Jamaica women's coach Donaldson parts ways with team
Jamaican women's national soccer team coach Lorne Donaldson will not renew his contract with the team, the country's football federation said on Friday.
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Olympics-No restrictions on hijab in Paris 2024 Games’ athletes village-IOC
BERLIN: Athletes can wear a hijab in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games athletes’ village without any restriction, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, days after France’s sports minister banned it for the host country’s athletes. The Olympic body also said it needed to better understand the situation in France and had been in contact with the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF). French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said on Sunday French athletes would be barred from wearing a hijab during the Paris Games to respect principles of secularism. “For the Olympic Village, the IOC rules apply,” an IOC spokesperson said.
Breakers Victor Montalvo, Dominika Banevič win world titles to qualify for Paris Olympics
Lithuanian teenager Dominika Banevič and American Victor Montalvo both qualified for next year's Paris Olympics after winning the World Breaking Championship on Sunday in Leuven, Belgium.
Indian Boxers Aim To Better Medal Count And Grab Olympic Berths
With the coveted Olympics berth up for grabs, the India boxers will step in the ring in Hangzhou with extra motivation, as they look to better the medal tally from the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. India have fielded a strong contingent led by two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain. In the men's section, the trio of world championship medallists -- the experienced Shiva Thapa, Deepak Bhoria and Nishant Dev -- will look to add an Asian Games medal to their kitty and secure their passage to Paris.
Wrestling body explains why it let Russian champions compete at worlds despite pro-war rally
Three Olympic champions from Russia were cleared to compete at the wrestling world championships this week because they were judged to have been pressured to appear at a pro-war rally in Moscow last year.
Tsegay, Duplantis topple records at Eugene Diamond League
Gudaf Tsegay smashed the women's 5,000 metres world record and Armand Duplantis raised the bar again for the men's pole vault on Sunday, as the season-ending Eugene Diamond League meet concluded on a high.
Coleman, Jackson upset world champs in Diamond League final
American Christian Coleman stunned world champion Noah Lyles to win the men's 100 metres at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday as Jamaican Shericka Jackson took the women's sprint title.
Canada's Plouffe twins eager for another shot at Olympics in 3x3 basketball
Signs of Katherine and Michelle Plouffe's competitiveness stem all the way back to before they were old enough to play on a basketball team.