Canada's top athletes begin mobilizing to change high-performance culture
Canada's top athletes are willing to repair breaches in trust with those who manage them, say their leaders, but the question is how.
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U.S. swimming trials: Races to watch with world champs spots at stake
Five standout races at next week’s U.S. swimming international team trials in Greensboro, N.C., where the top two in most individual events make the world championships in Budapest this summer …
Russian dual Olympic swimming champion Evgeny Rylov banned from the sport for nine months for attending Vladimir Putin rally
Russian Olympic gold medallist swimmer Evgeny Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sekgodiso stuns to win 1 500m, Blignaut seals gold in shot put at SA Champs
Prudence Sekgodiso outclassed the rest of the line-up to secure the women's 1 500m, while Olympian Kyle Blignaut took gold in shot put on day two of ASA Senior Track and Field National Championships at Green Point Athletics Stadium in Cape Town on Friday.
Eddie Howe expects no drop in standards as Newcastle march towards Premier League safety
NEWCASTLE: Eddie Howe is keen to make sure standards do not drop, despite the fact Newcastle United have all but mathematically secured their Premier League status.
Verstappen ends pole wait at wet and chaotic Imola
IMOLA, Italy: Formula One world champion Max Verstappen took his first pole position of the season on Friday in a wet and crash-interrupted Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying for Saturday’s sprint race at Imola. Ferrari’s championship leader Charles Leclerc, thwarted by a late stoppage, will line up alongside the Red Bull driver on the front row for a 100km race that decides who starts first in Sunday’s main event. Verstappen goes into the Formula One record books as the pole setter for the weekend, regardless of where he starts on Sunday.
"I'm More Of A Technical Boxer Now": Nikhat Zareen
Asian Games-bound woman pugilist Nikhat Zareen says she has evolved as a "technical boxer" after analysing her past performances over the years. Nikhat, a part of the TOPS development team, is looking forward to an impressive show at the elite Women's World Boxing Championship in Turkey, scheduled from May 6 to 21. A total of 12 boxers, including Nikhat and Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain, are set to compete at the event, which will be a litmus test ahead of the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, scheduled later this year.
Simone Manuel, Ryan Lochte among swim stars not entered in world champs trials
Simone Manuel, Ryan Lochte, Allison Schmitt and Nathan Adrian, who own a combined 35 Olympic medals and haven’t competed since the Tokyo Games, have not yet entered next week’s world swimming championships trials.