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Owen Lloyd: Wrexham reborn - how Hollywood brought back hope to North Wales

  • Inside the Blogs

After 15 years of hurt, Wrexham AFC have been promoted back into the Football League with the aid of Hollywood owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds who have helped bring back the spark to a once bleak city.

FA Cup win against Arsenal, and European nights against names such as Roma, FC Porto, and Manchester United

team to do so, where they were eventually knocked out by potentially Premier League-bound Sheffield United

documentary Welcome to Wrexham has helped generate the popularity influx and made the club a big name in the United

States with some fans even flying to Wales to experience the atmosphere.Even the team's staff have misjudged

opponents as in seasons gone by, Wrexham have secured a Stateside tour.Both Chelsea and Manchester United


India's Vennam wins individual and team compound golds at Archery World Cup in Antalya

  • Archery

India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Slovakia's Jozef Bosansky ended their long quests for individual compound gold medals at the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.

Cup debutant Tore Bjarnarson and Mathias Fullerton, both 19, combined with Stephan Hansen to beat the United

States 134-133.The United States won the women's team final 230-229 over Colombia.The mixed team title

men's team final as they held off a comeback from India to seal a 5-4 victory after a shoot-off.The United

States took gold in the mixed team final as Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold beat Chinese Taipei pair



Japan and Norway stay unbeaten at World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

  • Curling

Japan and Norway are the only unbeaten teams at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship after the second day of action in Gangneung.

Tanida chalked up their third win of the Championship for Japan with impressive victories against the United

States and Sweden in Group B at the Gangneung Curling Centre.They scored twice in the final end to beat


World Squash Federation to discuss Russian and Belarusian reinstatement

  • Squash

The World Squash Federation (WSF) is set to discuss the possibility of allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to its competitions at the next Board meeting.

are fears that Ukraine could withdraw its athletes from events should competitors from the aggressor states

The WSF and PSA are united in strongly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine," read a World Squash


Hug shatters own course record for third London Marathon men’s wheelchair win

  • Athletics News

Marcel Hug of Switzerland made his own contribution to an extraordinary day of racing at the TCS London Marathon as he won his third consecutive men’s wheelchair title, obliterating his own 2022 course record in the process.

Netherlands, with Tomoki Suzuki taking third place in 1:30.00, 2019 winner Daniel Romanchuk of the United

States fourth in 1:30:18 and Weir, competing in his 24th London Marathon, fifth in 1:30:45.The destiny

London win, just a second ahead of Schar, who won in London in 2017 and 2021.Susannah Scaroni of the United

States beat Debrunner to third place, clocking 1:38:54 to the Swiss athlete’s 1:38:57.


CAS to hear WADA, RUSADA and ISU Valieva appeals "simultaneously"

  • Figure Skating

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has revealed it plans to hear appeals from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and International Skating Union (ISU) against the sanctions imposed on figure skater Kamila Valieva "simultaneously".

ceremony is yet to take place for the team event to the frustration of skaters from the second-placed United

States, third-placed Japan and fourth-placed Canada, who could all still be upgraded.The Valieva scandal


Chevron Championship set for thrilling finale after Corpuz and Yin share lead

  • Golf

The Chevron Championship at The Woodlands in Texas is poised for a thrilling final day after American duo Allisen Corpuz and Angel Yin took a share of the overall lead at ten-under-par.

par-72 The Club at Carlton Woods course to move into joint-first place.However, three players - the United

States' Megan Khang, Switzerland's Albane Valenzuela and South Korea's Amy Yang - are within a shot


German Swimming Federation enters two-year partnership with Speedo

  • Swimming

Swimwear brand Speedo has announced a two-year partnership with the German Swimming Federation (DSV) in which it will provide technical and training products to senior and junior teams.

one of several National Federations to work with Speedo, including the swimming organisations of the United

States, China, and Britain ©Getty ImagesIt also follows Speedo's relaunch of operations in Germany earlier


Ukrainian Government athlete funding threat "a step too far", warns IOC official

  • Olympics

The Ukrainian Government’s threat to deny athletes access to funding should they participate in events featuring Russia and Belarus has been branded as "a step too far" by a key figure within the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

IOC had found "some middle ground" after saying that he had accused by Russia of being "agents of the United

States" and by Ukraine of siding with Moscow.He has also slammed Government opposition to the IOC’s


Lindberg dismisses Bali Governor’s Israel opposition for ANOC World Beach Games

  • ANOC World Beach Games

Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) secretary general Gunilla Lindberg has dismissed Bali Governor Wayan Koster’s opposition to Israel’s participation at the World Beach Games as "noise in the media" as she expects Indonesian officials to stick to its agreement to allow all countries to compete.

hosted the first-ever Games in 2019.The city had to step in at short notice after San Diego in the United

States pulled out.


Kim takes lead in rain-hit second-round at Chevron Championship

  • Golf

South Korea’s Kim A-lim took the lead before the rain-delayed second-round was suspended due to bad light at the Chevron Championship.

who scored a three-under-par 69.Major champions Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand and Nelly Korda of the United

States are level for fourth at six-under-par and just behind them are four golfers at tied sixth, three



Lillehammer 1994 Olympian found dead in jail at 52

  • Alpine Skiing

Former Olympic Alpine skier Jeremy Nobis has been found dead in a prison cell in Utah at the age of 52.

He had represented the United States in the giant slalom event at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympic

Jeremy Nobis competed for the United States at Lillehammer 1994, finishing ninth in the men's giant slalom


FIFA U-20 World Cup draw takes place as teams prepare for Argentina next month

  • World Cup

The 2023 FIFA Under-20 World Cup draw took place, as five-time champions and hosts Argentina look to win their first title since 2007 next month.

Argentina have been drawn into Group A alongside Uzbekistan, Guatemala and New Zealand.In Group B, the United

States will match-up against third place in 2019 Ecuador, Fiji and Slovakia.Senegal will face 1999 runners-up