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The story of the 2025 cycling season in 12 photographs
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Matthew Riccitello interview: Why 2026 is a big year for American cycling’s emerging star
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The women’s sports moments of 2025 – as chosen by The Athletic’s writers
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Olympic swimmer Penny Oleksiak gets two-year suspension for anti-doping rule violation
Canadian Penny Oleksiak won seven Olympic medals, including one gold, two silver and four bronze. Odd Andersen /…
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Eddie Hearn opens up on Saudi money, the ‘enjoyable’ chaos of Al-Sheikh, and his boxing regrets
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The NBA is using soccer as inspiration to break into Europe and ‘create a new era’
The NBA has its sights set on a European league, and it plans to use soccer, the continent’s…
A year on from Muriel Furrer’s death, is cycling’s attitude to safety shifting?
One year ago, on September 27 2024, Swiss junior cyclist Muriel Furrer died after an accident at her…