Olympics

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 03:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — More than 12 million tickets were sold for the Olympics and Paralympics, and Paris organizers hailed it as an “unprecedented success” on Friday. The 12,132,647 tickets across both Games represented 95% of crowd capacity at the venues, said Tony Estanguet, the head

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NAIROBI, Kenya — The body of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei — who died after being set on fire by her former partner in Kenya — was received Friday by family and anti-femicide crusaders, ahead of her burial a day later. Cheptegei’s family met

Associated Press Sep 12, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An investigator gave the World Anti-Doping Agency a pass on its handling of the inflammatory case involving Chinese swimmers, but not without hammering away at the “curious” nature of WADA’s “silence” after examining Chinese actions that did not follow rules designed to safeguard global

Associated Press Sep 11, 2024, 02:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Thousands of documents turned over by Michigan State University reveal nothing new about what the school might have known about years of sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar, the campus doctor who assaulted female athletes, the state attorney general said Wednesday. “It

Associated Press Sep 11, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — In a move by the IOC that apparently could block Sebastian Coe as an expected presidential candidate, the Olympic governing body has clarified its complex election rules before a deadline Sunday to enter the race. A letter was published Wednesday after being

Associated Press Sep 11, 2024, 06:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said Wednesday. Olivier Christen said the plots included plans to attack “Israeli institutions or representatives of

Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 11:52 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Algerian boxing federation that is home to Olympic champion Imane Khelif on Tuesday joined the World Boxing group that wants to save the sport’s place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Algeria and Japan joining World Boxing increases the organization’s membership to 44

Associated Press Sep 9, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions France men’s basketball coach Vincent Collet is stepping down after 15 years in charge. Collet, the longest-serving France coach in history, was appointed Monday as special advisor to the technical direction of the basketball federation after guiding his team to a silver medal at

Associated Press Sep 8, 2024, 03:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-DENIS, France — This time, it really is au revoir. A summer sporting bonanza, which started under pouring rain on July 26 with a remarkable opening ceremony on the Seine River, was ending Sunday with the Paralympics closing at a rain-soaked Stade de France.

Sep 8, 2024, 11:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games have drawn to a close and Great Britain’s successful run saw them surpass their gold medal tally from Tokyo 2021. ParalympicsGB ended the final day of competition by winning two golds to take their overall medal count to 124 including 49

Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The United States equestrian team won three more medals in Paralympics dressage Saturday, as Fiona Howard and Rebecca Hart clinched their third gold medals of the Paris Games. Howard, in her first Paralympics, won the Grade II individual freestyle, and the veteran

Associated Press Sep 6, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Lindsay Mintenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, has resigned her position of managing director of the national team with USA Swimming. Mintenko and USA Swimming announced the move Friday. Her nearly two decades with the governing body will end Sept.

ESPN News Services Sep 6, 2024, 11:09 AM ET Paris intends to name a sports facility in honor of Rebecca Cheptegei, the Ugandan Olympic marathoner who died after she was set on fire by her boyfriend this week. Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday announced the plans to pay tribute to Cheptegei. The proposal will be

Sep 5, 2024, 12:30 PM ET NAIROBI, Kenya — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after sustaining 80% burns on her body in an attack by her partner. She was 33. A spokesperson at the hospital, Owen Menach, confirmed her death Thursday. Cheptegei was receiving

Sep 5, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australia’s Taymon Kenton-Smith competes competes during the archery Men’s individual recurve open. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images AUSTRALIAN MEDALS Day 7: GOLD Editor’s Picks 1 Related Alexa Leary (swimming, women’s 100m freestyle, S9) – One of the richest redemption stories keeps getting richer. Leary smashed a world

Sep 5, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions High-octane house music has propelled rising Australian swim star Alexa Leary to a Paralympic gold medal and fulfilled a prophecy set out by a fortune teller three years ago. After setting a 59.60 world record in the morning session heat at La Defense Arena in Paris,

Kalan Hooks, ESPNSep 3, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Simone Biles is putting one of her iconic skills to rest. Biles, who is the most decorated gymnast of all time with 11 Olympic and 30 world championship medals, held a farewell ceremony for one of her signature moves — the Yurchenko double pike.

Sep 3, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australian sprinter James Turner has smashed his own world record en route to claiming Paralympic gold in the men’s T36 400m. Turner was quickest off the mark at the Stade de France in Paris on Tuesday and began to take a lead as the runners made