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How Sex Testing in Sports Works—and Why It's So Hard Sport

How Sex Testing in Sports Works—and Why It's So Hard

From nude parades to genetic screening, sex verification in elite sports has a troubled 90-year history. The science is far more complicated than any...

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Iran Executes Teen Wrestling Champion, Sparking Global Outcry Sport

Iran Executes Teen Wrestling Champion, Sparking Global Outcry

Iran publicly executed 19-year-old national wrestling team member Saleh Mohammadi on March 19, 2026, prompting fierce condemnation from Olympic champi...

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Venezuela Wins First World Baseball Classic Title Sport

Venezuela Wins First World Baseball Classic Title

Venezuela defeated the United States 3-2 in a dramatic ninth-inning comeback at Miami's loanDepot Park to claim the country's first-ever World Basebal...

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How Para Ice Hockey Works—and Why the US Dominates Sport

How Para Ice Hockey Works—and Why the US Dominates

Para ice hockey lets athletes with lower-body impairments play full-contact ice hockey from custom sleds. Here's how the sport works, where it came fr...

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Selection Sunday: 68 Teams Learn Their March Madness Fate Sport

Selection Sunday: 68 Teams Learn Their March Madness Fate

On Sunday, March 15 at 6 p.m. ET on CBS, the full 68-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament will be revealed, setting the stage fo...

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Team USA Opens Women's World Cup Qualifying in Puerto Rico Sport

Team USA Opens Women's World Cup Qualifying in Puerto Rico

The U.S. women's basketball team, with Caitlin Clark making her senior national team debut, tips off the FIBA Women's World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tourna...

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USA Tops Mexico 5-3 to Dominate WBC Group B Sport

USA Tops Mexico 5-3 to Dominate WBC Group B

Team USA remained unbeaten in the 2026 World Baseball Classic after defeating Mexico 5-3 on March 9, powered by Paul Skenes' dominant start and home r...

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Milano-Cortina 2026: Sport Shines Amid Political Storm Sport

Milano-Cortina 2026: Sport Shines Amid Political Storm

The Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics press forward through four days of competition, with Oksana Masters claiming her 20th Paralympic medal in P...

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Why Is a Marathon Exactly 26.2 Miles? Sport

Why Is a Marathon Exactly 26.2 Miles?

The marathon's oddly precise distance traces back to ancient legend, a Victorian poem, and a royal family's viewing preferences at the 1908 London Oly...

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Toruń to Host 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships Sport

Toruń to Host 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships

From March 20–22, 2026, Toruń will become the center of the world of indoor athletics. The 21st World Athletics Indoor Championships will attract hund...

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16 Nations Boycott Paralympics Over Russia's Flag Return Sport

16 Nations Boycott Paralympics Over Russia's Flag Return

Sixteen countries and the EU boycotted the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan-Cortina, protesting the IPC's decision to allow Ru...

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Milano Cortina 2026: Record Winter Paralympics Begin March 6 Sport

Milano Cortina 2026: Record Winter Paralympics Begin March 6

The 2026 Winter Paralympic Games open on March 6 in Verona with a record 665 athletes from 54 nations, marking the 50th anniversary of the Winter Para...

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