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Olympians could soon face the iconic Ninja Warrior obstacle course. Format owner Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) has revealed it is working with several partners to test whether it could be a fifth discipline of the Modern Pentathlon at the 2028 Olympic Games in LA.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentTokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) has announced that its signature “Sasuke” (aka “Ninja Warrior”) obstacle course series may inspire a new addition to the upcoming 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.The broadcaster, which operates one of Japan’s five major terrestrial TV networks, is partnering with World Obstacle, the Fédération Internationale de Sports d’Obstacles (FISO) and the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) to test a “Sasuke”-like competition for inclusion in the Modern Pentathlon, which currently consists of five disciplines: fencing, swimming, equestrian show jumping, laser pistol shooting, and running. In May, UIPM announced that it would test an obstacle course as a possible replacement for the horseback discipline, following the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.

Roman Abramovich was not poisoned but hurt when a tear gas canister exploded beside him as he left peace talks, reports in Turkey have claimed.The Chelsea owner was flown to the Turkish capital Ankara to be treated in secret at a public hospital after the incident on March 3 in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the reports said. It was claimed earlier this week Abramovich and two Ukrainian delegates had lost their sight for several hours after the incident in the suspected poisoning attack, initially blamed on an infected chocolate bar.Investigative journalist Christo Grozev subsequently linked it to a WW1 chemical agent and said a team of experts had agreed Chloropicrin or a low dosage of Novichok had been used in the "plot."Russia has rubbished the reports, first carried by the Wall Street Journal, and described them as part of an “information war” and Ukraine negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak played them down on Wednesday as speculative “conspiracy theories".News website Haberturk and TV channel CNNTurk on Thursday said Abramovich was injured when the tear gas canister exploded as he left a meeting with three other people in Kyiv on March 3.

the 2021 Tour de France. During the three-week race, competitors will cycle 3,417km (roughly the distance from London to Ankara in Turkey), lose 150 litres of sweat (enough to fill a small bath tub), torch over 126,000 calories (the equivalent of 249 Big Macs), and climb 51,153 vertical metres (the equivalent of cycling from sea level to the summit of Everest more than five times). Thomas has endured appalling pain already.

Watching the storming of the US Capitol, a phrase kept turning over in my mind.

parents of a 21-year-old woman found hanged more than three months ago have accused police of a cover-up. They say Aleyna Cakir was murdered after a man's skin was found under her fingernails at her apartment in Ankara, Turkey.

Nilüfer Yanya has announced a forthcoming North American tour. Following dates in the UK this month with King Krule, she’s set to perform in the United States and Canada this spring. She’ll return again in October for her performances at the rescheduled Coachella 2020. Find those tour dates below.