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Gunning for Gold: Northlake Shooting Sports fosters Olympic dreams

With the Paris Summer Olympics right around the corner, athletes all over the world are gearing up for what may well be their only shot at glory. Tracks, fields, courts, pools, gymnasiums and ranges all over the planet are allowing the…

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Enugu Marks Int’l Olympic Day to Celebrate Young Athletes

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Says complete turnaround of the sports sector underway Enugu State, at the weekend, joined the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Olympic Day, with the state’s Commissioner

Here's how many medals Canada might win at the Olympics

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CBC Sports' daily newsletter digs into a fresh set of podium projections for Canadian athletes at the Paris Summer Games.

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Rules for Transgender Olympic Athletes Explained

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows individual sports to determine whether trans athletes can compete.

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Vancouver’s ‘Phil Wizard’ first-ever breaker named to Canada’s Olympic team

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Philip Kim, who competes as “B-Boy Phil Wizard,” is set to make Canadian sports history this summer as the country’s first-ever Olympic breaking athlete.

Phil Kim 1st-ever breaker named to Canada's Olympic team

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Philip Kim, who competes as "B-Boy Phil Wizard," is set to make Canadian sports history this summer as the country's first-ever Olympic breaking athlete.

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Sports News | MOC to Fund Olympic-bound Bopanna and Balaji's Two ATP Events

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Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry has approved tennis ace Rohan Bopanna's request for assistance for him and his doubles partner Sriram Balaji to compete in two ATP…

The biggest London screenings for all of 2024’s summer of sport

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Whether you’re watching Wimbledon or the Olympics, here’s where to go to soak up the atmosphere, say Josh Barrie, Mike Daw and David Ellis

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Soaring New Heights, Simone Biles Sets a Unique Record Ahead of the Paris Olympics

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Simone Biles has already made history with her fabulous performance leading up to her Olympic trials this season. After stunning the Minneapolis crowd with her vault moves, ESPN and Sports Center brought something poignant to everyone’s…

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Costs of Travel, Hotels, Daily Life, Tickets – Guide for Nigerian Fans

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By Robert Blaszczyk How much do you have to spend to go to the Olympics in Paris NBA stars, tennis champions, athletics – the queen of sport – and a myriad of other top-level sports, all in one of Europe’s most beautiful capitals. There…

2024 Olympics: India’s hockey team is good but single goalkeeper may be a drawback

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Hockey is the sport in which India has bagged the maximum number of medals at the Olympic Games. Starting with its first ever gold medal at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928, India went on to win a total of 8 gold medals in hockey. That is a…

Fandom usually means tracking your favorite team for years − so why are the Olympics so good at making us root for sports and athletes we tune out most of the time?

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Patriotic coverage helps forge the Olympics’ sense of community, weaving viewers’ lives together with athletes’ struggles and triumphs.

Women’s Olympic Football: Who will win gold in Paris?

The 2024 Olympics get underway in Paris later this month as sport’s biggest multi-event competition comes to France. Football has been a prominent part of the Olympics for over a century for men, before the introduction of football for…

Olympic swimmer announced as keynote speaker at major Paisley conference

Survivor of sexual abuse in sport, Joanna Maranhão, who competed at four Olympic Games for Brazil, is to speak at the Leisure Studies Association Conference.

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Sports News | Gold in Paris Will Be Tribute to India and Senior Hockey Players, Says Skipper Harmanpreet

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Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Indian men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh is desperate to reclaim the gold medal in the upcoming Paris Olympics in his bid to give a fitting tribute to the country and…

Sir Steve Redgrave will join talkSPORT as a pundit for Paris Olympics, after five-time gold medallist was let go by the BBC ahead of the summer Games

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DAVID COVERDALE: The five-time Olympic gold medallist revealed to Mail Sport that he would not be part of the Beeb's line-up in Paris and feared he may miss his first Games since Moscow 1980.

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Neeraj Chopra Is in Best Condition To Win Another Medal at Paris Olympics 2024, Says Inspire Institute of Sports Strength and Conditioning Head Coach Spencer Mackay

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The Olympic and World champion Chopra had returned to competitions in June after a month-long break to fetch his maiden gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. He had finished second at the Doha Diamond League in May. Chopra also…

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Sports News | Summer Olympians Will Get Their Support Systems Back in Paris After Tokyo''s COVID Bans

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Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the sadness and longing of competing with nearly no one in the stands, thanks to pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago.

US field hockey is back in the Olympics, thanks to players such as Duxbury’s Ally Hammel

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After not qualifying for the last Summer Games, the US is trying to put itself back on the international map in the sport.

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Lamont Marcell Jacobs Reflects on Life After Olympic Gold in Netflix Sports Documentary ‘Sprint’

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Many track athletes aspire to winning the coveted Olympic gold medal, since it propels their careers to new heights. Lamont Marcell Jacobs, the current 100-meter Olympic champion, also shares a similar story. He was relatively unknown to…