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Former high jump world champion found dead at cemetery near Pretoria
Daily Mail· 16 hours agoHe retired from sport in 2013 and was said to have in recent times been sleeping on the streets or...
World Champion High Jumper Found Shot to Death Near South African Cemetery
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 1 day agoThe body of South African high jump superstar Jacques Freitag was found this week riddled with...
Unsponsored entering Olympic trials, Eric Holt strikes deal with Puma before advancing in 800 meters
Associated Press via Yahoo Sport· 7 days agoMiddle distance runner Eric Holt circled the track Thursday night feeling faster, flashier and...
How to eat like an Olympian. Inside the world’s largest restaurant feeding over 15,000 athletes and...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance UK· 3 days agoEight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt notoriously ate only chicken nuggets during the Beijing...
Holloway makes Olympics with 110 hurdles win as Lyles, Richardson roll on
AFP via Yahoo Sport· 5 days agoThree-time world champion Grant Holloway punched his ticket to the Paris Olympics on Friday in the...
Ed Warner: Ronaldo, Federer, Bolt, Biles – what makes a sporting icon?
CityAM via Yahoo Finance UK· 22 hours agoKnowing what an icon looks or feels like to us makes it no easier for a superstar to be elevated to...
The Most Amazing Olympic Medal Moments from the Past 50 Years
People via Yahoo Sport· 3 days agoBryant, who died in 2020, was captain of the 2008 team which also included LeBron James, Dwayne...
Holloway blazes into Olympics in 110m hurdles
ESPN.co.uk· 5 days ago"After the 100s, I was thinking I could come out here and attack the American record again, maybe the world record. We'll see," said Lyles, who won the...
Teen phenom going to Olympics on 4x400 squad
ESPN.co.uk· 3 days agoAt the time, he was participating in the Junior Olympics as an 8-year-old. "I remember I see Justin Gatlin and Usain Bolt go head-to-head and I was just...
Rapinoe made history with feat no other footballer achieved at an Olympic Games
Talk Sport· 6 days agoAn Olimpico is a spectacular feat rarely seen in football. The term applies to a goal scored...