Four-time Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles announces engagement
Simone Biles, the most accomplished American gymnast in history, revealed she has a new piece of hardware for her large collection: An engagement ring.
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Leah Williamson confirmed as England Women's captain ahead of Arnold Clark Cup with Steph Houghton out
Leah Williamson has been confirmed as England captain ahead of the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup, which kicks off on Thursday. With the Lionesses set to play Spain, Canada and Germany at the tournament in preparation for Euro 2022, they face their most difficult run of fixtures yet under Sarina Wiegman.
Tokyo medallists Mirabai, Bajrang & Ravi to return to competitive action next week
The ministry has approved the participation of men’s and women’s wrestling teams in the 59th International Wrestling Tournament Seniors to be held in Bulgaria from February 17 to 20. A total of 20 men’s wrestlers across the freestyle and greco-roman categories will be taking part while 10 coaching staff will accompany them. The women’s wrestling contingent, meanwhile, consists of 10 wrestlers and five support staff.
IOA chief Batra terms Indian men's hockey team's recent results 'unacceptable', asks Hockey India to explain
Batra, who also heads the International Hockey Federation, on Tuesday termed the Indian men's hockey team's performance in recent tournaments as "unacceptable" and asked the national federation to explain the reasons behind it. In a strongly-worded communication to Hockey India (HI) President Gyanendro Ningombam, Batra said he has serious concerns about the team's performance after the historic bronze in Tokyo Olympics last year. He also indicated that the team was being mismanaged but did not specify how.
Mirabai Chanu To Compete In New Weight Category In 2022 Commonwealth Games
Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will compete in a new weight class -- 55kg -- at the Commonwealth Games later this year to help maximise India's chances of winning more gold medals in the multi-sport event in Birmingham. Chanu has achieved a lot of success competing in the 49kg weight division, including winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics last year. She also holds the clean and jerk world record in this weight class. Before that, she used to compete in the 48kg class, winning the world championship gold in 2017. She also won 48kg silver and gold in the 2014 and 2018 CWG respectively.
Kamila Valieva: ‘The only difference I see is I’m a Black young lady’ – Sha’Carri Richardson hits out after CAS decision
Sha'Carri Richardson has hit out at the decision to clear Kamila Valieva to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Richardson was a gold-medal hope at the Summer Olympics for Team USA, but missed the event after testing positive for cannabis in the run-up to Tokyo. She has taken to social media to criticise the decision to allow Valieva to continue competing at the Beijing Games.
Liverpool boss Klopp & Adelaide's Cavallo shortlisted for LGBT awards
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Adelaide United left-back Josh Cavallo are among the headline football nominees for the 2022 British LGBT Awards.