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Olympian-turned director Savanah Leaf discusses new film Earth Mama
From the Olympics to the big screen, former Team GB volleyball player Savanah Leaf has won critical acclaim for her first feature film at Sundance – and this week she also picked up ‘best debut director’ at the British Independent Film Awards.
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‘Your fifties is a time to challenge people’s perceptions of you,’ says Beverley Knight
She’s a Singer, songwriter, actor and radio presenter. She released her first album, B-Funk – nearly three decades ago, has had a string of hits, was lauded by the artist formerly known as Prince and sung at the London Olympics opening ceremony.
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The Olympian who escaped Syria by swimming the Aegean Sea
The Syrian sisters Yousra and Sara Mardini, professional swimmers back in Damascus, found themselves on a sinking dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Ukraine joining Nato would ‘trigger Armageddon’, says Chinese think tank
The Chinese President Xi Jinping met Vladimir Putin in Beijing just three weeks ago, just before the official opening of the Winter Olympics.
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Russia-Ukraine crisis: British nationals told to leave Ukraine
British nationals have been urged by the foreign office to leave Ukraine immediately “while commercial means are still available”.
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COP26: Glasgow makes final preparations to host crucial climate conference
About 100,000 protesters, 30,000 delegates and 120 world leaders will soon descend on Glasgow for the climate summit.
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How the pandemic has affected grass-roots sport
After the misery of all the lockdowns, it’s been a frankly joyous summer for British sport, from the Euros to the Olympics and Paralympic Games, and Emma Raducanu in the US Open.
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Why you need to watch the Paralympics
We ask how much has the Paralympics changed minds in society about people with disability – and do we finally put these games on a similar level to the Olympics?
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Paralympics: Japan extends emergency Covid-19 measures for games
A number of Paralympic teams have withdrawn from Tokyo 2020, due to the difficulties of pandemic travel and quarantine measures.
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How Team GB turned their Olympic fortunes around
In today’s episode, our sports reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan takes us not just through the events in Tokyo but the revolutionary changes of the National Lottery and UK Sport in the 1990s that has paved the way to Team GB’s success.
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Belarus Olympic sprinter speaks out after fleeing games for Poland
Krystina Timanovskaya has been speaking to the world’s press about how a conversation with her grandmother persuaded that she should not return to Belarus for her own safety.
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Belarus Olympian Krystina Timanovskaya arrives in Vienna after refusing flight home
She refused to fly home from Tokyo on Monday, saying she was being removed from the Olympics under duress.
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Belarus opposition leader says ‘nobody is safe’ after death of exile in Ukraine
Belarus’s opposition leader told Channel 4 News “nobody now is safe” after the “shock” death of a prominent exile in neighbouring Ukraine.
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Athletes will miss out on full Olympic experience, says former Paralympian
We spoke to the gold medal winning paralympian and member of the House of Lords, Tanni Grey-Thompson, and asked her whether there was a danger the Olympics wouldn’t go ahead as planned.
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They think it’s all over: Euro2020 and Covid
Sorry to be a downer – but while the football is now over – Covid definitely is not – and is a month of sporting socials to blame?