Aussie rowers bag four World Cup silver medals Building towards the Paris Olympics, Australia's rowing team have claimed four silver medals at the World Cup, but the highly fancied men's eight missed out. AAP · May 27, 2024
13-year-old breaks 42-year-old California swimming record held by Olympian Gabi Brito broke two records over Memorial Day weekend, one of which was a 42-year old record held by 12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres. USA Today Sports Media Group · May 27, 2024
Neeraj Chopra clarifies missing Ostrava Golden Spike only a precautionary measure NEW DELHI: Shortly after the Ostrava Golden Spike 2024 sports competition organisers said that Neeraj Chopra will be absent from the event due to a muscular injury, the Olympic gold winner and javelin thrower clarified that it is only a precautionary measure in an 'Olympic year.' The Times of India · May 26, 2024
Aussies Picklum, Wright through to last eight in Tahiti Molly Picklum and Tyler Wright are through to the quarter-finals of the Tahiti Pro as the Australian pair get to grips with the Olympic break at Teahupo'o. AAP · May 26, 2024
Stop body shaming kids playing sport: Olympic champion With the Paris Olympics two months away, swim champion Libby Trickett has joined a campaign to protect young people's body image and combat body shaming. AAP · May 25, 2024
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix ‘elated’ with 10m platform qualification for Olympics The 19-year-old finished ahead of Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng. The Independent UK · May 24, 2024
Australian rowers out to correct curious quirk of Olympic history at Paris Games One of the sport’s most successful nations has never won gold in the eight but a selection gamble could help break the drought this year The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2024
Olympic Games’ €1.4bn clean-up aims to get Parisians swimming in the Seine Organisers expect 75% of identified bacterial pollution will be gone by the time the starting gun fires for the open water events The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024
Josh Kerr ready to take on fierce rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen in race for the ages The rivals will compete in the mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon while Dina Asher-Smith and Darryl Neita face the world and Olympic champions The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024
Ankushita Boro eyes redemption with Olympic qualification KOLKATA: Ankushita Boro won gold at the Youth Women's World Boxing Championship way back in 2017. The Times of India · May 24, 2024
Olympic gymnast star Mary Lou Retton slams haters who criticized family for crowdfunding medical bills Former Olympics star was left fighting for her life in the ICU with a rare form of pneumonia The Independent UK · May 23, 2024
David Wilkie obituary One of the greatest British swimmers who won gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024
Man is held in France over posts about California murders as Olympic torch passes through Bordeaux A French prosecutor says a man who posted online about a deadly rampage in California in 2014 has been taken into custody and has told police investigators he had been thinking about an attack of his own The Independent UK · May 23, 2024
Andy Murray handed wildcard to play French Open men's doubles with Dan Evans The former world no1 is heading to Roland Garros ahead of the Paris Olympics Evening Standard · May 23, 2024
The Times of India · May 23, 2024 Paris Olympics: Indian boxers fight in final qualifiers NEW DELHI: Aiming for the final Olympic tickets, Indian boxers will be motivated to overcome recent disappointments in and out of the ring when they compete in the second World Qualification Tournament, which gets underway in Bangkok on Friday.
The Independent UK · May 23, 2024 From schools to the Olympics, how France's staunch secularism affects religion in public life As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the Olympics in two months, one of the country’s fundamental principles is under the spotlight — laïcité, or secularism
AAP · May 23, 2024 Kooka-brothers to push Olympic case on Europe trip A 22-man Kookaburras squad to tour Europe next month will be reduced to 16 for the side's Olympic hockey charge in Paris in July and August.
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 Former British Olympic swimming champion, David Wilkie, dies aged 70 Wilkie won the gold medal for 200m breastroke at the 1976 Olympics capping off a short but brilliant career
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 David Wilkie: Swimming star who shattered world record at Montreal Olympics Wilkie stormed to 200m breaststroke gold in 1976.
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 Olympic swimming great David Wilkie dies aged 70 after cancer battle The Scot, who won 200m breaststroke gold in Montreal in 1976, died peacefully on Wednesday morning.
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 Harrison Walsh would like to see Paralympians receive prize money in the future World Athletics has promised Olympic champions US $50,000 this summer.
The Independent UK · May 22, 2024 William Fox-Pitt feels ‘very lucky’ after announcing retirement from eventing The eventer competed in five Olympics and won 20 major championship medals.
Radio France Internationale · May 22, 2024 Quest for Olympic gold: French two-time gold medal winner Bertrand Gille Bertrand Gille won the Olympic gold twice in 2008 and 2012 as part of the French men's handball teams. In an interview with RFI, Gille recounts the feeling after winning his first gold medal and what it means for him.
AAP · May 22, 2024 Australia returns to Olympic wrestling with two picks Freestyle wrestlers Jayden Lawrence and Georgii Okorokov will represent Australia at the Paris Olympics, after no representatives in the sport at Tokyo.
The Guardian - AU · May 21, 2024 Gina Rinehart portrait saga: largesse comes at a peculiar cost for Australia’s swimmers To understand why some Olympians would go into bat for the mining magnate on a matter unrelated to the pool, one need only look at the financial hold she has over the sport