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During high-stakes international sports events, athletes occasionally embark on the brave journey of seeking asylum. In a striking recent example, Iranian women's football players opted for Australia, ...

The choice for some Iranian women's soccer team members to stay in Australia is not the first time athletes have travelled for a sporting competition and chosen to stay.

The United States won gold at the first three installments of the mixed 400 free relay, in 2015, 2017 and 2019, before winning what appears to be the last title in 2025. In between, Australia won the ...

Priscah Cherono, a 45-year-old mother of three from Kenya, crossed the finish line first among the elite women in the LA Marathon today and snared the coveted Marathon Chase title, too — moments ...

Union Minister Raksha Khadse stated that India's Olympic medal count can improve only with a multi-fold rise in women's sports participation. She made the remarks at the launch of the nationwide ...

Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Raksha Nikhil Khadse on Sunday said that India's medal count at the Olympic ...

Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh avoided a head-to-head race, but they posted the fastest times in the world in the 1500m ...

Summer McIntosh came in just behind her best time in a dominant 200 freestyle performance while Gretchen Walsh starred in the 100 fly semis.

In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, 18-year-old Francina Elsje Koen (pronounced COON) finished fifth in the women’s 4x100-meter ...

She revolutionized women’s sprinting with her speed and flamboyant fashion sense, and was a three-time gold medalist at the ...

TOKYO, JAPAN, March 01 — Former World Record holder Brigid Kosgei simply ran away from the women’s field in the 2026 Tokyo ...