Today: November 15, 2024
Today: November 15, 2024

Olympics

Entertainment|Lifestyle|News|Sports

USA Basketball fills the 12 available slots for the Paris Olympics roster, AP sources say

LeBron James plans to go back to the Olympics

April 16, 2024
USA Basketball fills the 12 available slots for the Paris Olympics roster, AP sources say
Sports

Olympic gold is great, but athletes say some cash to go with it is even better

Athletes in plenty of sports compete for plenty of cash

April 16, 2024
Olympic gold is great, but athletes say some cash to go with it is even better
Education|Sports|US

US Olympic committee strikes sponsorship deal to help athletes get degrees after they retire

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
US Olympic committee strikes sponsorship deal to help athletes get degrees after they retire
Europe|News|Sports

Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games

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
Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games
News|Sports|World

Paris-bound Olympians look forward to a post-COVID Games with fans in the stands

The biggest moments for many of this generation’s Olympic athletes came in front of mostly empty stands

April 15, 2024
Paris-bound Olympians look forward to a post-COVID Games with fans in the stands
Europe|Sports|Travel|World

At birthplace of Olympics, performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past

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
At birthplace of Olympics, performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past
Europe|News|Sports|World

Seeing purple: Fans get a new track color and maybe record-breaking times at Paris Olympics

Fans will be seeing purple at the Olympics when athletes try to set records at this summer’s Paris Games

April 14, 2024
Seeing purple: Fans get a new track color and maybe record-breaking times at Paris Olympics
Lifestyle|News|Sports

Track and field introducing prize money at Olympics with Paris gold medalists to get $50,000

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
Track and field introducing prize money at Olympics with Paris gold medalists to get $50,000
Opinion|Sports|World

Soon to be a 2-time Olympic host city, Salt Lake City’s zest for the Games is now an outlier

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
Soon to be a 2-time Olympic host city, Salt Lake City’s zest for the Games is now an outlier
Europe|News|Sports|World

Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics

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
Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics
News|Sports|World

IOC sets deadline of 'early 2025' to keep boxing in the Olympics for Los Angeles with a new partner

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
IOC sets deadline of 'early 2025' to keep boxing in the Olympics for Los Angeles with a new partner
News|Sports|US

SafeSport Center announces changes designed to address widespread complaints

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
SafeSport Center announces changes designed to address widespread complaints
Arts|Europe|Sports|Travel

Grandstands and gallop tracks: Versailles Palace gardens get ready for Olympic equestrian events

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
Grandstands and gallop tracks: Versailles Palace gardens get ready for Olympic equestrian events
Europe|News|Sports

France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge

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
France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge
News|Sports

Clark invited to play with US national team during training camp at Final Four

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
Clark invited to play with US national team during training camp at Final Four
Arts|Entertainment|Europe|Sports

A Paris exhibit shows how the Olympics mirror society, from Nazi propaganda to fighting inequalities

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
A Paris exhibit shows how the Olympics mirror society, from Nazi propaganda to fighting inequalities
Sports

Ilia Malinin takes men’s world figure skating crown in record performance

American figure skating star Ilia Malinin is a world champion — and a world-record holder

March 24, 2024
Ilia Malinin takes men’s world figure skating crown in record performance
News|Sports|World

Paris Olympics Soccer draw: United States men will face France

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
Paris Olympics Soccer draw: United States men will face France
News|Sports|US|World

USA Basketball learns its groupings for the Paris Olympics. Tough draws await the men and women

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
USA Basketball learns its groupings for the Paris Olympics. Tough draws await the men and women
News|Sports|World

IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony

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
IOC excludes Russian and Belarusian athletes from taking part in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Business|News|Sports|US

Olympic law rewrite calls for public funding for SafeSport and federal grassroots sports office

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
Olympic law rewrite calls for public funding for SafeSport and federal grassroots sports office
News|Political|Sports

IOC urges sports, governments to avoid Russia-organized possible rival to Olympic Games

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
IOC urges sports, governments to avoid Russia-organized possible rival to Olympic Games
Europe|News|Sports

Russian skater's doping case leaves WADA uneasy and targeting new rules before next Winter Olympics

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
Russian skater's doping case leaves WADA uneasy and targeting new rules before next Winter Olympics
Sports|US

Lindsay Horan scores in 1st half, US beats Brazil 1-0 in Women's Gold Cup title game

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
Lindsay Horan scores in 1st half, US beats Brazil 1-0 in Women's Gold Cup title game
Europe|News

To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants

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
To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants
Sports

Olympic champion Katie Ledecky's memoir, 'Just Add Water,' to be published June 11

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
Olympic champion Katie Ledecky's memoir, 'Just Add Water,' to be published June 11
Americas|Sports|US

Alyssa Naeher has 3 saves in a penalty shootout over Canada and the US heads to Gold Cup final

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
Alyssa Naeher has 3 saves in a penalty shootout over Canada and the US heads to Gold Cup final
News|Sports|World

Israel's Olympic status not in question says IOC president Bach amid frustration with Russia

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
Israel's Olympic status not in question says IOC president Bach amid frustration with Russia
Europe|News|Sports|World

Paralympics organizers bar Russians and Belarusians from opening and closing ceremonies in Paris

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
Paralympics organizers bar Russians and Belarusians from opening and closing ceremonies in Paris
Americas|Asia|News|Sports|Travel|World

Surfers from Brazil and Australia win final Olympic qualifier in warm and windy Puerto Rico

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
Surfers from Brazil and Australia win final Olympic qualifier in warm and windy Puerto Rico
News|Sports|US

Olympic commission suggests SafeSport be independent from USOPC

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
Olympic commission suggests SafeSport be independent from USOPC
Crime|News|Sports|World

Four new appeals go to sports court chasing Olympic medals in Russian skater Valieva's doping case

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
Four new appeals go to sports court chasing Olympic medals in Russian skater Valieva's doping case
Sports|US

Kayla DiCello takes gold in USA Gymnastics Winter Cup. Olympic champ Sunisa Lee falls on bars, beam

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
Kayla DiCello takes gold in USA Gymnastics Winter Cup. Olympic champ Sunisa Lee falls on bars, beam
News|Opinion|Sports

MLB union says 2-second cut to pitch clock too soon for some pitchers

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
MLB union says 2-second cut to pitch clock too soon for some pitchers
Health|Sports

Olympic all-around champ Sunisa Lee is happy competing again. She also wants a skill named for her

Simply competing is an encouraging sign that Sunisa Lee is in a healthy place

February 23, 2024
Olympic all-around champ Sunisa Lee is happy competing again. She also wants a skill named for her
News|Sports

Russian Olympic Committee loses appeal against suspension by the IOC

The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee

February 23, 2024
Russian Olympic Committee loses appeal against suspension by the IOC
Entertainment|News|Sports

2012 Olympic champ Gabby Douglas pulls out of first meet in 8 years after testing positive for COVID

Gabby Douglas’ return to competition is going to have to wait

February 22, 2024
2012 Olympic champ Gabby Douglas pulls out of first meet in 8 years after testing positive for COVID
News|Sports|World

Many players from the 2022 Beijing Olympics are making an impact in the NHL

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
Many players from the 2022 Beijing Olympics are making an impact in the NHL
Europe|News|Travel

Striking workers again close down the Eiffel Tower ahead of its starring role in the Paris Olympics

Striking workers have again closed down the Eiffel Tower

February 21, 2024
Striking workers again close down the Eiffel Tower ahead of its starring role in the Paris Olympics
Celebrity|Entertainment|News|Sports

LeBron James still committed to Paris Olympics, but health remains the big key

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
LeBron James still committed to Paris Olympics, but health remains the big key
Europe|Lifestyle|Travel

Carnival parades on the French Riviera celebrate the upcoming Olympics and pop culture

As most of Europe moves into the solemn weeks before Easter, the party is just getting started on the French Rivera

February 18, 2024
Carnival parades on the French Riviera celebrate the upcoming Olympics and pop culture
News|Sports|World

Steenbergen wins 100 free gold for the Netherlands at world championships

Marrit Steenbergen won gold for the Netherlands in the women’s 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships

February 16, 2024
Steenbergen wins 100 free gold for the Netherlands at world championships
News|Sports|US|World

US wins another women's water polo world title, beating Hungary 8-7 for gold

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
US wins another women's water polo world title, beating Hungary 8-7 for gold
Asia|News|Sports

Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong captures her first long-course world title in Doha

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
Siobhán Haughey of Hong Kong captures her first long-course world title in Doha
Europe|Health|Sports

Swiss bobsled athlete has surgery after being thrown to ice and hit by sled in training crash

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
Swiss bobsled athlete has surgery after being thrown to ice and hit by sled in training crash
Europe|News

President's intervention keeps Paris' riverside bookstalls in place for the Olympics

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
President's intervention keeps Paris' riverside bookstalls in place for the Olympics
News|Sports|World

ISU defends its decision to give Russians bronze medal from Beijing Olympics after doping case

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
ISU defends its decision to give Russians bronze medal from Beijing Olympics after doping case
Asia|News|Sports|World

Chang Yani knocks off teammate Chen Yiwen for China's 8th diving gold medal at worlds

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
Chang Yani knocks off teammate Chen Yiwen for China's 8th diving gold medal at worlds
Sports

Summer McIntosh ends Katie Ledecky's 13-year unbeaten streak in 800-meter freestyle

Katie Ledecky’s 13-year unbeaten streak in the 800-meter freestyle is over

February 09, 2024
Summer McIntosh ends Katie Ledecky's 13-year unbeaten streak in 800-meter freestyle
Americas|News|Sports|World

Jamaican sprinter Fraser-Pryce to make Paris Games her fifth and final Olympics

Jamaican great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says the Paris Games will be her fifth and final Olympics

February 09, 2024
Jamaican sprinter Fraser-Pryce to make Paris Games her fifth and final Olympics
Crime|Sports

Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s

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
Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s
Sports

NBA MVP and 76ers center Joel Embiid had knee surgery. His injury could affect the US Olympic team

Joel Embiid’s timeline to return to the Philadelphia 76ers is still unclear following knee surgery

February 08, 2024
NBA MVP and 76ers center Joel Embiid had knee surgery. His injury could affect the US Olympic team
News|Sports|World

Russian skater’s strawberry dessert excuse was rejected by judges in Olympic doping case

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
Russian skater’s strawberry dessert excuse was rejected by judges in Olympic doping case
Europe|Sports|World

Italian Olympic champion Jacobs reconnects with US family by moving to Florida ahead of Paris Games

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
Italian Olympic champion Jacobs reconnects with US family by moving to Florida ahead of Paris Games
Environment|Europe

Paris votes whether to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics

Parisians are voting whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park

February 04, 2024
Paris votes whether to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before Olympics
Sports

NFL players enthusiastic about prospect of pursuing Olympic gold when flag football debuts in 2028

Tyreek Hill is a five-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl champion

February 03, 2024
NFL players enthusiastic about prospect of pursuing Olympic gold when flag football debuts in 2028
News|Sports|US|World

O’Keeffe smashes women's US Olympic trials record in marathon debut, earns spot in Paris Games

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
O’Keeffe smashes women's US Olympic trials record in marathon debut, earns spot in Paris Games
Crime|Europe|News

Paris police say they detained a man who stabbed 3 people at the Gare de Lyon train station

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
Paris police say they detained a man who stabbed 3 people at the Gare de Lyon train station
News|Sports|World

NHL announces plans to send players back to the Olympics in 2026 and 2030 for first time since 2014

NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade

February 02, 2024
NHL announces plans to send players back to the Olympics in 2026 and 2030 for first time since 2014
Asia|Sports|World

Australia's Koloi wins 1-meter, Daley-led Britain takes team gold at world championships

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
Australia's Koloi wins 1-meter, Daley-led Britain takes team gold at world championships
News|Sports|US|World

US figure skaters celebrate gold medal from Beijing Olympics with a touch of bittersweetness

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
US figure skaters celebrate gold medal from Beijing Olympics with a touch of bittersweetness
News|Sports|World

Russian figure skaters set to get Olympic bronze ahead of Canada despite Valieva's disqualification

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
Russian figure skaters set to get Olympic bronze ahead of Canada despite Valieva's disqualification
Crime|News|Sports

What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?

The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics

January 29, 2024
What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?
News|Sports|World

Teenager Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case. Russians set to lose team gold to US

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Olympics

January 29, 2024
Teenager Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case. Russians set to lose team gold to US
News|Sports

Madison Chock and Evan Bates overcome illness for 5th US figure skating championship

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
Madison Chock and Evan Bates overcome illness for 5th US figure skating championship
Europe|News|Sports

Shiffrin gets up after losing control and crashing while landing a jump in a World Cup downhill

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
Shiffrin gets up after losing control and crashing while landing a jump in a World Cup downhill
News|Sports|US|World

Paris Olympic medals headed in big numbers to United States and China in one forecast

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
Paris Olympic medals headed in big numbers to United States and China in one forecast
Americas|News|Opinion|Sports|US|World

Grant Hill explains the decision surrounding Draymond Green's omission from the Olympic pool

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
Grant Hill explains the decision surrounding Draymond Green's omission from the Olympic pool
Sports|US

US women's basketball team to train in New York before heading to pre-Olympic tournament

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
US women's basketball team to train in New York before heading to pre-Olympic tournament
News|Sports|World

Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear

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
Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear

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