England thump Scotland but GB Olympic dream over
Ruthless England thump Scotland in their final Women’s Nations League group match but their hopes of helping Team GB qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics are over. Source link
Olympic Games: Eilish McColgan targets bronze in 10,000m at Paris 2024
McColgan was ninth in the 10,000m final at the Tokyo Olympics Date: Thursday, 30 November Time: 22:00 GMT TV channel: BBC Scotland Commonwealth champion Eilish McColgan thinks she can “sneak a bronze medal” at next year’s Paris Olympics. But the Scot accepts it is far likelier to be in the 10,000m on the track, with […]
Elaine Thompson-Herah: Five-time Olympic champion appoints Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s coach
Elaine Thompson-Herah (left) will aim to win third successive Olympic golds over 100m and 200m in Paris Five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will train under the same coach as Jamaica team-mate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as she prepares to defend her sprint titles at Paris 2024. The 31-year-old, winner of 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold at Tokyo […]
Elaine Thompson-Herah: Five-time Olympic champion splits with coach
Elaine Thompson-Herah will aim to win third successive Olympic golds over 100m and 200m in Paris Five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has split with her coach eight months before she will attempt to defend her sprint titles at Paris 2024. According to her management team, the 31-year-old parted with Shanikie Osbourne because of the “extremely […]
Olympic Games: Paris 2024 organisers committed to Teahupo’o surf event
Teahupo’o, on the French Polynesia island of Tahiti, is known as one of the world’s best surf waves Paris 2024 organisers say they are committed to hosting the Olympic surfing event at its planned site in Tahiti – despite concerns raised by locals about the environmental impact. The site at Teahupo’o, which is 9,500 miles […]
Laura Gallagher: Olympic gymnast on her ‘surprise’ comeback after becoming a mum
Laura Gallagher last competed at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 where she finished 15th Venue: Birmingham Dates: Thursday, 9 November to Sunday, 12 November Coverage: Live on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and BBC Sport website and app. “I’m absolutely loving being a mum,” Olympic trampoline gymnast Laura Gallagher says with a beaming smile, […]
Caster Semenya: Double Olympic champion ‘not ashamed of being different’
I’m not ashamed to be different – Caster Semenya Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya says she is “not going to be ashamed” of being “different”, and will “fight for what is right” amid her ongoing dispute with athletics authorities. Semenya, 32, was born with differences of sexual development (DSD) which mean she has an elevated […]
Joe Cordina: Welshman’s concern over boxing’s Olympic fate
Joe Cordina won bronze representing Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Joe Cordina says it is “disgusting” that boxing’s inclusion in the 2028 Olympics is in doubt. IBF super-featherweight world title holder Cordina, 31, insists fighters depend on the Games to help turn them into superstars. No decision has been taken on boxing’s […]
IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee
The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended “with immediate effect” says the International Olympic Committee. Source link
Cricket among Olympic Games sports recommended for Los Angeles 2028
England won the 2022 Men’s Twenty20 World Cup Cricket could be in the Olympics for the first time since 1900 after organisers recommended it to be part of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Twenty20 cricket will be put forward for approval to the International Olympic Committee for a vote next week. Flag football, a non-contact […]