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Should the Olympics and Paralympics be merged?

Commonwealth Games put on their largest ever integrated para-sports programme at Birmingham 2022 and has led to some calls for the Olympics and Paralympics to do the same.

Daily Record

Australia slump to second defeat to Canada after early promise fades

The Matildas failed to capitalise on an early Mary Fowler goal and a bright first-half showing as Adrianna Leon struck twice to secure victory for the Olympic champions

The Guardian - AU

When the Games Changed Forever

Fifty years later, the author recalls his bond with Mark Spitz, whose unprecedented Olympic performance was overshadowed by an act of terrorism.

Sports Illustrated

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Israeli survivors remember Munich Olympic massacre, 50 years on

Ankie Spitzer was 26 years old when her husband Andre, a coach of the Israeli fencing team, was killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 50 years ago this week, and the memories of that day have dominated her life ever since.

Reuters

Arrested Games exec linked to deal with Kadokawa Takahashi linked to another deal in Games bribery probe

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member already under arrest in an Olympics-related bribery probe is now suspected of acting as an intermediary for major publisher Kadokawa Corp. to be selected as an official Tokyo Games sponsor, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

The one spectacular Serena Williams victory I’ll never forget

Among so many incredible Serena Williams matches, the 2012 London Olympics final was unforgettable.

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Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar returns for Worlds, India name 48-member squad

NEW DELHI: Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar will be competing in his biggest tournament since the London Games podium as he was on Friday picked in the Indian squad for the upcoming ISSF World Championships.

The Times of India

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Rebecca Adlington reveals she's suffered miscarriage

The Olympic legend had emergency surgery

Manchester Evening News

Why Alesha Clifford is relishing a return to football with Olympic in NPLW NNSW

She played in the first seven W-League seasons.

Newcastle Herald

Tokyo Games exec 'asked IOC to expedite OK of Aoki products'

Haruyuki Takahashi, the former Tokyo Games organizing committee executive arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes, allegedly asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to expedite its approval of Olympic-related products developed by Aoki Holdings Inc., according to sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

SC orders status quo, says Delhi HC-appointed CoA will not take over affairs of IOA

NEW DELHI: In an interim relief, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the status quo and said the Delhi High Court-appointed three-member Committee of Administrators (COA) will not take over the affairs of the Indian Olympic Association.

The Times of India

Kyle Chalmers' Commonwealth swimming gold medal was forgotten in the rush for gossip

When I saw Olympic and Commonwealth games gold-medallist and champion swimmer Kyle Chalmers last weekend in the Sydney airport lounge I was walking over to him before I knew what I was doing. But it wasn't for a selfie, I had something important to say, writes Virginia Trioli.

ABC News

Katarina Johnson-Thompson told Commonwealth gold is sign not to quit before Paris Olympics

Denise Lewis presented Katarina Johnson-Thompson with a bottle of bubbly after winning heptathlon gold at the Commonwealth Games, on the same day that the Liverpudlian's boyfriend Andy Pozzi won bronze in the 110m hurdles

Daily Mirror

American-Russian Pro Basketball Coach Becky Hammon Appeals To Putin To 'Do The Right Thing' And Free Brittney Griner

Becky Hammon, an American-Russian professional basketball coach and a six-time WNBA all-star player who represented Russia at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, made a plea to President Vladimir Putin to "do the right thing" and quickly release Brittney Griner.

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Dennis craves elusive Games cycling gold

For all his many cycling achievements, Australian cycling star Rohan Dennis is yet to win a gold medal at an Olympic or Commonwealth Games.

AAP

Ahmad relishes tough Games boxing debut

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

Tribune News Service

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…

Daily Mirror

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

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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.

WEKU

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.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Lovlina Borgohain's coach gets accreditation and room in Games Village

Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain can heave a sigh of relief, and so can the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and its officials at the chef-de-mission's office in Birmingham.

Daily Mirror

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

Nottingham Post

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.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Will rest and reset work for Lovlina Borgohain?

Olympic bronze winner keen to put behind World Championships setback

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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