Brittney Griner and college basketball standout Caitlin Clark were among the 14 players invited to an Olympic training camp next week in Cleveland, Ohio, the USA Basketball women's
July 02, 2024
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed reports on Saturday that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but it accepted the country's
July 02, 2024
A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights struggle and a pioneer of television's tabloid talk show
July 02, 2024
The Olympic flame landed on French soil amid tight security on Wednesday, firing the starting gun on a summer extravaganza of sport
July 02, 2024
Jin, the oldest member of K-pop supergroup BTS, will make a mark in the Paris Olympics as a torchbearer from South after recently returning from his mandatory military service
July 02, 2024
Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Katie Ledecky stormed to victory in the 200m freestyle final at the U.S.
July 02, 2024
World number two Carlos Alcaraz said he is looking forward to learning from 22-times Grand Slam champion Rafa Nadal when they pair up in the doubles at the Paris Olympics.
July 02, 2024
Minessota picked up right where it left off in last year's playoffs and the Lynx are one of the top teams in the WNBA
July 02, 2024
Novak Djokovic wins first match at Wimbledon less than a month after undergoing surgery for torn meniscus
July 02, 2024
Dutch golfer Joost Luiten said on Tuesday he won a court case that will get him into the Paris Olympics after the Netherlands Olympic Committee and Netherlands Sports Federation (NOCNSF)
July 02, 2024
It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs
July 02, 2024
The International Boxing Association (IBA) has appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling against the world body's bid to regain Olympic
July 02, 2024
Katie Ledecky cruised to another dominating win in her signature event, the 1,500m freestyle, at the U.S.
July 02, 2024
American sprinter Erriyon Knighton will not be suspended for testing positive for a banned substance, the U.S.
July 02, 2024
The first round parliamentary election victory for France's far right National Rally (RN) party will not spoil the festive mood as Paris hosts the Olympic Games, said the capital's
July 02, 2024
Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink, who was named in Team USA's 3x3 basketball team for this year's Paris Olympics, has suffered a serious knee injury, the WNBA team said on
July 02, 2024
American fan favourite Sha'Carri Richardson will look to add another chapter to her comeback story with a ticket to the Paris Games when the United States team trials kick off on Friday,
July 01, 2024
Ukraine's Olympic team will be fighting for more than just medals at Paris 2024 - after a build-up marked by war. Two-time gold medal winner and World Athletics President Seb Coe knows how hard the road to Olympic glory can be -- and is fulfilling a promise to Ukrainian athletes -- with an emotional visit to see them at home. CNN's Amanda Davies gets EXCLUSIVE TV access to Coe throughout his surprise visit, where he says he has invited President Zelensky to the Games.
July 01, 2024
Andy Macdonald has team mates younger than his son as he prepares for an Olympic debut as the oldest skateboarder in Paris, but the 50-year-old great reckons he can
July 01, 2024
The U.S. Olympic track trials ended on a high note
July 01, 2024
Jessie Fleming headlined the Canadian women's soccer roster for the Paris Olympics that was revealed on Monday and features 13 players from the group that won gold in Tokyo.
July 01, 2024
Regan Smith set the 100m backstroke world record at the U.S.
July 01, 2024
Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics with a few of her friends
July 01, 2024
Top Japanese breakdancer Shigekix said on Monday his eyes will be fixed on his familiar foes from the United States and Canada when 16 B-Boys battle it out for the
July 01, 2024
SZA might be known for hit songs like “Kill Bill” and “Snooze,” but the R&B star unveiled another impressive skill beyond music that drew high praise from gymnastics superstar Simone Biles
July 01, 2024
US sprinter Quincy Wilson, 16, set to become youngest ever US male track Olympian
July 01, 2024
World Athletics head Sebastian Coe has met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kiev, where the head of state thanked the double Olympic champion for his sport’s
July 01, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks 400-meter hurdles world record for fifth time
July 01, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's world record run in the 400 hurdles wrapped up the U.S.
July 01, 2024
Four-times Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles booked her third straight appearance at the Games with her all-around victory at the U.S. Olympic team trials in Minneapolis on Sunday.
July 01, 2024
Simone Biles qualifies for a third Olympics after dominating US Olympic Gymnastic Trials
July 01, 2024
World number one Scottie Scheffler will lead a heavyweight U.S. presence at the men's 2024 Olympics golf in a quartet featuring defending champion Xander Schauffele
July 01, 2024
Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics
July 01, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the women's 400 metres hurdles world record for the fifth time on Sunday after crossing the line in 50.65 seconds at the U.S.
June 30, 2024
Zach Edey, four days removed from being selected in the first round of the NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, on Sunday withdrew himself from consideration for the Canadian men's
June 30, 2024
'Ready to ride': Former Olympian turns talents to sharing the road with riders of all abilities
June 30, 2024
Noah Lyles wins 200m at US Olympic trials in record time
June 30, 2024
Ryan Murphy said his desire to regain his Olympic 100m backstroke title burns hotter than ever after he punched his ticket to the Paris Games on Monday.
June 30, 2024
Noah Lyles will pursue the Olympic sprint double in Paris after he won the men's 200 metres at the U.S. trials in 19.53 seconds on Saturday, the fastest time of the year, as Gabby Thomas
June 30, 2024
Noah Lyles kept his hopes for the sprint double at the Olympics alive Saturday night, coming from behind to win the 200 meters at the U.S. track trials in 19.53 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year
June 30, 2024
Five-times Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah will not defend her 200m title at next month's Paris Games after opting not to compete in the event at the upcoming Jamaican trials.
June 30, 2024
Shilese Jones will not continue on at the U.S.
June 29, 2024
Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson set blistering times in semifinals at US Olympic trials
June 29, 2024
Wimbledon third seed Aryna Sabalenka said she was not fully ready for Monday's first-round clash with Emina Bektas at the championships as the two-time Australian Open champion continues
June 29, 2024
‘That was terrifying.’ Lolo Jones competes at US Olympic trials aged 41
June 29, 2024
Simone Biles sits in first place of all-around competition at US Olympic Gymnastics Trials
June 29, 2024
Grant Holloway won the 110 metres hurdles at the U.S. Olympic trials in a world lead of 12.86 seconds on Friday, as Gabby Thomas and Noah Lyles scorched their semi-final heats in the 200m.
June 29, 2024
Grant Holloway won U.S. track trials in the 110-meter hurdles Friday, finishing in 12.86 second to earn a chance to capture the Olympic title that eluded him in an upset loss three years ago
June 29, 2024
Lolo Jones, at age 41, returned to the U.S.
June 29, 2024
Canadian Olympic basketball team general manager Rowan Barrett said Friday that Golden State is blocking Andrew Wiggins from competing in Paris, while the Warriors countered it was a mutual decision between the team and Wiggins
June 29, 2024
Simone Biles saved her best for last to seize the lead at the U.S.
June 28, 2024
Luxury travel agencies in the United States are so far seeing lackluster demand for the Paris Olympics, as wealthier travelers instead opt for nearby
June 28, 2024
Palestinian swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab, who is training for the 2024 Olympic Games, has a mission.
June 28, 2024
The first batch of Russian and Belarusian athletes have been cleared to compete at next month's Paris Olympics, with a total of 25 making the cut but others
June 28, 2024
Cooper Flagg’s summer will include some time playing against the U.S. Olympic team
June 28, 2024
Water pollution levels in Paris' River Seine remain much higher than allowed for bathing, data showed on Friday, one month before the Olympics in which the capital's landmark waterway
June 28, 2024
Sha’Carri Richardson makes statement with blistering 200m at US Olympic trials
June 28, 2024
For Uruguayan sailor Dolores Moreira, renting a boat and towing it across Europe to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics is all part of the money-saving process
June 28, 2024
While the Ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very much a French affair
June 28, 2024
Elaine Thompson-Herah, the two-time reigning Olympic champion at 100 and 200 meters, will miss the Paris Games because of what she said is a small tear in her Achilles tendon
June 28, 2024
Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson made light work of the 200m heats on Thursday as the U.S.
June 28, 2024
Sha’Carri Richardson never made it to the start, let alone the finish, of the 200 meters at the last Olympic trials
June 28, 2024
Fred Richard and Brody Malone moved closer to a trip to the Olympics with solid performances during the opening night of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials
June 28, 2024
NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama expects France to be ready for Team USA should the squads meet again at the Paris Olympics.
June 27, 2024
Nike on Thursday forecast a surprise drop in fiscal 2025 revenue, hurt by faltering demand for its sneakers as consumers covet newer brands such
June 27, 2024
Colombian soccer star Linda Caicedo is preparing to play at the Olympics in France and maybe the under-20 Women’s World Cup hosted by her home country starting in late August
June 27, 2024
Victor Wembanyama plays against the top names in the game with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA
June 27, 2024
Head coach Steve Kerr expects to have all hands on deck when Team USA begins training camp in Las Vegas, ramping up to the Olympics in Paris.
June 27, 2024
A Dutch beach volleyball player convicted and imprisoned eight years ago for raping an underage girl in Britain has qualified for the Paris Olympics
June 27, 2024
The IOC has invited eight top Russian tennis players plus Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus to compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Olympics
June 27, 2024
Simone Biles aims to qualify for third Olympics at US Gymnastics Trials
June 27, 2024
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis will miss 5-6 months after left ankle surgery
June 27, 2024
Kawhi Leonard, Tyrese Haliburton and Joel Embiid are all good to go for the start of USA Basketball’s men’s national team training camp in Las Vegas next week, the first step toward what the Americans hope is a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal
June 27, 2024
Elaine Thompson-Herah, five-time Olympic gold medalist, ruled out of Paris Games with Achilles injury
June 27, 2024
The NBA may have to rethink the timing of its draft
June 27, 2024
Having overcome a heart condition and an eating disorder, Australian swimmer Lani Pallister struggled to keep her emotions in check after qualifying for her first Olympics on the
June 26, 2024
NBC to use AI version of announcer Al Michaels’ voice for Olympics recaps
June 26, 2024
The days of “plausibly live” Olympics coverage on NBC are coming to an end
June 26, 2024
USA Gymnastics believes it is building momentum toward a better future as the 2024 Olympics near
June 26, 2024
Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, six-time world championship medalist Shilese Jones and national championship runner-up Skye Blakely are facing health concerns ahead of the U.S. Olympic trials
June 26, 2024
Alex Morgan, one of the last links to the great U.S. women's soccer team dynasty, was left out of the Paris U.S.
June 26, 2024
From the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, U.S. television coverage of the games will include celebrities, social media influencers and generative artificial
June 26, 2024
Researchers used AI to analyze photos of Olympic medalists and found that bronze medalists appeared happier than silver medalists. A cognitive process called ‘counterfactual thinking’ may explain why.
June 26, 2024
Political upheaval in France won't affect preparations for the Olympic Summer Games, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Monday after President Emmanuel Macron shocked France with his
June 26, 2024
JuJu Watkins has already thought about how special it would be to play for the U.S. in 2028 at the Olympics in her hometown of Los Angeles
June 26, 2024
The United States is strongly favored to win the most overall medals when the Paris Olympics open in a month
June 26, 2024
Two former U.S. Olympic gold medalists say they've lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris
June 25, 2024
The combination of Noah Lyles, Snoop Dogg and 16-year-old Quincy Wilson running for a spot in the Olympics lifted NBC to its largest audience for the U.S. track trials since 2012, according to Nielsen
June 25, 2024
World number one and defending champion Nelly Korda will headline the three-member U.S. team competing in the women's golf tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics, USA Golf said on Tuesday.
June 25, 2024
Kristaps Porzingis plans to undergo surgery on his left leg and return to the Boston Celtics next season, but the operation recovery time rules him out for Latvia in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
June 25, 2024
Jordan Spieth became a footnote in history as the only player on the PGA Tour to twice play alongside someone who shot 59
June 25, 2024
Snoop Dogg delivers mic drop moments at US trials as 52-year-old runs 200m in 34.44 seconds
June 25, 2024
Athing Mu’s hopes of defending her Olympic 800m title end after falling at the US trials
June 25, 2024
U.S. swimming great Michael Phelps told a
June 25, 2024
‘On the roadsides there were shot up cars where people had been killed’: Facing war, death and destruction ahead of Olympics
June 25, 2024
Olympic champion Athing Mu’s hopes for a repeat title came crashing down during the first lap of the 800-meter final at U.S. track trials
June 25, 2024
Athing Mu will not defend her Olympic 800m title in Paris after she fell during the final at the U.S. trials on Monday and finished last.
June 25, 2024
Casey Eichfeld has qualified for the Olympics in canoe slalom, becoming the first American to qualify for four Olympics in slalom
June 24, 2024
Dearica Hamby has replaced Los Angeles Sparks teammate Cameron Brink, who suffered a torn ACL last week, on the U.S. Olympic 3x3 basketball team
June 24, 2024
Paris 2024 organisers on Friday unveiled a display of the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower with 50 days to go until the Summer Olympics in the French capital.
June 24, 2024
Dior has staged an homage to sport before the Paris Olympics on the grounds of the Musée Rodin on the first day of Paris Couture Week
June 24, 2024
Noah Lyles wins 100 meters at US trials to qualify for Paris Olympics
June 24, 2024
Simone Manuel wins 50m freestyle at US Olympic swimming trials as she continues return from overtraining syndrome
June 24, 2024
The crowds were large and raucous
June 24, 2024
Katie Ledecky and a powerhouse American swim team will turn their attention to another Summer Games showdown with arch-rivals Australia after the U.S.
June 24, 2024
Noah Lyles locked down the first major step in his quest for an Olympic sprint double on Sunday, coming from behind to win the 100 meters at U.S. track trials in 9.83 seconds to qualify for that race in Paris
June 24, 2024
Simone Manuel has earned an individual race at the Olympics on the final night of the U.S. swimming trials, winning the 50-meter freestyle
June 23, 2024
On International Olympic Day, Vogue World took over the last day of Paris Fashion Week’s menswear collections with a show-cum-spectacle themed around the Olympics
June 23, 2024
Egypt will take its biggest ever delegation to the Paris Olympics with the hope of exceeding its record medal haul from three years ago and continue to build its
June 23, 2024
Katie Ledecky makes history with 800m freestyle victory at US Olympic trials
June 23, 2024
Sha’Carri Richardson wins 100-meter final to qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics
June 23, 2024
Sha'Carri Richardson banished painful memories of years past to punch her ticket to the Paris Games on Saturday in the 100 metres, saying she grew both on and off the track to reach the
June 23, 2024
Sha'Carri Richardson earned her Olympic redemption on Saturday, winning the 100 metres final at the U.S. trials to punch her ticket to Paris, as Noah Lyles cruised through the opening heats
June 23, 2024
Sha’Carri Richardson earned her spot in the Paris Olympics, winning the 100-meter final in a season-best 10.71 seconds at U.S. track trials
June 23, 2024
Caeleb Dressel has locked up his second individual race in Paris, giving him another chance to shine after his stellar performance at the last Olympics
June 22, 2024
Russia's sports minister was quoted as saying on Saturday that his country's athletes - mostly barred from the Paris Olympics - would soon take part in more competitions because
June 22, 2024
A shaky start off the blocks could not derail Sha'Carri Richardson, as the world champion won her 100 metres heat in 10.88 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials on Friday.
June 22, 2024
Seven-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel earned a shot a defending is 50 metres freestyle title in Paris after powering home first in the event known as the splash and dash at the U.S.
June 22, 2024
Sha’Carri Richardson wobbled out of the starting block and raced with her right shoe untied but still won her preliminary 100-meter heat in 10.88 seconds to open her quest to make the Olympics at the U.S. track trials
June 22, 2024
Caeleb Dressel has earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials
June 21, 2024
Noah Lyles wants to stamp out his territory on and off the track ahead of the Paris Games, as the 100 metres world champion begins his latest U.S.
June 21, 2024
Gil Roberts, a member of the U.S. gold medal winning 4x400 metre relay team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was handed an eight-year suspension after testing positive for banned substances for a
June 21, 2024
The canoe slalom and softball competitions for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will be held in Oklahoma City while athletics will shift to the opening week of the global sporting showcase
June 21, 2024
The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions
June 21, 2024
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics announced changes to its venue plan that it says will create an estimated $156 million in combined savings and revenue increases
June 21, 2024
Lilly King gets engaged immediately after her race at the US Olympic swimming trials
June 21, 2024
Four of America’s biggest swimming stars have doubled up at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials
June 20, 2024
The World Anti-Doping Agency questioned an arbitrator's decision to clear American sprinter Erriyon Knighton of a doping offence on Thursday, saying it is was considering
June 20, 2024
A new professional women's gymnastics league is hoping to give athletes a chance to walk away from the sport on their terms
June 20, 2024
There is one more item to scratch off the list before everyone from Sha’Carri Richardson to Noah Lyles to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone embark on their trips to Paris for the Olympics
June 20, 2024
Coco Gauff will lead the U.S. tennis team at the Paris Olympics three years after missing the Tokyo Games because she tested positive for COVID-19
June 20, 2024
When a group of mayors paid tens of thousands of euros each to bring the Olympic torch to their towns along France's Atlantic coast, a row
June 20, 2024
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan says he understands why Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Travelers Championship to recover from a late-Sunday meltdown at the U.S. Open
June 19, 2024
Bryson DeChambeau couldn’t play at the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID-19
June 19, 2024
French swimmer Rafael Fente-Damers injures shoulder while celebrating Olympic qualification
June 19, 2024
‘You never think it will happen to you,’ says WNBA rookie and Olympic hopeful Cameron Brink after suffering ACL tear
June 19, 2024
Novak Djokovic confirmed to compete at Paris Olympics following knee surgery
June 19, 2024
Noah Lyles headlines crowded men's 100m and 200m fields while Sha'Carri Richardson stars on the women's side as the United States track and field team trials for the Paris Olympics kick
June 19, 2024
A 74-year-old surfer and master of classical Japanese dance may seem an unlikely member of a seniors' breakdancing group, but Saruwaka Kiyoshie
June 18, 2024
Olympic champion and 400 metres hurdles world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has become the first athlete to sign with Michael Johnson's new global track league, Grand
June 18, 2024
The Dallas Wings have been struggling this year, with injuries taking a major toll
June 18, 2024
Caeleb Dressel has made his debut at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, posting the third-fastest time in the preliminaries of the 100-meter freestyle
June 18, 2024
Sprinting great Michael Johnson is launching a track league that looks to assemble nearly 100 of the sport’s top performers four times a year to compete for $12.6 million in prize money over the season
June 18, 2024
CNN's Coy Wire joins Wolf Blitzer to discuss Team USA's new Olympic uniforms designed by iconic designer Ralph Lauren.
June 18, 2024
Here’s what Team USA is wearing to the Olympics
June 18, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone plans on defending her title in the 400-meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics, and has scratched from the 200 and 400-meter flat races that she had originally signed up for
June 18, 2024
Simone Biles got her bid for a record-extending ninth all-around title at the U.S. championships off to a sensational start on Friday, piling up 60.45 points to take a more than three-
June 18, 2024
Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ramped up preparations for a title defence at this year's Paris Games by running a world-leading time of 52.70 seconds on Friday in her first 400
June 18, 2024
Shaun White is starting a season-long halfpipe league that will offer $1.5 million in prizes in hopes of pulling together what has long been a spread-out, confusing action-sports calendar
June 17, 2024
Gretchen Walsh followed up a world record in the 100-meter butterfly with something that felt just as good
June 16, 2024
Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, cruising to victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials
June 15, 2024
Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women’s 100-meter butterfly, posting a time of 55.18 seconds in a semifinal heat at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials
June 15, 2024
Olympic spots are still up for grabs at the U.S. Open
June 15, 2024
The IOC has approved 14 athletes from Russia and 11 Belarusians with neutral status to compete at the Paris Olympics in a first list from five sports published Saturday
June 15, 2024
Spain's David Puig rallied after a poor first round at the U.S. Open with a second-round 68 on Friday, which allowed him to make the cut and earn one of his nation's two spots at the Paris Olympics
June 14, 2024
The water quality of the Seine river in Paris is raising concerns ahead of the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games
June 14, 2024
Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden
June 13, 2024
Salt Lake City is still cruising toward being named the 2034 Winter Olympics host next month
June 12, 2024
Olympic breakdancers spin on their heads and backs, then freeze in funky poses. How? It’s all about physics.
June 12, 2024
The Spanish tennis federation says Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will play doubles together for Spain at the upcoming Paris Olympics
June 12, 2024
Ariarne Titmus has set a world record in the women’s 200-meter freestyle at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials
June 12, 2024
The NFL’s dedication to expanding flag football starts at the top
June 11, 2024
USA Basketball says experience was a major reason Caitlin Clark was left off the U.S. Olympic roster that was officially announced Tuesday
June 11, 2024
Longtime figure skating coach Frank Carroll, who over the course of a 60-year career helped guide six Olympic medalists at 10 Winter Games, including Michelle Kwan and Evan Lysacek, has died
June 11, 2024
Simone Manuel was the first Black female swimmer to capture an Olympic gold medal
June 11, 2024
Elaine Thompson-Herah, the two-time defending Olympic champion at 100 and 200 meters, had to be helped from the track after appearing to hurt her Achilles tendon in a race at the USATF New York City Grand Prix
June 09, 2024
David Puig of Spain is part of a four-way for the lead at LIV Golf Houston
June 08, 2024
Caitlin Clark won’t be headed to the Paris Olympics, according to a person familiar with the decision
June 08, 2024
Organizers have unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Paris Games
June 07, 2024
A U.S.
June 07, 2024
When Rio de Janeiro hosted the Olympics in 2016, videos of the extensive lagoon complex surrounding the Olympic Park were everywhere
June 06, 2024
In a ‘very surreal’ move, Flavor Flav has a new calling as hype man to the US women’s water polo team
June 06, 2024
NBC has partnered with several entertainers and non-Olympic athletes like Megan Thee Stallion, Dolly Parton and Peyton Manning to promote the Paris Games this summer
June 05, 2024
Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo
June 04, 2024
Track and field's World Athletics has announced a new global championships that promises $150,000 prizes for gold medalists
June 03, 2024
Gymnastics star Simone Biles cruised to a record ninth U.S. Championship, giving good friend Sunisa Lee a boost along the way
June 03, 2024
Gymnast Skye Blakely says working on her mental health has helped put her in the mix for the 2024 Olympics
June 01, 2024
Simone Biles put herself in position to win a ninth national gymnastics title, stringing together four occasionally brilliant rotations to take a massive lead at the U.S. Championships
June 01, 2024
Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is seeking to trade the mat for the gridiron by signing a standard undrafted rookie free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills
May 31, 2024
Olympic champion Katie Ledecky says faith in the anti-doping system is at an “all-time low” in the wake of the way global regulators handled a case involving Chinese swimmers
May 31, 2024
After days of barreling along the huge waves of Tahiti’s island paradise, French Polynesian surfer Vahine Fierro has even more reason to look forward to this summer’s Olympics
May 31, 2024
Jordan Chiles is making another run at the Olympics
May 30, 2024
There’s no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished
May 30, 2024
What is missing from the Paris 2024 Olympics? A tear-jerking corporate advertising campaign from Procter & Gamble saluting the mothers of athletes.
May 29, 2024
The boxing governing body declared rogue by the International Olympic Committee says it will pay $50,000 in prize money to each gold medalist at the Paris Games
May 29, 2024
France will deliver extra military aid to Ukraine in coming days and weeks, the Elysee said on Tuesday, after President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with Ukrainian President
May 29, 2024
Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do
May 27, 2024
Beatrice Chebet of Kenya has set a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic meet, finishing in 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds
May 25, 2024
Record-breaking 48-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says an injury has ended her attempt to qualify for what would have been her ninth Olympics
May 24, 2024
Some athletes have lost trust in world anti-doping agency WADA after the body's handling of failed drug tests in Chinese swimming, according to Team USA Athletes' Commission
May 23, 2024
As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the Olympics in two months, one of the country’s fundamental principles is under the spotlight — laïcité, or secularism
May 23, 2024
Around 50 khaki-clad men riding atop a black armoured truck approached an abandoned office building on the outskirts of Paris one spring morning and blew open a
May 22, 2024
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have sent a letter to the leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency asking for answers about the case in which 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite positive tests for a banned drug
May 22, 2024
Coach Emma Hayes has selected her first roster for the U.S. ahead of a pair of friendlies as she prepares to lead the women’s national soccer team at the Paris Olympics
May 21, 2024
She’s the U.S. Open champion
May 21, 2024
Can Russians and Belarusians compete at the Paris Olympics? Individual Neutral Athletes explained
May 21, 2024
Mike Sullivan has been selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics
May 18, 2024
Peacock, a Comcast-owned NBCUniversal's streaming service, will raise prices of its premium and premium plus plans by $2 per month, as it looks to cash in on its streaming rights to the
May 15, 2024
Paris garbage collectors have lifted the strike notice that threatened to leave the French capital facing piles of rubbish during the Olympic Games
May 15, 2024
Norwegian police said on Monday they have pressed charges against Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Olympic 1,500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, for alleged physical abuse.
May 14, 2024
Downhill skier Breezy Johnson has been banned for 14 months for three violations of anti-doping rules and can't race until December
May 14, 2024
The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint of preparations ahead of the Olympic Games opening ceremony on July
May 13, 2024
A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an
May 13, 2024
Flavor Flav believes the hype on the three-time defending Olympic champion U.S. women's water polo team, and now he's stepping in to help its quest for another gold medal
May 10, 2024
A Ukrainian gymnast has led a group of European athletes carrying the torch for the Paris Olympics through Marseille, a gesture of European unity and solidarity with her country amid its war with Russia
May 09, 2024
Torchbearers are carrying the Olympic flame through the streets of France’s southern port city of Marseille, the first leg of an 11-week journey across the country
May 09, 2024
Tens of thousands welcomed the Olympic torch in the southern French city of Marseille, marking another milestone in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Paris
May 08, 2024
The Olympic torch will finally enter France
May 07, 2024
The Ukrainian Olympic Committee says two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the front line in the war in Ukraine
May 06, 2024
China's President Xi Jingping on Monday called for a global truce during the Olympic Games in Paris this summer after the French president and the
May 06, 2024
Brittney Griner says since her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago that she has used her platform as a WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist to advocate for the return of other Americans detained overseas
May 06, 2024
The IOC has suspended former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait for 15 years after his conviction for forgery was upheld on appeal this year at a Swiss criminal appeals court
May 04, 2024
Just like the Olympic athletes, the cyberwarriors that will be crucial for the success of the Paris Games are deep into training for the big event
May 03, 2024
Three-time U.S. Olympian Emma Coburn says her “dream of Paris is over” after breaking her ankle at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai and undergoing surgery
May 03, 2024
Athletes at this year's Olympics will be eating fresh produce mostly made in France, with a focus on local and organic products and more vegetarian options.
May 03, 2024
Victor Wembanyama will return to Paris, he hopes as an Olympic champion, when the San Antonio Spurs face the Indiana Pacers in two regular-season NBA games early next year
May 02, 2024
The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from 11 countries in 12 sports
May 02, 2024
French officials have inaugurated a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which is to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons
May 02, 2024
Some 40,000 meals will be served each day during the Paris Games to over 15,000 athletes from 200 different countries housed at the Olympic village
April 30, 2024
The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian sports
April 29, 2024
Brazilian soccer star Marta plans to retire from the women's national team after this year
April 26, 2024
Nike is spending more on this Olympics than any previous Games, top executives said on Friday, as the U.S. sportswear brand embarks on a marketing push it hopes will
April 26, 2024
France has asked about 45 foreign countries to contribute several thousand extra military, police and civilian personnel to help safeguard the
April 26, 2024
Like many Parisians, Martin Cassan will be heading the other way when the tidal wave of Olympics visitors hits the French capital in late July, taking the opportunity to make some
April 26, 2024
Russia slammed a decision by the International Olympic Committee to ban its athletes from the opening parade of the Paris Olympics in July, calling it a violation of the ideal of
April 26, 2024
Russia's plan to hold the 'Friendship Games' is a political action that violates the Olympic Charter, and countries should not take part in them, the International Olympic Committee
April 26, 2024
Russia will be asked to observe a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Paris Olympics, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview from Paris shown on Ukrainian television and
April 26, 2024
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) will not boycott this year's Paris Olympics, its president said on Thursday, despite restrictions on athletes imposed by the International
April 26, 2024
A Texas man who pleaded guilty to involvement in providing banned performance-enhancing drugs to athletes before the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was
April 26, 2024
Uber said on Friday it had filed a legal appeal against the Paris Mayor's office regarding restrictions placed upon so-called VTCs - tourist vehicles with drivers - in the capital.
April 26, 2024
Residents of the Tahitian village that will host the 2024 Olympic surfing event remain opposed to plans to build a new smaller judging tower on the reef, saying it will
April 26, 2024
The war between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will not affect the security plans for next year's Olympic Games in France, the chief of the
April 26, 2024
Special anti-terrorism measures being put in place to safeguard the unprecedented opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics on the River Seine will also apply to all buildings along the route
April 25, 2024
The head of the Paris airports operator says skies over the French capital will be closed completely for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games
April 24, 2024
Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie
April 24, 2024
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she is confident water quality will be up to the Olympics standards this summer
April 23, 2024
French police have evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River
April 23, 2024
Allisha Gray is glad to be back playing 3x3 with an eye towards being a member of the team at the Paris Olympics this summer
April 23, 2024
In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed nearly $2 million in additional funding to WADA programs, including one designed to strengthen the agency’s investigations and intelligence unit
April 22, 2024
Caitlin Clark will have the start of her WNBA career to show the U.S. women’s basketball selection committee whether she deserves a spot on the Paris Olympic roster
April 22, 2024
The world’s top anti-doping regulator says after reviewing a documentary and other media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication
April 22, 2024
Alexander Mutiso Munyao denied 41-year-old Kenenisa Bekele a first London Marathon victory by pulling away from the Ethiopian great with about 3 kilometers to go for his biggest career win
April 21, 2024
Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya pulled away late to win the London Marathon women’s race on Sunday and cement her status as the favorite to defend her gold in Paris
April 21, 2024
Revelations of nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers whose positive doping tests went unpunished have sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the U.S. drug-fighting organization
April 20, 2024
Olympic organizers have unveiled their plans to use artificial intelligence in sports, joining the global rush to capitalize on the rapidly advancing technology
April 19, 2024
The collective group of Summer Games sports has criticized World Athletics for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics
April 19, 2024
Olympic gymnastics all-around champion Suni Lee revealed that at the height of dealing with a kidney disease last year, she retained 45 pounds in water weight that made her question whether a return to top form was even possible
April 17, 2024
Golden State guard Stephen Curry knew he was running out of chances to play in what would be his first Olympics, so he and his wife Ayesha started planning many months ago about how to make the Paris Games work for their family
April 17, 2024
Noah Eagle is broadcasting his second Olympics this summer
April 17, 2024
The names have been trickling in, one or two at a time
April 17, 2024
Dozens of Russian athletes will likely be allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics
April 17, 2024
LeBron James plans to go back to the Olympics
April 16, 2024
Athletes in plenty of sports compete for plenty of cash
April 16, 2024
American Olympic athletes have a new place to turn to lock down college degrees and other skills for life after sports thanks to a partnership U.S. Olympic leaders unveiled with the Denver-based education company Guild
April 16, 2024
The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece
April 16, 2024
The biggest moments for many of this generation’s Olympic athletes came in front of mostly empty stands
April 15, 2024
Every two years, a countdown to the Olympic Games is launched from its ancient birthplace with a flame-lighting ceremony in southern Greece at ancient Olympia
April 15, 2024
Fans will be seeing purple at the Olympics when athletes try to set records at this summer’s Paris Games
April 14, 2024
Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris
April 10, 2024
Many other past Olympic hosts around the world have decided in recent years that bringing back the Games isn’t worth the money or hassle
April 10, 2024
Police in Paris have removed about 50 migrants, including families with young children, from the Paris City Hall plaza as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games
April 03, 2024
The International Olympic Committee says it needs to find a suitable new international boxing body by early next year or else risk boxing dropping out of the Olympics for the Los Angeles Games in 2028
April 03, 2024
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has announced 10 changes to the way it operates in a move it says is designed to increase efficiency and “trauma sensitivity,” while addressing complaints that have come from both victims and the accused
April 01, 2024
Preparations are underway for the gardens of the Versailles Palace to welcome Olympic horse riders and tens of thousands of visitors when it hosts equestrian and modern pentathlon events during this summer’s Paris Games
March 30, 2024
France says it has asked 46 countries if they can supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics
March 29, 2024
Caitlin Clark was invited to the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over
March 28, 2024
An exhibit in the French capital before this summer's Paris Olympics shows how the games have been a “mirror of society” since the beginning of the 20th century
March 27, 2024
American figure skating star Ilia Malinin is a world champion — and a world-record holder
March 24, 2024
The United States men’s team will face France at the Paris Games after being drawn in the same group as the host nation for the Olympics soccer tournament
March 20, 2024
USA Basketball’s men’s team is assured of seeing Serbia and South Sudan in the group stage of the Paris Olympics, while the U.S. women are guaranteed of a gold-medal-game rematch against Japan in France this summer
March 19, 2024
The IOC says Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, the IOC
March 19, 2024
A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding for the embattled U.S. Center for SafeSport while also forming a new government office to oversee grassroots sports that have long been attached to the Olympics themselves
March 19, 2024
The IOC is facing a Russia-organized potential rival to the Olympics and has urged sports and political leaders not to take part
March 19, 2024
The doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva left a “very unpleasant” taste with the World Anti-Doping Agency because the teenager was the only one punished with a ban while her coaches and entourage have not been sanctioned
March 12, 2024
Lindsey Horan scored on a header in first-half stoppage time and the United States beat Brazil 1-0 on Sunday to win the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup
March 11, 2024
France's public administration minister says the government will offer bonuses to civil servants mobilized to work in Paris during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to avoid strikes
March 09, 2024
Few swimmers have made a splash as big as Katie Ledecky, the Olympic gold medalist and two-time winner of The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award
March 07, 2024
Alyssa Naeher had three saves in the penalty shootout after a rain-soaked 2-2 draw with Canada on Wednesday night, earning the United States a spot in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup final
March 07, 2024
IOC president Thomas Bach confirms Israel faces no threat to its Olympic status ahead of the Paris Games despite the conflict in Gaza
March 06, 2024
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been barred from marching in this year's Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris even if they are approved to compete as neutrals
March 06, 2024
Top surfers Gabriel Medina of Brazil and Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia have won the final qualifier for the upcoming Olympics following nine days of volatile weather
March 03, 2024
A commission charged with reviewing the Olympic system in the United States recommended Congress rework key facets of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, including making it completely independent of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and reimagining the way it deals with cases in the grassroots
March 01, 2024
Four appeals filed at sport’s highest court in fallout from the doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are set to delay awarding medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics yet again
February 26, 2024
Kayla DiCello seized the accolades projected for some of her higher-profile counterparts by winning the uneven bars and floor exercise on the way to the all-around title at the USA Gymnastics Winter Cup on Saturday
February 24, 2024
Major League Baseball’s move to slice two seconds off the pitch clock with runners on base is too much, too soon, according to the head of the players’ union
February 24, 2024
Simply competing is an encouraging sign that Sunisa Lee is in a healthy place
February 23, 2024
The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee
February 23, 2024
Gabby Douglas’ return to competition is going to have to wait
February 22, 2024
It has been two years since hockey at the Beijing Olympics went ahead without NHL players because of COVID-19 pandemic-related scheduling issues
February 21, 2024
Striking workers have again closed down the Eiffel Tower
February 21, 2024
LeBron James still wants to participate in the Paris Olympics this summer, sure sounds like extending his NBA career for at least a couple more seasons is an option and said he would like to see his playing days end as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers
February 18, 2024
As most of Europe moves into the solemn weeks before Easter, the party is just getting started on the French Rivera
February 18, 2024
Marrit Steenbergen won gold for the Netherlands in the women’s 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships
February 16, 2024
The United States held off Hungary 8-7 to capture the women’s water polo title for the fifth time in the last six championships and eighth time overall
February 16, 2024
Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong has captured her first long-course world title, winning the women’s 200-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar
February 14, 2024
Swiss bobsled athlete Sandro Michel is recovering from emergency surgery after a training crash that has some sliders considering whether it’s safe or appropriate to compete in World Cup races this weekend
February 14, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand booksellers’ boxes from the banks of the Seine River in preparation for the opening ceremony of the Olympics in July
February 13, 2024
The governing body that oversees figure skating has defended its decision to award the bronze medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics to the Russian squad
February 09, 2024
Chang Yani has topped teammate Chen Yiwen in the 3-meter springboard, giving the powerhouse Chinese team its eighth diving gold medal of the World Aquatics Championships
February 09, 2024
Katie Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak in the 800-meter freestyle is over
February 09, 2024
Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says the Paris Games will be her fifth and final Olympics
February 09, 2024
A former Olympian and longtime track coach will spend as much a 11 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of sexually molesting young boys in the 1970s while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts
February 08, 2024
Joel Embiid’s timeline to return to the Philadelphia 76ers is still unclear following knee surgery
February 08, 2024
A strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather’s heart medication was offered in sport's highest court as a possible cause of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test
February 07, 2024
Italian sprinter Marcell Jacobs still feels like he has something to prove as he prepares to defend gold in the 100 meters at this year's Paris Olympics
February 07, 2024
Parisians are voting whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park
February 04, 2024
Tyreek Hill is a five-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl champion
February 03, 2024
Fiona O’Keeffe smashed the women’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials record in her debut at the distance to secure her spot in the Paris Games
February 03, 2024
Paris police say a man has injured three people in a stabbing attack at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris
February 03, 2024
NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade
February 02, 2024
With China sitting out the first two diving events, other nations got a chance to shine on Day 1 of the World Aquatics Championships
February 02, 2024
The U.S. figure skating team from the Beijing Olympics will receive a gold medal now that Russian skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified for doping
January 30, 2024
The Russia figure skating team still stands to get bronze medals from the 2022 Beijing Olympics despite the disqualification of Kamila Valieva in a doping case
January 30, 2024
The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics
January 29, 2024
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Olympics
January 29, 2024
Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their fifth U.S. figure skating title in the ice dance despite an illness that began to set in two days earlier when they performed their rhythm dance
January 27, 2024
Mikaela Shiffrin has crashed into the safety nets after losing control while landing a jump during a World Cup women’s downhill
January 26, 2024
The United States is predicted to top the medals tables — both the overall count and gold-medal count — for the 2024 Paris Olympics
January 26, 2024
USA Basketball says it wants the best for Draymond Green, which is why the federation does not have him in its plans for the Paris Olympics
January 24, 2024
The U.S. women’s basketball national team will get together for a few days in New York next month before playing in the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgium
January 22, 2024
The International Gymnastics Federation has granted neutral status to 30 athletes and officials from Belarus allowing them to take part in international competitions
January 15, 2024
A former France basketball player serving as an ambassador for the Paris 2024 Olympics has been forced to quit her role because of a controversy linked to a social media post related to the situation in Gaza
January 11, 2024
France's interior minister says the Olympic host country saw fewer of the car burnings that usually blight the arrival of a new year as it celebrated the start of 2024
January 01, 2024
Organizers of the Paris Olympics urgently need thousands of security guards to help keep athletes and spectators safe and reduce the likelihood of another deadly extremist attack in the French capital
December 29, 2023
The Washington Huskies are applying lessons from Olympic rowing in 1936 to their quest for a college football national title at the dawn of 2024
December 29, 2023
The forecourt of Paris City Hall sparkles with activity this holiday season, including a Christmas market and huge signs advertising the 2024 Olympics
December 26, 2023
Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will continue on a new tower for judges and TV cameras at the surfing venue in Tahiti
December 20, 2023
Jake Paul is teaming up with USA Boxing to put a spotlight on the nation’s top competitors at the Paris Olympics
December 19, 2023
When the Olympic movement and international soccer lived through very public corruption crises, both agreed to limit the terms of their presidents in an effort to protect them in the future
December 15, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has questioned the International Olympic Committee rules mandating Russian athletes compete at the Paris Olympics as neutral athletes
December 14, 2023
South Korea’s Olympic chief has defended a decision to send hundreds of athletes to a military camp next week as part of preparations for the 2024 Games in Paris
December 14, 2023
Two of Russia’s top swimmers who could be eligible for the next year’s Olympics have been drug tested by their country’s anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023
December 13, 2023
Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will resume this week to prepare the surfing venue in Tahiti after an uproar over damage to a coral reef put efforts on hold
December 11, 2023
The last centralized NHL Draft for the foreseeable future is going out with the glitz and bright lights of Vegas
December 05, 2023
The governing body of gymnastics in Europe voted against allowing Russian and Belarusian gymnasts to return to international competitions, calling into question how they could qualify for next year’s Olympics
December 01, 2023
Stay and enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime show
November 29, 2023
Dallas’ Luka Doncic, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns all still have a chance to play in next summer’s Paris Olympics
November 27, 2023
A French army general involved in the preparations says France’s military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year’s Paris Olympics
November 23, 2023
Russia has clashed with the International Olympic Committee on the floor of the United Nations before 118 member states voted to adopt a traditional truce around the Paris Summer Games next year
November 21, 2023
Fifteen years ago, Michael Phelps won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics wearing a high-tech swimsuit with a catchy name, the Speedo LZR Racer
November 16, 2023
Olympic sports bodies want urgent talks with the IOC about the risk of cuts in their revenue shares and athlete quotas at the 2028 Los Angeles Games because cricket and other newcomers have been added to the program
November 13, 2023
The Russian Olympic Committee has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports against a suspension by the IOC last month for incorporating Ukrainian sports councils
November 06, 2023
American gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton says she is “overwhelmed with all the love and support” she has received and is slowly recovering with family after being hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia earlier this month
October 30, 2023
Mia Fishel and Jaedyn Shaw both scored their first international goals and the United States defeated Colombia 3-0 in an exhibition match on Sunday
October 29, 2023
Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway has become the first skier to be disqualified for a forbidden type of wax on her skis
October 28, 2023
Bryce Harper wants big leaguers to play in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, but Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says pausing the regular season to make that happen would be difficult
October 27, 2023
Cuba, once a sports superpower, now celebrates every gold medal at the Pan American Games
October 27, 2023
Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner head up the USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster announced Thursday for two exhibition games and training camp in November
October 26, 2023
The final stage of next year’s Tour de France will be held outside Paris for the first time since 1905 because of a clash with the Olympics
October 25, 2023
Spain’s women’s players hope to start talking more about soccer than the off-the-field problems that marred their Women’s World Cup title celebrations
October 24, 2023
Brazil’s 15-year-old skateboarding sensation Rayssa Leal, one of the favorites to win a gold medal in the street event at the Paris Olympics next year, won her first Pan American Games crown on Saturday
October 21, 2023
American figure skater Ilia Malinin was flawless on the opening night of Skate America, scoring 104.06 points for his short program Friday night to take a big lead into the free skate
October 21, 2023
The International Olympic Committee has dismissed claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin of “ethnic discrimination” against athletes who are excluded from international sport
October 20, 2023
Television crews at the Pan American Games had equipment stolen this week from the compound of the National Stadium, the site of Friday’s opening ceremony, heightening concerns about crime at the tournament hosting over 6,800 athletes
October 19, 2023
Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee
October 17, 2023
Bryce Harper wants to take a swing at the Olympics
October 16, 2023
Cricket is an Olympic sport again
October 16, 2023
IOC president Thomas Bach has been urged by its members to change Olympic rules on term limits and seek four more years as president
October 15, 2023
The family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is making “remarkable” progress in her battle with a rare form of pneumonia
October 14, 2023
The IOC says Russian athletes can be directly invited to next year's Paris Games despite the suspension of their country's Olympic committee
October 13, 2023
Flag football and cricket were among five sports that took their next step toward inevitably being added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
October 13, 2023
The International Olympic Committee has cited concerns about the effects of climate change for its plan to pick two Winter Olympic host cities in July
October 13, 2023
The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended by the IOC for breaching the Olympic Charter by incorporating sports bodies in four regions in eastern Ukraine
October 12, 2023
Modern pentathlon is waiting to hear about its Olympic future after adding obstacles and ditching horses
October 11, 2023
The family of Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton says she is “continuing to fight.”
October 11, 2023
Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton has pneumonia and is in intensive care in a Texas hospital
October 10, 2023
The trend of reaching friendly agreements to pick hosts of the Olympics or major soccer tournaments without a contested vote has continued in Europe
October 10, 2023
The NFL’s ongoing push for worldwide exposure got another boost when organizers for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics delivered a proposal to put flag football on the program when the Summer Games return to the United States for the first time in 32 years
October 09, 2023
Simone Biles has won two more gold medals at the 2023 gymnastics world championships
October 08, 2023
Simone Biles has won the individual all-around title at the world championships for the sixth time to become the most decorated gymnast in history
October 06, 2023
Breakdancing is part of a minor sports revolution going on in Mongolia
October 06, 2023
Bedbugs go wherever people go, and they have become a nightmare haunting France for weeks
October 05, 2023
Kevin Durant just got done with his summer vacation
October 02, 2023
Oksana Chusovitina competed in her first Olympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games and won a gold medal in gymnastics
September 29, 2023
The Asian Games offer a preview of what could soon be coming to the Olympics
September 25, 2023
Lithuanian teenager Dominika Banevič and American Victor Montalvo have qualified for next year’s Paris Olympics after winning the World Breaking Championship on Sunday
September 24, 2023
The opening ceremony of the Asian Games in China offered all the staples of a major international sports event
September 23, 2023
U.S. breaking pros who hope to compete in the Paris Olympics next year have a challenge
September 22, 2023
Anthony Nesty has made more history with his selection to lead the U.S. men’s swimming team at the Paris Olympics
September 22, 2023
Dallas, Florida and New York will host matches at next year's men’s T20 World Cup
September 20, 2023
Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal at the Paris Olympics
September 19, 2023
USA Basketball is back atop the FIBA men’s world rankings even after failing to medal at the World Cup
September 15, 2023
With Peru in the global spotlight for APEC, so is one of the world's least popular presidents
Hyundai Motor names U.S. chief Jose Munoz as CEO in major reshuffle
Trump meets with Argentina's president, the first foreign leader he's met with since election
Japan's economy grows for a second straight quarter on the back of consumer spending
Dollar eyes weekly gain on slower Fed easing, inflation outlook
Airbnb users to play gladiators in Rome's Colosseum, sparking mixed reactions over $1.5 million deal
Charley Hull is fresh off a win and tied for the lead on LPGA. Nelly Korda is 2 behind
Sinner stays perfect and Fritz also advances to the semifinals at the ATP Finals