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Hockeyroos and Kookaburras using Commonwealth Games to get back on top — led by Katrina Powell and Eddie Ockenden

The Kookaburras move on from their Tokyo heartbreak while the Hockeyroos are on the rise, as they both eye off gold medals in Birmingham.

ABC News

Sir Alex Ferguson ‘very close’ to Team GB job at 2012 Olympics, reveals Lord Coe

Stuart Pearce eventually took the role.

The Independent UK

Defiant Sebastian Coe flies flag for London Olympics with a murky legacy

Lord Coe maintains pride in what the 2012 Games gave UK sport and reveals Sir Alex Ferguson almost managed Team GB

The Guardian - UK

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Sir Alex Ferguson agreed to manage Team GB at 2012 Olympics - before dramatic U-turn

Sir Alex Ferguson was the top pick to manage Team GB at their home Olympics a decade ago but the former Man Utd boss never ended up in charge despite accepting the offer

Daily Mirror

Commonwealth Games 2022: Belfast siblings Aidan and Michaela Walsh target top prize

The brother and sister duo both left Australia's Gold Coast games in 2018 with silver medals

Belfast Live

Ten to watch: Australian medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games

History favours the Australians as the team seeks to top the Games medal count in Birmingham for a 14th time in history

The Guardian - AU

London 2012 Olympics: how it boosted medal winning but failed to inspire a generation

Ten years ago, London hosted the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Hosting the Games had been sold to the British public on the slogan that it would “inspire a generation”.

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I have no injuries and I am 100% fit: Lalrinnunga

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The Hindu

SI:AM | Kyler Murray Has Homework

His new contract has a very unusual clause.

Sports Illustrated

Lovlina’s coach gets accreditation

KOLKATA: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s coach Sandhya Gurung got her Co

The Hindu

Ready for an upgrade! India's 2018 CWG medallists who are set to rewrite the history books in Birmingham

NEW DELHI: These are really exciting times if you are an Indian sports fan and a supporter of the Indian athletes across a varied range of sporting disciplines. Cricket still might be the numero uno sport in the country, in terms of popularity, but the rise of other sports in…

The Times of India

Macron seeks to quell security and budgetary concerns over Paris Olympics

French President Emmanuel Macron met senior ministers on Monday to address conerns over preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics almost two years to the day before the event opens.

Radio France Internationale

Beatriz Ferreira signs with Katie Taylor's team almost a year after Kellie Harrington loss

The 29-year-old lost to Kellie Harrington in the lightweight final at the Tokyo Olympics

Irish Mirror

A North of England Olympic Games? Why not argues Sir Howard Bernstein

Twenty years ago this week, athletes from 72 nations competed over 11 days in Manchester's Commonwealth Games

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - AU

Bluey creators offer to design ‘unique’ Brisbane Olympics mascot

TV cartoon producers call chance to design something to join pantheon of Australian mascots ‘an amazing opportunity’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tokyo Olympic Board Member Under Investigation

Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi on Tuesday in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. Kyodo said Takahashi is thought to have received around 45 million yen…

The Independent UK

Report: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation

Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games

Dynamite News

Would like to fill Olympics void at CWG, says Indian boxer Ashish Kumar Chaudhary

The Indian Boxing contingent comprising 12 boxers which includes four women and eight men arrived here at Birmingham to compete in Commonwealth Games 2022. Read more on Dynamite News:

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The Times of India

CWG 2022: Ravi Dahiya eyes gold medal in Birmingham

Having bagged silver at the Tokyo Olympics last year, wrestler Ravi Dahiya won't settle for anything less than gold at CWG

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Bajrang Punia yearns for the top spot again after injury and rehabilitation

Try and reminisce the days before the Tokyo Olympics with wrestler Bajrang Punia as the central figure. There was a sense of anticipation in the air. He was touted to be India's biggest hope for an Olympic gold. Fans, the wrestling federation and certain sections of media thought it was…

The Times of India

Boxer Lovlina Borgohain says ‘mentally harassed’ ahead of Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Days ahead of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games’ opening, Tokyo Olympics bronze winning boxer Lovlina Borgohain on Monday said she was facing “mental harassment” over removal of her coaches from the CWG contingent.

The Hindu

Golden arm: on Neeraj Chopra’s win as one India’s greatest sporting successes

Neeraj Chopra is an unlikely hero for India’s sports fans

Sports Illustrated

The First World Championships in the U.S. Went Perfectly. But Was It Enough?

With the Los Angeles Games just six years away, the world championships were a chance to attract new track and field fans. But did it vault the sport into the mainstream as officials intended?

Evening Standard

Beth Mead rise to stardom comes as no surprise to those who know England star best

It was after England’s 8-0 demolition of Norway earlier this month that Arsenal legend Ian Wright declared Beth Mead was a “goalscoring monster”.

The Times of India

My fight is with myself at the Commonwealth Games: Mirabai Chanu

NEW DELHI: Honest and yet modest can best define the celebrated Mirabai Chanu, who buried the ghost of Rio 2016 in Tokyo last year, when she woke India up with her silver medal on the opening day of the Olympics. If she 'froze' in Rio 2016 with three failed clean-and-jerk…

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