2-time Olympic medallist Kayla Sanchez switches swimming allegiance from Canada to the Philippines
Swimmer Kayla Sanchez, a relay Olympic medallist for Canada, has switched countries to represent the Philippines.
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LIVE: Police and fire crews evacuate homes on Bolton street after 'item of concern' found - updates
Police and fire crews scrambled to a street in Bolton this afternoon after an 'item of concern' was uncovered at a property. Connaught Square, off Eldon Street has been taped off, with some homes even evacuated.
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged at World Aquatics Championships
By Amy Woodyatt and Matt Foster, CNN
Footage shows the 50ft jump that 'burst' woman's spine and left her in a wheelchair for months
A woman was left wheelchair-bound for four months after tombstoning from a 50ft bridge into a river and ‘bursting’ her spine.
Pentathlon-CAS dismisses Danish association's appeal against dropping horse riding
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Danish Modern Pentathlon Association (MPADK) against the sport's governing body UIPM for its decision to drop horse riding from the Olympic programme from 2028.
Town's main swimming pool forced to close to public due to 'shortage of chlorine'
A Greater Manchester town's main swimming pool is closed due to a national shortage of chlorine. Public swimming sessions at the pool at Castle Leisure Centre in Bury have been suspended until further notice
'It's a dying breed. And it sucks' - The decline of the starting pitcher -- and what it means for baseball's future
ALEK MANOAH IS a man of many opinions, and one of those is that with a gilded right arm and 6-foot-6 and 285 pounds of mass to buttress it, he should throw the baseball as much as he can. But during spring training in 2021, as the Toronto Blue Jays were mapping out Manoah's first full season in organized baseball, they approached him to discuss a different plan. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he hadn't seen game action for almost 18 months, and he had pitched sparingly in the minor leagues during his 2019 debut. They wanted to be cautious — careful even. They wanted to set an innings limit, and they asked Manoah what he thought it should be.
As sports get back to normal on P.E.I., volunteers become harder to find
Sports organizations on P.E.I. say they are finding fewer people who are willing to clock in volunteer hours for games.