• It's a hot, sunny day in June on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Sicily, but the problem is that I'm not on the beach, I'm running up a volcano.

    An even bigger problem is that I've been going for two hours, but I'm only half way to the top and I'm tired.

    This is Mount Etna, at 3,330 meters (10,926 feet) the highest volcano in mainland Europe and one of the most active in the world, and on Saturday I was one of 160 starters gathered on the beach for the "Etna Supermarathon."

    The 43 km (27 miles) race is just a tad over the official marathon distance of 42.2 km. But much more significant

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  • Diving legend Greg Louganis getting married

    Greg with Johnny Chaillot (Twitter)

    Diving legend Greg Louganis has taken to Twitter to confirm that he is getting married to his partner Johnny Chaillot.

    In 1988 Louganis became a global superstar when he performed the 'Dive of Death' to seal double Olympic gold in Seoul and became the first male diver to defend both the springboard and platform titles.

    In 1995 Louganis came out as a being gay and a year later he confirmed that he was HIV positive.

    Since

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  • It will come as no surprise to anyone who has been involved in sport for many years to discover the damning new statistics regarding drug testing in tennis.

    The sport has been criticised for a long time for failing to test players as seriously or diligently as other sports, and the latest figures released by the US Anti-Doping Agency put tennis in a very poor light once more.

    In its latest report on 'testing numbers by sport in 2013', USADA included the tests initiated, planned and completed by different sports, and the statistics were alarming for fans of tennis.

    While athletics was able to

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  • Children play on the field where an unlucky keeper was struck by a bullet (avaz.ba)Children play on the field where an unlucky keeper was struck by a bullet (avaz.ba)

    Goalkeepers are used to having shots fired at them during games, but not usually from firearms.

    Amateur keeper Duško Krtalica was playing in a tournament in the Sarajevo suburb of Boljakov Potok recently when he complained of a headache. The shot stopper assumed it was the result of striking his noggin on a post while making a save, so ignored the pain and carried on playing.

    According to Sarajevo newspaper Dnevni Avaz, the 51-year-old completed the match, but soon complained of a stiff arm and had difficulty speaking. He was driven to a local hospital, where doctors were shocked to see that

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  • It was perfect and so so poetic too that Andrea Pirlo should mark his 100th international appearance for Italy with a free-kick goal in the Maracanã of all venues, a stage on which Zico had sent many a set-piece beyond flailing goalkeepers.

    Set underneath Corcovado, La Gazzetta dello Sport's Luigi Garlando remarked that, it was as though the statue of Christ the Redeemer, sculpted with his arms wide open, was about to applaud the strike. The crowd, though, didn't wait for his cue. "Pirlo, Pirlo, Pirlo," they chanted.

    After the game, in which Italy overcame Mexico 2-1, the playmaker revealed

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  • The quest for speed at the front of F1 demands constant development and the front wing has been a recent focus for several leading teams – but what changes have they been making and why?

    The front wing may not provide as much downforce as other parts of an F1 car, such as the diffuser, but it is the most important aerodynamic element because of what it does to the oncoming airflow.

    The wing itself needs to create manageable downforce and be trimmable to balance the whole car’s aerodynamic centre but the central section and pillars need to feed smooth flow down to the floor of the car and into

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  • Ashley Cole and Anton Ferdinand had to be separated after almost coming to blows outside a Los Angeles nightclub at 2am in the morning.

    According to The Sun newspaper, Carroll "put a protective arm" across Cole to help onlookers keep the two men apart in a car park

    Cole's Chelsea team-mate John Terry was accused of using racist language towards Ferdinand during a Premier League match in 2011.

    He was later cleared in court of racist abuse with Cole backing his account.

    Ferdinand later rejected a pre-match handshake when Chelsea met QPR.

    A source said: “There was no row, no confrontation. They

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    It has emerged that David Beckham was offered a trial as a kicker for an American Football side.

    The report in the Daily Mirror claimed NFL scouts contacted the star to see if he would be interested in trying out.

    A work of fiction or a story that could actually be true?

    Well it has some early legs. Becks did a training session for a 2007 Adidas commercial with NFL star Reggie Bush and split the posts from an impressive distance.

    Beckham also showed off his conversion skills with a rugby ball during another commercial with Johnny Wilkinson.

    And no knowledge of the sport's nuances is required,

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  • Newcastle took a long time to announce the appointment of Joe Kinnear as director of football. This will not have pleased the fans when he has been going around like a madman telling everybody what he is going to do, and how he is in charge of the money at the club.

    Is it a forward step for Newcastle? Not really.

    The fans are not keen on him being from the London area, but that doesn't come into it. If every club's fans were like that, there wouldn't be a Premier League. Kinnear was born in Ireland, but coming from London shouldn't be an issue.

    It should all come down to his suitability for

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  • The Australian men's hockey team were treated to the wrong national anthem in their opening match of the Hockey World League against Belgium in the Netherlands.

    To make matters worse, the anthem they got instead was that of their neighbours across the Tasman Sea - New Zealand.

    The players, as you can see above, did not manage to keep their expressions neutral as the wrong song played out - from bemusement to anger to giggling, the reactions had it all.

    "You have to see the funny side sometimes," the commentator said, "but I don't think Rick Charlesworth [the coach] will do."

    After the first

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