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Parisians are defying gravity on the Seine thanks to the e-foil, an electric board equipped with a propeller. The board emerges from the water as soon as it gains speed, creating the feeling of flying just above the surface. 

Senate negotiators are working to resolve thorny differences with leaders of the Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences over revisions to a bill designed to regulate college sports that sponsors want a vote on before the chamber goes on summer break next...

According to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) 2024 Testing Figures Report, released in Dec 2025, India registered 260 adverse analytical findings (AAFs) from 7,113 samples collected during the year — a positivity rate of 3.6%. Among countries conducting more than 5,000 tests annually, India recorded the highest positivity rate in the world for the third consecutive year.

<img alt="Preview" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2026.07/thumbnail/6a6272f020302711f679f6ec.jpg" /> Russia has appealed to CAS, arguing World Athletics’ ban on its athletes contradicts the IOC’s decision to clear their return <br/><a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/643390-world-athletics-russia-ban-appeal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS">Read Full Article at RT.com</a>

Sir Garfield Sobers, who has died aged 89, was rightly chosen as one of the leading five cricketers of the 20th century - and will be remembered as arguably the best all-rounder in the history of the game.

Bloomberg's Randall Williams joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." They discuss the growing cost of youth sports for American families, which has become a $40 billion-a-year private industry. The high cost is listed as a factor in why US Soccer can't take the next step on the world stage. (Source: Bloomberg)

Ontario’s pension fund for government workers generated a return of close to 60% in less than three years on a bet tied to Toronto’s major league sports teams, vindicating an investment that was initially viewed as pricey.

Marques Colston, former wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, discusses the focus of his private sports venture 'The Champion Fund,' and his efforts to make sports investing accessible to all. (Source: Bloomberg)

<p>PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Tuesday enacted a law expanding provincial assembly members’ powers and immunities, including the issuance of lifetime official passports to them and their spouses.</p> <p>The KP Assembly <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1996445">passed</a> the KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026, on April 30. On the same day, it also passed two other laws: the KP Province Speaker and Deputy Speaker (Powers, Immunities and Pri