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Nitu, Nikhat, Lovlina, Saweety punch their way into World boxing finals

NEW DELHI: It will be an irony that India's two best women boxers of current generation - Nitu Ghanghas and Nikhat Zareen - will come head-to-head one day to earn the bragging rights to represent the nation at the Hangzhou Asian Games and later at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

The Times of India

Mo Farah's mother is left baffled by his return to running as he gears up for London Marathon

I’m A Celeb star Mo has ditched any showbiz trappings and is back in full bootcamp mode ahead of the event in April after being forced to pull out last year

Daily Mirror

World Athletics bans transgender women athletes

World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female competitions if they have gone through male puberty.

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Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine

Track and field leaders have signaled it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues

The Independent UK

Twinkle toes teen runs riot in world sevens

Jorja Miller has quickly become one of the key players in the successful Black Ferns Sevens in her first season on the world series circuit, and it's a unique combination of sports that's helped her reach the top, Merryn Anderson discovers.

Newsroom.co.nz

IOC faces pro-Ukraine protests as President doubles down on Russia ban stance

Thomas Bach has reiterated the International Olympic Committee stance on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in Paris in 2024 amid mounting pressure

Daily Mirror

Ethics agency to better protect gymnasts for LA Olympics

The Gymnastics Ethics Foundation was created in 2019 to help protect athletes after the American sexual abuse scandal and it has now published its strategy to set new safeguarding standards with a view to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

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Olympics chief defends Russia, Belarus stance

The rights of Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to sporting competition have been defended by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

The New Daily

IOC's Bach defends Russia stance amid pro-Ukraine protest

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has defended his organization’s efforts to create a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to competition in a speech in his home country of Germany which took place amid a pro-Ukraine protest

The Independent UK

Olympics-IOC and Games cannot be referees in political disputes - Bach

The Olympic Games and its ruling body, the International Olympic Committee, cannot be referees in global political disputes, its president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday, defending the IOC's plans to includes Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Games.

Reuters

Not allowing Russia’s participation against Olympic spirit, says ISSF chief Rossi

PUNE: The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) president Luciano Rossi is a worried man these days. As the clock to the Paris Olympics is ticking, Rossi has too much on his plate. His biggest worry is that like most international sports federations, the ISSF too has banned participation of Russian…

The Times of India

Distance runner given eight-year ban for doping after Covid story unravels

The New Zealand former athlete Zane Robertson – who retired in February – had his claims of a mistaken injection rejected

The Guardian - UK

GB rowing icon Helen Glover eyeing remarkable Paris Olympics spot after retirement U-turn

Team GB Olympic hero Helen Glover won gold medals at the games in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016, before making a spectacular return to compete in Tokyo in 2021

Daily Mirror

Rare Olympics coin being sold for just £1.27 as experts hail it a 'must have' for collectors

Coin collectors may want to get on eBay - and fast - with one very rare coin now up for bids - and experts say it's the one that kickstarted the coin collection craze.

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Who is Helen Glover's husband and does she have children? All about the Olympic rower's family life

We reveal who Helen Glover's husband is and if the couple have children, as the Olympic rower comes out of retirement for Paris 2024.

The Guardian - UK

Helen Glover gets back in the boat again: ‘I truly think I can be better than ever’

Double Olympic champion wants to prove mothers can hit the very top and targets record-breaking podium finish in Paris

The Independent UK

‘Pushing the boundary’: Motherhood inspires double Olympic champion Helen Glover to return to rowing

Glover, who is mother to four-year-old Logan and three-year-old twins Kit and Willow, will be 38 years old by Paris 2024

The Guardian - UK

Electric air taxis being developed for Paris Olympics in 2024

Aircraft will take off and land vertically, and carry a single passenger between transport hubs, says capital’s airports operator

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Sustaining cuts, a fatigued Nikhat Zareen leads brave India charge as eight boxers make cut for quarters

NEW DELHI: 10 days and six energy-sapping bouts. This would in a nutshell be Nikhat Zareen’s backbreaking journey at the boxing World Championships, if she manages to reach the final of her women’s 50kg category on Sunday.

WEKU

Finding place to practice is another challenge for Kentucky Special Olympics teams

A Lexington Special Olympics track team looking for a place to practice with days left to register for next month’s regionals found it. Mark Buerger, the communications director for Special Olympics Kentucky, said it’s often difficult for teams to find a place where they can train.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris Olympics Organizers Looking for 45,000 Volunteers

The Paris Olympics is putting out a call for 45,000 helpers, The Associated Press reported. Organizers of the 2024 Games are launching a drive this week to recruit tens of thousands of volunteers willing to work without pay at the world’s biggest sports event. And they want the group of…

Reuters

EXCLUSIVE-Olympics-Paris 2024 plans Games relay changes, fewer torches-source

Paris 2024 Olympic torchbearers may not all get to keep their torches as a cherished memento of the Games because organisers plan to cut down on the number made in the name of sustainability, a source told Reuters.

The Guardian - US

US Rowing investigates claim famed coach Ted Nash abused teenage student

US Rowing has launched an inquiry into allegations that Ted Nash, an Olympic champion rower, had a relationship with one of his teenage students

The Independent UK

Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners

The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners

Wales Online

The little-known native Welsh sport that a village has brought back from the brink of extinction

Wales has produced wallball world champions in years gone by

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