Arctic Winter Games returned in grand fashion
The drums have stopped booming in the gyms and arenas.
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8th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon: Syrian refugees, others battle for $50,000 top prize
• Organisers Dangle Extra $10,000 On Athletes For the first time since the commencement of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, a total of 16 refugees from different parts of the world, including Syria, will compete with elite athletes as the 8th edition holds today.
Curling Canada does about-face, offers pregnancy exemption to all Scotties teams
With three members of Team Lawes trying to balance pregnancy with curling at times this season, Selena Njegovan was pleased her squad received an exemption to add an out-of-province replacement player for the national championship.
Svitolina wants continued Wimbledon ban on Russian, Belarusian players
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina said on Friday that the ban on Russian and Belarusian players competing at Wimbledon must continue after they were excluded from last year's championships.
Belarusian athletes opposed to Lukashenko ask to be cleared to compete
GENEVA : Belarusian athletes who openly oppose the leadership of Alexander Lukashenko on Friday called on the International Olympic Committee to allow them to compete while barring those who support the authorities and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Denmark opposes Russians competing in 2024 Olympics
COPENHAGEN : Denmark is opposed to Russian athletes participating in the Paris Olympics next year even under a neutral flag, the country's culture minister said on Friday according to local news agency Ritzau.
Poland expects 40 nations to oppose Russian athletes at Olympics
WARSAW: Polish Sports Minister Kamil Bortniczuk on Thursday (Feb 2) said that he expected several dozen nations to come out against the inclusion of athletes from Russia and Belarus in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
UK Athletics want to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women's category
:UK Athletics want the women's category to be reserved for those who were female at birth to ensure fair competition while transgender athletes can compete in an "open" category alongside the men, the governing body said on Friday.