Barry Smith was soaring at 18,000 feet, kept aloft by a flimsy nylon wing, when a crucial piece of equipment malfunctioned. Without his portable oxygen system, he became clumsy and confused, “a little ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Felix Baumgartner of Austria gestures prior to speaking with the media after successfully jumping from a space capsule ...

The Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner has died in Italy during a paragliding jump. The 56-year-old crashed to earth with his paraglider in the seaside resort of Porto Sant'Elpidio on the ...

There is growing concern that more Iranian athletes could be killed after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest to be executed by Iranian authorities. Mostafavi, who had scaled some of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Felix Baumgartner shot to global fame in 2012 with his record-breaking free-fall from spaceEibner/IMAGO Austrian extreme athlete ...

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Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner has died during a paragliding jump, according to the Italian fire department. Baumgartner (56), who was known for jumping from the stratosphere, crashed ...

Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, who jumped down to earth from the stratosphere in a 2012 stunt, died in a paragliding accident in the eastern Italian town of Porto Sant'Elpidio on Thursday ...