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Injury-hit Ireland set for Nations Cup campaign in South Africa
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (775+ words) Ireland coach Mark Tumilty is without several key players The Ireland men's hockey team will be without several key players for the upcoming FIH Nations Cup in South Africa. Mark Tumilty's side went unbeaten in qualification for the World Cup…...
Boxing champion Lauren Price marries partner in Monmouthsire wedding
2+ day, 13+ min ago (627+ words) Lauren and Carlie met when they were teenagers Olympic boxing champion Lauren Price said it was the "best day of our lives" as she married her long-term partner Carlie Jones at a ceremony in south Wales. The couple tied the…...
Europe Triathlon Cup: Derry the 'perfect venue' Olympian says
1+ week, 4+ day ago (638+ words) Aileen Reid competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games Ireland's most successful triathlete has backed the sport's return to her home city of Londonderry later this year. Aileen Reid said Derry's hosting of the Europe Triathlon Cup in September will give…...
British Olympic sprinter CJ Ujah accused of fraud and drug supply
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (616+ words) Olympian CJ Ujah, pictured at the Microplus UK Athletics Championships in 2024, appeared in court on Thursday British sprinter and Olympian CJ Ujah is among 10 people accused of cryptocurrency fraud and also faces a separate charge of supplying cannabis. The group…...
Coventry swimming baths demolition approved by government
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (681+ words) Coventry's swimming baths and leisure centre on Fairfax Street was shut in 2020 A disused city centre swimming baths once described as "the finest" in Europe will finally be demolished after the government gave approval. Coventry's Olympic-sized pool and adjoining leisure…...
World Cup rowing: Finnola Stratton joins Olympic champion Hannah Scott for new season
1+ week, 3+ day ago (946+ words) Hannah Scott and Finnola Stratton preparing for the first World Cup in Seville Olympic gold medallist Hannah Scott will be joined in the Great Britain quadruple sculls for this weekend's first World Cup regatta in Seville by another Northern Ireland…...
Miles Chamley-Watson: Lewis Hamilton's 'best friend' who is 'ruffling feathers' in fencing
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (956+ words) Miles Chalmley-Watson and Lewis Hamilton at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games fencing event Miles Chamley-Watson still remembers the moment he arrived at his Met Gala table nine years ago and surveyed the world's most glamorous fashion event. With Madonna to his…...
Gennady Golovkin: 'I could fight again and also save Olympic boxing"
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1171+ words) Gennady Golovkin is aiming to become amateur boxing's new global leader, but insists his own career may not yet be over Two-time middleweight unified champion Gennady Golovkin says he could be tempted back into the ring to fight again, even…...
North of England Olympic bid for 2040s being assessed
2+ week, 5+ day ago (251+ words) The government has commissioned UK Sport to conduct an "initial strategic assessment" into a potential bid for the north of England to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the 2040s. North of England Olympic bid for 2040s being assessed. Video, 00: 01: 27 North of…...