Wrestling-Back on the mat in new professional promotion, Burroughs dreams of Olympic return
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Jordan Burroughs thought he had stepped off the mat for the last time when he retired after the 2024 world championships, but the Olympic gold medallist never lost his desire to compete and when a new professional promotion came calling the American knew it was time to dust off the singlet.
Fencing-USA Fencing bets on LA 2028 Games to break into mainstream American sports
Aug 20 (Reuters) - USA Fencing CEO Phil Andrews is betting the run-up to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics can make the traditionally niche sport more widely popular in America, hoping that growth can reach beyond its affluent base.
Athletics-Former world champion Simpson diagnosed with rare heart condition
Aug 20 (Reuters) - American Olympic bronze medallist and former 1500 metres world champion Jenny Simpson has been diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a rare inherited heart condition that makes a return to running dangerous, the athlete said on Instagram on Thursday.
Breaking's next move: escaping the long shadow of Raygun
NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Two years after Australian breaker Raygun's much-maligned Olympic performance, the breaking community want to move on from the Paris Games debacle and reshape perceptions of a hip-hop art form they say was unfairly defined by a single routine.
Olympics-Australia's Rugby Sevens squads to move to Brisbane ahead of 2032 Games
SYDNEY, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Australia's Rugby Sevens programmes will move to a new state-of-the-art training facility at Brisbane's Ballymore Stadium complex ahead of the 2032 Olympics in the city, the Queensland government said on Thursday.
Athletics-Hassan eyes New York return armed with lessons from brutal Big Apple debut
Aug 19 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Sifan Hassan has learned just how unforgiving the TCS New York City Marathon course can be and believes that knowledge could prove crucial when she returns for the November 1 race alongside defending champion Hellen Obiri.
As Hyrox's popularity soars, fitness-racing hybrid chases Olympic dream
Aug 19 (Reuters) - From around 650 competitors at its first event to more than a million participants worldwide today, Hyrox has gone from niche fitness challenge to global phenomenon with its sights set on the Olympics in less than a decade.
Badminton-Ukrainian shuttlers voice pain of war at World Championships
NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (Reuters) - For Ukrainian shuttlers Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr, competing at the ongoing World Championships in New Delhi is a way to showcase the resilience of a country battling the invasion by Russia.
Shooting-Ireland's Fairclough sets sights on Olympic skeet glory after funding boost
Aug 18 (Reuters) - After years of struggling to raise the money to keep his dreams of Olympic skeet shooting glory for Ireland afloat, Jack Fairclough is closer to his target than ever thanks to a new tranche of funding from the European Shooting Confederation (ESC).
Swimming-Marchand still the home hero in Paris as new record breakers emerge
PARIS, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Leon Marchand remained the home hero two years on from the Paris Olympics but swimming's European championships, which ended at the weekend, saw the emergence of new world record breakers to challenge the Americans and Australians.
