The Fosbury Flop, the Cruyff Turn and other namely techniques
Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” died Sunday age 76.
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‘Budapest is teaching Finland and Sweden a lesson’: Hungary becomes increasingly isolated in NATO
Hungary is becoming increasingly isolated within the NATO military alliance. Even before the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went against the grain compared to other European Union countries.
Mikaela Shiffrin says appointment of Karin Harjo as new coach can give her a 'fresh and new way of thinking'
Mikaela Shiffrin says the appointment of Karin Harjo as her new coach can give her a «fresh and new way of thinking» as the American eyes more records. Shiffrin became the most decorated alpine skier in history last weekend when she broke the high-water mark of legendary Swede Ingemar Stenmark, who won 86 World Cup races during his career.
Mikaela Shiffrin hires Karin Harjo, leader of Canada's women's team, as head coach
Fresh off breaking the record for most World Cup race wins, Mikaela Shiffrin has a new head coach, Karin Harjo, who has been leading Canada's women's alpine skiing team.
Manika Batra Crashes Out Of Singapore Smash In First Round
India's run in the singles category came to an end at the Singapore Smash 2023 after the country's leading table tennis player in the women's category Manika Batra crashed out of the tournament. Batra's loss comes after Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost their respective men's singles matches on Saturday. Manika Batra went down after putting up a valiant fight against Sweden's Linda Bergstrom. The hard-fought duel between both players lasted for 52 minutes. In the end, Manika lost the match by 3-2 (12-10, 6-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-13).
Is Kyogo best Celtic striker since Henrik Larsson and should Scott Arfield get new Rangers deal? Monday Jury
KEITH JACKSON: They’ve had a few over the years but, yes, Kyogo is a phenomenal talent. Not quite at Larsson’s level perhaps but then the Swede did set the highest of bars. Celtic should simply enjoy him while he’s theirs.
Second edition of Rally Jameel comes to a successful end in Al-Qassim
JEDDAH: Rally Jameel came to an end on Sunday with Ewelina Chlebowska of Poland and co-driver Hanna Riehle of Germany from Sandstorm Express taking first place in the second edition of the rally in their Toyota FJ Cruiser.
Wierer wraps up dream weekend in Sweden
Dorothea Wierer made it two wins from two events in Oestersund in the mass start as Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen earned his first biathlon World Cup win of the season. The Italian took advantage of a miss from Julia Simon on her final shot to take victory in the women's 12.5km mass start, adding to the individual win she took on Thursday.