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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.

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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 Guardian - 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 Independent UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

The Times of India

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.

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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…

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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.

Reuters

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 Guardian - US

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

The Independent UK

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

Wales Online

Hardik, Savita bag top honours; lifetime award for Gurbux Singh

NEW DELHI: The last couple of years have been momentous for Indian hockey with both the men's and women's teams bringing laurels for the country. The men clinched a historic bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - a medal at the Summer Games after a 41-year drought - and followed…

The Times of India

Bidding war rages to build Brisbane Live Olympics venue in Roma Street

A bidding war is underway for the rights to build the proposed Brisbane Live 2032 Brisbane Olympics Arena as Redlands City Council reveals plans for its proposed Birkdale community precinct.

ABC News

Hardik and Savita named Hockey India men's and women's Player of Year

NEW DELHI: Rising star Hardik Singh and seasoned goalkeeper Savita Punia were named men's and women's 'Player of the Year' at a glitzy Hockey India Annual Awards ceremony on Friday.

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Dick Fosbury obituary

American high jumper whose innovative ‘flop’ technique transformed his sport

The Times of India

IBA warns its technical officials against officiating in IOC-backed Paris Olympics qualifiers

NEW DELHI: In a fresh standoff with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Boxing Association (IBA) – the sport’s global governing body – has warned its ‘Technical Officials’ from officiating in any of the IOC-sanctioned tournaments, which will act as an qualification pathway to the Paris Olympics in 2024.…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Baseball back in the Olympics with major leaguers? Bryce Harper would love it.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — When Bryce Harper flips on the television at night and watches the World Baseball Classic, he sees possibility.

Tribune News Service

Patrick Reusse: World Baseball Classic swings mightily — and it’s a big miss

The Twins' Dustin Morse was again serving as the press officer for the team titled "Netherlands'' in the World Baseball Classic. This is a euphemism for the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean that are still associated with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Nikhat Zareen to start India’s challenge at Women’s World Boxing Championships

NEW DELHI: Four Indian boxers will be seen in action on the first day as star boxer Nikhat Zareen will kick-off hosts' challenge at the IBA Women’s World Championships on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Paris 2024 Olympics: second phase opens for 1.5 million places

A second chance to buy 1.5 million tickets for events at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris starts on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Macron launches 500-day countdown to Paris Olympics

French President Emmanuel Macron has launched the 500-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics

The Times of India

Mary Kom is the biggest champion in the world: Rio Olympics gold medallist Estelle Mossely

NEW DELHI: When Rio Olympics gold medallist French boxer Estelle Mossely participated in her maiden World Championships 15 years ago she was left spellbound when she saw the iconic MC Mary Kom in her element inside the ring.

Sports Illustrated

USA Swimming Announces Bonus Plan Up to $1 Million as Incentive for Relay Events

Designed to preserve U.S. excellence in the relay races, the structure will go into effect for this year’s world championships and the Paris Olympics.

France 24

Macron kicks off Olympic countdown 500 days before Paris Games

French President Emmanuel Macron launched the countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday, taking stock of preparations for the mammoth event as officials race to get the city’s transport network into shape and stage an opening ceremony unlike any other.

The Times of India

If IOC wants to conduct Olympic qualifiers they should ask us, we should be responsible for holding them: IBA Prez Kremlev

NEW DELHI: International Boxing Association (IBA) president Umar Kremlev on Tuesday asserted that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can't hold Olympic qualifying championships without taking the world boxing body's permission.

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