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Was shocked to see the next year's BWF calendar, says Kidambi Srikanth

MUMBAI: Athletes across sports have often complained about a busy schedule hampering their physical and mental fitness and ability to keep producing top notch performances. It has been a problem with badminton, where the Badminton World Federation normally chalk out a choc-a-block calendar.

The Times of India

Olympic icon Mark Spitz 'tricked Russians into growing moustaches' with cheeky lie

American swimming legend Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, after pulling the wool over the eyes of his main Russian rivals

Daily Mirror

Who is the newest Loose Woman? Dame Kelly Holmes’ career and life so far

The 52-year-old will make her first appearance on the show as part of the panel on September 12

Evening Standard

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Fifty years on, Matthews and Collett are owed an apology for their Olympic expulsion

The Americans’ actions at the 1972 Games had echoes of Tommie Smith and John Carlos. But today their story has been largely forgotten

The Guardian - US

Tokyo Olympics sponsorship scandal widens with more arrests

Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member are widening as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi in a case involving suspected payments from a publisher which became a sponsor for the Games

The Independent UK

Two officials at Tokyo 2020 sponsor arrested in widening bribery probe

Japanese prosecutors arrested two officials at a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday as part of a widening bribery investigation that media said involved a former member of the Tokyo 2020 board.

Reuters

Kiwi rookie's leap from cow paddock to royal estate

At 35, Monica Spencer is a world champs debutant in the NZ eventing team competing in Italy. Becoming a new mum hasn't broken her stride, either, she tells Suzanne McFadden.

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Germany, Israel mark 50 years since Munich Olympics massacre

Germany and Israel's presidents on Monday lead commemorations marking 50 years since the Munich Olympics attack, with hopes that a long-awaited compensation deal for bereaved families will finally help them heal from the painful episode.

Radio France Internationale

Olympics-50 years on, Germany asks for forgiveness over 1972 Munich Games attacks

Germany's president asked for forgiveness on Monday for his country's failure to protect Israeli athletes and team members who were murdered 50 years ago at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Reuters

When the Games Changed Forever

Fifty years later, the author recalls his bond with Mark Spitz, whose unprecedented Olympic performance was overshadowed by an act of terrorism.

Sports Illustrated

The real story of why you see tie-dyed Lithuanian basketball shirts at Grateful Dead shows

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Germany, Israel mark 50th anniversary of 1972 Olympic attack

The German and Israeli presidents are to join relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed in the attack by Palestinian militants on the 1972 Munich Olympics to mark the 50th anniversary

The Independent UK

Jade Jones 'loved every minute' of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins despite being told to 'take smirk off face' within minutes of starting

Jade is recruit number 10 of 14 celebrities in this series

Wales Online

Ex-Aoki chairman admits to bribery

Hironori Aoki, the former chairman of Aoki Holdings, Inc. who is under investigation for alleged bribery related to the Tokyo Olympics, has admitted that he made bribes, according to sources.

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Doubters spurred me on to medal at Commonwealth Games, insists Beth Potter

BETH POTTER does not like to say she is driven by the desire to prove people wrong. But nevertheless, five years into her triathlon career, she…

WEKU

50 years ago, the Munich Olympics massacre changed how we think about terrorism

Gunmen held members of the Israeli team hostage, eventually killing them, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The attack was the first time a global audience had witnessed terrorism as it happened.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel’s Herzog Travels to Germany for 1972 Olympics Memorial

Israeli President Isaac Herzog departed Sunday for Germany, where he will attend a memorial for 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics. "I am leaving this morning on a state visit to Germany, at the invitation of the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier," Herzog said…

The Independent UK

Survivor of Holocaust, Munich attack heads back to Germany

Shaul Ladany survived a Nazi concentration camp and narrowly escaped the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich

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Ash Barty and Evonne Goolagong an Indigenous inspiration for up-and-coming tennis talent

Emerging tennis talent Lewis Murray is achieving what his father and ancestors were mostly denied by competing in, and winning, a national carnival at the age of 12.

The Guardian - AU

Friendly, loud and a little daggy: don’t let the Olympics change Brisbane too much

Mature, develop, sure, but let’s not mute Queensland’s capital just because the Games are nearly here

Daily Mirror

Athlete who survived Holocaust and Munich terror attack hopes for peace in Middle East

Shaul Ladany survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where 50,000 died and then in 1972 he survived the Palestinian terror attack that killed 11 of his teammates

The Hindu

Fit to return to competitive boxing: Vikas Krishan

‘My injury took longer to heal. Now will prepare for the Asian Games’

Daily Mirror

Munich Olympic terror attacks 50 years ago left 'scar in my psyche', former swimmer says

Shlomit Nir, an Israeli former Olympic swimmer, was left terrified by the Munich Olympic terror attacks. She told the Mirror she suffered nightmares and still fears parking her car underneath her building

The Hindu

‘They’re all gone’: 50 years later, the pain from Munich massacre lingers

The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, who took nine members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage, after killing two more

WEKU

A swimming cap made for Black hair gets official approval after previous Olympic ban

FINA, the governing body for international swim competitions, had rejected the design of Soul Cap's head covering ahead of last year's Olympics.

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