Olympics
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Breakdancing’s proposed Olympic inclusion ‘humongous’ for the sport
Breakdancing's proposed inclusion in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be "absolutely humongous" for the sport, but squash and karate have reacted with disappointment at missing out on consideration. Along with surfing, climbing
4-min read - EntertainmentAOL
Tom Daley live: Olympic diver joins us in the AOL BUILD LDN Studio
Liven up your Monday (Jan 9) by joining us for a chat with Tom Daley. We will be streaming the event live from 12:30pm or you can watch on-demand later in the day. Bursting onto the Olympic scene at the tender age of 13, after winning gold at
1-min read - SportAOL
Who should win Sports Personality of the Year 2016?
The BBC has released its 16 name shortlist for this year's Sports Personality of the Year award. It's a list heavy with Olympic stars, but world tennis number one Andy Murray goes into the fray already as the bookies' favourite.
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“Anyone can win with the right mindset”: Victoria Pendleton on smashing goals and retiring in her 30s
“If you did a load of physical measurements then you’d see that I’m not special, I have nothing,” Victoria tells Yahoo Style UK. Rather than hop on a bike and find it easy, in fact, Victoria says even from her first race she would ‘make herself sick with effort’. Athletes are taught to focus on their own performance rather than that of her competitors and Victoria agrees that this is definitely a skill anyone can apply to their everyday lives and goals.
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'I'm bored': ten more unusual things to do this weekend for free
It's a Bank Holiday, the end of the month, the end of the summer, and the end of the school holidays. Up and down the country, parents are realising that they don't have endless spare cash to spend on fun days out for the kids, so we
3-min read - NewsAOL
Lotto Medal Event will create 27 Olympic millionaires
The National Lottery is to create 27 extra new millionaires this weekend - one for every gold medal won by Team GB in this year's Rio Olympics. To celebrate the UK's astonishing performance, an extra 67 prizes will be dished out in the
2-min read - NewsMashable
Simone Biles' fierce beach photo started an internet conversation on the male gaze
After the Olympics competition ended, a few of Team USA’s gold medal-winning gymnasts took a well-deserved beach day in Rio.