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Just after 2am UK time Luke Aikins, a Hollywood stuntman, stepped out of a plane 25,000 feet above the Simi Valley in California and plunged to earth without a parachute. (more…)... [Read more]
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A charity campaigner with dwarfism fell 15,000 feet to her death during one of her first solo skydives having backed out of two jumps hours earlier, an inquest has been told. (more…)... [Read more]
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Fran Halsall has retired with a sense of injustice at being denied a medal in Rio by a doper, she tells Rick Broadbent. (more…)... [Read more]
July 13, 2016 No Comments
Badminton is one of five sports to be stripped of funding for the next Olympic cycle despite the sport delivering a bronze medal at the Rio Games this summer. (more…)... [Read more]
June 29, 2016 No Comments
Despite the lingering doubts over doping, Matt Dickinson hopes we can revel in athletes’ pursuit of immortality. (more…)... [Read more]
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