TikTok to be banned on government phones in the UK
The social media app TikTok will be banned on Government phones, ministers are expected to announce on Thursday (March 16).
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Canadian ski jumper Alex Loutitt claims World Cup silver in Norway
Canadian ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt added to her season's medal haul with a World Cup silver in large hill competition Wednesday.
Russia offers to host new sports event with China, India
Russia offered Wednesday to host a new multi-sports event for countries such as China and India which are members of a regional grouping known as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Dahria Beatty, 2-time Olympic cross-country skier from Yukon, retires
Dahria Beatty won't have to lug big bags of ski gear through international airports anymore — one perk, at least, of saying goodbye to competing in the sport she loves.
'It’s the right time!' – Marte Olsbu Roeiseland to retire from biathlon at end of the season
Legendary Norwegian biathlete Marte Olsbu Roeiseland has confirmed that she will step away from biathlon at the end of the season, saying that now is the “right time” to retire. In 2022 at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Roeiseland, 32, created history by winning five Olympic medals (three golds and two bronzes), becoming the first woman to ever achieve the feat and matching the tally for the most medals won in a single Winter Olympic Games ever. Ad She also created another piece of history in the 2020 world championships when she became the first athlete to ever win medals across all seven events.
Biathlon-NZ's Wright becomes first from southern hemisphere to win IBU title
Campbell Wright became the first athlete from the southern hemisphere to win an International Biathlon Union (IBU) medal after the New Zealander took gold in the 10km sprint at the junior world championships in Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan.
Alpine Skiing-Shiffrin record almost untouchable, says fellow American Miller
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Who were the pilots flying MH370 when it went missing?
A new Netflix documentary has been released that recalls the events surrounding a commercial aircraft that vanished almost a decade ago. In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from radar mid-flight while on a routine red-eye from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.