Sports quiz of the week: glory, golds, records and regrets at the Olympics
USA’s Lee Kiefer sets record with her third Olympic fencing gold medal
July 2024
‘Worth it’: Olympic fencer Nada Hafez reveals she is seven months pregnant
‘I showed we can fight’: fencer Olha Kharlan wins Ukraine’s first medal
Paris Olympics 2024: day two – in pictures
Paris Olympics 2024: day one – in pictures
Fencing enters Olympics under cloud of accusations and referee bans
In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban
March 2024
Other lives
Marion Ecob-Prince obituary
Other lives: Research scientist who developed tissue culture techniques to study nerve-muscle connections
September 2023
Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan: ‘With that black card they destroyed me, my country, everything’
After she was disqualified from the fencing world championships for not shaking Russian rival’s hand, Olha Kharlan plight has become a touchstone for a war-torn nation
July 2023
IOC issues invitation to Ukrainian fencer disqualified for anti-Russia protest
Olha Kharlan gets ‘unique exception’ in Olympic qualifying procedures after she refused to shake Russian opponent’s hand
Ukrainian fencer disqualified from world championships after anti-Russia protest – video report
Ukraine’s government has called on the International Fencing Federation (FIE) to reverse its decision to disqualify a Ukrainian fencer for refusing to shake hands with her defeated Russian opponent
Ukraine calls for disqualified fencer to be reinstated after anti-Russia protest
Olha Kharlan, competing at the world championships in Milan, refused to shake Russian rival’s hand after beating her
June 2023
Other lives
Brian Howes obituary
Other lives: Foreign language teacher who became a chief education inspector and a champion fencer
April 2023
En garde! Fencing helps young Senegalese play by the rules
Teaching young offenders and others the sport has been so successful at instilling self-discipline and respect that the scheme is expanding
November 2022
‘It’s been in my mum’s attic’: iconic GB London 2012 kit set for charity auction
The fencer Laurence Halsted has decided to sell his Team GB jacket, T-shirt, shorts and shoes from the ceremony to raise money for a charity that helps young athletes
December 2021
Rhik Samadder tries something new
Rhik Samadder tries … fencing: ‘Now I’m ready for the zombie apocalypse’
I get to wear a natty white jacket, insectoid mask and hold an épée like a pistol – my inner child could not be happier. En garde!
October 2021
Athena review – teenage duellists take a hesitant stab at friendship
Two vividly portrayed fencers shuffle towards a climactic battle in this smart, galvanising coming-of-age drama
August 2021
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: day one – in pictures
The Olympics proved the IOC will do anything to save face. But we still love the Games
