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Although 10,000 steps a day are still good for you, new research shows that even 7,000 steps of even moderate speed are just as good. Photo: Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock 09 September 2021 | Lindsay Bottoms | The Conversation Many of us have smartwatches or apps on our phones that count the number of steps we do….
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Photo: IOC – The 2020 summer Olympic Games in Japan (23 Jul-8 Aug, 2021) 08 August 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Japan (23 Jul-8 Aug, 2021). For the rest of time those words will be written and read with a hint of stinky karma. The failed Olympics? The Games held behind…
Photo: Commemorative stamps of the “1st Games of the New Emerging Forces.” The 1964 Olympics in Tokyo banned all athletes who took part in a counter-competition a year earlier called the Games of the New Emerging Forces, which were dubbed the left-wing Olympics (AP Photo) 29 July 2021 | David Webster | The Conversation The Olympic…
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Photo: Kurt Korte at Tsurigasaki Beach. “If we get to the end and we go, ‘Oh, no, the surf’s not very good,’ then I haven’t done my job.”Credit…James Hill for The New York Times Kurt Korte does not control the waves for the Games’ debut surfing competition. His job is to predict when the best ones…
Photo: Emma Raducanu became the youngest British woman to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon in the Open Era (Reuters Photo) 08 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media This page started out in July as an overview of Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon and the match she did not finish. But now, in September,…
Photo: Harry Kane (centre) and Raheem Sterling (front) have been two of the main targets for abuse. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters 27 June 2021 | Caelainn Barr, Paul MacInnes, Niamh McIntyre and Pamela Duncan | The Guardian England’s footballers have been subjected to sustained abuse online during their matches at Euro 2020, an exclusive analysis by the Guardian can reveal. A study…
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20 May 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media After the pandemic chaos of last year, May 2021 is a Big Month for motorsports. In F1 the Monaco Grand Prix runs 23 May and Indycar’s Indianapolis 500 is set for 30 May (although fans in the US should certainly check out the extensive daily pre-race coverage running…
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