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The 62-year-old John Whitaker eying the Tokyo Olympics

The 62-year-old John Whitaker eying the Tokyo Olympics Athletes from all sports have ways of staving off the ravages of time. Golf legend...

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Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge wins 2018 London Marathon as Mo Farah breaks British record

Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge wins 2018 London Marathon as Mo Farah breaks British record Kenyan athlete, Eliud Kipchoge defied soaring temperatures to win the...

Andrew Pozzi
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Andrew Pozzi on being world champion and targeting Commonwealth Games glory

It took Andrew Pozzi 7.46 seconds to fly over four-and-a-half hurdles in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Sluggish...

Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe
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Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe win second Winter Paralympics medal

Menna Fitzpatrick and guide Jen Kehoe claimed their second Winter Paralympic medal, and a fourth for Great Britain, in the women’s visually impaired...

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Swimmer Max Litchfield out of Australia Commonwealth Games

Swimmer Max Litchfield has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games to continue his recovery from a niggling shoulder injury. The 22-year-old Sky Sports Scholar secured his...

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Russia has Olympic membership restored after Pyeongchang suspension

Russia’s Olympic suspension has been lifted with immediate effect, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced. Russia was banned from the Winter Olympics...

Andrew Pozzi and Imani Lansiquot
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Andrew Pozzi and Imani Lansiquot compete at Glasgow Indoor athletics Grand Prix

Andrew Pozzi and Imani Lansiquot had mixed emotions over the weekend after the Sky Sports Scholars competed at the Indoor Grand Prix in...

Lizzy Yarnold
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Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold grateful for National Lottery funding

Double Olympic champion Lizzie Yarnold says she would not have been able to achieve her skeleton gold without adequate funding. Great Britain met...

Billy Morgan
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Billy Morgan wins Great Britain’s record fifth medal with bronze

Billy Morgan won bronze in the men’s snowboarding big air to give Great Britain their fifth medal of the Pyeongchang Games, a record...

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Great Britain beaten 5-3 by Japan in hard-fought curling bronze medal contest

Great Britain’s women curlers missed out on a medal after losing 5-3 to Japan in a tense showdown for bronze. Skipper Eve Muirhead...

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Team GB women curlers secure thrilling victory over Switzerland

Team GB’s women’s curling team remain in the hunt to qualify for the Winter Olympic semi-finals after a thrilling victory over Switzerland in...

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Doping case launched against Russian athlete Alexander Krushelnitsky

The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s anti-doping division has begun proceedings against Russian mixed curler Alexander Krushelnitsky. Krushelnitsky, who won bronze with his...

Elise Christie
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Elise Christie to undergo fitness test to decide Winter Olympic fate

Elise Christie will undergo a fitness test on Tuesday to determine if she can compete in the 1,000m short-track event at the Winter...

Redmond Gerard
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Teenager Redmond Gerard wins first gold for USA at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Teenager Redmond Gerard won the United States’ first gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics by taking victory in the men’s snowboarding slopestyle...