'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport then-16-year-old swimmer Ye Shiwen of China obliterated the competition on the final lap of the women's 400m individual medley race. Her final 50m was faster than American star Ryan Lochte's final ... 04/21/2024 - 6:36 pm | View Link
Titmus calls for stars to earn fair slice of $7b Olympic bounty Should IOC money should filter down to the athletes who win medals? Australian swim stars Ariarne Titmus and Zac Stubblety-Cook have weighed into the debate, with the Olympic breaststroke champion ... 04/17/2024 - 2:47 pm | View Link
In-form swimmer Pieter Coetze sets sights on Olympic gold Backstroke specialist Pieter Coetze, seen here at the World Championships earlier this year, won five gold medals at the national championships. Picture: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP He admitted he was ... 04/14/2024 - 12:28 am | View Link
Olympic-bound swimmer felt pure relief after record A swimmer who qualified for the Olympics said it was "just pure relief" when he realised he had broken the British 100m backstroke record. Oliver Morgan's success at the British Championships in ... 04/5/2024 - 6:40 am | View Link
Team GB flag fury is just the latest Olympic kit controversy Swimmer Ryan Lochte, decathlete Bryan Clay, rower Giuseppe Lanzone and soccer player Heather Mittsmodeling the the official Team USA Opening Ceremony Parade Uniform (Picture: AP) Ralph Loren ... 04/3/2024 - 11:38 pm | View Link
King Charles III is set to visit a cancer treatment center with his wife, Queen Camilla, on Tuesday to mark his return to public-facing duties after receiving treatment and recuperating following his cancer diagnosis, Buckingham Palace said Friday.
The Palace announced in February that the King, 75, had been diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer.
The strapping grandeur of Myron’s Discobolus notwithstanding, it’s weirdly taboo to acknowledge the sensual appeal of athletes. Somehow we’re not supposed to notice the sassy-tight buns of football players in their tiny stretch pants, or the easy bedroom drawl of a basketball player’s limbs. The message seems to be, Sports are serious business!
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Challengers.
What is it about tennis that reminds directors of sex? Is it the fact that, unlike swimming or golf, the player must look across the net directly at their opponent? Is it the sheer athleticism on display? Is it the obvious love pun in the scoring?
Poultry producers will be required to bring salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to help prevent food poisoning under a final rule issued Friday by U. S. agriculture officials.
When the regulation takes effect in 2025, salmonella will be considered an adulterant—a contaminant that can cause foodborne illness—when it is detected above certain levels in frozen breaded and stuffed raw chicken products.
Fragments of the bird flu virus have been found in about one fifth of commercial milk samples tested in a U. S. nationally representative study, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
While the presence of traces of the virus in milk doesn’t necessarily indicate a risk to consumers, more tests are needed to confirm if intact pathogen is present and remains infectious, the FDA said in a statement on its website.
We had expected that seeing a total solar eclipse in the path of totality would be the highlight of our trip. In hindsight, it was also the perfect excuse to be together, three generations on a simple road trip through five states.
On April 6, three of us set out from Lakewood — me, my 23-year-old son Ryan and 85-year-old mother, Mary — toward Oklahoma, near the Texas and Arkansas borders.