Rafael Nadal will bow out from tennis after the Davis Cup Finals in November after announcing his retirement on Thursday. Nadal, who enjoyed legendary rivalries with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic throughout an illustrious career, has won 22 Grand Slam titles – including an astonishing 14 French Open crowns. The 38-year-old’s last major triumph came at the 2022 French Open.
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The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games has been postponed by one year until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Olympics was due to be held from July 24 to August 9, while the Paralympics was set to run from August 25 to September 6, but both have now been rescheduled.
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Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has died along with four others in a helicopter crash in California. The 18 time All-Star was just 41 years old and spent his 20 year career with the Los Angles Lakers.
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Russia has been banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data.
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Oscar Pistorius’s jail sentence for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been increased from six years to 13
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