The powerful gesture by the Iranian players in refusing to sing their national anthem and the furore over the rainbow armbands have made it a week to remember at the FIFA World Cup.

The boos and whistling began when they stepped down,’" Dwight Chapin in the Los Angeles Times recorded.Collett

I never stand at attention," Matthews told the New York Times afterwards.

There they were told that the world athletics authorities "had complained strongly".IOC minutes record

American athletes.Vince Matthews was part of the victorious US 4x400m relay squad in Mexico, where all

to participate in the medal ceremony.Lord Killanin, a member of the Executive Board, suggested that "all

Swimming coach Lee Portingale, who trains Britain's triple world champion Mark Evens, has called for the rules on Down's syndrome swimmers at the Paralympics to be changed.

with Down's syndrome also has a physical disability," said Evens' mother Julie, per ITV.4 x open World Record

I do it for best times & medals & records as well.Looking forward to seeing all of you at the

The FIFA World Cup is due to begin on Sunday (November 20) when Qatar play Ecuador to launch the latest major global sporting event to take place in November.

 They all came from Kingaroy, a peanut growing district near Cherbourg in Queensland."

jump competition proved to be scorching hot.After an exhausting competition, Hobson produced a Games record

The conduct of the boxers under my charge was at all times excellent,never have I had a team of such

and Blair was " a little unlucky" to be defeated in his second round lightweight bout.Dynevor went all

Australia, won 38 gold medals at the Games, four of them won by legendary swimmer Dawn Fraser.Amongst

July 31 this year. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Packed out. Sound booming. And it’s one of those nights…

England's multiple Olympic champion and world record-holder Adam Peaty, in his comeback final after breaking

But silver in the men's 200 metres butterfly brings his total of Commonwealth medals to 18 - thus equalling

They definitely were my darkest times," she recalls.

I was locking myself in my room, on my phone all the time, I almost cried myself to sleep every night

I’d love to get another gold medal but it’s all about the training.

Fifty years ago, on a November day in New York, the lid on a new professional athletics circuit was lifted.

Seagren was its first winner.American sprinter Wyomia Tyus, centre, won two individual Olympic 100m gold medals

"All my life I have run for Kenya, now I run for Kip," was how Doug Gardner reported the signing in the

 "Wave during introductions, smile, turn to all sides of the arena and acknowledge the applause,

Evans lowered the 600m world record to 1:16.7.

refused to recognise them.There were also competitions which foreshadowed the mixed relays in more recent times

Never come back, they say. And in general - as we have very recently seen - they are right. But not every comeback has to end in a protagonist departing with his shirt-tail between his legs.

ImagesIn 1979, Muhammad Ali retired having become the first man to win the heavyweight championship three times

nbsp;In 2021 Helen Glover - twice Olympic champion in the women’s pair with Heather Stanning and three times

 "The reward is knowing that we crossed the line giving it our all," Glover commented.

Lance Armstrong, had called it a day after winning his seventh consecutive Tour de France.That proud record

for the Cleveland Indians.In 1968, almost ten years after he had last played, Paige made an appeal to all

The silver medal won by home long jumper Luz Long behind Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics is being auctioned for an expected price of $1 million (£900,000/€1.02 million).

Tell him, Jesse, what times were like when we were not separated by war.

starting marker backwards after fouling on the first two of his three allocated attempts.The world record

ease and went on to contest the gold in stirring fashion with Long, who equalled his first Olympic record

You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship

the light heavyweight division at the Rome 1960 Olympics.Frequently dubbed as the greatest boxer of all

the featherweight division at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.He later enjoyed an undefeated professional record

Beijing 2008 and then the lightweight gold at London 2012.At the IBA World Championships, he won two gold medals

[/modal][modal title="Nicola Adams" id="nicola-adams"]Britain's Nicola Adams won two Olympic gold medals

Indian is the only female fighter to win the International Boxing Association's World Championships six times

the IBA.Kremlev and Al-Kazem then took a tour of the EOC's Olympic Museum.Egypt's last Olympic boxing medals

Kazakhstan won five medals at the Men’s World Boxing Championships in Serbia, held in October and November

Mongolia is one of the Asian boxing powers which earned medals and titles throughout their history at

In recent times, national boxing has been growing actively and the results are remarkable."

 "A record-breaking number of 73 teams are competing here while only 30 competed at the first [Women's

Eliud Kipchoge, who yesterday took 30 seconds off his own world marathon record in running 2 hours 1min

Speaking before his latest record-breaking performance, Kipchoge said: "Running all six major marathons

I have to complete all the six marathons to get that medal!"

Six Star Medal was introduced by the World Marathon Majors in 2016 to honour the runners who complete all

the Berlin race on four of the six occasions he has taken part in it, and has also won London four times

Kipchoge is also committed to trying to become he first athlete to win three Olympic marathon gold medals

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has finished its investigation into Kamila Valieva's failed drugs test and disciplinary hearings could take place later this month.

because of the failed drugs test.The United States finished second, Japan third and Canada fourth - but all

could be in line for an upgrade.American figure skaters appealed to he CAS to be given silver medals

allowing the then 15-year-old to compete in the women's event at Beijing 2022.The IOC, ISU and WADA all

CAS to have a provisional suspension reimposed, but these were dismissed.Valieva, who holds the world record

women's event and was in tears at the end.The ROC skater led after the short programme but fell several times

It was somehow fitting that England's cricketers should win the decisive match in the Test series against South Africa at the Oval in London earlier this week.

angle.Even so the Games did have a genuine superstar in Czech runner Emil Zátopek.His feat of winning gold medals

championship.That same gold was won eight years later by a fighter destined to transcend mere sport.The official record

books for 1960 Games record his name as Cassius Clay, but he shook up the world as Muhammad Ali and

subsequent major sporting events and ever since they have been surrounded by intense security.The 1970s were times

He emigrated to England where he won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and subsequently moved to New

The recent evocative pieces on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games by my insidethegames colleague Philip Barker brought personal memories flooding back. Not that they were ever far from consciousness.

All nine of the remaining Israeli hostages had perished.While all this was happening several journalists

remembered for more uplifting reasons: the American swimmer Mark Spitz - himself Jewish - winning a record

seven gold medals; the delightful teenager Olga Korbut, whose elfin-like precocity on the beams and

bars reminded us that Soviet sporting womanhood was not all bulk and biceps; and Britain's Mary Peters

down the self-proclaimed mastermind, Abu Daoud.He was cornered in a Warsaw hotel in 1981 and shot 13 times

On a grassy bank outside the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a series of plaques record the name of every

 "The Ukrainian conflict brought this into new perspective for me," McMillen told the New York Times

) September 9, 2022The US team refused to attend the victory ceremony and their silver medals are

they had lost even a single match in the Olympic Games.In addition, they regarded basketball as an "All

Australia to reach the semi-final.They had scored 542 points and only conceded 312, the best defensive record

final showdown with the Soviet Union.They had grown into an experienced team and also boasted a perfect record

The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) is calling for nominations for the PNG Sports Hall of Fame's class of 2022, with September 23 the deadline to propose inductees.

All 40 affiliated National Federations can submit candidates to the PNGOC.Having first opened in 2011

individual must be retired from competition for more than five years.Nominees must also have a "significant record

of achievement" including medals won, records set and the longevity of their career.The number of times