Kirsty Coventry, the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), told New Zealand’s Sport Nation that she does not believe in paying Olympic athletes. The body she runs collected...
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Hibbert Blames JAAA Sandpit After Athlete Stretchered in Kingston
An athlete was carried off on a stretcher at the JAAA/Puma Series Meet #3 inside the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on Saturday, and triple jump star Jaydon Hibbert says...
QPR Eye Bargain £2m Deal for Wigan Keeper Sam Tickle
Queens Park Rangers have lined up a bargain-fee move for Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Sam Tickle, with a sum of between £1.5 million and £2 million ($2 million to $2.7 million)...
Kai Asakura Lands First UFC Win and $100K at His Old Weight
Kai Asakura won his first UFC fight on Saturday, knocking out Cameron Smotherman in 110 seconds at UFC Macau and pocketing a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus. The former...
African Sailors Eye Dakar 2026 as Tangier Camp Leaves Boards Behind
African sailors training for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games wrapped a week on Tangier Bay this weekend, but the most valuable thing to come out of the camp was...
Finland Stuns Canada to Set Up Swiss Final at Hockey Worlds
Finland upset Canada 4-2 in the semifinals of the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Zurich on Saturday, setting up a Sunday final against host Switzerland. It was the...
India U18 Women Edge Malaysia 2-1 but Waste 16 Corners
India’s Under-18 women’s hockey team opened its Asia Cup 2026 campaign with a 2-1 win over Malaysia in Kakamigahara, Japan, on Saturday, carried by a two-goal burst from 15-year-old forward...
IOC President Kirsty Coventry Rejects Paying Olympic Athletes
Kirsty Coventry, the first woman and first African to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has settled one of sport’s loudest arguments for now. Olympic athletes will not be paid...
Julius Yego Bets His Final Throw on Los Angeles 2028
Julius Yego won his sixth African javelin title in Accra this month with a throw of 79.87 metres. The world-leading mark this season sits at 89.37 metres, almost ten metres...
Galashiels Garage GSI Beats Apple Fitness+ To Global Sports Award
A garage in Galashiels, a 56-year-old former skills coach, and a coaching-tech category usually fought over by the likes of Apple Fitness+ and Wimbledon. GSI Performance walked into the 2026...