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Athletes who defected at global sports events: From Cold War Olympics to modern asylum casesDuring high-stakes international sports events, athletes occasionally embark on the brave journey of seeking asylum. In a striking recent e...- Australia vs England Ashes 2025: Records, Most Runs, Most Wickets & Highest Test ScoresAshes 2025: All You Need To Know About Australia vs England Tests Most Wins, Runs, Wickets, 100, Highest Score: The 2025-26 Ashes series be...
- Agnes Keleti, world's oldest Olympic champion, dies at 103Agnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic champion and Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 103. According to Hungarian daily Nemzeti ...
- Jasprit Bumrah fastest Indian to 200 Test wickets in terms of balls, 4th-quickest overall; Check full list hereJasprit Bumrah took four wickets on Day 4 of the fourth Test at Melbourne, reaching 200 Test wickets. He is the fastest Indian to achieve t...
- How the Olympics can drive a food revolution?The Olympics have played a significant role in transforming food cultures globally. The 1988 Seoul Olympics highlighted Korean dog meat din...
- Former Australia Test cricketer and Olympian Brian Booth dies aged 89Brian Booth, whose cause of death was not disclosed, also represented Australia in field hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. A middle-or...
- Cricket: Disruptors Ireland dare to dream at T20 World CupAfter already eliminating the West Indies in qualifying, Ireland's first win in the second round of a T20 World Cup threw the Super 12s wid...
- NBA legend Bill Russell passes away at 88Bill Russell has won many accolades in his life, including an Olympic gold medal and 11 championship titles.
- What happens when Olympics and politics collide?Hundreds of athletes have come to an Olympic Games and never returned to the home nation they represented in the pool, on the mat or on the...
- Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bidThe 2032 deal for the Australian east coast city looked done even months before the formal decision by IOC members at their meeting ahead o...
- Australian swimming great John Konrads dies at age 78Konrads was born in Latvia in 1942 and moved to Australia with his parents, his two sisters and a grandmother in 1949.
- Turning 100: Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion, survived the Holocaust by working as a maidThe winner of 10 Olympic medals celebrates her 100th birthday today.
- Former Olympian, Indian defender Nikhil Nandy passes awayThe half-back of yesteryears was most famously a part of the Indian squad that finished fourth in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He was also ...
- Three-time Olympic gold medal-winning hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr diesOne of the country's greatest athletes, Balbir Sr was the only Indian among 16 legends chosen by the International Olympic Committee across...
- The end of an era: PK Banerjee, Indian football's greatest striker, passes away after prolonged illnessDuring his career, he scored 65 international goals in 84 appearances for the national team.
- Sailing great Elvstrom dies aged 88SAILING-DENMARK-ELVSTROM:Sailing great Elvstrom dies aged 88
- UPDATE 1-Sailing great Elvstrom dies aged 88SAILING-DENMARK/ELVSTROM (UPDATE 1, TV):UPDATE 1-Sailing great Elvstrom dies aged 88
- Sailing-Danish great Elvstrom dies aged 88SAILING-DENMARK/ELVSTROM (TV):Sailing-Danish great Elvstrom dies aged 88
- Treasure trove of Indian hockey's Olympic history lostA piece of Indian hockey's golden history seems to have been lost for good courtesy the apathy of Sports Authority of India (SAI) officials
- Confident India face resurgent Pakistan in Hero Champions Trophy semifinalHaving peaked when it mattered most, both the sides will be desperate to upstage each other tomorrow to assert their supremacy over each ot...
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