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Armchair expert: Your complete couch potato guide to every Olympic event

Armchair expert: Your complete couch potato guide to every Olympic event

From BMX Bandits to Top Gun’s beach volleyball scene, we’ve got you covered so you can cram over the weeks before the Paris Games.

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‘Bigger than the Olympics’: Bridie O’Donnell on the Tour de France’s highs and lows

‘Bigger than the Olympics’: Bridie O’Donnell on the Tour de France’s highs and lows

The SBS commentator is looking to forward to this year’s epic race, which for the first time in 100 years isn’t finishing on the fabled Champs-Élysées.

  • by Bridget McManus
Ahead of the Tour de France, here are the cycling shows you should watch

Ahead of the Tour de France, here are the cycling shows you should watch

There are some gripping shows to catch before the world’s two biggest cycling races for male and female cyclists.

  • by Garry Maddox
‘I fell in love again’: Guillaume Brahimi on what drew him back to France

‘I fell in love again’: Guillaume Brahimi on what drew him back to France

The popular TV chef is back in his birthplace, as he hits up the coast for Guillaume’s French Atlantic and then hops on his bike for Plat du Tour.

  • by Bridget McManus
Australian cyclist’s wife feared the worst amid his horror crash

Australian cyclist’s wife feared the worst amid his horror crash

Jay Vine’s wife has revealed how she feared he might have died when the star Australian cyclist was lying prostrate in a ditch after a dreadful crash in northern Spain.

  • by Ian Chadband
Britain forced to import $5 billion of electricity from Europe

Britain forced to import $5 billion of electricity from Europe

Electricity was brought in via the growing network of interconnector cables designed to boost the collective resilience and energy security of neighbouring countries.

  • by Jonathan Leake
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Let’s get quizzical: 50 questions on the year in sport

Let’s get quizzical: 50 questions on the year in sport

Test your mental muscle or put your mates in the hot seat. It’s time to find out who is the font of knowledge on all things sport in 2023 by taking our 50-question super-quiz.

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Pogacar wins stage but Vingegaard is virtually assured of Tour de France win

Pogacar wins stage but Vingegaard is virtually assured of Tour de France win

Tadej Pogacar pipped defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to take the penultimate stage on Saturday, but it won’t be enough to stop his great rival from winning the race again.

‘Suffering the whole time’: Jai Hindley fights for Paris finish after Tour crash

‘Suffering the whole time’: Jai Hindley fights for Paris finish after Tour crash

Australian Jai Hindley has found it difficult to walk, let alone ride, since a crash in the Tour de France cruelled his podium dreams. But he is determined to finish the grand tour - and return.

  • by Sophie Smith
Tour de France teams hit out as fan taking selfie triggers mass crash

Tour de France teams hit out as fan taking selfie triggers mass crash

Several riders hit the deck after Sepp Kuss was put off balance by a spectator holding out a phone on the 15th stage.

  • by Jack de Menezes