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On This Day in 2015: Mo Farah wins 10,000m at World Championships in Beijing

Farah burst away from the twin Kenyan challenge of Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Paul Tanui down the home straight.

The Independent UK

Paisley's 10k and Fun Run returns with thousands pounding the streets

Fantastic response to the event which hasn't gone ahead in two years due to covid

Daily Record

I have stopped following the herd now, I try to lead them: Avinash Sable

PUNE: Avinash Sable has learnt to break records, win medals, and beat the Kenyans. But more importantly, he has learnt to think like a winner.

The Times of India

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Over 350 children participate in Special Olympics in Visakhapatnam

Over 60 categories of sports events organised

The Hindu

Indian football loses Olympian son in Samar Banerjee

KOLKATA: India lost another Olympian son as Samar Banerjee passed away at a city hospital in the early hours of Saturday after a prolonged age-related illness. He was 92. Better known as ‘Badru’ Banerjee in Indian football, the striker was best remembered for leading the country to a historic fourth-place…

The Times of India

What's the point of living now, to see FIFA's ban? says Balaram after 'Badru's' death

KOLKATA: At his small flat in Uttarpara overlooking the Hooghly river, legendary India forward Tulsidas Balaram on Saturday woke up to the "devastating" news of the death of his one-time illustrious teammate, Samar 'Badru' Banerjee.

The Times of India

Kawasaki break-dancers gear up for sport's Olympic debut in Paris

KAWASAKI -- The Tokyo Games wowed the world last year, even without spectators, and organizers pulled off the spectacle amid the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone is now looking ahead to the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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India's star Olympic football captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee dies

KOLKATA: Former India football team captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, who led the country to a historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died here in the early hours of Saturday after a prolonged illness.

The Times of India

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade Producing Documentary for Netflix

The two NBA stars played on the gold medal winning team at the Beijing Olympics that year.

Sports Illustrated

Aoki chief gave 'list of requests' to Games executive Takahashi

A senior executive of Aoki Holdings Inc. compiled a list of requests that was handed in 2018 to a then executive member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, seeking to enable the major business wear retailer to sell official Games merchandise among other requests, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Abbas Retracts Remarks Comparing Israeli Crimes to Holocaust

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas retracted remarks in which he compared crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians to the Holocaust. During a visit to Berlin on Tuesday, Abbas accused Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” in response to a question about the upcoming 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli team…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Supreme Court orders status quo on move to put panel in charge of Indian Olympic Association

Appointment of committee may result in a sporting ban on India globally: Centre

The Hindu

Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday

The Independent UK

Japan prosecutors arrest former member of Olympic panel over suspected graft

Japanese prosecutors arrested a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board, Haruyuki Takahashi, on Wednesday on suspicion of receiving bribes, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office said.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

On this day in 2008: Michael Phelps breaks Mark Spitz’s Olympics record

Phelps claimed his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to surpass Spitz’s single Games record.

Reuters

Australia relocates more Afghan athletes fleeing Taliban rule

Australia has relocated Afghanistan's Olympic flag-bearer Kimia Yousofi and other athletes and their family members fleeing Taliban rule, officials said on Wednesday.

ABC News

Afghanistan's Olympic flag-bearer, Kimiya Yousofi, arrives in Australia one year after the fall of Kabul

The extraordinary life of Afghanistan's Olympic flag-bearer takes another dramatic twist a year after Kabul fell to the Taliban.

The Independent UK

Palestinian President Abbas skirts apology for Munich attack

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has expressed no regret for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics half a century ago

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The Hindu

Delhi HC forces Sports Code on Indian Olympics Association

New Delhi

Belfast Live

Dylan Eagleson 'due a break' before plotting Olympic course

The 19-year-old won a gold medal at this summer's Commonwealth Games

The Times of India

New junior World No.1 Sankar wants to make it big at senior level

HYDERABAD: A week after Indian shuttlers dominated the Commonwealth Games, there is a new junior world No.1 from another part of India in Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian. The Chennai lad became the new World No.1 in the boys singles category according to the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation…

Daily Mirror

Stuntman who doubled for Queen in 2012 Olympics jailed for pushing partner down stairs

Gary Connery, who parachuted into the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony dressed as the Queen, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after his ex girlfriend's shoulder was "shattered"

The Times of India

I am fitter and stronger than I have been in a while, very well prepared for my next bout: Vijender Singh

NEW DELHI: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh suffered his maiden defeat, in a 13-professional-bout career so far, when Russia's Artysh Lopsan defeated the 2008 Beijing Olympics medallist by technical knockout at the Majestic Pride Casino in Goa in March last year.

The Times of India

Australians are not unbeatable, high time Indian hockey introduces a counter system to beat them

Jagbir Singh is a former India field hockey player who represented India in two Olympics in 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona). He was also part of the bronze medal winning Indian team in the 1986 Asian Games and the silver medal winning team in the 1990 Asian Games. He is…

The Conversation

In a year of sporting mega-events, the Brisbane Olympics can learn a lot from the ones that fail their host cities

In a year of major sporting events – the Commonwealth Games, the FIFA World Cup, cricket’s T20 World Cup, the Winter Olympics – conversations on greening such events are more essential than ever. While the Brisbane Olympics are a decade away, lessons from events like these need to be applied…

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