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Light-middleweight Taha Ahmad lost his debut bout at the Commonwealth Games, but has vowed to perform better at the Paris Olympics.

AAP

Mike Lupica: Bill Russell was everything we could ever want an athlete to be

We will all talk today about the winning Bill Russell did in basketball, because he is the greatest winner team sports in America has ever produced. We will talk, and rightly so, righteously so, about back-to-back NCAA championships the tall, skinny kid from McClymonds High in Oakland won at the…

Tribune News Service

Ben Whittaker thrived as amateur but Olympics and professional boxing are different

Highly-rated Ben Whittaker will have his professional fight against Greg O'Neill at the Bournemouth International Centre on Saturday but he this is a different sport from what he is used to

Daily Mirror

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Meet Rellie Kaputin, Papua New Guinea's flag-bearing warrior for the Commonwealth Games

When Kaputin broke her ankle demonstrating a jump for kids in PNG, she was told she wouldn't walk for a year. Eighteen months later, she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, and is now PNG's flag-bearer for the Commonwealth Games.

ABC News

A brain injury cut short Briana Scurry's soccer career. It didn't end her story

After a traumatic brain injury left her in terrible pain and unable to work, the legendary goalkeeper had to pawn her Olympic medals. Scurry charts her road to recovery in My Greatest Save.

WEKU

Lord Sebastian Coe adamant London 2012 Olympics was "best games ever"

Coe led Britain's bid to be the host country in 2012 as London delivered a memorable games including the iconic Super Saturday when Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis-Hill all won gold

Daily Mirror

Bulwell weightlifter Emily Campbell responds to 'surreal burden Commonwealth Games announcement

It's nearly a year since Campbell, 28, won a first Olympic medal for British women's weightlifting, meaning she arrives in Birmingham as the hot favourite for the Commonwealth title.

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American Norman Wins World 400m Gold

American Michael Norman made up for a disappointing fifth-placed finish at the Tokyo Olympics by winning the world 400m gold in Eugene on Friday. Norman, who failed to advance from the semi-finals in the Doha worlds in 2019 with a thigh injury, clocked a winning time of 44.29 seconds, AFP…

Asharq Al-Awsat

No substitute for experience as Olympic champions earn world gold

Experience prevailed on day four of the World Championships with Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon and Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas among the Olympic champions standing on top of the podium in Oregon

The Hindu

Promising ‘An Even Better Hanyu,’ Japan’s Double-Olympic Champion Turns Pro

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, twice Olympic figure-skating champion whose rock-star like status has been as legendary as his accomplishments on the ice, said he would turn professional, ending more than a decade of competition at the highest level. In an hour-long news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday where he seemed pensive…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Athing Mu on Keely Hodgkinson 800m rivalry: ‘We’re always gonna be here, we’re changing the game’

Exclusive interview: As the US and British Olympic stars meet again at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Mu discusses their friendly rivalry, running 400 and leaving a legacy

The Independent UK

Qatar's Barshim Wins 3rd High Jump Title at Worlds

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim won high jump gold at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Tuesday. A rematch of last year’s exciting Olympic tie between Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy resulted in less drama, but another title for Barshim. The "Qatari Falcon," flapped his arms to celebrate after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Doping sleuths keep sunscreen from burning track stars

Shortly after last year’s Olympics, the urine samples of some six dozen athletes came back with traces of a banned stimulant

The Independent UK

Atlas Technical Consultants Bags $18M Contract From Caltrans

Atlas Technical Consultants Inc (NASDAQ:ATCX) has secured a three-year, $18 million Architectural and Engineering on-call Quality Assurance and Inspection Services contract from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in various counties in Southern California. Atlas will support the Caltrans Division of Engineering Services, Material Engineering, and Testing Services (METS) on all capital projects…

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Daily Mirror

Kayla Harrison eyeing “poetic” London return a decade after Olympic gold win

Harrison won her first gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games and will have the possibility of returning to the English capital a decade later in the PFL playoffs

ABC News

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate slams Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner over Olympics committee snub

Tom Tate says the decision to appoint Noosa's Mayor instead of a Gold Coast representative to the 2032 Olympics organising committee will earn Adrian Schrinner a "cold shoulder".

The Philadelphia Inquirer

What we learned from the USWNT’s last games before World Cup and Olympics qualifying

SANDY, Utah — The U.S. women’s soccer team finished its preparations for next month’s Concacaf World Cup and Olympic qualifying tournament late Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Colombia at Rio Tinto Stadium.

The Conversation

'O Canada': Why I no longer stand for the national anthem

The Canadian national anthem plays a part in many of my fondest sport memories. When my dad took me to the Saddledome as a kid, I would stand up as someone took centre ice to sing before a Calgary Flames game. I belted it out when the Canadian Women’s hockey…

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The Hindu

Olympic medallist hockey player Varinder Singh dies

Varinder Singh was party of the only world-cup winning Indian team

The Guardian - UK

Zharnel Hughes forgives CJ Ujah for failed test that cost Olympics medal

The 4x100m team won silver in Tokyo before CJ Ujah failed tests for banned drugs while in Manchester Dina Asher-Smith reached the 100m semi-finals

Daily Mirror

'Dame Kelly Holmes' courage in talking about her sexuality will inspire generations'

Olympic legend Dame Kelly Holmes has spoken of the emotional toll she endured for decades of having to cover up her sexuality and feared being persecuted as a young soldier

ABC News

Matildas to host Olympic gold medallists Canada as part of 'Festival of Codes' at revamped Sydney Football Stadium

The revamped Sydney Football Stadium will be completed in late August and will host three major matches across the NRL, international rugby and football as part of its unveiling in September.

The Guardian - UK

Richard Kilty rips into teammate Reece Prescod over CJ Ujah Olympic drugs ban

Richard Kilty has castigated his fellow sprinter Reece Prescod for talking ‘fucking bullshit’ after he suggested that CJ Ujah should not be ostracised for a drug ban that cost Team GB a 4x100m silver medal from the Tokyo Games

Daily Mirror

Triathlete Raya Hubbell told she would 'never walk again' after devastating skiing crash in 2001

EXCLUSIVE: Raya Hubbell had qualified for three events at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002 as part of the Canadian skiing team before a devastating crash in the lead up to the Games changed her life

The Independent UK

Olympic cycling pair set to receive honours at Windsor Castle

Laura and Jason Kenny, who have won 12 Olympic gold medals between them, were given the titles for services to cycling.

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