Category: Sports

Great Britain’s Josh Kerr pulled off a stunning upset in the men’s 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Wednesday (23 August). The 25-year-old Scot outran the Olympic champion and heavy favourite Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway to claim the gold medal in a thrilling sprint finish. Kerr follows Wightman’s footsteps Kerr, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, emulated his compatriot Jake Wightman,…

The John Hayden Johnson Middle School football team has a remarkable record on and off the field. The team, composed of students from a city struggling to control youth violence, has won 15 games in a row and maintained a 3.0 GPA average. However, the team also faces challenges such as lack of funding, equipment, and parental involvement. The team is hoping to get more support from the community as…

The Springbok Sevens squad will have to deal with both joy and sorrow as they prepare for the Rugby Africa Sevens Olympic Qualifier in Zimbabwe next month. Specman returns to boost Blitzboks One of the good news for the Blitzboks is the return of Rosko Specman, the energetic playmaker and one-cap Springbok speedster, who has opted to re-start his sevens career on a short-term deal with the team. Specman, who…

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has faced backlash for its decision to keep marijuana on the list of prohibited substances for athletes, especially after the suspension of U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson from the Tokyo Olympics. However, some members of WADA’s Prohibited List Expert Advisory Group have defended the ban, arguing that marijuana use violates the “spirit of sport” and poses health and safety risks. Marijuana and the “spirit of sport”…

The chair of the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), David Howman, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the anti-doping policies of other major sports such as football, rugby and golf. He said that many athletes in team sports would go through their careers without being tested once, and that some sports organisations were only interested in ticking the boxes in terms of in-competition testing. AIU introduces new technique to detect steroid use…

A memorable day for the Bulls and the Olympians The USF Football team had a special guest on their last day of fall camp on Saturday, August 22, 2023. They welcomed 40 boys and girls of the Special Olympics to run a play and score a touchdown with the Bulls. For the first time, the Olympians got to experience the thrill of playing on the field with the college athletes.…

Former West Ham striker Iain Dowie enjoyed a successful career both on the field and off it, but his life has taken a surprising turn in recent years. The ex-Northern Ireland international, who also played for Southampton, Crystal Palace and QPR, has swapped football for finance and become a mortgage advisor. A prolific striker in his playing days Dowie started his professional career at Luton Town in 1988, after graduating…

Ramesh Munda’s Remarkable Achievement Ramesh Munda, a student of Jindal Sports Hostel in Barbil, has brought laurels to the country by winning the gold medal in the 11th Sub-junior Asian Wushu Championship held at Macao, China. The hostel has been established and run by the JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) under the direct guidance and supervision of its Hon’ble Chairperson, Smt. Shallu Jindal. Munda,…

A new star is born Sha’Carri Richardson, the 23-year-old American sprinter, has won the gold medal in the women’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday. She clocked a championship record time of 10.65 seconds, beating Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who finished second and third respectively. Richardson’s victory was a remarkable redemption story, as she had missed the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 due…

Test events canceled due to poor water quality One of the most anticipated aspects of the Paris 2024 Games is the fact that open-water swimming events are set to be held in the Seine river. However, the city has been trying to make the Seine swimmable for more than 30 years, and holding Olympic events in the iconic waterway is proving to be one of the greatest challenges facing organizers.…