From Abebe Bikila to Letsile Tebogo, African athletes have made history at the Olympics. Relive some of the greatest sporting moments from the continent ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

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A Trowbridge woman has described the ‘surreal’ experience of finishing third at the world championships for a sport set to be included in the next Olympics.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams on Sunday said he is donating $100 million to rebuild an Israeli hospital that suffered heavy damage from an Iranian missile in June. Adams ...

Across a glittering career, Bolt became an 11-time world champion, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, and broke the 100m world record three times. Yet, there is one distinction that escaped even ...