Remembering the 1972 Olympics: Mark Spitz talks of tragic games
American swimmer Mark Spitz won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an event forever marked by tragedy when terrorists killed 11 members of the Israeli Olympics team.
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German president apologizes for 1972 Olympic attack failures
Germany's president apologized Monday for multiple failures by his country before, during and after the 1972 attack on the Munich OIympics as he joined his Israeli counterpart and relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the games 50 years ago.
‘It makes no sense’ – Adam Blythe on ‘bonkers’ rules blocking Alejandro Valverde from World Championships
Alejandro Valverde's inability to race at the upcoming UCI Road Cycling World Championships is the result of a «bonkers» situation, says Eurosport's Adam Blythe. Valverde is currently not allowed to travel to Wollongong to represent Spain at the World Championships, which take place from September 18-25, due to Movistar wanting the 42-year-old to help them pick up points in their bid to avoid relegation from the WorldTour.
50 years to agree Olympic attack compensation 'shameful': German president
BERLIN: Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier admitted on Sunday (Sep 4) it was "shameful" that it took five decades for Berlin to agree compensation for the bereaved families of Israeli victims in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack.
Survivor of Holocaust, Munich Olympic attack heads back to Germany
They call him the ultimate survivor: Shaul Ladany lived through a Nazi concentration camp and escaped the massacre of 11 fellow Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Callum McGregor believes Glasgow derby rout showed Celtic's togetherness
Captain Callum McGregor hailed the resolve and spirit of the Celtic squad following the 4-0 thumping of Rangers as he looked forward to the challenge of Real Madrid on Tuesday night.
Ciryl Gane stops Tai Tuivasa in heavyweight thriller as UFC makes France debut
Ciryl Gane pulled off an electrifying knockout win over Tai Tuivasa on Saturday in front of a home crowd in Paris as the UFC hosted its first major event in France since the sport was legalised there in 2020.
Gane knocks out Tuivasa in France’s first major UFC event
Spurred on by a lusty first-round rendition of "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem, the two heavyweights put on a barn-burner of a fight in the main event that made the long wait for the sport's regulation worth it for the French fans.