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After a long build-up the additional sports for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are now finally official. Well, sort of. Breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding and ...

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Break dancing is coming to the Olympics. It was provisionally approved for the 2024 games in France.

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Canadian breakdancers are expressing mixed feelings about the danceform moving closer to becoming an Olympic sport — with some enthusiastic about the ...

West Ham United will compete in the Premier League Asia Trophy for a second time, having previously taken part in the 2009 edition of the tournament.

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Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medallist and four division champion who was regarded as one of the greatest defensive fighters ever, has died after being hit ...

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Former gold medalist Yasuhiro Yamashita has been elected to lead the scandal-mired Japanese Olympic Committee.

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Jamaica's Olympic sprint queens Elaine Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce showed Friday that they aren't ceding the 100m throne to breakout American ...

This week, the International Olympic Committee unanimously advanced a proposal to bring breakdancing to the Paris 2024 games (the idea still has to pass one ...

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Noah Lyles responded to his first outdoor 200m defeat in three years with his fastest time ever, a 19.50 bettered only by Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Michael ...

Double Olympic champ Dorian van Rijsseberghe wants to see windfoiling crafts replace the RS:X class at Paris 2024, and bring more fans to sailing.

Coco Gauff is the youngest player to get this far at Wimbledon since 1991.

Olympic champion Jack Laugher claims a second 3m springboard Tokyo 2020 Olympic place for Great Britain by reaching the individual World final.

Chad le Clos faces a showdown with American Caeleb Dressel at the world championships.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has announced that India House will be set up in Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics to provide hygienic food to Indian athletes who ...

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Rory McIlroy admits that a fear of missing out fuelled his decision to change tack on Olympic ambitions and declare himself available to represent Ireland at the ...

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Alison Riske made her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.

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A two-year name could be coming soon for the 'Support Women's Sport Basin Reserve'.

Paris, the 2024 host city, wants to reach young city-dwellers and make the Games more interactive with the proposed addition of these popular sports.

Olympic gold medallists usually cash in after their big moment on the podium through sponsorship deals and paid appearances.

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The IOC Executive Board today supported the recommendation of the Olympic Programme Commission to put forward Paris 2024's proposal for new sports ...

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Despite a late push, Canada fell 15-14 against Hungary in women's water polo at the world aquatics championships on Tuesday, in Gwangju, South Korea.

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Christian Coleman beat world champion Justin Gatlin in the Pre Classic 100m.

Olympic sports leaders have criticized Tokyo Games organizers for cutting spending on how events will be presented at venues next year.

Get your diaries out – it's starting to feel very real: Tokyo 2020 today announced the order of events for each sporting session at next summer's Olympic Games.

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This week's program includes coverage of the beach volleyball world championships in Hamburg, Germany.