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Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Starting Speed

Austin Florian of Team USA begins a run at a skeleton men’s training session at Cortina Sliding Center, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, on February 11, 2026, during the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Skeleton athletes, wearing spiked shoes, sprint for up to 100 feet at the beginning of a race, propelling themselves into a slide that can reach speeds of more than 90 miles per hour.

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De Zerbi, Heitinga and Pochettino the leading contenders after Tottenham sack Frank

Tottenham are exploring their options after sacking Thomas Frank on Wednesday morning, with Roberto De Zerbi and one of their current coaches, John Heitinga, in the conversation.

Arsenal take giant stride towards WCL last eight with thumping win over Leuven

Arsenal delivered a dominant and efficient display away to OH Leuven to take a 4-0 lead into the second leg of their Women’s Champions League playoff at the Emirates Stadium next week.

Jordan Stolz crushes Olympic 1000m record to begin four-gold pursuit after reskate

US star forced to wait through rival Wennemars’s reskate

Ukrainian skeleton athlete ready to be disqualified over ‘helmet of memory’

IOC has told Vladyslav Heraskevych he will be banned

Lindsey Vonn says success has ‘completely different meaning’ after third surgery on broken leg

Lindsey Vonn says she has had a successful third surgery on the broken leg she suffered during the women’s Olympic downhill on Sunday.

Eni Aluko damages her legacy with her latest attack on Ian Wright

The former England international is a pioneer in football and the media. But her broadside on TV punditry is another own goal, empowering the most chauvinistic commentators

‘We’re all aging. Father Time hasn’t beaten me yet’: Nick Baumgartner on snowboarding in the Olympics at 44

The Upper Peninsula snowboarder races his fifth Olympic Games on Thursday, drawing on a career shaped by construction sites, small-town winters and the belief he could still reach the 2034 Games on home soil

'A spiral is unpredictable': George Ford on the science of his aerial bazooka

Shedding its recent reputation for risk aversion, kicking is taking on a new tactical dimension as rugby evolves

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Prediction markets let users buy event contracts for a wide swath of financial, weather and pop culture events, but sports have been driving profits.

French biathlete guilty of fraud wins Olympic gold while scammed teammate comes 80th

Julia Simon holds finger to lips as she crosses line