Peru's Garcia Leon breaks 35 km race walk world record
Peru's Kimberly Garcia Leon broke the 35 km race walk world record on Saturday with a time of two hours 37 minutes and 44 seconds in Dudince, Slovakia.
Paris Olympics Sport News
Drone Threat Hovers Over Paris Olympics
It may be a long way from any battlefield but the 2024 Paris Olympics is preparing for the threat of a drone attack with what one official calls "unrivalled" measures. Fear of a terror attack has haunted every Olympic host nation for half a century since Palestinian gunmen took members of the Israeli team hostage during the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The last terror act at an Olympics was in Atlanta in 1996 when a pipe bomb exploded as revellers enjoyed a rock concert. Two people were killed and more than 100 injured in the attack, for which a US extremist was jailed. But the use of civilian drones by armed and criminal groups in recent years poses a new and high-tech nightmare scenario for Olympic organisers.
Ukraine renews push to keep Russian athletes out of the Olympics
Ukraine renewed its push to keep Russian athletes out of the Olympics on Friday ahead of an International Olympic Committee board meeting next week which is expected to set the framework for their return to international sports events.
NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team looking to build on Season 3 opener
RIYADH: As the championship’s 10 teams got behind the wheel at the Season 3 opener, NEOM McLaren Extreme E looked to pick up where they left off with a podium finish at the Season 2 finale in Uruguay.
Drone Threat Hovers Over Paris Olympics
It may be a long way from any battlefield but the 2024 Paris Olympics is preparing for the threat of a drone attack with what one official calls "unrivalled" measures. Fear of a terror attack has haunted every Olympic host nation for half a century since Palestinian gunmen took members of the Israeli team hostage during the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The last terror act at an Olympics was in Atlanta in 1996 when a pipe bomb exploded as revellers enjoyed a rock concert. Two people were killed and more than 100 injured in the attack, for which a US extremist was jailed. But the use of civilian drones by armed and criminal groups in recent years poses a new and high-tech nightmare scenario for Olympic organisers.
World Athletics set to tighten DSD, transgender rules
World Athletics is likely to tighten rules governing the participation of transgender women in female competition on Thursday after a meeting that is also expected to decide to lift the ban imposed on Russia for mass doping.
IOC’s Bach defends Russia stance amid pro-Ukraine protest
ESSEN, Germany: International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach defended his organization’s efforts to create a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competition in a speech in his home country of Germany which took place amid a pro-Ukraine protest Wednesday.
ATP Tour 2024 calendar: When is tennis at Paris Olympics? What's changing? Is Shanghai Masters on schedule?
The ATP Tour has released its calendar for 2024 and it features some significant changes to the current season. The calendar has been altered due to the Paris 2024 Olympics, which will include a one-week tennis event played at Roland Garros, the home of the French Open. Ad The post-US Open Asia swing will continue after events including the Shanghai Masters and China Open which return later this year, and there will be five 12-day ATP Masters 1000 events.