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Sportsperson of the year for nations within GBR Neil and Andrew Simpson (Para-Skiing) Olivia Breen (Para-Athletics) Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics)

It is. But Felix Sienra of Uruguay also became the longest lived Olympian of all time this week. The sailor from 1948 will became the first Olympian to reach his 107th birthday on Saturday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/64297128

OK, This is not a difficult question. The answer is 106 years 361 days as of today, 17 January 2023, but what is the record and who holds it?

"The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has threatened to boycott the upcoming African Nations Championship unless host country Algeria agrees to its requests FRMF President Fouzi Lekjaa is demanding that a direct Royal Air Maroc flight is set up from Rabat to Constantine, where the Moroccan national team is due to play its group matches. Algerian authorities have previously closed its airspace to Morocco and remains adamant in its stance. "We are only obliged to provide transport for the participating teams within the national territory," said Organising Committee President Rachid Oukali, explaining that it was not the body's responsibility to provide direct flights, as reported by Atalayar. "Most of the African countries coming to Algeria will have stopovers." The Moroccan National Press Council has also sent a letter to President Patrice Motsepe of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) asking for Algeria to guarantee Moroccan journalists the freedom of the press, freedom of expression and human rights at the Championship."

I wonder what would happen if the IOC allow Russia and Belarus to compete and then, for instance, the next day Russian missiles wipe out a hospital or orphanage in Ukraine. The IOC would have a lot to lose in that situation. Are they brave/foolish enough to risk that?

This is a comment by one of the leading observers of the IOC. "All the indications point to boxing being excluded from Paris 2024; boxing has been a part of the Games continuously since 1920. There is a possibility of a challenger federation being organized, but at this point, the IOC seems ready to simply exclude the sport. If so, it’s unlikely that the IOC’s issues with the IBA would be settled by the fall and boxing would then be likely to be skipped in 2028 as well. Maybe that’s what Kremlev has in mind anyway, as he recently made an agreement with the World Boxing Association (WBA) to create a joint pathway to professional boxing. In that case, a new Olympic-focused boxing federation could emerge, despite Kremlev’s insistence that the IBA is the owner of worldwide amateur boxing."

Not really the way to keep a happy team, is it?

This story continues to get worse. There are 24 Chinese players who play on the World Tour, 10 are now suspended on suspicion of fixing matches including their two best players.

Actually number of athletes banned by World Athletics at this exact moment

Centralized sewage treatment plants?

Not a hard job. You can empty a septic tank with a slurry tanker in a matter of minutes. The hardest bit would be the design of buildings to allow access quickly.

How many marathon runners qualified at the Valencia Marathon last month?

No we don't... The other Welshman in the quarter final is hugely popular, Price definitely isn't

What an idiot...