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Category: Summer Olympic
Technical director Di Pasquale leaving French tennis role
Di Pasquale, who has held the role since April 2013, will stand down “in the next few days,” the FFT said on Saturday in a statement. No further information was given as to who will replace Di Pasquale, an Olympic bronze medallist in 2000 when he beat a young Roger Federer in Sydney.
Stunning goal puts Faiz Subri in contention for Puskas Award
With one stunning goal, Faiz Subri has given himself the chance to put his name beside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and James Rodriguez on the honor roll for Puskas Award winners. The Penang player is on a shortlist of three to pick up the FIFA prize, which came into existence in 2009, for the most beautiful goal of 2016.
105-year-old Frenchman sets cycling record
Nearly a century ago, Robert Marchand was told by a coach that he should give up cycling because he would never achieve anything on a bike. In a skin-tight yellow and violet jersey, the 105-year-old Frenchman set a world record in the 105-plus age category – created especially for the tireless veteran – by riding 22.547 kilometres in one hour.
Canada’s heptathlete Theisen-Eaton retiring from athletics
Brianne Theisen-Eaton celebrates at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 13, 2016. Theisen-Eaton, who won bronze at last summer’s Rio Olympics, and her American husband Ashton Eaton announced the decision on their Instagram account .
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t know how good Jason Kidd was
Jason Kidd is coaching the Bucks, but before that he had an incredible NBA career as a player. One that apparently Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t know about.
IAAF guidelines for Russians hoping to compete as neutrals
The IAAF provided new guidelines Tuesday for Russians hoping to compete in a neutral capacity while their country remains banned from track and field competitions. The governing body of athletics said it is assessing evidence and intelligence relating to around 200 Russian athletes gathered by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren.
Mikaela Shiffrin closes in on ski racing milestones
If Mikaela Shiffrin wins her 27th World Cup race in Tuesday’s slalom, she will match the career achievement of one of the biggest names in American ski racing history – Phil Mahre. She would also match the women’s record of eight consecutive World Cup slaloms wins – and draw level with Swedish skiing great Ingemar Stenmark for the number of victories before turning 22 years old.
After epic Olympic battle, Carolina Marin and PV Sindhu set to renew…
‘I will try to do my best. It is going to be an exciting game against Sindhu,’ says Marin, the Olympic gold medalist.
Mo Farah hails New Year Honours knighthood as a ‘dream come true’
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah felt being awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours was a “dream come true” for a boy who arrived in London from Somalia unable to speak English. The 33-year-old successfully retained his 5,000 and 10,000 metres titles at the Rio Olympics, becoming the first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic gold medals.
Hockey hoping baby steps turn into giant leaps in 2017
In 1972 hockey was one of the sport Ugandans partook at a very popular Olympics showpiece that culminated into John Akii-Bua winning gold in the men’s 400m hurdles in Germany. Uganda finished 15th after beating Mexico 4-1 on penalties in a 16-team hockey tournament.
Chinese soccer’s rising riches yet to bode well for the game
Chinese supporter cheers for their team before the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Preliminary Joint Qualification soccer match Qatar vs China at the Al Sadd Stadium in Doha, Qatar, October 8, 2015. [Photo/IC] A host of teams in the Chinese Super League, the country’s top soccer league, have witnessed big changes in their major shareholders as well as squads after this season.
Did the BBC’s Olympics presenter Rebecca Adlington just squeeze Mark Foster’s thigh?
This is the moment Rebecca Adlington appeared to squeeze the thigh of her co-presenter Mark Foster under the table during the BBC’s Olympic swimming coverage, earlier this year. Double Olympic gold-medal winning Adlington, 27, was working in Rio de Janeiro as a pundit alongside Foster, 46, himself a former Olympic swimmer.
AP Female Athlete of the Year: Biles’ brilliance rewarded Updated at
Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different? The floor was still the floor.
AP names Female Athlete of the Year
Simone Biles of the United States competes in the Balance Beam Final on day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Rio Olympic Arena on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet.
India has capability to host big ticket IAAF events: Coe
International Athletics Federation President Sebastian Coe says that India has the capability to host big ticket track and field events and he would love to see the prestigious Diamond League Meeting being held in the country in near future. Coe, who was in India early this year for his first visit to a member federation after taking over as IAAF chief, said that the athletics events of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games was a huge success and it showed that the country can host big international meets.
Cascades Hall of Fame class set
Former UFV athletic director Jane Antil and basketball coach Pat Lee will be honoured as builders; women’s basketball standouts Carolyne Lucy and Tracy MacLeod will be inducted as athletes; and the 1987-88 men’s basketball squad will be celebrated in the team category. Hall of Fame festivities, including an on-court ceremony between games, will be held Jan. 6 in conjunction with the Cascades basketball home games vs. the MacEwan Griffins at the Envision Athletic Centre.
Miss Alia Atkinsona s uplifting example
Time and time again, Jamaicans have found reason to take heart and inspiration from the example of champion swimmer Miss Alia Atkinson. The nation has been inspired not just as a result of Miss Atkinson’s successes, but also by her determination and courage to fight back from bitter disappointment.
Three women win Rs. 1 Lakh at TiE-Aspire Young Achievers Awards 2016
New Delhi, Dec.17 : Aspire, India’s largest Ivy league education firm providing embedded educational programs for schools, colleges and universities to enhance employability and life skills in partnership with the world’s largest network of intellectual capital and entrepreneurs, The Indus Entrepreneurs , has announced the winners of the TiE- Aspire Young Achievers Award today on the first day of the TiE Global Summit 2016. [NK India] In its eighth year, the TiE celebrates the determination, courage and hard work of three young achievers who fight against all odds to achieve something commendable and praiseworthy.