An Olympic gymnast has returned to her former school in Penwortham for a day. Susan Cheesebrough spent a day at Penwortham Priory Academy where she met up with her former […]
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Post Paris success, Olympics eye the future with new sporting formats to widen youth appeal
After all the pomp and ceremony, the trials, the tears and the medals, if you were to ask most people
Unusual world record set for walking underwater
Australia’s athletes are continuing to set new world records even outside the Olympics. Two professional free divers held their breaths
It’s almost impossible to become an Olympic athlete without overtraining — here’s why
Yuri A/ Shutterstock When people think of Olympic athletes, they’re often thinking about winners. But competing for an Olympic medal
Gender row boxer Lin Yu-ting fights in Olympics 2024 semi-final as she seeks to follow Imane Khelif into gold medal bout
GENDER ROW Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting is fighting for a place in the gold medal match at the Paris Olympic
Scorching Olympic heat ‘impossible’ without climate change
The blistering temperatures engulfing athletes and fans at the Paris Olympics in recent days would have been “virtually impossible” without
The best way to watch the Olympics
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Just In: Sarah Bacon almost quit diving after Tokyo Olympic heartbreak before winning US’s first medal in Paris with Kassidy Cook
SARAH Bacon and Kassidy Cook delivered USA’s first medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics early Saturday morning. The diving duo
Airport at French-Swiss border evacuated after bomb threat
EuroAirport, located on the French-German-Swiss border, was evacuated and flights suspended Friday morning following a bomb threat. Located near Basel
The best athletes believe that stress is a good thing – and they embrace ‘winning ugly’
The summer of sport is well underway. Already we have seen penalty shootout drama at the Euros, defending champion Marketa