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You mean the 2028 Games.

Apologies if this isn’t the right place for this article Several victims of Washington DC plane crash were US Figure Skating Championship contestants https://ca.news.yahoo.com/several-victims-washington-dc-plane-073305866.html

The Games are in China so I think the North Koreans will be taking part.

Figure skater Aleksandr Korovin recently took his oath as a naturalised citizen of the Philippines. He will compete with Isabella Gamez in the pairs event at the upcoming Asian Winter Games.

That’s good news. There’s been no mention of the team in the local papers at all. If they go, I think they’ll be the first Philippine athletes to represent the country in a team event at the World Games.

'Raygun' retires from breaking after Paris 2024 Olympic Games backlash https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-07/raygun-retires-from-breaking-after-olympic-backlash/104571362?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf275335925&utm_campaign=abc_grandstand&utm_source=m.facebook.com&sf275335925=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawGY-QtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbe6ijh-yXW42xW9HKhTcAnaw8oNFJXGZ4d5CULHnEigQyOFQ6KFFESsqg_aem_A2HqQ31MptR5LQPoJclXxg

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy announces his cancer is terminal https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4dr9xdxgro

Competition Schedule for the 2025 Summer University Games https://multimedia.rhineruhr2025.com/competition-schedule-en Regulations for the 2025 Summer University Games. Includes a list of the sports and events being contested https://multimedia.rhineruhr2025.com/rhine-ruhr-2025-games-regulations

Australian breaker Raygun is currently ranked number one in the world — the World DanceSport Federation has explained why https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/raygun-ranked-number-one-in-the-world-explainer/104335934?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf274595113&utm_campaign=abc_grandstand&utm_source=m.facebook.com&sf274595113=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR14ireGWTfbhHBmzbIIXH7gW3jPULyMBOUWsCUJFQ2pV0A1m_yXfaIH3oc_aem_aQ5M9mCSjzM104BXKeHhqw Ranked number one in the world on the basis of her winning the Oceania Continental Championship

2025 Summer University Games: Berlin will be the venue for swimming and diving as well as volleyball. https://rhineruhr2025.com/en/news/rhine-ruhr-2025-berlin-becomes-another-venue

RIP. Rebecca Cheptegei https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2024-09-05-athlete-rebecca-cheptegei-is-dead/

Pole vaulter EJ Obiena ends his season after he was diagnosed with a fractured spine. He will be skipping the Diamond League final in Brussels. https://www.rappler.com/sports/ej-obiena-calls-off-rest-season-spine-injury-2024/

Paralysed by an ex-boyfriend, Otto rises as Paralympian https://www.bbc.com/sport/archery/articles/cp089q32yrqo

Three pages for everything else is better than what we have here in the Philippines. The newspaper I subscribe to usually has just one page for sports and it’s got nothing worthwhile to read.

I can understand if they don’t have the multi-events and the walks on the athletic programme, but no javelin?

The medals race this year was even closer than the one in Tokyo. Like in three years ago, it was decided on the last day by the gold medals won by Jennifer Valente in cycling and the US women’s basketball team.

Jennifer Valente on top of the omnium with 144 points after the points race. This medals race is going to be decided by the women’s basketball final between the United States and France

Another triple double in the bronze medal game. This time from Nikola Jokic. 19 points 12 rebounds and 11 assists.

Maybe they don’t want to share the $50,000 prize money

Bummer. I was hoping Kerr and McEwen would just share the gold medal and get the event over with

Clean sweep for Cuba in the men’s triple jump

Cuban athletes in the top three positions of the men’s triple jump at the moment - but all representing other countries

LeBron James registers a rare Olympic triple double https://basketnews.com/news-210341-lebron-james-registers-a-rare-olympic-triple-double.html

You’re right. I must have misheard the commentators.

Triple double for LeBron James. 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Just the third time in Olympic history, two of them from James