Gymnastics-Whitlock 'on right track' with British pommel title
LONDON : Three-times Olympic champion Max Whitlock said he was back and on the right track after winning pommel horse gold at the British gymnastics championships.
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Figure skating-Gilles skates with different perspective since cancer diagnosis
Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles is skating with a greater sense of peace since her cancer diagnosis last season and whenever she is struggling to walk out of her front door to attend practice, she thinks back to the many days she physically could not.
Britain's five-time Olympic champion Kenny retires
Five-time Olympic champion Laura Kenny said on Monday she is retiring from professional cycling.
Laidlaw's no name Hurricanes exceed expectations
As the dust settled after the fourth round of Super Rugby Pacific, the Wellington Hurricanes sat proudly at the top of the standings after compiling a 4-0 start to the season for only the second time in the capital club's history.
Moh Ahmed runs under Olympic 10,000m standard after qualifying in 5,000 last July
For a third consecutive Olympics, Moh Ahmed will have the opportunity to race the men's 5,000- and 10,000-metre events this August in Paris.
Two arrested after man, 57, killed 'trying to stop his car from being stolen'
Two suspects have been arrested after a 57-year-old man was killed in east Manchester after 'trying to stop his car from being stolen'.
IOC's John Coates anticipates limited Russian presence at Olympics
International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates is unsure how many Russian athletes will compete as neutral athletes at the Olympic Games this summer, but thinks reports that it might be as low as 40 could be close to the mark. Under sanctions put in place because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which Belarus acted as a staging post, the IOC is allowing only some Russian and Belarussian athletes to compete in Paris under tight restrictions. The inclusion of the neutral athletes remains a contentious issue, with Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba describing December's decision to allow them as "shameful", and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo saying last week she hoped they would not come. "The issue is how many of them are going to be there too, because they're not going to be in any team sports because they can't compete as Russia," Coates said in Sunday's edition of Sydney's Daily Telegraph. "And then anyone who is prepared out of the Russian military clubs, they're not going. I don't know, but obviously some athletes might choose not to go if they're not competing for Russia.
Alpine skiing-Switzerland's Gut-Behrami wins overall and GS World Cup globes
SAALBACH, Austria : Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami became the oldest woman to win Alpine skiing's overall World Cup crystal globe when she also clinched her first giant slalom title in the Austrian resort of Saalbach on Sunday.