Evans through to third round after Rinderknech wrist injury
MELBOURNE : Britain's Dan Evans progressed to the third round of the Australian Open on a walkover on Thursday following the withdrawal of Arthur Rinderknech.
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Amnesty warns over 'sportswashing' at Beijing Winter Olympics
LONDON: Amnesty International warned on Wednesday (Jan 19) that the international community must not allow China to use the Winter Olympics in Beijing as a "sportswashing opportunity" and must avoid being "complicit in a propaganda exercise".
China warns foreign Olympic athletes that political statements during games 'subject to' punishment
OutKick founder Clay Travis weighs in after the International Olympic committee limited ticket sales due to surging COVID-19 cases, and reacts to comments made by Golden State Warriors co-owner Chamath Palihapitiya about the treatment of Uyghurs.
Navid Afkari: Executed Iranian wrestling star's voice is 'everywhere now'
By Don Riddell, CNNUpdated 1011 GMT (1811 HKT) September 12, 2021Wrestler Navid Afkari was executed by the Iranian government on September 12, 2020. The story of his life and the movement he has inspired is being republished by CNN International to mark the anniversary of his death. This article was first published on June 28, 2021.(CNN)It was the worst news that anybody could have woken up to; as Sardar Pashaei reached for his phone one morning in September, he knew immediately that something terrible had happened. «When I woke at about six or seven o'clock in the morning,» he told CNN Sport, «I see a lot of phone calls from Persian television. And when I listened to the voicemail of my journalist friend, I just cried. I
Here's what's next after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test
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Bodybuilder Rene Campbell wants to change the view of what women should look like
By Noura Abou Zeinab, for CNNUpdated 1143 GMT (1943 HKT) December 2, 2020(CNN)Counterpointed by a number of striking tattoos, hers is a body defined by muscle. She is a mother of two who embodies power and strength.Rene Campbell has dedicated most of her life to sculpting her once diminutive frame into one that, she says, goes «completely against what society thinks a woman should look like.»The bodybuilder's dedication has brought plenty of awards but building her dream body — gaining over 85 pounds, going from a UK size 8 to 14 — has had its challenges, too, both physically and mentally. «I was very insecure about my body image, very insecure about myself as a person,»
Australia's first international cricket team found fame in the UK. At home, they were betrayed
By Ben Westcott, CNNUpdated 1032 GMT (1832 HKT) April 5, 2021Harrow, Australia (CNN)Growing up in the small community of Harrow in southern Australia, 86-year-old Lachie Turner spent his childhood hearing legends of the great Aboriginal cricketer Johnny Mullagh.«The story used to be that he could win a match, batting with just the handle of a pickaxe,» said Turner, with a smile. Mullagh was a hero in Harrow, and the surrounding livestock communities, where homesteads dot the landscape along miles of single-lane dirt roads.At a time when being Indigenous meant you could be thrown off your land, forced into Christian missions or even shot, Mullagh — of the Jardwadjali people from