Surfing-World champion Toledo pulls out of 2024 professional tour
Surfing world champion Filipe Toledo said on Sunday he was withdrawing from the 2024 professional world tour to take a one-year mental health break from competition.
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Olympic champion Hafnaoui fails to qualify for 400 final
DOHA : Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui's World Championships got off to a poor start as the Tunisian bombed out of the 400 metres freestyle on the opening morning in Doha on Sunday.
Olympic and world champion Odermatt extends men's giant slalom win streak to 9
Swiss star Marco Odermatt dominated a men's World Cup giant slalom on Saturday to claim his ninth straight win in the discipline.
South African Olympic Champion Caster Semenya Asks For Funds For Legal Fight
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Friday appealed for funds for her legal battle against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone to take medication as she prepares for a May hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the ECHR, which ruled she was the victim of discrimination from the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport. But Swiss authorities, supported by World Athletics, have taken the matter to the ECHR's Grand Chamber, whose rulings are binding, with hearings slated to start on May 15. "We lack funds. We have a lot of experts that come in that we need to pay," Caster told a press conference in Johannesburg.
Ryan Kent 'regrets' Rangers champion snub as Fenerbahce trigger nightmare scenario with key deadline approaching
Misfit Ryan Kent reportedly "regrets" turning down former Rangers boss Steven Gerrard and joining him in the Saudi Pro League.
S.African Olympic champion Semenya asks for funds for legal fight
EUGENE, OREGON – JULY 20: Caster Semenya of Team South Africa competes in the Women’s 5000m heats on day six of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 20, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. Patrick Smith/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Patrick Smith / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Para alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announces retirement
Para alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announced his retirement Wednesday, but he isn't done with sport.
Former world champion Magnussen to dope up for sprint record bid
SYDNEY : Former world champion sprinter James Magnussen has agreed to come out of retirement and undertake a course of banned supplements to try to break the long-standing world record in the 50-metre freestyle.