Tebogo talks to Al Jazeera about breaking the American and Jamaican dominance, and the future of sprinting in Africa.
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Chopra talks to Al Jazeera about the pressure of being a high-profile athlete in India and the 2025 season.
The recent military escalations have damaged a once exemplary athlete bond between India’s Chopra and Pakistan’s Nadeem.
Al Jazeera’s lowdown on the 17-year-old sprinter of South Sudanese heritage who is drawing comparisons with Usain Bolt.
Zimbabwean lands top job in world sport.
India lines up Commonwealth Games bid as stepping stone in aspiration to host 2036 Olympic Games in Ahmedabad.
The International Olympic Committee elected Kirsty Coventry as its first female president with a single round of voting.
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Coventry wins the race to succeed Thomas Bach and will be first African to become International Olympic Committee chief.
Algerian gold medallist says she has ‘nothing to hide’ and vows to defend her title at the 2028 Summer Games in the US.
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The directive could strip federal funding from schools that allow trans women and girls to compete in women’s events.
Punia, who was at the forefront of protests against former wrestling body chief Brij Bhushan Singh, says he is innocent.
Activists join march as Cheptegei’s body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo, Uganda, for her funeral.
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Al Jazeera’s lowdown on the sport, the tournament and the upcoming match between the South Asian hockey powerhouses.
French prosecutor says plots included plans to attack ‘Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris’.
