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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.

'Breaking record after record': PWHL carrying momentum into next phase of season

Laura Stacey scored one of the biggest goals in her career almost six years ago on the ice at Ricoh Coliseum (now Coca-Cola Coliseum) in Toronto.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to make Paris Games 5th and final Olympics

Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce said the Paris Games will be her fifth and final Olympics.

Wrestling Selection Trials For Olympic Qualifiers, Asian Championships On March 10-11

The selection trials for picking the Indian wrestling team for the upcoming Olympic Qualifiers and Asian Championships will be held on March 10-11 in Patiala and Sonipat respectively, the ad-hoc committee managing the sport said on Friday. The trials were initially planned for February 27-29 but got postponed after a delay in hosting the senior national championships due to "unavoidable circumstances". The trials for women wrestlers will be held at NSNIS Patiala, while the trials for greco roman and freestyle grapplers will be held at SAI Sonipat.

Jessie Fleming, Kadeisha Buchanan front Canada roster for CONCACAF women's Gold Cup

Midfielder Jessie Fleming, recently acquired by the Portland Thorns, and former Chelsea teammates Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence are among 23 players called up by Canada coach Bev Priestman for the CONCACAF W Gold Cup.

Paris Olympic, Paralympic medals embedded with pieces of the Eiffel Tower

An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How's that for a monumental prize?

Elmore, Levins 1st Canadians nominated for early selection to Olympic marathon team

Malindi Elmore and Cam Levins are heading to Paris this summer.

Paris Olympics Will Be Challenging, Need To Be Smarter: PV Sindhu

Set to return after an injury-induced break, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is aware the road to Paris will be "challenging" and she needs to be "smarter" in her pursuit of coveted gold medal in the French capital. Former world champion Sindhu has been enduring a lean patch. She has suffered injury setbacks and a dip in form in the last 18 months. She suffered stress fracture on her left ankle during the successful 2022 CWG campaign and later sustained another injury on left knee during the French Open in October last year, forcing her out for three months.

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South African Olympic Champion Caster Semenya Asks For Funds For Legal Fight

'Breaking record after record': PWHL carrying momentum into next phase of season

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to make Paris Games 5th and final Olympics

Wrestling Selection Trials For Olympic Qualifiers, Asian Championships On March 10-11

Jessie Fleming, Kadeisha Buchanan front Canada roster for CONCACAF women's Gold Cup

Paris Olympic, Paralympic medals embedded with pieces of the Eiffel Tower

Elmore, Levins 1st Canadians nominated for early selection to Olympic marathon team

Paris Olympics Will Be Challenging, Need To Be Smarter: PV Sindhu