Canada’s Rhian Wilkinson, right, fights for the ball with Brazil’s Thais Guedes during a women’s soccer match at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Away from the soccer pitch, Wilkinson has walked part of the Camino de Santiago, run a marathon and crewed a yacht in the Mediterranean in recent years.
Category: Olympics
Anderson urges athletes to embrace challenges
… Church hall in Westgate, told youngsters. The Milo Western Relays will be held on February 11th at the Montego Bay Sports Complex, and $360,000 in prize money will be up for grabs to the teams taking part in several events. This year the organisers …
Russia’s women’s relay squad have been stripped of their medals
Russia’s women’s 4x400metres relay squad has been stripped of a London 2012 Olympic silver medal after Antonina Krivoshapka tested positive, the International Olympic Committee has announced. The IOC on Wednesday announced three further anti-doping rule violations following re-analysis of samples from Beijing 2008 and London 2012, taking the total to 101.
Russia loses 2012 Olympic silver in women’s 4×400 relay
” The IOC says it has stripped Russia of an Olympic silver medal from the women’s 4×400-meter relay at the 2012 London Games for doping. The IOC says Antonina Krivoshapka tested positive for the anabolic steroid turinabol in reanalysis of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Paralympian’s visit inspires Kingswinford pupils
… fantastic day for all involved and certainly inspired many of the pupils to aim for gold.” The visit was organised by Sports for Schools, an organisation which for the past eight years has sent Olympic and Paralympic athletes into schools inspire …
Photos: Joshua, Klitschko Go Face To Face in New York City
The IBF world heavyweight champion will face Klitschko on April 29 in front of more than 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London. Joshua is already a huge draw in Britain but wants to emulate compatriots such as Lennox Lewis, Ricky Hatton, Naseem Hamed and Joe Calzaghe by building a following on the other side on the Atlantic.
Organizers reveal 575 mile Tour of California route
This year’s Tour of California will cover 575 miles from Sacramento to Pasadena, while the women’s race that precedes it in May will be the only UCI WorldTour race in the U.S. this year. Organizers revealed the route Tuesday, along with announcing that Jens Voigt, Freddie Rodriguez and three-time Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong will serve as ambassadors.
Exclusive – Green Paris bid pledges to slash carbon emissions
The Paris 2024 Olympics bid committee is proposing a strong eco-friendly plan that will slash carbon emissions by more than half compared to the last two Games in London and Rio. Speaking to Reuters on Tuesday, three days before the third part of their bid book is submitted to the International Olympic Committee , bid co-president Tony Estanguet said Paris had placed sustainability at the top of its list of priorities.
Russian champion from Sochi Olympics banned for doping
A Russian athlete who won a bobsled gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics has been banned for four years after failing a drug test. The Russian anti-doping agency says Dmitry Trunenkov, who won the four-man bobsled race at the Sochi Games, tested positive last year and has since been banned by the Russian Bobsled Federation.
Horrific lessons of Second World War in danger of being forgotten, says Charles
He recalled the “indescribable persecution” suffered by Holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott, who faced the horrors of the Buchenwald concentration camp but went on to captain Britain’s weightlifting team at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Charles was speaking at a central London fundraiser for the World Jewish Relief charity, which is working with people who are fleeing Syria and seeking new lives in Greece, Turkey and the UK.
Budapest Olympic bid on last legs as mayor to seek government guidance
… per week during the upcoming season, which could be a key win as the social media platform works to offer more live sports, according to two people familiar with the situation. Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac said on Monday that the …
MPs to quiz UKAD boss and two key figures in Team Sky mystery package affair
UK Anti-Doping’s boss and two key players in a mystery that has dogged British Cycling and Team Sky all winter have been called to appear before the Culture, Media and Sport select committee next month. The panel of MPs hope to ask UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead, ex-British Cycling coach Simon Cope and former Team Sky medic Dr Richard Freeman for “documentary evidence” no anti-doping rules were broken when Cope delivered a package to Freeman at the end of Criterium du Dauphine race in France in 2011.
Cyprus Olympic medallist, Pavlos Kontides has won the silver medal in the laser class of the Sailing World Cup held in Miami, Florida. Ethnikos Achnas moved up to seventh in the league table on Monday night after a 2-0 win over struggling Doxa Katokopia.
Queen made me a knight while Donald Trump made me an alien: Mo Farah
London: British athletics legend Mo Farah on Sunday said he was “relieved” to be exempt from an immigration clampdown by US President Donald Trump, while asserting he “fundamentally disagrees” with the policy. Double-double Olympic champion Farah was born in Somalia but has lived in Britain since the age of eight, and was knighted by the Queen this year for his services to British sport.
Kindl wins 2nd gold at home worlds; Germany takes team relay
Austrian luger Wolfgang Kindl won the men’s singles race for his second gold medal at his home world championships on Sunday, while Germany continued its dominance in the team relay. Two days after taking gold in the sprint event, Kindl set a track record of 49.823 seconds in Sunday’s opening run and extended his lead by also posting the fastest second-run time run on the 1976 Olympic track.
Hirscher displays class to beat Pinturault in giant slalom
Marcel Hirscher displayed all his class to beat Alexis Pinturault and claim his 20th World Cup giant slalom victory on Sunday, avenging his narrow defeat to the French skier in Adelboden. Trailing Pinturault by 0.09 seconds after the first run, the five-time defending overall champion charged hard in the second, clocking 1 minute, 20.10 seconds.
Premier League sides Hull, Watford upset in FA Cup
Hull City’s Abel Hernandez wins a second penalty after being brought down by Fulham goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli during the English FA Cup, Fourth Round match, Fulham vs Hull City at Craven Cottage, London, Sunday Jan. 29, 2017. Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon celebrates scoring his side’s third goal of the game with Sone Aluko, right, during the English FA Cup, Fourth Round match, Fulham vs Hull City at Craven Cottage, London, Sunday Jan. 29, 2017.
Gut crashes; Shiffrin ecstatic in 4th; Vonn content in 12th
Switzerland’s Lara Gut lies in the snow after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. United States’s Mikaela Shiffrin gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.
Funding cut could halt Winchester Badminton star’s dreams
Westgate School student and talented Badminton star Annie Lado future in the sport could be under threat after a funding cut to the sport she has played since the age of seven. The 14-year-old is in the top five in England for her age group and represents England at junior level.
NHL: No Olympics in 2018 if status quo remains
That was the picture painted by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly at all-star weekend in Los Angeles. The league’s board of governors met on Saturday with Bettman saying the Olympic conversation lasted all of 10 seconds.
NHL brass still leaning against Olympic shutdown in 2018
The league’s owners are still leaning against allowing the world’s top hockey players to participate in the Olympics next year, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Saturday. In the league’s most strident comments yet on this quadrennial issue, Daly flatly said the NHL’s Board of Governors doesn’t want to shut down the league to allow its players to participate in South Korea.
Video: How snooker’s Stephen Hendry is being tipped as a poker star
… his opponent any encouragement. “At the top level, dedication is imperative in both,” he said. “They’re individual sports, both of them. You have to spend hours, in snooker, honing your technique so it’s repetitive, so it’s automatic, so when you …
a Unwelcome axis of influencea loomed over Olympic boxing competition in Rio, investigation finds
… ” Marissa Payne writes for The Early Lead, where she focuses on what she calls the “cultural anthropological” side of sports, a.k.a. “mostly the fun stuff.”
Luuka Jones propels canoe slalom into the mainstream
Luuka Jones competes in the women’s K1 on the first day of the Oceania canoe slalom championships at Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Auckland on Saturday. The ‘perfect storm’ of a new venue and a silver star could be about to break canoe slalom into New Zealand’s sporting mainstream.
2017 Australian Open: Men’s final preview, Rafael Nadal v Roger Federer
It’s amazing to think that Sunday night’s “dream final” will be contested between two players with such a one sided head-to-head record. One of the AFL’s greatest modern rivalry; West Coast vs Sydney, saw six games between 2005 and 2007 decided by a combined total of just 13 points.
2017 Australian Open: Men’s final preview, Rafael Nadal v Roger Federer
It’s amazing to think that Sunday night’s “dream final” will be contested between two players with such a one sided head-to-head record. One of the AFL’s greatest modern rivalry; West Coast vs Sydney, saw six games between 2005 and 2007 decided by a combined total of just 13 points.
Sydney Sevens kicks women’s quarterfinals on to back training field
… or so, while a capacity crowd of up to 45,000 will watch the men’s group stages play out inside Allianz Stadium. Fox Sports confirmed it would broadcast every game live across the three days. It is understood the Australian Rugby Union wanted to …
Lee Selby set to make Las Vegas debut with eye on Carl Frampton
… laws and the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act in an attempt to monopolize boxing. “On behalf of our clients, Haymon Sports, LLC and its CEO, Alan Haymon, we are very pleased with the decision of the Court to grant summary judgment and dismiss all of …
Ganong wins downhill race overshadowed by crashes, injuries
Travis Ganong won a men’s World Cup downhill race Friday, with American teammate Steven Nyman and French skier Valentin Giraud Moine both airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. World Cup men’s race director Markus Waldner says Giraud Moine is likely to have broken calf and shin bones in both legs.
Ganong wins downhill race overshadowed by crashes, injuries
Travis Ganong won a men’s World Cup downhill race Friday, with American teammate Steven Nyman and French skier Valentin Giraud Moine both airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. World Cup men’s race director Markus Waldner says Giraud Moine is likely to have broken calf and shin bones in both legs.
David Weir believes the decision to retire from representing Great Britain was the
Earlier this month, the 37-year-old expressed his discontent with the national governing body on Twitter, declaring he would never wear a British vest again and claiming he had been “let down again”. Weir announced the London Marathon on April 23 would be his last race during his final ”terrible” Paralympics in Rio and that he would not compete at the IPC Athletics World Championships in the capital during July.
Freestyle ski club competes on Timber Tour
… pains – and the X-Games and Olympics are a long way off. The club, which operates underneath the Sun Peaks Snow Sports School umbrella, is still in its infancy yet it’s already providing a platform for skiers to reach the B.C. Winter Games (BCWG) …
Gordon Reid clinches doubles career Grand Slam with Australian Open triumph
Great Britain’s Gordon Reid completed a career Grand Slam of doubles titles after winning the Australian Open wheelchair event with Belgian Joachim Gerard. Reid’s defence of his singles title in Melbourne ended at the hands of Gerard on Wednesday but the pair united in the doubles to beat Briton Alfie Hewett and Argentinian Gus Fernandez 6-3 3-6 1-0 .
FIG International Judges’ Courses in Rhythmic Gymnastics [PHOTO]
The International Judges’ Courses in Rhythmic Gymnastics of the International Gymnastics Federation kicked off in Baku on January 26. Afterwards, AGF Secretary General Farid Gayibov addressed the event. He welcomed the course participants, wished them success and expressed hope that the courses will be held successfully.
Red Carpet Report: Gwen Stefani, ‘Drumline Live,’ Benghazi heroes, The Killers, Tinashe
Tinashe and Britney Spears at Axis at Planet Hollywood on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Las Vegas. Singer-songwriter and NBC’s “The Voice” coach Gwen Stefani has confirmed that she’ll sing at “The Power of Love” Gala here April 27. The Keep Memory Alive fundraiser for our Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is honoring tennis champion and Las Vegas resident Andre Agassi and business mogul Ron Perlman this year.
Seeking title, Shiffrin makes rare super-G start in Cortina
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Mikaela Shiffrin is making a rare start in a speed race this weekend to protect her overall World Cup lead. A specialist in slalom and giant slalom, the American will enter Sunday’s super-G on the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina, Italy – marking only the fourth super-G race of her career.
Sindhu, Srikanth, Ashwini-Sikki advance; Prannoy, Manu-Sumeeth exit Syed Modi meet
Lucknow, Jan 26 – P.V. Sindhu, Kidambri Srikanth, B. Sai Praneeth entered the quarter-finals, while H.S. Prannoy and the men’s doubles pair of Mannu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy suffered upsets in the pre-quarterfinals of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships here on Thursday. Also advancing were women’s doubles pairs of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy and Aparna Balan and Prajakta Sawant, as Indian 15th seed Harsheel Dani starred with his shocking 21-18 21-18 win over Pronnoy in 35 minutes .
Belarus weightlifter banned for urine swap ahead of Olympics
Belarusian weightlifter Stanislav Chadovich has been banned for four years for trying use substitute urine in a pre-Olympic doping test.
7 things to know now: Trump on immigration; Mary Tyler Moore; Bolt loses medal; Doomsday Clock
Also on Wednesday, Trump ordered cuts in federal grants to so-called “sanctuary cities,” and provided for additional border patrol agents and immigration officers. 2. Bolt to forfeit medal : Sprinter Usain Bolt will have to forfeit an Olympic gold medal after a teammate in the 4×100 relay race was caught doping.
Peter Burling outshines the locals on the water at World Match Racing Tour
Kiwi sailors Peter Burling, left, and Blair Tuke were in the team that won the World Match Racing Tour Swan River Match Cup in Perth this week. Top Kiwi sailor Peter Burling didn’t take long to adapt to a different boat while winning the World Match Racing Tour Swan River Match Cup in Perth this week.