Every year, Australia hosts 543.7-mile endurance racing from Sydney to Melbourne. It is considered among the world's most grueling ultra-marathons. The race takes five days to complete and is normally only attempted by world-class athletes who train specially for the event. These athletes are typically less than 30 years old and backed [...]

Miroslav Josef Klose (born 9 June 1978) is a German retired professional footballer who last played as a striker for Italian club Lazio and Germany. He is currently a member of the Germany national team's coaching staff. Throughout his career, Miroslav Klose often stood out for his fair play and honesty [...]

In the heat of competition, the will to win often takes priority, especially in the Olympics, with both individual and national glory at stake. But back in 1988, a Canadian sailor Lawrence Lemieux set aside his dreams of Olympic gold to do something even more important: the right thing. “The first rule of sailing [...]

Babe Didrikson Zaharias defied traditional femininity and proved that women can make exceptional athletes. Known as “the World’s Greatest Woman Athlete,” Zaharias dominated tennis, track, and field, basketball, golf, and baseball. Born Mildred Ella Didrikson, Zaharias got the nickname “Babe” after baseball great Babe Ruth, reflecting her baseball abilities. Her participation in [...]

The Olympic Games are about more than the win, the medals or the record-setting performances. At their core, they are about the Olympic values of excellence, friendship, and respect. They are about fair play and the human spirit. Nobody has epitomized these values more at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 than [...]

Despite being born without a right hand, Abbott was able to accomplish the unthinkable. Abbott's right arm ends about where his wrist should be. He doesn't have a right hand, just a loose flap of skin at the end of his underdeveloped arm but it was not something that could stop him [...]

The limits never stop the true heroes from achieving success, today’s #tbt story is about the athlete which is living the dream by overcoming fear. Maria Toorpakai Wazir is a 26 years old top ranked squash player in a region of the world where girls aren’t allowed to participate in sports. To [...]

Great Britain Olympic runner Derek Redmond, left cries out in pain, Monday, August 3, 1992 in Barcelona, as he is assisted from the Olympic track by his father Jim Redmond, who jumped from the stands to help his injured son finish the 400 meter Olympic race. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin) [...]