An eye-watering photo of Novak Djokovic posing with Olympic gymnasts has gone viral with a five-time gold medallist lauding his ability. Novak Djokovic is going viral after a photograph taken of him behind the scenes at the Olympics was shared to social media. The Serbian...
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Tokyo Olympics 2021: Novak Djokovic photo posing with gymnasts goes viral
Novak Djokovic is going viral after a photograph taken of him behind the scenes at the Olympics was shared to social media. The Serbian tennis superstar posed in an eye-watering position with the Belgian gymnastics team. Nina Derwael shared two images of herself and Djokovic...
Tokyo Olympic Games 2020: men’s road race gold, boxing, swimming and more – live!
7.29pm EDT 19:29 Trivia and new sports Miguel Aviles has answered my question about the hat trick in the first day of women’s football competition with Vivienne Miedema of the Netherlands. I suppose so, though she went on to score a fourth. I’d actually forgotten...
Mauricio Pochettino signs one-year extension with Paris Saint-Germain just six months into the job
Mauricio Pochettino signs one-year contract extension with PSG just six months into the job… with Argentine overseeing an exciting summer after interest from Tottenham Mauricio Pochettino replaced Thomas Tuchel as PSG manager in January He signed an 18-month deal with the option of an extra...
Broadcast mistakes Mills for a woman
He might be one of Australia’s most famous athletes but apparently Patty Mills isn’t a big name in Canada. That’s Patty short for Patrick not Patricia, mate. In one of the biggest TV bloopers of all-time, a Canadian broadcaster mistook one of Australia’s most famous...
Canadian broadcast mistakes Australia’s Patty Mills for a woman at Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
That’s Patty short for Patrick not Patricia, mate. In one of the biggest TV bloopers of all-time, a Canadian broadcaster mistook one of Australia’s most famous male athletes for a woman at Friday night’s opening ceremony. The basketball veteran made history as he became Australia’s...
Arsenal v Chelsea brings WSL an exciting start to a season like no other | Louise Taylor
Jonas Eidevall had barely arrived in London before he began assembling tanks on the front lawns of assorted rivals. “We can win the Women’s Super League,” the super-confident Swede declared last month after succeeding Joe Montemurro as Arsenal’s manager. Chelsea’s Emma Hayes has very different...
Naomi Osaka is Japan’s Olympic poster girl and face of a changing nation ahead of the Tokyo Games
Naomi Osaka would have been forgiven for turning her back on Japan when the time came to choose her citizenship. Her mother Tamaki grew up in Hokkaido, Japan, and her father Leonard Francis grew up in Haiti. To many in Japanese society Osaka was different...
Tokyo 2021: Spanish swimmer Ona Carbonell speaks up about breastfeeding rules
Spanish artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell has taken to instagram to have a (rightful) crack at organisers after their strict rules surrounding Covid forced her to choose between competing and breastfeeding her baby boy. “For all of you thinking ‘hmmmm i thought they changed the rules...
US fencer Alen Hadzic kept apart from team in Tokyo after sexual misconduct claims
One day before the Tokyo Olympic Games were slated to officially begin, fencer Alen Hadzic, Team USA’s men’s épée alternate, lost his appeal to move into the Olympic Village, according to a report from USA Today. Hadzic qualified for the Tokyo Games in May. Shortly...