Murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei buried with full military honours | Athletics News

Murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei buried with full military honours | Athletics News

Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being set on fire by former partner, was buried at her ancestral home. Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being doused in petrol and set on fire by her former partner, has been buried with full military honours at her ancestral home in…

Murdered Uganda Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s funeral march begins in Kenya | Olympics News

Murdered Uganda Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei’s funeral march begins in Kenya | Olympics News

Activists join the march in Eldoret, Kenya, as Cheptegei’s body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo, Uganda, for her funeral. The body of murdered Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei has begun its journey home to Uganda, accompanied by activists calling for an end to gender-based violence in Kenya….

Raygun’s revenge: Lampooned Aussie breakdancer tops world rankings | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Raygun’s revenge: Lampooned Aussie breakdancer tops world rankings | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Ridiculed Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn, or ‘B-girl Raygun,’ takes top spot in latest world rankings. Australian Olympic breakdancer “Raygun” has been ridiculed, written off, and now crowned number one in the world, the sport’s governing body confirmed on Wednesday. Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, 37, became something of a global laughingstock…

Paralympics end with spectacular light show and dance party in Paris | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Paralympics end with spectacular light show and dance party in Paris | Paris Olympics 2024 News

The Paralympic Games have come to an end with a spectacular light show and dance party capping a final day of competition that saw two world records fall. Addressing the closing ceremony at a packed Stade de France, chief Paris 2024 organiser and former gold medal-winning canoeist Tony Estanguet said…

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Swiss dominate wheelchair marathon | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Swiss dominate wheelchair marathon | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Switzerland won both Paralympic wheelchair marathons on Sunday while the Netherlands secured back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball titles, denying the United States on the final day of competition. China finished top of the medals table in Paris, as they have for every Paralympics since Athens in 2004. They had 94 golds,…

‘It’s not about Raygun’: Breakdancers speak out on Olympics row | Paris Olympics 2024

‘It’s not about Raygun’: Breakdancers speak out on Olympics row | Paris Olympics 2024

The worst thing about the uproar that erupted when an Australian breakdancer received zero points for her performance at the Olympics was not the slightly bizarre “kangaroo hop” she performed, say the renowned, New York-based breakdance champions Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio and Ana “Rokafella” Garcia. The particularly devastating angle to the…

Breaker Raygun ‘devastated’ by backlash after Paris Olympics performance | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Breaker Raygun ‘devastated’ by backlash after Paris Olympics performance | Paris Olympics 2024 News

Australian Rachael Gunn said she was not prepared for the level of negative attention she received after her Olympic debut. Australian breaker Rachael Gunn has said the backlash to her much-ridiculed  Olympic breaking performance was “devastating”, stressing that she took the competition seriously and gave it her best effort. The…

What’s the economic impact of immigrants? | Migration

What’s the economic impact of immigrants? | Migration

The West is seeing record immigration inflows, but far-right groups are blaming their economic grievances on refugees and asylum seekers. From Donald Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric to the wave of violence that has swept across England and Northern Ireland, the debate around the impact of immigration on local economies is heating…