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Keely Hodgkinson: Team GB Olympic 800m champion ends season early with injury
Dec 07, 2025

Keely Hodgkinson: Team GB Olympic 800m champion ends season early with injury

Team GB's Olympic women's 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson has ended her 2024 season early with injury.Hodgkinson, who won all nine of her 800m races this year, r...

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Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after alleged petrol attack
Dec 07, 2025

Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after alleged petrol attack

Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died at the age of 33 after she was allegedly attacked by her former boyfriend.Police say Cheptegei was doused with...

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Glasgow secures funding to become 2026 Commonwealth Games hosts after Victoria withdrawal due to costs
Dec 07, 2025

Glasgow secures funding to become 2026 Commonwealth Games hosts after Victoria withdrawal due to costs

Glasgow is set to be named host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games after government funding was secured for the event.The Australian state of Victoria was due...

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Zharnel Hughes: Britain's fastest man on 2024 Paris Olympics 'sacrifice', Noah Lyles and the future
Dec 07, 2025

Zharnel Hughes: Britain's fastest man on 2024 Paris Olympics 'sacrifice', Noah Lyles and the future

Britain's fastest man says he is "coming back for revenge" after missing out on an individual Olympic medal in Paris due to a hamstring injury that meant he was...

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Black History Month: Olympic medallists Amber Anning and Christine Ohuruogu talk about Reclaiming Narratives
Dec 07, 2025

Black History Month: Olympic medallists Amber Anning and Christine Ohuruogu talk about Reclaiming Narratives

To celebrate Black History Month, SportNews News brought together 2008 Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu and rising star Amber Anning to discuss the theme of...

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Keely Hodgkinson: Britain's Olympics gold medallist on path to more success in 2025
Dec 07, 2025

Keely Hodgkinson: Britain's Olympics gold medallist on path to more success in 2025

If you become an Olympic champion, you can either sit back and bask in the glory of that one moment or you can lay plans to become a legend of your sport. It's...

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Alistair Brownlee: Two-time Olympic triathlon champion announces retirement from competition
Dec 07, 2025

Alistair Brownlee: Two-time Olympic triathlon champion announces retirement from competition

Two-time Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee has announced his retirement from the sport aged 36.Brownlee won gold in the individual triathlon at both...

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Gout Gout: 16-year-old sensation beats Australian 200m record held for 56 years
Dec 07, 2025

Gout Gout: 16-year-old sensation beats Australian 200m record held for 56 years

Sixteen-year-old Gout Gout ran the 200 metres in 20.04 seconds on Saturday at the Australian schools championships, beating the national record which that had b...

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Gout Gout on Usain Bolt comparisons: 16-year-old sprinting sensation is 'just trying to be me'
Dec 07, 2025

Gout Gout on Usain Bolt comparisons: 16-year-old sprinting sensation is 'just trying to be me'

Teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout is used to comparisons to Usain Bolt but insists he is focused on continuing to be the best version of himself rather than...

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Fred Kerley: US Olympic sprinter facing battery charge after police deployed stun gun during arrest in Miami
Dec 07, 2025

Fred Kerley: US Olympic sprinter facing battery charge after police deployed stun gun during arrest in Miami

US Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley is facing charges of battery and disorderly conduct after being tasered by police during an arrest in Miami.Officers were involv...

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