Olympic weightlifting champ stripped of 2016 gold medal, barred 8 years for doping
Olympic weightlifting champion Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan was stripped of his 2016 gold medal on Tuesday and banned eight years for doping.
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Middleweight champ Gennadiy Golovkin sues Golden Boy Promotions for minimum $3 million, says he's still owed money from 2018 Alvarez bout
Middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin (GGG) filed a lawsuit against Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions on Friday in Los Angeles seeking at least $3 million in damages in connection with the September 2018 rematch with Canelo Alvarez.
Ex-Man Utd star Darron Gibson had to be bathed and taken to toilet after horrific injury
Former Manchester United prospect Darron Gibson was unable to wash or take himself to the toilet in the wake of his traumatic injury.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins high jump gold after three-day drive from Ukraine
Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh won high jump gold at the World Indoor Championships after driving for three days from her war-torn homeland to compete.
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh Defies Odds To Win World Indoor High Jump Gold
Yaroslava Mahuchikh overcame the "total panic" of armed conflict in her native Ukraine to win gold in the high jump at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Mahuchikh was forced to flee her home, hide out in a cellar and eventually make the 2,000km trip over three days to Belgrade to face what she dubbed her own front line. The reigning European indoor high jump champion, who won Olympic bronze in Tokyo and world outdoor silver in Doha in 2019, left her home in Dnipro just three weeks ago as the conflict escalated.
Ice Hockey World Championship: France And Austria Replace Russia And Belarus
France and Austria will replace Russia and Belarus at the men's ice hockey world championship in May, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced. The IIHF suspended Russian and Belarusian teams on February 28 in response to the invasion of Ukraine. It announced the replacement teams after a council meeting on Friday. Ice hockey, along with judo, is one of the sports Russian president Vladimir Putin enjoys being seen playing. Including victories as the Soviet Union, Russia is tied with Canada for most world titles on 27.
Russian cosmonauts on International Space Station mission arrive wearing Ukraine yellow and blue
Three Russian cosmonauts on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) emerged from their Soyuz capsule on Friday wearing the colours of the Ukraine flag.
Ukraine's Mahuchikh wins high jump gold at indoor championships
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who was forced to flee her home in Dnipro after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, said she was fighting for her country in the stadium after winning gold in the high jump at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade.