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Five sprinters who have just left the starting blocks

Health

Best anti-ageing exercise is high intensity interval training

Exercise is the best anti-ageing pill, but which routine is most effective? A study reveals that HIIT is better than weight training at rejuvenating cells

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action during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group C match between England and Algeria

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Try these simple mental tests to see if you're a good athlete

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American football action

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Concussed athletes more likely to injure their legs months later

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Humans

Humans are better endurance runners than any other animal

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Humans

"Intersex" athlete Caster Semenya rightly free to run at Rio

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An overweight person eating takeaway food

Health

Childhood obesity strategy stops short of banning junk food ads

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Olympic athletes

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Inspired by the Olympic vibe? Get moving to save your life

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older man riding a bike around an outside track

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104-year-old cyclist named world's greatest centenarian athlete

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The Rio Olympic pools - one is green, one is blue

Technology

Green Olympic pool: perfect storm of sun, heat and still water?

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Just a few hours’ exercise a week makes your heart grow bigger

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Just a few hours’ exercise a week makes your heart grow bigger

It’s not just Olympians and other top athletes. Scanning the hearts of over a thousand people has revealed moderate exercise can be enough to enlarge hearts too

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Gene doping in sport could make the Olympics fairer and safer

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Life

Transgender Olympians in Rio don't have an unfair advantage

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Desk job death risk is eliminated by an hour's walk or cycle

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Legal ketone sports supplement pushes athletes further, faster

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