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Adidas removes Bella Hadid from ad campaign after criticism from Israel

Company says it is ‘revising’ work for shoe designed for 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorists

The Guardian - UK

From Noah Lyles to Antoine Dupont – seven superstars to watch at Paris Olympics

A plethora of global stars will descend on the French capital this summer.

The Independent UK

A survival guide to Paris transport closures for the 2024 Olympics

Paris will be in the throes of Olympic fever from July 26 to August 11 for the 2024 Summer Games. Public transport routes will be revised and vehicle access will be restricted just as millions of visitors are expected in the city. Both residents and tourists are urged to review…

France 24

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Charities slam 'social cleansing' ahead of 2024 Paris Olympic Games

A collective of French charities that has been a persistent critic of the 2024 Paris Olympics have accused organisers of carrying out a 'year of social cleansing' across the capital ahead of the start of the Games.

Radio France Internationale

Line-up announced for More than Equal’s new female driver development programme

The group includes six promising 13-14-year-olds from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Slovakia and the UK, who will all now follow a technical and tactical coaching and development programme that aims to accelerate at least one of them onto the Grand Prix grid. A further four drivers under the age…

Motorsport

S.Africa's Pistorius To Be Released From Prison

South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole Friday, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.

International Business Times

‘School street’ traffic restrictions in Olympic park credited for 45 per cent reduction in soot pollution

Banning parents from dropping off their children by car resulted in a big drop in toxic particulates at a primary school in the Olympic park, according to new research.

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How AI tools like ChatGPT are causing water usage to skyrocket

Microsoft’s water usage for cooling tech has shot up over a third and could fill 2,500 Olympic-sized pools

Evening Standard

As Alberta’s oilsands continue leaking toxic wastewater, aquatic wildlife face new risks

Three months ago, 5.3 million litres of industrial wastewater was reported to have overflowed from an Imperial Oil storage pond into a muskeg and forested area. This industrial wastewater could have filled more than two Olympic-sized swimming pools, and is now one of the largest known spills of its kind…

The Conversation

United Utilities will spend £122m to reduce 'more than 10 million tonnes' of sewage going into Greater Manchester rivers

United Utilities say that 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools could be filled with the amount of waste that the scheme will prevent from entering the region's waterways

Manchester Evening News

East London residents launch bid to turn concrete ex-water depot into wild swimming oasis

A group of volunteers want to buy a government-owned site in the Lea Valley and turn it into a new park with ‘olympic sized’ swimming ponds

Evening Standard

EuroMillions: What you could buy with £184m jackpot from private island to an Olympic swimming pool of champagne

One lucky UK Euromillions player has scooped the biggest ever jackpot of £184m, which is more money than what Adele and Benedict Cumberbatch are worth.

Daily Record

American baseball matches to return to London next year

The two matches played between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at the former Olympic stadium in June 2019

Evening Standard

Water regulator fines respected cotton grower Tony Thompson $57,000 for stealing water in drought

A cotton grower who fronted an industry campaign to discredit the environmental water buyback scheme is guilty of illegally pumping water equal to almost 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools during drought.

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Brisbane City Council urged to redirect $200m earmarked for Olympic land into affordable housing

The council budgeted to borrow $200 million this year for land acquisitions ahead of the 2032 Olympics.

The Conversation

We found a hidden source of greenhouse gases – organic matter in groundwater

Dry land isn’t really dry. It’s saturated with truly vast volumes of groundwater, hidden in the spaces of the earth we walk on. How much? Recent estimates put it at almost two trillion Olympic swimming pools of water stored in the upper 10 km of continental crust.

Benzinga

Energy Recovery Secures SWRO Contracts Worth $20M In Gulf Region

Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:ERII) has received multiple contract awards totaling more than $20 million in the Gulf region for its PX Pressure Exchanger energy recovery devices. The orders are expected to be completed by 4Q23, and the desalination plants will be able to provide over one million cubic meters of water each day…

The Guardian - UK

Woman poisoned by chlorine gas leak at London’s Olympic park plans to sue

Tess Riley has been left fraught with anxiety over any potential impact the gas has had on her pregnancy

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All praise to Ash Barty for refusing to chase trophies at all costs – it’s time the whole sports world caught on

As a young Olympian I was asked to do ‘whatever it takes’ to win. Now I can see how sinister that was, says Olympic rower Cath Bishop

ABC News

Herbie Farnworth stars as Brisbane outlast Canterbury 16-10 to remain ubeaten

Brisbane have remained unbeaten in the 2022 NRL season after they outlasted Canterbury.

The Independent UK

London to light Olympic ‘legacy flame’ to celebrate games’ 10th anniversary

Organisers are expecting thousands of visitors to attend the free event in July.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Injured Olympian Gets Big Air in Big-Cat Costume for Kicks

There were no tail grabs for this tiger. French snowboarder Lucile Lefevre was a crowd pleaser at Big Air Shougang all the same. The 26-year-old helped Beijing ring in the Year of the Tiger by putting on an orange-and-black big-cat costume during qualifying Monday in women's big air and miming…

Evening Standard

Lilah Fear: London ice dance star who followed her Winter Olympic dream from school days

The 22-year-old’s former PE teacher says seeing her ex-pupil grace the Olympic ice for the first time will be ‘emotional’

USA Today Sports Media Group

Winter Olympics 2022: How much does it snow in Beijing?

Get ready for a lot of fake snow.

The Independent UK

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Olympic press can grab high-tech naps

With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep on the job

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