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Matty Lee celebrates his Olympic gold for Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Games

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic diving champion Matty Lee retires

Bysportsnewsfoot February 27, 2025

Olympic champion Matty Lee – who won gold for Team GB alongside Tom Daley at the 2020 Tokyo Games – has announced his retirement from diving. Lee and Daley won Olympic gold in the men’s 10m synchro at the Covid-postponed Games in 2021, the highlight of a career that brought medals at every major international…

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'It's a final goodbye' – SSN presenter Powell retires

Bysportsnewsfoot February 10, 2025

After 29 years with Sky and 43 in live broadcasting, Nick Powell will be switching off his mic later this week, retiring on his 66th birthday. A face familiar to both Sky Sports and Sky News viewers over the years, Nick reflects on a career both making and breaking stories… My phone rang at 5.40am…