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Faith not enough as Kipyegon misses four-minute mile barrier by six seconds

The 31-year-old Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon ran faster than her own world record but failed to be first woman under four minutes

The Guardian - UK

Susan Egelstaff: Is now the time for a woman to break the four-minute mile barrier?

Men have been running sub-four-minute miles for decades but as yet, a woman has never broken the iconic four-minute barrier for the mile. That could…

The National (Scotland)

Faith Kipyegon’s audacious bid to be first woman to run sub four-minute mile

Faith Kipyegon plans ‘to make the impossible possible’ by becoming the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile this summer

The Guardian - UK

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Echoing Landy, the mile returns to Commonwealth Games

The 2026 Commonwealth Games will feature the biggest swimming programme ever - and a return on the track of the mile event once graced by Bannister and Landy.

AAP

David Smith: Ed Jackson, The Mountain Within Me and the power of vicarious experience

Vicarious experiences are key in giving us a sense of self belief that we to can achieve something.

The National (Scotland)

Have We Reached Our Athletic Limits?

From the start, SI has chronicled the chase to redefine athletic potential. What frontiers will we explore in the next 70 years?

Sports Illustrated

Daily Quiz | On Roger Bannister

A quiz on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the historic sub-four-minute mile run on May 6 by Roger Bannister

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‘Greatest sporting feat in the last 100 years’: Roger Bannister’s sub four-minute mile

Sebastian Coe’s description of the doctor’s record-breaking run in 1954 underlines its enduring significance 70 years later

The Guardian - UK

Sir Paul Fox obituary

Veteran television executive who served as controller of BBC One for six years and later became Yorkshire TV’s managing director

The Guardian - UK

Sportsperson of the Year 2023: Deion Sanders

Links to all of our Sportsperson of the Year coverage, including the main feature written by Pat Forde and sidebars from LeBron James, Jerry Rice and Sanders’s manager Constance Schwartz-Morini.

Sports Illustrated

Every SI Sportsperson of the Year, From 1954 to 2023

From Deion Sanders in 2023 to Roger Bannister in 1954, here is every winner of Sportsperson of the Year—including Muhammad Ali, Arthur Ashe, Michael Jordan, Billie Jean King and more.

Sports Illustrated

England Lionesses winning 2022 Euros named the greatest sporting moment of all time

Other top moments in sporting history include Usain Bolt's 100-metre gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, and Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile in 1954

Daily Mirror

Legendary athlete, state governor, scientist and butterfly collector John Landy remembered at state memorial service

Former governor and champion runner John Landy is remembered as a humble man "renowned for his integrity", at a state memorial service in Melbourne.

ABC News

24 British Citizenship test questions to see if you'd pass it

People who want to become a British citizen and live in the UK must first pass a test. But with a pass rate of 75 per cent needed to gain a new, blue passport, could you pass it?

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Daily Record

Try the British citizenship test - 24 tricky questions every person must answer

Check if you already have the knowledge it takes to become a citizen.

Liverpool Echo

British Citizenship Test: Answer these questions to see if you could pass it

It's harder than you may think

Wales Online

British Citizenship test questions - see if you would be able to pass

It costs £50 to sit the test - but you need to get 75 per cent right

The Guardian - UK

Zebras, giraffes … and a cycle race through the Maasai Mara

East Africans rarely get a chance to show what they can do on two wheels. They did that in Kenya this month and the result was spectacular

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The Conversation

Taking a look back at the evolution of sport during Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee

The United Kingdom is celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years as head of the Commonwealth.

Liverpool Echo

Candidates confirmed for City Council by-elections

Runners and riders for Thursday's votes

ABC News

Australian athletics great John Landy remembered as an 'inspiration'

Tributes have poured in for Landy following his death at the age of 91, with the Australian fondly remembered for his talent as an athlete and for his outstanding sportsmanship.

The Independent UK

John Landy, pursuer of Bannister's 4-minute mile, dies at 91

John Landy, an Australian runner who dueled with Roger Bannister in a bid to become the first person to run a four-minute mile, has died

AAP

Athletics great John Landy dies, aged 91

Middle-distance running great John Landy has died at the age of 91 after an accomplished life that included some of the great moments in Australian sport.

AAP

Landy a shining example on track and off

Middle-distance running great John Landy's dignity characterised an accomplished life that included some of the most memorable moments in Australian sport.

Tribune News Service

Vahe Gregorian: Here's why the best days could still be ahead for Chiefs coach Andy Reid

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Only a year after Englishman Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in May 1954, crashing through an invisible, tantalizing and once-immovable barrier, three men did the same in a single race. Some 1,500 would eventually follow.

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