MONDO DUPLANTIS BREAKS THE POLE VAULT WORLD RECORD WITH 6.24M

Sun 21 April 2024: Armand “Mondo” Duplantis on Saturday broke the pole vault world record at Diamond League competition in Xiamen, China. The reigning world and Olympic champion cleared 6.24 meters to break the record for the eighth time in his career.   The 24-year-old previously cleared heights of 5.62m, 5.82m, 6.00m, and, last September, […]

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NIGERIA’S TUNDE ONAKOYA SETS 60-HOUR NONSTOP CHESS RECORD TO RAISE MONEY FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

Sun 21 April 2024: Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess champion broke the world record for the longest chess marathon by going unbeaten for more than 58 hours in Times Square, New York City, to raise funds for needy children. Onakoya, 29, began his marathon session on Wednesday, intending to earn $1 million for children’s education […]

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IN THE EVENT OF A TERROR THREAT, THE PARIS OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY MAY BE MOVED

A view of summer Olympic 2024 host city Paris (Source: @OlympicsParis) Photograph:(Twitter)   Mon 15 April 2024: French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics will be rescheduled if there is a substantial risk of a terrorist attack, and that backup preparations are in place to deal with […]

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MOROCCO TO BUILD WORLD’S LARGEST FOOTBALL STADIUM AHEAD OF 2030 WORLD CUP

Morocco is set to make history with the construction of the Grand Stade de Casablanca, a proposed stadium that would be the largest football stadium in the world. The North African country will host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, with aspirations for the mega-project to surpass Spain’s Bernabeu or Camp Nou as the […]

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RUSSIAN, BELARUSIAN ATHLETES ‘NOT WELCOME’ AT OLYMPICS – PARIS MAYOR

Mon 01 April 2024: Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Saturday Russian and Belarusian athletes “were not welcome” at the Olympics being staged in the French capital this year. “I want to tell Russian and Belarusian athletes that they are not welcome in Paris and to tell Ukrainian athletes and all the Ukrainian people that we support them very […]

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DJOKOVIC WITHDRAWS FROM MIAMI OPEN AFTER SHOCK LOSS TO WORLD NO 123 LUCA NARDI

Sun 17 March 2024: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will skip the Miami Open saying, less than a week after a surprise loss at Indian Wells, that he needs to balance his “private and professional schedule”. Djokovic’s announcement Saturday on his social media accounts follows his 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 defeat to unheralded Luca Nardi on Monday in the third […]

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“MONEY CHANGES PEOPLE. IT CAN BREAK UP A FAMILY. IT CAN CREATE A WAR”

Sun 03 March 2024: In this exclusive episode recorded before news that Paul Pogba had tested positive for heightened testosterone, host Iman Amrani delved deep into the life and journey of the football legend. Pogba opens up about resilience in the face of criticism, the pressures of fame, and the experiences that have shaped him […]

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