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Runner number 401 was dead tired and suffering from low blood pressure.She was also last by a wide margin in the 5,000 meters and plodding alone, through a raucous rainstorm, around the track of a near-empty stadium.Bou Samnang, 20, finished the race anyway.Her rain-soaked performance at the Southeast Asian Games this year's edition was hosted this month by her home country, Cambodia would have been a footnote in a tournament that is unknown to most sporting fans outside the region.

The World Baseball Classic is now in its fifth installment of the international tournament, and 2023 has been the most successful yet, setting global engagement and attendance marks never before seen for the event.The 2023 World Baseball Classic drew 1,010,999 fans for the first round of pool play, which is the most in its history, surpassing the 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2017 numbers.

Chris Kamara, one of football's most popular figures, will receive an honour at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.The 65-year-old, known for his catchphrase Unbelievable Jeff, played for nine English professional clubs in a career spanning 20 years before going on to manage Bradford and Stoke.In more recent years he became best known for his work as a pundit and presenter on Sky Sports.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Chris Kamara, one of football's most popular figures, described receiving his MBE from the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle as unbelievable.The 65-year-old, known for his catchphrase unbelievable Jeff, was honoured for services to Association Football, to anti-racism and to charity.

When Alexander Zverev left the French Open last year, it was in a wheelchair.He was in tears.After tearing ligaments in his right ankle while running for a ball, Zverev was forced to retire in the semifinals to the eventual champion, Rafael Nadal.Zverev had hopes of winning his first major title after twice winning the ATP Finals and capturing a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who, in August 1960, broke the track star Jesse Owens's 25-year-old world record in the event, and a year later became the first jumper to break the 27-foot mark, died on Sunday at his home in Peachtree City, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta.He was 83.The cause was complications of a stroke, his son Todd said.

When the crashes were happening in the early 1990s, when Derrick Adkins was emerging as one of the world's top hurdlers, he never thought that the most damaging and lasting injuries he experienced would be the ones he could not see.Adkins focused on the cuts and bruises his body endured as it banged and skidded across the track or, in one case, a broken collarbone that had cracked all the way through.

Russian and Belarusian sailors are set to get their only path to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at a last-chance event in France next year an option described as madness by Russia's top sailing official on Wednesday.The World Sailing governing body said races next April called the Last Chance Regatta for Olympic qualification at the French Riviera resort Hyeres are the targeted opportunity for sailors with a passport from Russia and Belarus to return to international competition as neutral athletes.

Mindfulness with teens sounds amazing, but how do we get past the eye rolls and resistance?Over the years I've thought a lot about this, with a few successes and many failures.So, I'm sharing these five Rs as tips to help get things started.Relevance
A lot of well-intentioned adults believe teens need mindfulness for mental health or for stress relief.

She was out of breath.She probably wasn't supposed to do it.But Jordan Chiles wasn't going to be denied.After scoring her first perfect 10 this season, the UCLA sophomore ducked under the security rope, sprinted up the stairs and celebrated with the woman she calls her hero: her mother."Having her in the audience and being able to get a 10 all in the same moment was just really emotional for me," Chiles said, "because it's something I've always dreamed of."

Allyson Felix didn't have to give USC a pile of money for the field at the Trojans' track stadium to be named for her.Her alma mater will honor Felix, a Los Angeles native and the most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympics history, for giving of herself - for being a shining example of the power of one person and of the great resonance of a voice that might once have trembled but found the strength to bring about change for those whose voices often aren't heard.

When Greg Spagnoli watches Canada take the field in Qatar for World Cup action Wednesday, he won't just be watching a dream 36 years in the making like most Canadians  he'll be paying close attention to three players he coached when they were teens, now on soccer's biggest stage.Spagnoli, a teacher at St. Edmund Campion Secondary School in Brampton, once coached midfielder Jonathan Osorio, forward Cyle Larin and winger Tajon Buchanan.

Former Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis does not remember using insulting language towards Christine Sinclair when she brought the women's soccer team's concerns to him but has apologised for the incident, he said on Thursday.Sinclair, the world's all-time leading international goal scorer, appeared before a parliamentary committee three weeks ago to speak about pay equity, equal treatment and other issues surrounding Canada Soccer.
- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Sinclair said she raised her concerns to Bontis during a meeting last year and he referred back to them later in the gathering, asking: "What was it Christine was bitching about?"

The Russian Athletics Federation has had its doping ban lifted but will still be excluded from international competition due to a ban over the war in Ukraine.World Athletics has voted to lift an eight-year doping ban on Russia, but the nation will remain excluded from international competition because of an ongoing separate ban over the invasion of Ukraine.

Former Chelsea and England goalkeeper Carly Telford has retired, aged 35.Telford, capped 27 times by the Lionesses, won three Women's Super League titles with the Blues.She went to Euro 2017 as a squad member, and played at the 2019 World Cup, also going to the Tokyo Olympics with Great Britain in 2021.

England's Beth Mead is targeting a return for the World Cup in 2023 after becoming the first female footballer to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year.Mead won the Golden Boot and was player of the tournament as England claimed a historic Euro 2022 triumph.The 27-year-old Arsenal forward arrived at the awards on crutches after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury against Manchester United in November.

Beth Mead has gone from not being selected for the Olympics to England superstar and household name in just 12 months.The Arsenal forward's year has seen her break records and light up Euro 2022 and the 27-year-old can now add BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2022 to her extensive list of accolades.

Canada Soccer has threatened to sue the Canadian Soccer Players' Association (CSPA) and the women's national team players who said they are going on strike ahead of next week's SheBelieves Cup, Canadian broadcaster TSN reported Saturday.Players from Canada's women's national team said Friday that they were taking job action due to budget cuts, equal pay issues and an overall lack of support from Canada Soccer.
- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Canada Soccer's threat of legal action came shortly before federation president Nick Bontis and general secretary Earl Cochrane were scheduled to meet with team player representatives, sources told TSN.

Mallory Pugh scored the go-ahead goal in the 56th minute and the U.S. women's national team avoided a fourth straight loss with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Germany on Sunday.Sophia Smith also scored for the top-ranked United States, which went into the match at Red Bull Stadium with its first three-game losing streak since 1993.

The Canadian women's national team said Saturday night that players would return to team activities after Canada Soccer threatened legal action because of their protest over cuts to the women's program.Players did not practice earlier Saturday in preparation for this week's SheBelieves Cup game against the rival US national team in Florida, after announcing a day earlier: The time is now, we are taking job action.

Paris Olympics 2024 Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo attends the 'Kyiv Investment Forum' at the Brussels city hall in Belgium, on November 28, 2022.Hatim Kaghat, AFP Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo changed her stance on Russian competitors at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday saying they should be banned "while the war continues" in Ukraine, her office said.

Business "It used to be kind of old-fashioned sweaters, and people ... learned to knit from grandma, or their mother.Now it's a new ballgame."Annie Webber can usually track the popularity of knitting and crochet by the number of college kids and young adults who pay a visit to her shop, Mind's Eye Yarns in Cambridge.

U.S. women's coach Vlatko Andonovski earned 27% as much as Gregg Berhalter in the year ended last March 31, down slightly from 28% in the previous year.Andonovski earned $446,495, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation's tax filing released Monday, including $50,000 in bonuses for the Americans' third-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics.

MELBOURNE, Australia Few professional runners become household names.But in Australia, Peter Bol, a middle-distance runner of Sudanese descent, is something of a national hero.At the Tokyo Olympics, where he was the first Australian man in 53 years to compete in the 800-meter Olympic final, he hurtled into his compatriots' hearts after he placed fourth in a nail-biter race.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A special envoy at the World Health Organisation (WHO) and a former ITN presenter are to receive honours at Buckingham Palace on Friday.David Nabarro will be knighted for outstanding contribution to global health.

Max Whitlock says British Gymnastics is going in the right direction after the sports body was rocked by abuse allegations against coaches.The Olympic gold medallist spoke about the sport after he was honoured with an OBE by the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle on Wednesday afternoon.Among those also honoured at the investiture ceremony was Sophie Wells, the British para-equestrian Olympic gold medallist and Karen Tonge, chairwoman of British Para Table Tennis.

Athletics star Eilish McColgan is to be given an honorary degree by university bosses.The runner, who competed for Team GB in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is set to be awarded a Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Dundee.Commonwealth champion McColgan, 31, attended the university in 2008 for a maths and accountancy degree and left to compete in the London 2012 Olympics before she could complete her degree.

For the first time in six years, the top players in professional baseball and some hard-charging amateurs will be competing in the World Baseball Classic.If watching stars for the Cardinals and the Padres (and just about every other Major League Baseball team) compete in uniforms that say things like U.S.A. and Korea seems appealing (or at least more appealing than spring training games), here's what to know: The opener, the Netherlands versus Cuba, is Tuesday at 11 p.m., Eastern time.

Mead was the player of the tournament and top scorer at Euro 2022, where the Lionesses defeated Germany in the final at Wembley to win England's first major women's football trophy.The 27-year-old becomes the first women's footballer to win the award.England cricket's Test captain Ben Stokes was second with Winter Olympics curling champion Eve Muirhead third.

You may remember the heartbreak when the Canadian Men's National Basketball team just fell short of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics just a few short years ago.It seems as if this team as done a complete flip from those days, now being 10-0 in the qualifying rounds of the 2023 FIBA World Cup.If you've been following along, the Canadian Men have been playing in hopes of booking their World Cup ticket for over a year, travelling all over North America and the Caribbean to play.

Two-time World Cup winner Carli Lloyd said that the current United States women's national team has lost the winning mentality that once defined it after the team fell to its third-straight loss on Thursday.The USWNT went down 2-1 to Germany at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after an 89th-minute winner from Paula Krumbiegel that swiftly followed an 85th-minute equalizer from veteran Megan Rapinoe.

A popular question since Australian big man Aron Baynes returned to basketball with the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League this past summer after a career-threatening injury during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is whether or not the Boston Celtics would consider bringing him back.It's not looking likely that the Cs, or any other of the 29 teams across the Association for that matter, will be signing him to a contract anytime soon - this at least according to MassLive's Brian Robb.