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Sziget Festival aims to break down disability taboos

A venue at Budapest's Sziget Festival aims to raise awareness of disabilities through various activities that simulate what it's like to live with them.

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Paris Olympics: How some volunteers spent their own euros just to help

Neither housed nor paid for their job, the 45,000 volunteers for the Paris Games have been contributing to the festive and light-hearted atmosphere of the capital since the start of the event.

Lifestyle

For next Olympics? These are the UK’s weirdest sporting events

We're currently being treated to all the sporting goodness with the Paris Olympics. But across the pond, the UK has a spectacular range of baffling sports events, from throwing Wellington boots to chasing cheese. Maybe some deserving a future inclusion for the Olympic Games?

Europe News

Olympic shooter Nino Salukvadze is retiring after 10 Olympic Games

At the 2024 Olympics, she became the first female athlete ever to compete at the Games 10 times.

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Sport

Azerbaijan Hosts Historic Inauguration of the International Chovqan Federation

In a significant stride for the ancient sport of Chovqan, Azerbaijan has become the birthplace of its first-ever International Federation

Sport

Japanese youth take home gold at day two of Judo World Tour

At -81kg Yoshito Hojo made his first appearance at the Judo Grand Prix in Portugal, taking home gold for his country,

Sport

Euroviews. The European Super League case has woken up a sleeping giant

After the Court of Justice of the European Union's December ruling, the last thing FIFA and UEFA want is to have a fragmentation of mini-regulations imposed by courts all over the EU, Dr Assimakis Komninos writes.

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Watch: UK's Penny Farthing bike race

Twenty riders entered Sunday's race and, after 30 minutes of pedal power, the men’s winner was Charlie Burrell, while Belgian and World Champion Evi Dumon took the women’s title.

Sport

Azerbaijan on top with three golds as the Judo Baku Grand Slam ends

The last day of the Heydar Aliyev Baku Grand Slam saw the world's best heavyweight judoka step onto the mat for a chance of glory.

Sport

Host Azerbaijan get the first gold at the Judo Grand Slam in Baku

Azerbaijan's Yashar Najafov won the 66 kilo category in just 13 seconds at the Grand Slam in Baku on Friday.

Sport

Lafy gives French team Cofidis 1st Tour de France stage win in 15 yrs

French rider Victor Lafay made a late move to break away from the pack and give Cofidis its first Tour de France stage win in 15 years on Sunday, with Adam Yates keeping the overall lead after the opening two stages in northern Spain.

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Rubbish picking competition in Bangkok collects 170 kgs in an hour

Bangkok residents took to the streets in their running shoes to collect rubbish. Around 170 kgs of garbage was collected in an hour .

Switzerland

Football: Switzerland to host women's Euro 2025

Sixteen nations will take part in the competition, which will be held in June and July 2025 in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, St Gallen, Sion, Lucerne and Thun.

Culture news

Hong Kong set to make history by hosting first-ever Gay Games in Asia

The event is designed to promote diversity and inclusion and Chinese organisers say they are committed to providing an accepting environment for participants.

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Women sumo wrestlers break prejudice in Brazil

Sumo wrestling, brought to Brazil by Japanese immigrants in the early 20th century, is growing fast in the country and women make up around half the country's 600 sumo wrestlers.

Sport

Judo: Uzbekistan takes two more golds at the Tashkent Grand Slam 2023

Uzbek's Davlat Bobonov was on fire throughout the day on day 3 of the Tashkent Grand Slam in Uzbekistan and Alisher Yusupov also took gold after she countered Saito Tatsuru of Japan.

Sport

Judo: Uzbekistan takes gold on the second day of Tashkent Grand Slam

The second day of the Tashkent Grand Slam saw middleweight judoko's perform exciting judo in Uzbekistan with Japan's Megumi Horikawa take home gold - her fourth grand slam gold medal.

Sport

Grand Prix Portugal 2023: Portuguese Sampaio is the hero of the day

On the final day of the Grand Prix Portugal 2023 in Almada, Portuguese Patricia Sampaio took gold for her country in the judo competition while Kim Minjong put Korea firmly at the top of the medal table with four Golds.

Sport

Portugal Grand Prix 2023: Timo takes first gold for Portugal

On the second day of the 2023 Portugal Grand Prix, Portugal’s Barbara Timo strikes gold; Uzbekistan’s Obidkhon Nomonov takes his first Grand Prix gold medal; and Australia’s Maeve Coughlan takes her first gold – only the second ever for her country.

Sport

Korea and Italy succeed among Japanese success at Tokyo Grand Slam

Day two at the 2022 Tokyo Grand Slam and Japanese judokas continued to dominate however Korea and Italy won golds too