#theguardian.com. #Feb.09.2026 Ultrarunners in secondhand trainers: the rickshaw drivers taking on the world’s toughest races – photo essay. Members of an athletics club in Madagascar formed by rickshaw drivers are now beating elite athletes in international endurance events
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#wired.com. #Feb.05.2026 How the Olympic Torchbearers Are Chosen. From world-class athletes to the stars of “Heated Rivalry,” torchbearers are selected for their inspiring stories. Here’s what to know about the people carrying the flame for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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#wired.com. #Feb.03.2026 12 Athletes to Watch at the 2026 Winter Olympics. History is already being made at the Milano Cortina Games—and they haven’t even started.
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#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.02.2026 Olympic ceasefire calls lay bare the scale of global conflict. The U.N. and IOC are asking for a pause in wars, an ancient Olympic tradition, amid the Winter Games. Athletes from countries beset by violence are set to compete.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.28.2026 London Marathon 2026: Tigst Assefa targets another win against rivals Sifan Hassan and Peres Jepchirchir. Reigning champion Tigst Assefa will target a repeat of her record-breaking London Marathon victory when she takes on rivals Sifan Hassan and Peres Jepchirchir in this year's race.
#Sport × #Kenya #Ethiopia #United Kingdom #Africa #Kingdom of the Netherlands #Europe #athletics × #Netherlands
#bbc.com. #Jan.27.2026 Faith Kipyegon: Kenyan runner announces plans for maternity ward in hometown. Kenyan middle-distance runner Faith Kipyegon plans to build a maternity facility in her hometown Keringet in partnership with her shoe sponsor.
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#wired.com. #Dec.19.2025 What Paralympian Monster Mike Schultz Packs to Race Down the Mountain. The world champion adaptive snowboard cross athlete repairs his own prostheses before a competition.
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#theguardian.com. #Nov.14.2025 Coach featured in Netflix’s Last Chance U injured in Oakland campus shooting. John Beam, director of athletics at Laney College, in critical condition as police search for suspect
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#economist.com. #Apr.03.2025 Just a moment.... Athletics pays less than other sports. Michael Johnson wants to change that
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#aljazeera.com. #Mar.26.2025 Track and field to be first Olympic event to require DNA tests to prove sex. World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes.
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#aljazeera.com. #Mar.25.2025 Ex-UFC champion Cain Velasquez sentenced for 2022 shooting. The retired heavyweight athlete is sentenced to five years in prison after pleading no contest to attempted murder.
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#huffpost.com. #Mar.21.2025 Former NFL, Michigan Assistant Coach Charged With Hacking For Athletes' Intimate Photos. An indictment says that a former NFL and University of Michigan assistant football coach hacked into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes.
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#huffpost.com. #Mar.19.2025 Trump Administration Suspends $175 Million In Federal Funding For Penn Over Transgender Swimmer. The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program.
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#huffpost.com. #Mar.19.2025 Trump Administration Suspends $175 Million In Federal Funding For Penn Over Transgender Swimmer. The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program.
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#theguardian.com. #Mar.16.2025 Gout Gout lights up the track in Brisbane with world-leading 200m time. Sprint sensation runs under-20 heat in 20.05s at state championships then breaks 20 seconds for first time in wind-assisted final
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#aljazeera.com. #Mar.11.2025 How Ibtihaj Muhammad made Olympic history. “It was an opportunity to show Muslim women and girls globally what we could achieve in sport.”
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#theguardian.com. #Mar.04.2025 US Senate Democrats block bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports. Democratic senator says trans athletes ‘deserve an ally’ after Republican-led bill quashed in razor-sharp 51-45 vote
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#huffpost.com. #Mar.04.2025 GOP's Effort To Ban Transgender Athletes Takes A Loss In Senate Vote. "What Republicans are doing today is inventing a problem to stir up a culture war,” one Democratic senator said.
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#theguardian.com. #Feb.26.2025 Former GB Olympic swimmer jailed for raping two teenage girls. Antony James, from Plymouth, who competed in 2012 Games, was a student police officer at time of his arrest
#Sport × #United Kingdom #athlete #Europe #athletics ×
#theguardian.com. #Feb.25.2025 Philadelphia schools to allow trans children to participate in sports – report. School district will ignore Trump executive order banning trans athletes from competing in women’s sports
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