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Aussie defector becomes fastest cyclist of all-time

A year after winning Olympic silver for Australia, Matthew Richardson has become the fastest cyclist of all-time - in the colours of Great Britain.

AAP

LA28 to be first Olympic Games to sell naming rights for venues

The organising committee for the Los Angeles Olympics says some partner deals are already in place for the 2028 Games.

Al Jazeera

LA28 to break longstanding tradition with corporate venue names at Games

In a historic shift from the Olympics’ clean venue policy, LA28 will allow select competition sites to keep corporate names, starting with Comcast and Honda

The Guardian - US

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LA Olympics to sell naming rights to some venues in game-changing deal for 2028

Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the International Olympic Committee’s long-sacrosanct policy of keeping brand names off its stadiums

The Independent UK

‘I came back stronger’: freestyle skier Kirsty Muir on injury and Olympic medal ambitions

With the Winter Olympics less than six months away, the Scottish medal hopeful talks to Yara El-Shaboury about her hopes of improving on a muted, Covid-hit Games debut in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Who Is Liz Cambage? Shocking Facts About the Former WNBA Star Spotted With Kevin Durant at a Drake Concert

Discover the shocking facts about Liz Cambage, the former WNBA star spotted with Kevin Durant at a Drake concert, from Olympic glory to OnlyFans success.

International Business Times UK

Michael Phelps returns to pool to race Baltimore Ravens players

The 23-time Olympic champion taught some of the NFL team’s players how to swim

The Independent UK

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IOC sports director reveals reason behind major LA28 switch

Exclusive interview: Pierre Ducrey has outlined how swimming, and a huge audience inside the stadium, has afforded an ‘opportunity’ to provide a thrilling finale to the Games, a role usually handed to track and field

The Independent UK

Keep Government Funding—and Political Meddling—Far Away From Olympic Athletes

Plus: Congress might blow up the pro sports business model, and Las Vegas is struggling

Reason

Wallaroos star Charlotte Caslick’s Rugby World Cup dream dashed by injury

The Wallaroos have suffered a huge blow on the eve of Rugby World Cup with Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Caslick ruled out due to injury

The Guardian - AU

Susan Egelstaff: Is there cause for optimism about what follows golden generation?

The current generation of Scottish athletes, which included the likes of Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman and Laura Muir, won't last forever. So are there…

The National (Scotland)

Figure Skating Icon Nathan Chen to Skip 2026 Olympics As He Plans Major Career Pivot

The American is entering a new field.

Sports Illustrated

Donald Trump to chair new Olympic taskforce in bid to allay international visitor concerns ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Games

The US president, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on August 5 to set up a government taskforce to manage the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. During the White House announcement, Trump said: “We’ll do anything necessary to keep the Olympics safe, including using our National Guard or military.”

The Conversation

Coventry's Mettle Tested By Russian Olympic Debate, Say Former IOC Figures

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is in the spotlight on how she handles her "baptism of fire" over Russia, former IOC executives have told AFP. With just six months to go to the opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games the odds are that Russian athletes -- normally a…

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“People are so passionate about it. It’s almost more important to some of them than watching the bands”: Bin Jousting is the insane heavy metal festival sport that the Olympics needs right now

How Bin Jousting went from after-dark guerrilla sport to Bloodstock fixture

AAP

Paris 'sting' driving Australian triathlete to stardom

Australian Olympic triathlete Matt Hauser leads the world rankings, with the championship series to be held in October at Wollongong.

Cycling Weekly

Do Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe even need Remco Evenepoel?

Double Olympic champion’s move to German team is not as straightforward a slam dunk as you might think

The Guardian - US

Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics

President, who has clashed with LA officials over Ice raids, says Games will be ‘wonderful moment for America’

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The Independent UK

Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel to ride for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe from 2026

The former Vuelta a Espana winner will join Grand Tour rivals Primoz Roglic and Florian Lipowitz on the German team

Cycling Weekly

Remco Evenepoel leaves Soudal Quick-Step contract early, moves to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe for 2026

Double Olympic champion's contract to be ended by mutual agreement ahead of move to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe

International Business Times

With Six Months To Go, Winter Games Organisers Say They'll Be Ready

Six months before the start of the Winter Olympics, Italian organisers say that, after years of ups and downs, they are on schedule.

Sports Illustrated

USA Swimming Criticism Was Premature, but Something Must Change Before 2028 Olympics

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte were among those to call out a slow start at the world championships in Singapore. The sky isn’t falling but L.A. looms large.

Evening Standard

Rebecca Adlington's husband 'cried on the train every morning' after miscarriages

The double Olympic gold medallist lost a baby at 12 weeks in 2022 and had her second miscarriage at 20 weeks a year later

The Independent UK

Japan’s oldest person, aged 114, reveals the ‘greatest asset’ of her long life

Retired physician Shigeko Kagawa didn’t retire until she was 86

Al Jazeera

Megan Romano: Enhanced Games signs first female athlete

Megan Romano announced as first female competitor at 2026 debut of Olympic-style Enhanced Games in Las Vegas.

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