I never liked jigsaws – so what am I doing representing the US at the ‘puzzle Olympics’?
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My back aches. I’m sweating. My bladder is sending out distress signals. I’ve been going full throttle for three hours, and have five hours to go, but I can’t slow down. Not when the stakes are so high: I’m representi...
New boards please: Wimbledon to drop Mrs and Miss on women’s honour roll
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The All England Lawn Tennis Club has decided to change Wimbledon’s honour roll for the Championships next month, removing titles before the names of its female champions in line with the tournament’s presentation of i...
Matildas’ Ellie Carpenter in race to be fit for Women’s World Cup after ACL blow
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Matildas defender Ellie Carpenter faces a race against time to be fit and firing for Australia’s Women’s World Cup tilt on home soil after scans confirmed she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in the Women’s Cha...
I went wild swimming in a chilly river and haven’t had a panic attack since
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I was at my wits’ end when I finally lowered myself into the River Wensum, in Norfolk, at the tail end of autumn 2019. My quest to find a cure for my severe anxiety and decades’ worth of weekly – sometimes daily – pan...
Lyon’s one-club mentality raises the bar in the women’s European game
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The gold glitter that spun around the Lyon players as they celebrated an eighth Champions League title in 10 final appearances brought an enthralling European season to a close. So, what did we learn along the way? Ta...
Zac Stubblety-Cook breaks world 200m breaststroke record at Australian swimming championships
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Zac Stubblety-Cook is struggling to grasp the the fact that he has become Australian swimming’s latest world record-holder. Stubblety-Cook had a simple goal in Thursday night’s final of the 200m breaststroke at the Au...
US women’s and men’s teams agree historic deal to share World Cup prize money
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The US men’s and women’s soccer teams will share prize money from their respective World Cups equally in a historic agreement announced on Wednesday. US Soccer and the unions for the two teams reached the deal during ...