Marta Hopes to Lead Brazil to Copa América Title After Coming Out of Retirement
It was just a year ago when Marta left the Olympic final with tears in her eyes, emotionally marking the end of a storied career with the Brazilian national soccer team.
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Phil Healy announces retirement from athletics
Two-time Olympian and European relay medal winner Phil Healy has announced her retirement from international athletics at the age of 31.
American swimmer Kate Douglass breaks women's 50m freestyle world record: 'I'm still in shock'
Kate Douglass broke the world record in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet Friday night in Indianapolis.
Olympic hurdles medallist Bascou suspended for doping
PARIS: French hurdler Dimitri Bascou, an Olympic medallist in 2016, was banned for four years on Friday for a positive test for steroids. The 38-year-old athlete had been provisionally suspended since April 2024, three months after testing positive for testosterone and boldenone, two banned anabolic steroids. Bascou, Olympic bronze medallist in the 110m hurdles in 2016 and European champion the same year, said he was “stunned” after the announcement of his positive test in January 2024, which ended his chances of participating in his home Olympics in Paris. The Martinique-born athlete pleaded contamination via food supplements and hoped that his provisional suspension would be canceled in time to participate in the Paris Games. More than two years later, the sanctions commission of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) ruled to suspend him for four years. Bascou will be suspended until April 2028 but has already indicated in the past that he does not intend to resume his career.
World Gymnastics lifts all restrictions on Russian, Belarusian athletes
World Gymnastics has lifted all restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes, allowing them to return to international competitions under their national flags with immediate effect, it said on Monday.
American Walsh improves own 100m butterfly world record for third time in a year
May 3 : Gretchen Walsh bettered her own 100m butterfly world record for the third time in a year as she clocked 54.33 seconds in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the same event where she became the first woman to breach the 55-second mark.
Double Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen announces retirement
COPENHAGEN: Denmark's double Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen announced his retirement at 32 on Wednesday (Apr 15), saying back problems meant he could no longer "compete and train at the highest level".
Taiwan's Lin takes bronze at Asian championships in competitive return
April 7 : Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting took bronze at the Asian Boxing Elite Championships on Monday in her first competition since a gender-eligibility row overshadowed her Olympic gold medal-winning performance at the 2024 Paris Games.
US women's ice hockey team get Las Vegas invite from rapper Flavor Flav
Feb 24 : The U.S. women's ice hockey team who won gold at the Milano Cortina Olympics may have passed on an invite to attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address but they have been offered an alternative celebration thanks to Hall of Fame rapper Flavor Flav.