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Mary Tucker shuts up doubters with her shooting skills

The American defied her mother, ignored taunts, to pursue the sport

The Times of India

Emma Raducanu makes Team GB vow amid uncertainty over Paris Olympics appearance

Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu has not played for Great Britain for almost a year and faces a race against time to fulfil the criteria for selection for the next Olympic Games in Paris

Daily Mirror

Family tree key to Twigg's fifth Olympic bid

Taking her her young family around the world as she rows is a key factor in Emma Twigg's decision to defend her Olympic single sculls title at next year's Paris Olympics. And, Andy Hay writes, the next Emma Twigg could be waiting in the wings at the Maadi Cup next week.

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‘Yachts at the top’: power, privacy and privilege in the world of Australian superyachts

Superyachts are floating markers of power and luxury, and sales are booming. As Australia hopes to lure more of the vessels and their elite clientele, what do we know about this world?

The Guardian - AU

Mac Engel: World Baseball Classic captured our interest not because it’s baseball, but that flag

Bud Selig fouled a lot of pitches off his face and crotch in his 22-year tenure as MLB commissioner, but his baby that is the WBC is a big league double.

Tribune News Service

Nitu, Nikhat, Lovlina, Saweety punch their way into World boxing finals

NEW DELHI: It will be an irony that India's two best women boxers of current generation - Nitu Ghanghas and Nikhat Zareen - will come head-to-head one day to earn the bragging rights to represent the nation at the Hangzhou Asian Games and later at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

The Times of India

Mo Farah's mother is left baffled by his return to running as he gears up for London Marathon

I’m A Celeb star Mo has ditched any showbiz trappings and is back in full bootcamp mode ahead of the event in April after being forced to pull out last year

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World Athletics bans transgender women athletes

World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions if they have gone through male puberty.

The New Daily

Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine

Track and field leaders have signaled it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues

The Independent UK

Twinkle toes teen runs riot in world sevens

Jorja Miller has quickly become one of the key players in the successful Black Ferns Sevens in her first season on the world series circuit, and it's a unique combination of sports that's helped her reach the top, Merryn Anderson discovers.

Newsroom.co.nz

IOC faces pro-Ukraine protests as President doubles down on Russia ban stance

Thomas Bach has reiterated the International Olympic Committee stance on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in Paris in 2024 amid mounting pressure

Daily Mirror

Ethics agency to better protect gymnasts for LA Olympics

The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation was created in 2019 to help protect athletes after the American sexual abuse scandal and it has now published its strategy to set new safeguarding standards with a view to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

The Independent UK

Olympics chief defends Russia, Belarus stance

The rights of Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to sporting competition have been defended by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

The New Daily

IOC's Bach defends Russia stance amid pro-Ukraine protest

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has defended his organization’s efforts to create a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competition in a speech in his home country of Germany which took place amid a pro-Ukraine protest

The Independent UK

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Reuters

Olympics-IOC and Games cannot be referees in political disputes - Bach

The Olympic Games and its ruling body, the International Olympic Committee, cannot be referees in global political disputes, its president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday, defending the IOC's plans to includes Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Games.

The Times of India

Not allowing Russia’s participation against Olympic spirit, says ISSF chief Rossi

PUNE: The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) president Luciano Rossi is a worried man these days. As the clock to the Paris Olympics is ticking, Rossi has too much on his plate. His biggest worry is that like most international sports federations, the ISSF too has banned participation of Russian…

The Guardian - UK

Distance runner given eight-year ban for doping after Covid story unravels

The New Zealand former athlete Zane Robertson – who retired in February – had his claims of a mistaken injection rejected

Daily Mirror

GB rowing icon Helen Glover eyeing remarkable Paris Olympics spot after retirement U-turn

Team GB Olympic hero Helen Glover won gold medals at the games in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016, before making a spectacular return to compete in Tokyo in 2021

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Rare Olympics coin being sold for just £1.27 as experts hail it a 'must have' for collectors

Coin collectors may want to get on eBay - and fast - with one very rare coin now up for bids - and experts say it's the one that kickstarted the coin collection craze.

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Who is Helen Glover's husband and does she have children? All about the Olympic rower's family life

We reveal who Helen Glover's husband is and if the couple have children, as the Olympic rower comes out of retirement for Paris 2024.

The Guardian - UK

Helen Glover gets back in the boat again: ‘I truly think I can be better than ever’

Double Olympic champion wants to prove mothers can hit the very top and targets record-breaking podium finish in Paris

The Independent UK

‘Pushing the boundary’: Motherhood inspires double Olympic champion Helen Glover to return to rowing

Glover, who is mother to four-year-old Logan and three-year-old twins Kit and Willow, will be 38 years old by Paris 2024

The Guardian - UK

Electric air taxis being developed for Paris Olympics in 2024

Aircraft will take off and land vertically, and carry a single passenger between transport hubs, says capital’s airports operator

The Times of India

Sustaining cuts, a fatigued Nikhat Zareen leads brave India charge as eight boxers make cut for quarters

NEW DELHI: 10 days and six energy-sapping bouts. This would in a nutshell be Nikhat Zareen’s backbreaking journey at the boxing World Championships, if she manages to reach the final of her women’s 50kg category on Sunday.

WEKU

Finding place to practice is another challenge for Kentucky Special Olympics teams

A Lexington Special Olympics track team looking for a place to practice with days left to register for next month’s regionals found it. Mark Buerger, the communications director for Special Olympics Kentucky, said it’s often difficult for teams to find a place where they can train.

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