Olympics
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Enhanced Games: Paypal billionaire Peter Thiel invests in controversial doped Olympics
Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal, has joined a multi-million dollar investment in the controversial Enhanced Games, a proposed…
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva handed four-year ban for doping at Beijing Olympics
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has received a four-year doping suspension, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on…
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Freya Colbert claims stunning gold to close out Doha World Championships
Freya Colbert capped off Great Britain’s prolific run at the World Championships with 400m individual medley gold on the final…
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‘I want to see 60-year-olds breaking world records’: Welcome to the Olympics with NO drug testing
On his fifth day at Oxford University, Australian law student Aron D’Souza attended a talk by Peter Thiel, the billionaire…
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Kamila Valieva doping verdict to be decided in January
A verdict in the Beijing Olympics doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva should be given by the end…
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Tom Dean: The Olympics make World Championships feel like a little gala
Tom Dean knows the ecstasy and agony of the 200m freestyle too well. Four lung-busting laps of the pool, a…
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Simone Biles back in gymnastics with a bang to claim US Championship all-around gold
Simone Biles has claimed a record eighth all-around US Championship less than a month after ending a two-year break from…
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Olympic gold medalist Adam Peaty punched in face by GB teammate Luke Greenbank
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty was left needing treatment after he was punched in the face during a fight…
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Ben Pattison reveals life-saving heart surgery after winning stunning 800m bronze
Great Britain’s Ben Pattison grabbed a brilliant bronze at the World Championships – and revealed he had life-saving heart surgery…
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Sarah Sjostrom beats Michael Phelps tally as Ruta Meilutyte breaks another world record
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania set her second world record in as many days in the women’s 50m breaststroke, powering to…
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