has criticised Ukraine’s decision not to allow Ukrainian athletes to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Paris Olympics if they have to compete against Russians, saying it will hurt only Ukrainian sport and its athletes.

Daily Mirror

IOC president brands criticism of Russian athlete return as “deplorable” despite backlash

The International Olympic Committee has issued a strong public response to the governments of countries who are supporting the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Says Athletes Not Allowed to Compete Against Russians in Paris Qualifiers

Ukrainian athletes will not be allowed to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Paris Olympics if they have to compete against Russians, government minister Oleh Nemchinov said. Nemchinov, secretary of Ukraine's cabinet ministers, said the government's decision was adopted following a proposal by sports minister Vadym Huttsait and…

Daily Mirror

Charlotte Bankes: Winter Olympic flop trigger for avalanche of British medals

"The Olympics is the races everybody sees and to not perform on that stage was tough. But you just have to bounce back, which we have done”

The Times of India

'It takes time to get good results. So many external factors affect our lives and our boxing'

Four women, independent, strong voiced and stronger willed, visited the TOI's office on Wednesday. What resulted was happy pandemonium as office staff left their posts and terminals to be in their midst, content to even linger in their periphery.

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