Athletics
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Bolt to join training at Dortmund
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt, who has often said he dreams of becoming a professional footballer, will spend a few days training with Borussia Dortmund, the German club confirmed Sunday. Britain’s The Guardian had... -
Bolt set to race in Australia for the first time
Nov 3, 2016News Hour: Usain Bolt is set to race in Australia for the first time in his career after it was confirmed the nine-times Olympic gold medalist will take part in the inaugural edition of the Nitro... -
Bach says 2020 events should be held in disaster zone
Oct 20, 2016News Hour: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has proposed that some 2020 Tokyo Olympics events should be held in the northeastern region devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. Tokyo’s Olympic bid... -
Five-time Olympic champion Chen Ruolin retires at only 23
Oct 20, 2016News Hour: China’s five-time Olympic champion diver Chen Ruolin has retired aged just 23 due to a neck injury, she announced, bringing one of the sport’s most spectacular careers to an early halt. Chen took home... -
Bolt sets last race in Jamaica for June
Oct 15, 2016News Hour: Jamaica’s Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will run his last race on home soil at June’s Racers Grand Prix before retiring from competition two months later, he said on Friday. The 30-year-old, who won... -
Sporting leaders back proposals to give more powers to WADA
Oct 9, 2016News Hour: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants to give more power to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against drug-cheating by athletes, it said on Saturday. The IOC said it was agreed at... -
Obama celebrates 2016 Olympic athletes at White House
Sep 30, 2016News Hour: President Barack Obama welcomed the 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House on Thursday to celebrate their record-breaking run in Rio. Hundreds of Olympic athletes clad in red Nike track jackets... -
Isninbayeva to stand for Russian athletics presidency
Sep 28, 2016News Hour: Twice Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will stand in the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) presidential election this year, she said on Wednesday. The ARAF announced last week that the election would take place... -
International Olymoics Committee President Thomas Bach to skip Paralympic Games
Sep 8, 2016News Hour: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will not attend any of the Paralympic Games starting in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said. Bach had already said he would... -
Piotr Malachowski sells Rio medal to save boy battling cancer
Aug 27, 2016News Hour: Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, said that he auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatment for a three-year-old boy struck with cancer, reports BSS. The...
