Ghana postpones African Games until 2024
President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (Photo by Jean-Francois Badias / POOL / AFP)
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Doping-Tokyo bronze medallist weightlifter Son handed eight-year ban for doping
Kazakh weightlifter Igor Son, who won bronze at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, has been banned for eight years for doping but will not be stripped of his medal, the country's weightlifting federation (WFRK) said on Wednesday.
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios admits to being a 'massive conspiracy guy,' doesn't rule out Earth being flat
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Super Rugby finally rolls into the post-COVID era
SYDNEY : Finally freed of the COVID travel restrictions that sounded the death knell to the intercontinental edition and fragmented and disrupted the rump competition, Super Rugby returns in its full new normality on Friday.
Renowned boxing coach Dmitry Dmitruk will guide Indians now
The former Russian boxing professional who holds an Irish passport joined the Indian women’s squad preparing for the Worlds at NIS Patiala on Monday after completing his contractual formalities with the Sports Authority of India (SAI). Dmitruk’s appointment came four months after former Irish professional boxer, Bernard Dunne, was named the high-performance director (HPD) for Indian boxing in October 2022.The two veterans had formed a successful partnership with Georgian coach Zaur Antia at the Irish Athletics Boxing Association (IABA) during their respective stints with the Dublin-based body. They were instrumental in the rise of Kellie Harrington who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s lightweight division (57-60kg) – the only gold won by Ireland at the 2020 Summer Games.The trio was involved in securing nine of Ireland’s 17 Olympic medals in the boxing ring. With the arrival of Dmitruk and Dunne, Indian boxing is likely to benefit immensely from learning the Irish way — to box aggressively inside the ring. For the record, boxing has, by farbeen , Ireland’s most successful sport at the Olympics, accounting for more than 50 percent of their medals won.
Late bloomer Keith Butler looking to complete marathon majors slam
Just five years after returning to running at the age of 39, Keith Butler is likely to finish the year part of a select band of Irish runners to complete the marathon majors grand slam.
Eilidh McIntyre: Olympic gold medallist retires from sailing ahead of Paris 2024 at age of 28
Olympic gold medallist Eilidh McIntyre has announced her retirement from sailing. McIntyre, 28, won gold in the women's 470 event at Tokyo 2020, alongside team-mate Hannah Mills. Ad Mills retired shortly after Tokyo, but McIntyre had planned to continue and go again at Paris 2024 until “losing belief in the cause”.
USA Boxing condemns IBA's 'misleading' 2024 Olympic qualifiers
The Russian-led International Boxing Association's (IBA's) announcement that its world championships are qualifiers for the 2024 Olympics is "false and misleading" and an attempt to sabotage qualification for the Paris Games, USA Boxing said.