Enriqueta Basilio, first woman to light Olympic cauldron, dies at 71
Enriqueta Basilio, who at the 1968 Mexico City Games became the first woman to light an Olympic cauldron, died Saturday at age 71, according …
Allyson Felix: World Athletics Championships record-breaker on life-changing year
By Tom Reynolds, BBC Sport in Doha
Becoming the most successful athlete in World Championships history – as she did in Doha – would …
Althea Gibson: The pioneering champion America forgot
On Monday, a bronze sculpture of Gibson, the first black player to win a Grand Slam, will be unveiled outside Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows in New York - the world's biggest tennis arena named after another pioneering African-American. These two tributes stand as testaments to obstacles overcome, during a time when the United States was politically and socially rooted in racial segregation.
Gibson was the first black player to win a tennis Grand Slam
By Jonathan Jurejko, BBC Sport in New York
“Everything was white. The …