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Former gold-medal winning swimmer and Australia’s most senior sport executive, Kieren Perkins, has urged the IOC to update the sporting program for Brisbane 2032, claiming that some current Olympic sports "have no modern relevance whatsoever." The IOC has signalled its intention to address the long-term

British racing driver Ollie Millroy told Loek Hartog he owes him his life after his quick-thinking rival pulled him from a burning car following a huge crash in the first race of the China GT on Saturday. The incident occurred 20 minutes into the Shanghai race when his Ferrari

Canadian athlete Kalie McCrystal disappeared during preparations for a record attempt in the Alps. McCrystal, from Squamish in British Columbia, was on a reconnaissance and training session ahead of her attempt to ascend and descend the 14,692 ft (4,478m) Matterhorn on the Swiss-Italian border. According to the

As his final, desperate backhand sailed far past the baseline inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, Taylor Fritz immediately buried his face in his hands, unable to conceal the anguish of surrendering such a promising position. For much of the afternoon, Fritz was in control. He had built a two-sets-to-

Katie Taylor closed out her distinguished career in fitting fashion, dispatching Flora Pili on points in front of an 80,000-strong crowd at Croke Park for a storybook farewell. With the eyes of Ireland fixed on her, the nation's sporting icon became a three-time undisputed world

Filming a biography of Jonah Lomu was always destined to provoke mixed reactions. His widow, Nadene, pursued a failed legal bid to stop the production and refused to participate. Former England player Mike Catt is unlikely to feel enthusiastic about the project either. Decades on, the brutal clip of Lomu