Skier Mikaela Shiffrin secures 83rd World Cup win to break Lindsey Vonn record
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin secured her 83rd World Cup win on Tuesday to break…
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Indian sports ministry, Olympic Association to investigate sexual harassment allegations against top wrestling official
India’s sports ministry said Friday it would investigate allegations of sexual harassment against the president of the Wrestling Federation of…
Kenyan athlete receives Olympic medal 10 years late
Ten years after finishing fourth in the 800m final at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Kenya’s Pamela Jelimo has…
Kenya’s first Olympic medallist dies aged 84
Kenya’s first athlete to win an Olympic medal Wilson Kiprugut has died aged 84, Athletics Kenya has announced. The middle-distance…
Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own marathon world record in Berlin
The 37-year-old Kenyan crossed the line in a time of two hours, one minute and nine seconds, to beat by…
Joseph Schooling: Singapore Olympic star suspended for taking cannabis in Vietnam
Singapore’s first Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling has been suspended from competition after he admitted to consuming cannabis in Vietnam…
Ivory Coast’s first Olympic rower competes against the odds
(CNN)Many people dream of becoming an Olympian but only a handful ever make it. At age 23, Franck N’Dri became…
Hong Kong court jails veteran activist for plan to protest Beijing Olympics
Hong Kong (CNN)A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran activist to nine months in jail under a colonial-era…
Olympic medalist Kim Glass recounts being assaulted outside LA restaurant
(CNN)A Team USA Olympic medal winner says a man attacked her outside a Los Angeles restaurant, hurling a metal object…
Sydney Olympics were bought ‘to a large extent’, said Australian official John Coates
John Coates, the vice-president of the International Olympic Committee and outgoing president of the Australian National Olympic Committee, said “to…