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Athletes have complained that their medals have become tarnished or chipped, sometimes within weeks of the Games ending last year. «The French Mint (Monnaie de Paris) has replaced some of them and is continuing its replacement operation at the request of the athletes,» it said in a statement.

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Donald Trump and the nation’s governors turned into a dramatic confrontation when Maine Governor Janet Mills refused to back down on her state's stance regarding transgender athletes. In a packed room at the White House last Friday (February 21), Trump pressed Mills to comply with his executive order banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports. What followed was a tense exchange that had some governors shifting uncomfortably in their seats.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Modern competitive running entered a new era in 2016, when Nike began distributing a prototype trainer to elite runners. The new shoes were designed to look like Nike’s top publicly available model, the Zoom Streak 6, but the soles featured a revolutionary new design.

Fox News Thursday, Democratic strategist James Carville took aim at conservative host Sean Hannity’s talking points, challenging the narrative of cost-cutting efforts under US president Donald Trump, as per a report.

Sportz Village, India’s largest school sports organisation, has launched PathwayZ36, an initiative aimed at identifying and nurturing young sporting talent through its nationwide network of partner schools and grassroots programmes. The initiative seeks to strengthen India’s pipeline of national and international athletes.

Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025, to be held in Turin, Italy from March 8 to 15. The contingent includes 30 athletes and 19 support staff, who will be participating across six disciplines — alpine skiing, cross country skiing, floorball, short-track speed skating, snowboarding and snowshoeing.

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Ethan Holliday, one of baseball's top rising stars, has signed a historic NIL deal with Adidas, becoming the brand's first-ever baseball NIL athlete. An infielder from Stillwater High School, he comes from a baseball dynasty—his father, Matt Holliday, is an MLB legend, and his brother, Jackson Holliday, is a Baltimore Orioles outfielder.

Ajith Kumar and his wife, former actress Shalini, as their son Aadvik delivered an outstanding performance at his school's annual sports competition. The young sports enthusiast made his parents proud by excelling in multiple athletic events. Shalini, overjoyed by her son's achievement, took to Instagram to post a video showcasing Aadvik competing in various track races, including sprints and relay events, alongside his fellow students.

catering and transport services for the National Games of India 2025 being held in Uttarakhand. National Games of India 2025 is a multi-sport extravaganza bringing together top athletes from across the country to participate in 32 sporting disciplines and 4 demonstration events during January 28-February 14, 2025, Thomas Cook said in a statement.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 2004, Kenya’s Paul Tergat held the marathon world record with a timing of 2:04:55, which he had set in Berlin a year earlier. That was the year India witnessed its first serious mass participation road race — then called Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.

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Neeraj Chopra, along with the support of World Athletics and the Athletics Federation of India will be bringing a Continental Tour Javelin-Only competition to the country. While the venue is yet to be finalised, the event is slated to take place in May this year and will see some of the best male and female javelin throwers from around the world — headlined by Chopra — compete on Indian soil for the first time. Speaking on the event, Chopra said, «It has been a longstanding dream of mine to organise and bring a world-class javelin competition to India. With the help of JSW Sports and the Athletics Federation of India, we are making this happen. I am sure that my fellow athletes and the fans in India will both create an experience that will be spoken about for a long time. I am excited to see how big we can make this,» as quoted from a release by JSW Sports Media.

Gary Hall Jr. claims that fires in California destroyed everything he owned, including his ten medals. Gary Hall Jr., a former American Olympic swimmer, described the apocalyptic destruction and his own losses caused by the devastating wildfires that are still destroying Los Angeles. With the exception of a few personal belongings he hastily packed before leaving, the 50-year-old athlete told the Sydney Morning Herald that the consuming fires destroyed his rented home in the Pacific Palisades, his ten Olympic medals, the swimming pool where he taught his kids to swim, and most of his possessions, as quoted in a report by The Independent. ALSO READ Lost Angeles! Pacific Palisades totally devasted; these A-list celebrities' homes have burned to the ground

World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdog's handling of cases involving Chinese swimmers and others.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sport stars, actors and young professionals are edging their way into angel investment territory as big-name founders in India’s startup ecosystem go easy on funding. The top three angel investors of 2023 reduced their investments in 2024, reflecting a pullback in angel funding to Indian startups.