Four Canadians including De Grasse, LePage withdraw from Commonwealth Games
Canadian athletes Andre De Grasse, Pierce LePage, Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake withdrew from the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
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Japan retain East Asian title after Chinese stalemate
Tournament hosts Japan retained their East Asian Championship women's title on Tuesday after being held to a 0-0 draw by China in Kashima, east of Tokyo.
Commonwealth Games: Laura Kenny reveals she considered quitting cycling after miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy
Laura Kenny has revealed that she considered walking away from cycling after being left at «breaking point» by a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy. The five-time Olympic gold medallist revealed in April that she had miscarried at nine weeks last November, and was forced to have a fallopian tube removed in January after a fertilised egg implanted itself outside of the womb. Ad/> Ahead of her return to the track at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Kenny has said that she was ready to quit the sport at the start of the year.
Boxer Lovlina Borgohain's Coach Gets CWG Approval, Say Sources
Boxer Lovlina Borgohain's coach Sandhya Gurung has received accreditation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, according to sources, a day after the boxer's "mental harassment" charge. Tokyo Olympics bronze medal-winning boxer Borgohain on Monday took to Twitter, claiming that she has faced "mental harassment" due to the constant removal of her coaches, who helped her win an Olympic medal, from her training process and were later allowed entry after several requests. She also claimed that her coach Sandhya Gurung had not been allowed entry into the Commonwealth Games Village.
CWG: Lovlina Borgohain's coach Sandhya Gurung receives accreditation
Commonwealth Games, a day after the Olympic bronze medallist claimed her preparation for the event was getting affected due to "continuous harassment" of her coaches. Gurung, who is also Indian team's assistant coach, was added to the Indian contingent, just days before the event. On arrival here on Sunday, she was not allowed to enter the Village as she did not have an accreditation, triggering the controversy. "Sandhya was brought to the boxing village today morning and given accreditation. She is with the team now," an Indian Olympics Association (IOA) official told PTI. Gurung has also been assigned a room at the Games village.
US basketball star Brittney Griner treated injuries with medical cannabis, defense argues
KHIMKI, Russia: The defense team of US basketball player Brittney Griner, detained in Russia on drug charges, argued in court on Tuesday that she had used medical cannabis to assuage pain from injuries, like many other elite international athletes. Griner, a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star who has played in Russia during the league’s offseason, was detained at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 with vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.
Neeraj Chopra Pulls Out Of CWG Due To Injury In Huge Setback For India
Ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has been ruled out of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham due to injury sustained during the World Athletics Championships, according to a statement by Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Neeraj, who won a silver medal with a throw of 88.13 metres on Sunday in Oregon, sustained an injury during his performance at the World Championships and that is why he will not be able to defend his gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Japanese Police Raid Home Of Tokyo Olympics Chief Executive: Reports
Japanese police on Tuesday raided the home of a 2020 Tokyo Olympics board member who allegedly received money from a sponsor he signed a consulting contract with, local media reported. Haruyuki Takahashi, 78, is suspected of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from high street business suit retailer Aoki Holdings Inc., an "official partner" of last year's pandemic-delayed mega-event.