Brighton Zeuner: The ‘insecure little teen’ going for gold in Tokyo

Brighton Zeuner has won two X Games gold medals and and a Vans Park Series World Championship title Sixteen-year-old Brighton Zeuner has already won some of skateboarding’s biggest titles. In 2015, aged 11, she was the youngest female athlete to ever compete at the X-Games. She began competing professionally in 2016 and went on to […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Team GB women’s footballers full of confidence before Japan game

Next fixture: Japan v Great Britain Date: 24 July Kick-off: 11:30 BST Venue: Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Coverage: Watch on BBC Red Button, iPlayer and online. Follow live text coverage on the website. Listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Great Britain women’s football squad have “a lot of confidence” after beginning their Tokyo Games

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Tokyo Olympics: Russian archer faints in heat & rowing schedule changed due to weather

Temperatures reached 33C in the archery dome on Friday A Russian archer fainted in intense heat during Olympic qualifying and the rowing schedule was changed with the Tokyo weather in the spotlight as the Games officially opened. Svetlana Gomboeva, 23, collapsed while checking her scores. She regained consciousness and left on a stretcher. Earlier this

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Tokyo Olympics: Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce trying to reach ‘great things’

Fraser-Pryce won gold in the women’s 100m at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 “I’ve had big things. I’m trying to get to the great things.” In Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s world, two Olympic gold medals and nine World Championship titles only count as ‘big’. Three Olympic gold medals, now that would be ‘great’. If the Jamaican sprinter

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Tokyo Olympics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s battles with injury & self-doubt in pursuit of gold

Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s sliding doors moment came courtesy of south Liverpool’s bus network. Then aged 10, she used to hop aboard to travel the six miles from her home in Halewood to Liverpool Harriers’ base in Wavertree Park. She headed there as a high jumper. Her talent was obvious – tall and agile, she had broken

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Tokyo Olympics: A Games in a pandemic, new sports, British medal hopes and global stars to watch

The Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony takes place at the Olympic Stadium on Friday (12:00 BST) Venue: Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Date: Friday, 23 July Starts: 12:00 BST Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text on BBC Sport website and app. The Tokyo Olympic Games are

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New Dune Trailer Unleashes a Giant Sandworm on Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya

Watch movies outside the country with secure Aeroshield Smart DNS A new trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has been released, teasing the upcoming movie’s simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max. Featuring new footage from the anticipated release, the trailer comes as IMAX offers a special look event for the movie at theaters around

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