•Elaine Thompson-Herah/AP/Alastair Grant Elaine Thompson-Herah, who is the only woman to have won the 100m and 200m at successive Olympic Games, pulled out of the Paris Olympics with an achilles injury. “I am hurt and devastated to be missing the…
Swimmer Goodburn diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours
British swimmer Archie Goodburn has revealed he has been diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours. The 23-year-old, from Edinburgh, started suffering from numbness and seizures in the build-up to the Olympics trials – where he missed out on qualification by a…
African athletics championships in Cameroon marred by shortcomings
Under fire from critics, Cameroon has just organised its second African senior athletics championship which took place in the virtually empty Japoma Stadium in Douala. Nearly 800 athletes from all over the continent took part in this 23rd edition of…
Wembanyama ‘can’t wait’ for possible battle with Team USA in Paris
Victor Wembanyama plays against the top names in the game with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. He said he can’t wait to do the same for France at the Paris Olympics. The NBA Rookie of the Year was…
