The disgraced former Paralympian track star Oscar Pistorius was spotted for the first time in eight years following his release from prison for the murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, now 37, served nine years of a 13-year prison sentence
Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie. With a schedule packed with ice skating practices, her Barbie dolls became her “best friends.” So, it’s surreal for the decorated Olympian figure skater to now be a Barbie girl
Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat has reportedly been stabbed to death in Kenya. World Athletics confirmed the death of the 34-year-old long-distance runner, while Kenyan police have launched an investigation. Kiplagat was reportedly found dead in a car near the Kenyan town of
Olympic snowboarder Shaun White is giving back to the environment that has given him the world. In partnership with Park City, Utah’s High West Distillery, White has committed to helping to preserve America’s western landscape with several projects. In an interview with
A man has been arrested after a former Team GB Olympian died in a horror crash with a truck outside a garden centre. Now his heartbroken family have paid tribute to Anthony Brian Hebditch, 75, who was killed outside the Titchfield garden
35 years ago (1988) We reported how the shamed sprinter Ben Johnson was sent home from the Seoul Olympics in South Korea after being stripped of his gold medal following his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs. The Canadian athlete was banned from
Helen Smart, a former member of Britain’s Olympic swim team who also won silver medals at the World Championships and European Championships, has died. She was 42. Smart was known as Helen Don-Duncan before she married. Smart’s family and British Swimming both
Space tourist Jon Goodwin reached for the stars and jumped for joy yesterday after racking up a string of out-of-this world achievements. The 80-year-old Parkinson’s sufferer with the motto “anything is possible” defied the disease to become Virgin Galactic’s first paying passenger,
U.S. Figure Skating (USFS) hired Kelsey Parker Gislason as its senior manager of high performance development, despite her support for a national champion accused of sexual assault. John Coughlin was accused of sexual assault by at least four female skaters – Coughlin
Inga Thompson, a three-time Olympian who came out against cycling’s transgender participation policy in wake of Austin Killips’ Tour of the Gila win, said Friday she was surprised over the way her former team ridiculed her for her viewpoints. Thompson called for