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Former Olympian, Sports Illustrated Writer Kenny Moore Dies at 78

Moore finished fourth in the marathon at the 1972 Olympics before embarking on a long and successful writing career.

Sports Illustrated

Biden says Olympians brought a bit of unity to weary nation

President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Champion discus thrower Kamalpreet fails dope test for stanozolol, is provisionally banned

NEW DELHI: India’s leading discus thrower and Tokyo Olympian, Kamalpreet Kaur, has been provisionally suspended for failing the dope test for an anabolic steroid, TOI can confirm. Kamalpreet, the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier in discus throw, has been put under provisional suspension since April 1. The…

The Times of India

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Ivica Osim obituary

Bosnian footballer and coach who won 16 caps playing for Yugoslavia and went on to manage Japan’s national team

The Guardian - UK

Olympic champions lead strong British contingent for 2022 Badminton Horse Trials

The flagship five-star competition was last staged in 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Independent UK

Joe Cordina ready for world title fight at home in Cardiff against Kenichi Ogawa

Cordina, 30, has won all 14 bouts since turning professional after competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

The Independent UK

Modern pentathlon to trial ‘James Bond meets Krypton Factor’ 45-minute race

The new format is designed to help the sport grow in the US market and Joël Bouzou, the vice-president of the sport’s governing body, said it will be ‘exciting and successful’

The Guardian - UK

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Brisbane City Council urged to redirect $200m earmarked for Olympic land into affordable housing

The council budgeted to borrow $200 million this year for land acquisitions ahead of the 2032 Olympics.

ABC News

Sixers’ Joel Embiid considering playing for France at 2024 Olympics

While Joel Embiid is sidelined from the Sixers’ opening playoff games in Miami, he’s apparently passing part of the time by looking into the future.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Report: Joel Embiid Could Change Nationality Before ’24 Olympics

The MVP candidate is currently rehabbing from a facial injury he sustained in the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Raptors.

Sports Illustrated

Kayaker Alyce Wood's pregnancy a welcome bump on road to third Olympics

Elite kayaker Alyce Wood is 32 weeks' pregnant and admits she is an unusual sight on the Gold Coast canals where she trains.

ABC News

Q&A: Sue Bird on Likely Final Season, WNBA’s Evolution, More

The legendary Seattle guard discusses the league’s biggest differences since she was drafted, the future of women’s basketball and what comes next after playing.

Sports Illustrated

Mo Farah non-committal about future after comeback ends in shock defeat at Vitality London 10,000

Farah was racing for the first time since last June, when he failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics

The Independent UK

Mo Farah non-committal about future after shock defeat on return to action

Farah was racing for the first time since last June, when he failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

The Independent UK

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Finding next Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe the mission of Ian Chesterman as Australian Olympic Committee president

Ian Chesterman has set himself an almost unreachable goal in his new job — to find superstar athletes the calibre of Cathy Freeman and Ian Thorpe, to spearhead Australia's Olympic hopes into the future.

The Guardian - UK

Modern pentathlon faces civil war over plans to introduce obstacle race

A plan to replace show jumping with obstacle-course racing as part of the five-sport modern pentathlon programme has met with fierce resistance from athletes

Newsroom.co.nz

The faster, the smarter for Kiwi windfoiling ace

In just her first season racing in the thrilling new Olympic class of windfoiling, Kiwi Veerle ten Have has zipped into the world’s top 10.

Daily Mirror

Magic Johnson's phone call to Larry Bird and Michael Jordan formed the 'Dream Team' after HIV diagnosis

Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, the NBA and Los Angeles Lakers legend, has seen his career immortalised in the Apple TV+ documentary series 'They Call Me Magic'

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The Times of India

National chief rifle coach Joydeep Karmakar feels like an athlete again

KOLKATA: Life has come full circle for former shooter Joydeep Karmakar, a decade after he missed a bronze by a whisker at the 2012 London Olympics.

The Guardian - UK

Sydney Olympics were bought ‘to a large extent’, said Australian official John Coates

Comments by leading IOC official made in 2008 interview about payments were permitted under Olympic rules at the time

The Hindu

My focus will be to make our shooters mentally strong: Joydeep Karmakar

New National rifle coach wants to prepare a good team for Paris Games

Daily Mirror

Russian Olympian vows to boycott Olympics until country's flag is restored

Russian fencing star Sofya Velikaya is a veteran of four Olympic Summer Games, having won gold medals at Rio in 2016 and Tokyo last summer, as well as three silvers

The Guardian - UK

‘Uniquely qualified’: John Coates drafted letter of praise for himself to Brisbane Olympics organisers

Outgoing president of Australian Olympic Committee drafted gushing compliments for his own work

The Independent UK

On this day in 2012 – Chambers and Millar cleared to represent GB at Olympics

The pair had been handed lifetime bans from the Games for doping offences.

The Independent UK

Jemma Reekie believes missing out on Olympic medal could be ‘a good thing’

The 24-year-old fell agonisingly short of securing a medal in the 800 metres final that saw British team-mate Keely Hodgkinson claim silver

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