Two people died and 16 were injured, including eight athletes taking part in swimming's world championship, after a balcony collapsed under the weight of party-goers at a South Korean nightclub, local police said Saturday.

Two dead in South Korean nightclub balcony collapse at world swim meeting

India's star sprinter Hima Das won an elusive gold medal in the 400m race on Saturday. Das completed the race with her season-best timing as she clocked the timing of 52.

India's Hima Das wins gold in 400m race, 5th in a month

Indian sprinter Duttee Chand said that her sister is blackmailing her because of which she came out in public about her same-sex relationship. Duttee said, "My own sister is blackmailing me, she asked me for Rs 25 lakh.

Dutee Chand: My own sister is blackmailing me, she asked me for Rs 25 lakh

Athlete Dutee Chand's brave admission of being in a same-sex relationship has not gone down well with her family

After Dutee Chand's admission of same-sex relation, sister says she was 'pressurised, blackmailed'

The South African government said on Monday it was "instructing" the country's athletics governing body to appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport decision on female eligibility that directly affects their Olympic champion Caster Semenya.

South African government instructs athletics body to appeal Caster Semenya decision

National record holder KT Irfan Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while finishing fourth in the 20 km event of the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.

KT Irfan becomes first Indian athlete to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Ibrahim Hamadtou, who hails from Egypt, is an inspiration for all

#BeTheChange: He plays table tennis with his mouth and foot

All the athletes who tested positive were found to have used a banned anabolic steroid

Eleven London 2012 weightlifters test positive for doping, temporarily suspended

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad participation in Rio comes in the midst of a US presidential election campaign marked by anti-Islamic rhetoric

American athlete to compete at the Olympics wearing a hijab

National anti-doping agency has returned a positive test for banned substances in Inderjeet's A sample

Indian shot putter Inderjeet Singh fails doping test

Shobukhova's 2010 and 2011 London Marathon titles were stripped after irregularities were detected in her biological passport

Court rules Liliya Shobukhova must repay London Marathon prize money

Stepanova's revelations exposed massive doping in the country, leading to suspension of several Russian athletes

IAAF: Russian doping whistleblower Stepanova eligible to compete as independent neutral in Rio

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