Olympic skicross medal changed on appeal nine days after race
GENEVA (AP) — Nine days after the race at the Beijing Olympics, the bronze medal in women’s skicross was changed on appeal Saturday.
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Sold for £23m, now worth 5x less: West Ham played a blinder with "heated" 32 y/o flop - opinion
It’s fair to speculate that the majority of the West Ham United fanbase were disheartened when forward Marko Arnautovic reportedly handed in a transfer request in the summer of 2019.
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Liang Wenbo: ‘We are the best snooker playing friends in the world’
Liang Wenbo and Ronnie O’Sullivan meet in the semi-finals of the European Masters on Saturday, and it will be a match played in a tremendous spirit as the Chinese star describes the pair as ‘the best snooker playing friends in the world’.
Speed Skater Nils van der Poel Gives Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 Gold Medal To Chinese Dissident
Swedish speed skater Nils van der Poel has given one of the two gold medals he won in Beijing to Chinese-Swedish dissident Gui Minhai to protest against China's human rights violations, Amnesty International said on Friday. Van der Poel, who has been fiercely critical of the decision to award Beijing the Winter Olympic Games, on Thursday gave his 10,000-meter gold medal to Angela Gui, the daughter of bookseller Gui Minhai, who is serving 10 years in prison in China on charges of illegally providing intelligence abroad. "I am not the voice of all Olympians, but me and my friends dedicated our lives to strive for excellence within sports, and the Chinese government chose to use our dreams as a political weapon to legitimise their regime," Van der Poel said in a statement published by Amnesty International.
We need to believe in our abilities to qualify for AFC Asian Cup: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Sandesh Jhingan
Asian Cup twice in a row for the first time, feel the country's top footballers Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sandesh Jhingan. India was on Thursday drawn alongside Hong Kong, Afghanistan and Cambodia in Group D of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final round qualifiers to be played in Kolkata in June this year. "It looks like an interesting draw.
WTA roundup: Anett Kontaveit, Iga Swiatek advance to Doha final
Fourth-seeded Anett Kontaveit and seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek will meet in the Qatar TotalEnergies Open final after recording straight-set victories in their respective semifinal matches on Friday at Doha.
FIH Pro League: Indian women's hockey team looks to continue winning
Spain in FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. The last time they played here they beat the US and booked their place at Tokyo Olympics. It was the start of a memorable journey which, even though ended in disappointment, saw the team reach new heights.
Anonymous declara ciberguerra a Rusia: Inicia guerra cibernética - AS USA
El famoso grupo de ciberactivistas, Anonymous, se une al conflicto geopolítico entre y declara de manera oficial la guerra cibernética en contra del gobierno de Vladímir Putin.