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Keira Walsh column: Gareth Southgate should remain England manager... he has given players real belief

I can’t put into words what the mood will have been like at England’s base yesterday morning — being knocked out of a tournament is just the worst feeling.

Evening Standard

In Kenya, some Maasai turn from lion-killing to Olympics

Kenya’s most identifiable community is abandoning spear-aided lion hunting for a modern javelin competition at a biannual event called the Maasai Olympics

The Independent UK

Ukraine minister slams “sickening” sportswashing amid potential Russian Olympic return

Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba was not happy with comments made stating all athletes should be treated equally - seemingly hinting Russian and Belarusian athletes may be allowed to compete at the Olympics again

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At Kenya’s Maasai Olympics, warriors swap lion hunt for high jump

The number of lions in Kenya has plummeted from about 30,000 in the 1970s to little more than 2,000 today.

Al Jazeera

Kenya's Maasai warriors gather to celebrate "Maasai Olympics," a rite of passage

Hundreds of youths from the Maasai pastoralists in Kenya gathered on Saturday at a wildlife sanctuary to participate in "Maasai Olympics," a ceremony promoted by conservationists as an alternative rite of passage for young men in the community.

Reuters

PT Usha: A trailblazer in the true sense

NEW DELHI: To put it simply, PT Usha is a trailblazer in her own right.

The Times of India

Albanian Olympian Allegedly Used False Qualifying Information

The long jumper now faces a ban for his involvement in the supposed scandal.

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Will take traditional sports international, says sports minister Anurag Thakur

NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday assured the Lok Sabha that traditional sports such as Mallakhamb, Thang Ta, Yogasana, Gatka and Kalpetta will soon go international, and the ministry will open 1,000 Khelo India centres across the country by August 15 next year.

The Times of India

'I was freaking scared': How sprinter Noah Lyles shook off doubt in return to record form

LOS ANGELES — Ever since Noah Lyles broke the American 200-meter record at July's world track and field championships, the 25-year-old sprinter has rewatched numerous times his 19.31-second, runaway victory and his celebration that followed.

Los Angeles Times

Qatar prepare 'serious bid' to host 2036 Olympics after success of World Cup

Qatar are reportedly considering making a bid to host the Olympics in Doha, although the competition would again have to take place in winter as per the World Cup

Daily Mirror

Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal threatens to derail Winter Games bid

Japanese official says corruption claims could damage Sapporo’s chances of hosting 2030 event

The Guardian - UK

Olympics-IOC warns Afghanistan over women's access to sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday that allowing women and young girls safe access to sport was a condition for the country's representation at the 2024 Paris Games.

Reuters

The swimmers who stopped mid-race

An Olympic rowing medallist will be poolside supporting her big sister at this week's Special Olympics Summer Games, where there's a big push to get more female athletes competing, Merryn Anderson reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

Air-conditioned Olympic marathon possible - Qatar

The engineer who developed the air conditioning for Qatar's World Cup stadiums says that a cooling system for an Olympic marathon is possible if the Gulf state bids for the Games.

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The Independent UK

Transgender athletes do not need to ‘prove or justify’ identity to compete, say Sport New Zealand

NZ transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard competed at the Tokyo Olympics last year to make history

AAP

Cycling young gun Plapp targetting Paris

Geelong's Citroen Bay Classic criterium series will start a big year of racing for Australian cyclist Luke Plapp as he builds towards the Paris Olympics.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Look: Saints players tell their “My Cause, My Cleats” stories

Look: New Orleans Saints players like Mark Ingram II, Taysom Hill tell their "My Cause, My Cleats" stories

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's post-World Cup future for Qatar's stadiums

The World Cup stadium was designed to leave a minimal footprint in the Qatari sand

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Reuters

Olympics-Now is not the time to lift Russia, Belarus sanctions-IOC

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has no immediate plans to lift sanctions on Russia and Belarus even though the qualifying process for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics goes into full swing next year, the Olympic body said on Monday.

The Times of India

Mirabai Chanu, Indian lifters begin quest for Olympic qualification with World Championships

BOGOTA: Indian weightlifters, led by Mirabai Chanu, will look to find their rhythm as they kick off their preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics with the first qualifying event -- the World Championships, starting on Monday.

The Independent UK

Qatar should not host Olympic Games, LGBTQ+ charity says

The World Cup is currently taking place in Qatar

The Guardian - UK

Qatar looking to use World Cup as springboard for 2036 Olympics bid

Qatar believes the World Cup has proved it is capable of staging the biggest sporting event of all, and is ready to launch a bid for the 2036 Olympics

Evening Standard

Paris Olympics 2024: Police to crack down on crime near Eiffel Tower before Olympic Games

Paris police will clean up the tourist area of Paris before 2024’s Olympic Games, after a recent increase in crime.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Hashimoto: Olympic scandals taking tall on Sapporo bid

The Sapporo bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has been made very difficult by corruption and bid-rigging scandals involving the 2020 Tokyo Games, said House of Councillors lawmaker Seiko Hashimoto, who served as president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee.

The National (Scotland)

Coutts and Boyd aiming high and targeting glory

IT’S been over two decades since Scotland sent an archer to the Olympics Games, but two teenagers have their sights set on changing that.

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