Romanian swim star David Popovici said he felt “awful” after finishing fourth in a stunning upset in the men’s 200m freestyle at swimming’s world championships on Tuesday. Popovici said he believed his shock defeat could turn out to be “a good thing” as he eyes gold at next year’s Paris Olympics. Sunwoo Hwang of Team South Korea, David Popovici of …
Mollie O’Callaghan upset Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus with the fastest 200m freestyle of the year Thursday to book a world championship slot from a stacked field at the Australian trials. Reigning 100m world champion O’Callaghan produced a sizzling final 50m to touch in 1:53.83 ahead of Titmus, who easily won the 400 free on the opening night of the …
All eyes will be on Birmingham as the Commonwealth Games get underway today, and these are just some of the UK sporting stars you need to know. He will be hoping to bring home another gold medal at the Commonwealth Games Wolverhampton-born sprinter Matthew Hudson-Smith, 27, won a gold medal in the 400m final at the World Athletics Championships in …
