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The demise of the single-handed backhand is a watershed moment for tennis

Every year since the first Wimbledon Championship in 1877, a male player with a one-handed backhand has featured in the singles semi-finals of a grand slam. That 149 year streak ended at this year’s US Open when Stefanos Tsitsipas, the last remaining single-hander in the draw, exited the tournament in…

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32 of the Wildest Moments in Olympic History

Huge upsets, last-minute injuries, and (in one case) an actual fistfight.

Marie Claire

Will Olympic athletes ever stop breaking records?

Physically, athletes might reach a point where they can no longer beat sports records — however, innovative techniques and sportswear breakthroughs could potentially help athletes perform better in the future.

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The King William’s College quiz 2023 – the answers

At Christmas, we published the 119th unfeasibly tricky general knowledge paper from the Isle of Man school. Did you dare to give it a try? Here are the answers

The Guardian - UK

From Berlusconi To Prigozhin And Tina Turner: Notable Deaths Of 2023

From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.

International Business Times

Susan Egelstaff: Fosbury showed it takes a rare individual to alter a sport forever

The number of athletes who have truly changed their sport is so small you could count them on one hand.

The National (Scotland)

Dick Fosbury obituary

American high jumper whose innovative ‘flop’ technique transformed his sport

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Dick Fosbury, high jump’s Flop pioneer who defied his doubters

Fosbury’s dramatic upturn in performance after adapting his technique propelled the American to shock Olympic gold and rewrote the manual on high jump – despite deep scepticism of his methods

The Independent UK

Dick Fosbury, trailblazing athlete who ‘changed high jump forever’, dies

Legendary high jumper died Sunday after a recurrence with lymphoma, according to his publicist, Ray Schulte

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: How British-Somali citizens are disappearing to ‘culture rehabilitation centres’

A report published by the Observer tells the story of young people of Somali descent being held against their will to be ‘de-westernised’

The Guardian - UK

Dick Fosbury, the Idaho Olympian who revolutionized high jumping, dies at age 76

Dick Fosbury, the Olympic gold medal winner who went on to settle in Idaho, died at the age of 76 from lymphoma on Sunday morning, his publicist Ray Schulte confirmed on social media.

Tribune News Service

Dick Fosbury dies at 76; high-jumper known for ‘Fosbury Flop’

Dick Fosbury started using the unconventional Fosbury Flop in high school high jump competitions in Oregon and went on to win the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics.

Chicago Sun-Times

Olympian, High Jump Pioneer Dick Fosbury Dies at 76

Fosbury—a gold medalist at the 1968 Mexico City Games—innovated the sport with his “Fosbury Flop” technique

Sports Illustrated

High jump revolutionary Dick Fosbury dies at 76

American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose 'Fosbury Flop' technique changed the high jump forever, and won him gold at the 1968 Olympics, has died aged 76.

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The Independent UK

'Fosbury Flop' high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76

Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died at age 76

The Independent UK

High jump revolutionary Dick Fosbury dies aged 76

Fosbury won Olympic gold in 1968.

Bangkok Post

Athletics high jump legend Dick Fosbury dead at 76: agent

LOS ANGELES - Athletics legend Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised high jumping with his signature "Fosbury flop" has died, his agent confirmed on Monday. He was 76.

The Guardian - US

Dick Fosbury, Olympic champion who changed high jump forever, dies aged 76

Oregon athlete who invented the Fosbury Flop won historic gold medal at Mexico City games in 1968

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Legendary athlete Dick Fosbury dies after “changing the high jump forever”

American Dick Fosbury, the man who changed the face of the high jump discipline forever and won a gold medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, has died at the age of 76

The Guardian - UK

‘We could feel the gravity of it. It was electrifying’: 50 photographs that reshaped sport

Fantastic sporting images, from Mary Decker’s fall to Dick Fosbury’s flop, Usain Bolt’s grin to Tayla Harris’s kick

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