Olympics

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LA Olympics may be ‘good launching pad’ for NBA league in Europe | Basketball News
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LA Olympics may be ‘good launching pad’ for NBA league in Europe | Basketball News

New NBA league in Europe moves a step closer as talks with International Basketball Federation continue. The NBA’s talks with the International Basketball...

Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif requires gender test to continue fighting | Olympics News
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Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif requires gender test to continue fighting | Olympics News

World Boxing says Algerian gold medallist must get genetic screening to compete in future events, including Olympics. Algeria’s Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif...

Q&A: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo on his Olympic triumph; African sprinters | Athletics News
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Q&A: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo on his Olympic triumph; African sprinters | Athletics News

Tebogo talks to Al Jazeera about breaking the American and Jamaican dominance, and the future of sprinting in Africa. Doha, Qatar – Loud...

Q&A: India’s Neeraj Chopra on mental pressure, social media and 90m barrier | Athletics News
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Q&A: India’s Neeraj Chopra on mental pressure, social media and 90m barrier | Athletics News

Doha, Qatar – Reigning men’s javelin world champion and Olympic silver medallist Neeraj Chopra is set to get his 2025 athletics season under way...

Air taxis to ferry fans and VIPs to venues at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
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Air taxis to ferry fans and VIPs to venues at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

The exterior of SoFi Stadium is seen before an NFL football game on Dec. 19, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Thayer,...

Chopra: Nadeem javelin friendship ‘not the same’ after India-Pakistan clash | Athletics News
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Chopra: Nadeem javelin friendship ‘not the same’ after India-Pakistan clash | Athletics News

The recent military escalations have damaged a once exemplary athlete bond between Olympic javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra of India and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem....

Promises made in Paris Olympics run-up broken, say undocumented workers | Migration News
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Promises made in Paris Olympics run-up broken, say undocumented workers | Migration News

Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Paris, France – When Moussa*, an undocumented construction worker, joined a wildcat...

Who is Gout Gout, Australia’s record-breaking teenage sprint sensation? | Athletics News
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Who is Gout Gout, Australia’s record-breaking teenage sprint sensation? | Athletics News

EXPLAINER Al Jazeera’s lowdown on the 17-year-old sprinter of South Sudanese heritage who is drawing comparisons with Usain Bolt. Gout Gout, a 17-year-old...

Japan’s Expo 2025 revives memories of Tokyo Olympics’ cost blowout | Economy News
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Japan’s Expo 2025 revives memories of Tokyo Olympics’ cost blowout | Economy News

Osaka, Japan – Expo 2025 has opened to crowds of visitors in Osaka, Japan amid controversy over weak ticket sales and the event’s...