Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in hospital after she was allegedly set on fire by a former lover. The 33-year-old Ugandan athlete reportedly received burns to 75 per cent of her body in the incident. Reports say Cheptegei was in Kenya after the Olympics, and the alleged attack happened in her house in the … Read more
“I don’t get them just to get them,” she continues. “Like, one is a quote from my grandpa. It says, ‘Where you are, I have been, where I am, you will be.’ He used to tell us that all the time and he passed away, so that’s very sentimental to me.” After the 2020 Summer … Read more
Toyota has built some pretty incredible racers in its time. Cars like the Toyota Celica ST185 triumphed in World Rally in the 1990s and the TS050 Hybrid has become a formidable Le Mans racer for the Toyota Gazoo Racing team. Now, the Japanese team has a new racer that’s ready to conquer the streets of … Read more
A “numb” Jaryd Clifford is reeling from the heartache of being told his Paralympics bronze medal had been snatched away from him after the 5000m runner was disqualified for a breach of rules. Clifford crossed the line in third place in the men’s T13 final at the Stade de France on Saturday. But his ecstasy … Read more
At first we studied how my disabilities and prosthesis might affect my ability to meet the requirements in-flight. At a later stage we went into detail, to the point of figuring out, for example, whether I should compulsorily use my prosthesis in space, since legs are hardly used there. In summary, I can say that … Read more
The identity of a former elite swimming coach can now be revealed after it was proven he perpetrated dozens of horrific sexual assaults on six young athletes who trained under him in the 1970s and ‘80s. Richard ‘Dick’ Caine, now aged in his late 70s, was on Wednesday found to have committed 39 acts, including … Read more
Six months before the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Dirk Hoke, CEO of Volocopter, was still hopeful. “[We’re] making people aware that this is not science fiction,” he told WIRED in February, touting the flying taxi as a sustainable, safe and quiet mode of transport that would become normal in just a few years. “It works and … Read more
Australian football superstar Mary Fowler has copped a media grilling in WA ahead of the Perth International Football Cup. Fowler, who is representing Manchester City, was rolled out to journalists on Tuesday as her team prepares to take on Leicester on Wednesday at HBF Park. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mary Fowler opens up on Olympics … Read more
Cairns will join Townsville as a home to a boutique rectangular stadium of an approximate 20,000 capacity — before even Brisbane gets one — with the far north Queensland city securing a 2032 Olympics venue. Barlow Park will be upgraded at an estimated cost of $91 million ahead of its expected hosting of group-stage matches … Read more
Olympic gold medallist Shayna Jack has announced her engagement to Australian hockey player, Joel Rintala. In a joint post, the sporting power couple simply wrote the date of their special day: “10•08•2024”. That means they got engaged over two weeks ago, when the Olympics were still running in Paris — though the swimming program had … Read more
