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Olympic gap year begins for diving star Spendolini-Sirieix

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix insists she is done with pressure after completing her A-levels and wants to enjoy every second of a gap year bookended by the World Championships and Olympic Games. It has been an exhausting period for the double European gold-medal winning Londoner with the British Diving Championships sandwiched in the middle of her English Literature, History and Spanish exams. Ad Next on the agenda is the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, and while she finished a disappointing 19th in the individual 10m platform event a year ago, Spendolini-Sirieix believes she has learned a lot from the experience.

FIFPRO finds huge gap in games played among the Women's World Cup's 32 teams

MANCHESTER, England : Haiti have played less than a third of the games in their run-up to their first Women's World Cup than reigning champions the United States, a highlight of a huge discrepancy in playing opportunities global players' union FIFPRO found in a study.

Woods claims first Tour de France stage victory as Pogacar closes gap on leader

Canadian Michael Woods charged up the Puy de Dome to beat Matteo Jorgenson to a breakaway victory on stage nine of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar clawed back a few more seconds on race leader Jonas Vingegaard.

Michael Woods secures big win at top of famed Tour de France mountain as Pogacar closes gap on Vingegaard

PUY DE DOME, France: On the same mountain where five-time Tour de France champion Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor wrote themselves into race history 59 years earlier, all eyes Sunday were on Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar’s continued rivalry at cycling’s biggest race.

Stajcic aiming to close experience gap for Filipina World Cup underdogs

SYDNEY : Philippines coach Alen Stajcic will take his inexperienced squad into the Women's World Cup hoping a year-and-a-half spent exposing his players to the rigours of the international scene will ensure his team are competitive in their tournament debut.

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Olympic gap year begins for diving star Spendolini-Sirieix

FIFPRO finds huge gap in games played among the Women's World Cup's 32 teams

Woods claims first Tour de France stage victory as Pogacar closes gap on leader

Michael Woods secures big win at top of famed Tour de France mountain as Pogacar closes gap on Vingegaard

Stajcic aiming to close experience gap for Filipina World Cup underdogs

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