2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (1106+ words) Farida Khalil beat competitors twice her age as she won modern pentathlon's World Championships in August last year Farida Khalil is not your average teenager. Last year, aged just 14, the Egyptian won every major world title in modern pentathlon - from…...

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20+ hour, 36+ min ago  (593+ words) Sarah Mc Kay, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Finnola Stratton Olympic champions Hannah Scott and Lola Anderson, along with Finnola Stratton and Sarah Mc Kay, finished second in the women's quadruple sculls at the first World Cup of the season…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (278+ words) With Christmas party season now in full swing we asked the people of Glasgow if it is OK to bail on plans. Meet the woman behind this impressive display of knitted and crocheted poppies. Police Scotland were on patrol last…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (640+ words) Users of Templemore sports complex in Londonderry have welcomed plans for a "100m upgrade, including the creation of an Olympic-size, eight-lane swimming pool. The project was endorsed at a special meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council and will see…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (632+ words) Harrington won a 12th Irish Elite title back in January Two-time Olympic lightweight champion Kellie Harrington "is training and looking sharp" but will not take part in the World Boxing Cup in China in June. Harrington sat out April's first edition…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (312+ words) Jade Jones knocked out Egypt Criss at the Misfits Duel 2 at Vaillant Live Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones marked her boxing debut with a second-round knockout victory against Egypt Criss in Derby. After two decades in taekwondo, Wales' Jones…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (571+ words) Registration has opened for fans to enter a random ticket draw covering all events that will take place at the Games. The window will remain open until mid-March. "These Games belong to everyone," Casey Wasserman, the chairman of LA 2028 said…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (443+ words) 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 the world's best triathletes "an excellent opportunity" to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (517+ words) The inaugural Enhanced Games will feature dozens of elite athletes using performance-enhancing drugs to try and break world records in track, weightlifting and swimming. Some $25m (18. 6m) in prize money is up for grabs - with world records in certain events paying a…...