An Olympic champion surfer has told how he injured his arm fleeing a monkey that was trying to bite him. Italo Ferreira, 28, had been competing at the World Surf League in Indonesia when he decided to check out the local wildlife. But as he got too close to a…
A karate champion who is also the son of a councillor and an entrepreneur has allegedly been arrested in possession of a whopping 720 kilogrammes of cocaine worth over GBP 3.6 million on the street. The incident took place in Navegantes, which is a city located in the southern Brazilian…
The young Tour de France winner who broke "almost 20" bones when he crashed into a bus on a motorway has said "I'm back" from his hospital bed following successful spine surgery. Egan Bernal, 25, of Bogota, Colombia, crashed at high speed into a stationary bus on a highway during…
A world champion shooter has died in a hunting accident in Italy aged just 19. Cristian Ghilli, who came from the village of Ponteginori in the Italian region of Tuscany, reportedly fell while collecting some shells and fatally shot himself in the abdomen and hand. The teenager, who was an…
Four champion fighters have died in Russia when their car crashed into a cement truck on their way home from a competition. Tabriz Ismailov, a Russian kickboxing champion, Amanat Khamzin, fighter in several disciplines and a well known wrestling coach, Viktor Kostyuk, a champion in hand-to-hand combat, a Soviet-era martial…
