Summer McIntosh posts world-leading time in 200m butterfly at Canadian swim trials
Toronto's Summer McIntosh emerged victorious once again, winning the women's 200-metre butterfly at the Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials on Saturday night.
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No stranger to adversity, Shanti Pereira aims to put injury setback behind her as Olympics nears
SINGAPORE: Life in the past year has taken Shanti Pereira to all sorts of places, from standing on top of medal podiums to being feted at awards ceremonies marking her achievements.
'Reinvigorated and re-energised' by USWNT job - Emma Hayes - ESPN
Emma Hayes said she is «reinvigorated and re-energised» by the prospect of her new role as head coach of the United States women's national team after winning the Women's Super League (WSL) for the seventh time in her final game as Chelsea manager.
Jaismine To Compete In Olympic Qualifiers' 57kg Category After Parveen's Suspension
Jaismine Lamboria will compete in the second Olympic boxing qualifiers in Thailand beginning May 24 after India was forced to surrender the women's 57kg category quota for the Paris Games owing to holder Parveen Hooda's international suspension for three whereabout failures in 12 months. Hooda was handed a 22-month suspension by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday.
In-form Sharlene Mawdsley beats Olympic qualifying time in Poland
Sharlene Mawdsley has secured the automatic Olympic standard in the 400m, running 50.72 at the Memoriał Janusza Kusocińskiego meeting in Chorzow, Poland.
Canadian women's 3x3 team advances to quarterfinals at last-chance Olympic qualifier
The Canadian women's 3x3 team beat Czechia for their third straight win at a last-chance Olympic 3x3 basketball qualification tournament in Debrecen, Hungary on Saturday.
Sift Kaur Samra, Niraj Kumar Win In Olympic Selection Trials
Sift Kaur Samra won her third women's 50m rifle 3 positions competition while Niraj Kumar emerged victorious in the men's event for a second time on the penultimate day of the Olympic Selection Trial (OST) 3 and 4 in Bhopal on Saturday. Sift shot 461.3 in the women's 3P trial 4 final to edge out Nischal by a point. Ashi Chouksey was third with 448.1. Shriyanka Sadangi and Anjum Moudgil were fourth and fifth respectively in the five-woman field. In the men's 3P, Niraj finished on top with a healthy 462.9, a whole 1.7 ahead of second-placed Chain Singh.
Parveen Hooda's Suspension Forces India To Concede Olympics Quota; To Fight Afresh For 57kg In Final Qualifiers
In an unprecedented embarrassment for Indian boxing, the country will fight afresh for qualification in the women's 57kg category after being forced to surrender the quota owing to holder Parveen Hooda's international suspension for three whereabout failures in 12 months. Hooda was handed a 22-month suspension by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The 2022 world championship bronze medallist boxer, who fetched the Olympic quota with an Asian Games bronze last year, failed to file her whereabouts in the period from April 2022 to March 2023 as per WADA rules.