Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died following an avalanche in Switzerland, the country's skiing federation has said. Hediger, 26 and a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the ...

With an annual rainfall ranging from 140 to 170 inches, the Hoh Rain Forest is a lush, green wonderland, with mosses and ferns covering every tree and surface. According to the NPS, it is one of ...

Keely Hodgkinson won the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award as runner-up Luke Littler claimed the Young SPOTY prize. Hodgkinson completed her ascent to athletics superstardom by winning ...

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Olympic Plaza is a beautiful destination place for downtown Calgary workers during lunch hour. The plaza was built in 1988 for the Olympic Winter Games and has one of the few refrigerated outdoor ice ...

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The Olympic boxer who failed a gender test, but competed against women at the summer games in Paris was named among the top "Female Athletes of the Year" by the Associated Press. The move has ...

Known for her inflammatory anti-Muslim views and promotion of 9/11 conspiracy theories, Loomer has built a reputation as a provocateur. Over the years, she has worked with controversial ...

He is Canada's first Olympic champion in the event and earned the country's first hammer throw medal since 1912. Katzberg earned 17 of the 56 votes cast by sports editors, producers and reporters ...

A conspiracy theorist close to Donald Trump has sparked further controversy after waging war against Indian migrants in the US. Laura Loomer, 31, a right-wing theorist and social media influencer ...

Police arrested Mohini Wagh for her key role in the conspiracy to abduct and murder her husband, Satish Sadba Wagh. Investigations revealed she promised to pay Rs 5 lakh to eliminate him ...

A CIA document, declassified in 2017, recently circulated online claiming that life existed on Mars. The report titled Mars Exploration May 22, 1984, outlined how the agency reportedly used a ...