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US sprinter, Olympic medalist Tori Bowie dies at 32

The management company for Olympic sprinter Tori Bowie says she died

The Independent UK

Ralph Boston, Olympic gold-medal winner and first to long jump 27 feet, dies at 83

Boston broke or tied the world record six times during the 1960s. He was the first person to reach the 27-foot mark. His first world record came shortly before the Rome Olympics in 1960 with a jump of 26 feet, 11 inches that surpassed the 25-year-old record held by Jesse…

Chicago Sun-Times

Ralph Boston, Olympian and 1st to jump 27 feet, dies at 83

Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens’ record, has died

The Independent UK

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Jana Pittman, former world champion, mother of six and doctor, has finally learnt she's enough

When the media turned on her after the 2004 Athens Olympics, Jana Pittman was filled with self-doubt, and it wasn't the first time. Here's how she turned things around.

ABC News

Calvin Davis, medalist in 400 hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, dies at 51

The University of Arkansas, where he went to school, said Davis died Monday. USA Track and Field also confirmed the death. No cause was given.

Chicago Sun-Times

American world champion sprinter Tori Bowie dies at age 32

The athletics world is mourning a star gone too young, with American sprinter, three-time Olympic medallist and 2017 100m world champion Tori Bowie found dead at age 32.

ABC News

Tori Bowie: Three-time Olympic medallist and former world champion sprinter dies aged 32

The American won individual gold in the 100m at the 2017 World Championships in London

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Olympic gold medallist sprinter Tori Bowie dies aged 32

Bowie won relay gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, where she also claimed individual 100m silver and 200m bronze

The Independent UK

Olympic gold medallist Tori Bowie dies aged 32 as tributes pour in for sprinter

Tori Bowie was a three-time Olympic medallist and won gold in the 4x100m relay for the United States at the Rio Olympics.

Daily Record

Tori Bowie dies aged 32 as tributes pour in for Olympic gold medallist sprinter

Tori Bowie was a three-time Olympic medallist and won gold in the 4x100m relay for the United States at the Rio Olympics as well as winning a 100m World Championship gold medal

Daily Mirror

‘Never say never’ - Dame Laura Kenny details 2024 Paris Olympics pursuit while supporting heroic cycling fundraiser

Britain's most successful Olympic women's cyclist candidly spoke to the Manchester Evening News about a tough period in her life and a hopeful future, from suffering a tragic miscarriage to being pregnant with her second child ahead of Paris 2024.

Manchester Evening News

Botswana’s Nijel Amos receives three-year ban for doping

Botswana's Nijel Amos has been banned for three years after the 2012 Olympic 800m silver medallist tested positive for a banned metabolite.

The New Daily

Olympic silver medallist Nijel Amos gets 3-year ban for doping

Nijel Amos, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the men’s 800 m, has been banned for three years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit said in a ruling published on May 3.

The Hindu

Greg Van Avermaet, Olympic champion, Roubaix winner, to retire from cycling at the end of 2023

The Belgian says he has "no regrets" as he will head out of the peloton aged 38

Cycling Weekly

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The Independent UK

Could France protest fury spill into next year's Olympics?

Preparations in France for the 2024 Olympic Games had been going largely smoothly

The Times of India

Boxing Worlds: Ashish advances with hard-fought win

Boxer Ashish Chaudhary's "dream" is to fulfill his late father's desire to see an Olympic medal around his neck. In March 2020, just before the Olympic qualifiers in Jordan, Ashish lost his father who was ailing for a long time.

The Guardian - US

Ruby Tui: New Zealand Black Ferns star to play Premier Rugby Sevens in US

World Cup and Olympic champion will compete in multi-city professional event climaxing in Washington DC in August

Al Jazeera

IBA slams ‘black sheep’ breakaway body as schism roils boxing

A new world boxing federation was announced last month in a move aimed at securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future.

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Daily Record

Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave opens up on harrowing health battle

Since retiring from the sport in 2000, he has suffered a range of symptoms and was at first reluctant to seek help.

Daily Mirror

Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave's harrowing health battle as he breaks silence on diagnosis

The Olympic hero, who won a remarkable five gold medals at five consecutive Games, tells James Moore about discovering he has a testosterone deficiency

Sports Illustrated

U.S. Olympic Track and Field Legend Ralph Boston Dies at 83

The Laurel, Mississippi native rose to prominence ahead of the 1960 Olympics after besting a world record set by Jesse Owens.

The Times of India

Put systems in place to deal with players' issues with respect and dignity: Athletes Commission

NEW DELHI: The Athletes Commission of the IOA has recommended the national Olympic body to put systems in place to deal with issues of the players "with respect and dignity" in the light of the protest by top wrestlers of the country against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

The Times of India

Media is supporting Brij Bhushan more than the players: Bajrang Punia

NEW DELHI: Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia, one of the prominent faces leading the wrestlers' protest in Delhi, on Sunday accused the media of supporting the Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh more than the players. While celebrated wrestler Vinesh Phogat appealed to the media not to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Athletes Say IOC Participation Plan ‘Excessive and Discriminatory'

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is "excessive and discriminatory", the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) athletes' commission said. The IOC sanctioned Russia and its ally Belarus after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022 but last month recommended…

The National (Scotland)

Lynch rolls with the punches and sets his sights on Paris

There are few sports that are in more of a mess than amateur boxing is at the moment. From a looming Olympic ban to long-standing concerns about the…

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