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Acting Asian football chief 'keen to stay on'
Acting Asian football chief Zhang Jilong, who replaced the corruption-tainted Mohamed bin Hamman last year, is keen to stay as head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), a report said Thursday.

More evidence big football players face heart risks
(Reuters) - The biggest professional football players in America may be more likely than their fellow players to die of heart disease, even though they appear to generally enjoy a longer-than-average lifespan, according to a U.S. study. The report in the American Journal of Cardiology followed more than 3,400 National Football League (NFL) players who were active between 1959 and 1988, and found ...

Olympic official defends Spain after Contador ban
The head of Spain's Olympic committee stepped up to defend Spanish sport Wednesday in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador's two-year ban for doping.

Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics
Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women.

School sports legacy increasingly at risk as Olympics draw near | Owen Gibson
Lord Coe vowed the London Olympics would connect young people with the inspirational power of the Games, but there are now real fears this goal will not be realised Around two and a half months before the cream of the world's athletes parade around the track at the opening ceremony of the London Games, a rather more low-key event will mark a new phase in the battle to secure an Olympic legacy ...

Federer rules out Hingis Olympic mixed doubles
Roger Federer is looking forward to the "once in a lifetime" opportunity to play in the Olympic Games at Wimbledon in August but revealed he won't be doing so with Martina Hingis.

Under-20s rugby boost for north
First Minister Carwyn Jones welcomes the arrival of under-20s Six Nations rugby in Colwyn Bay as good news for the town, north Wales and the sport.

Indonesia eyes more Olympic badminton glory
Indonesia's parliament is considering a cash injection for the national badminton team to boost its chances of winning medals at this year's Olympic Games in London, reports said Thursday.

Women's Softball May Return to 2020 Olympics: A Female's Reaction
In 2005, the International Olympic Committee made the shocking decision to remove both baseball and women's softball from the Olympics. The decision to remove softball, a sport typically played by women, left female softball players across the world shocked, devastated and...