Dirk Nowitzki becomes first player to have number retired by German Basketball Federation
COLOGNE, Germany — Dirk Nowitzki now has a number retired on two continents.
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Olympic great Scott Moir credits coaches-turned-colleagues for rediscovering his love of skating
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir came out of retirement to compete at the 2018 Olympics with a "stone cold" focus.
China World Indoor Athletics tournament postponed to 2025
The World Indoor Athletics Championships that were scheduled for China next year have been postponed until March 2025, organisers announced Thursday, with Beijing's zero-Covid policy continuing to cast a shadow on international events.
Track's world indoors in China postponed again to 2025
The world indoor track championships in China were postponed for a third time Thursday, pushing the event first scheduled for 2020 back to 2025.
Hong Kong Open Badminton Falls Victim To Covid Policies
Hong Kong's top badminton tournament has been cancelled because of stringent anti-Covid policies which required players to compete in an "isolation bubble", organisers said on Thursday. The Hong Kong Open, scheduled for November 8-13, has not been held since the pandemic began and the latest announcement dealt a fresh blow to the Chinese city's ambitions to reboot its decimated sports scene. The Hong Kong Badminton Association said there was "no viable option" but to cancel because the city's anti-epidemic measures -- which follow China's zero-Covid strategy -- differed from that of other World Tour events.
Finally a sense of normalcy for Canadian figure skaters after COVID-plagued seasons
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier had competed under a COVID-19 cloud for the better part of two seasons — from worrying about getting sick, to competing in front of no fans, to not being able to compete at all.
From Olympics gold to drug confession: The Joseph Schooling timeline
SINGAPORE: The gold medal win in the 100m butterfly event at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games propelled Joseph Schooling to international stardom.
Neeraj Chopra gifts his Tokyo gold medal-winning javelin to Olympic Museum
Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday and said that he is hopeful that its presence can serve as an inspiration for the younger generation. The track and field athlete was also joined by Olympic gold medallist shooting star Abhinav Bindra. "It was an honour to visit and donate my Tokyo 2020 javelin to the Olympic Museum yesterday. I hope its presence can inspire the younger generation to keep working hard towards their dreams," tweeted Chopra.