Olympics

Sep 18, 2024, 06:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Diamond League will increase its prize money to more than $9 million in 2025, the highest in the history of the elite track and field series, organizers said Wednesday. Athletes will make a total of $18 million, with top athletes also receiving promotional fees. Male

Keith Jenkins Sep 18, 2024, 12:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions From swimmers to gymnasts to ice skaters, many Olympic and Paralympic athletes have gone from the medal podium to the dance floor on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” American gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik, American rugby player Ilona Maher and American basketball star Dwight Howard are

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 06:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — French police are looking for Benin track and field athlete Odile Ahouanwanou, who has been missing since last week. French authorities launched an appeal for witnesses Tuesday to find the 33-year-old athlete, who they said has not been seen since Sept. 10

Associated Press Sep 16, 2024, 07:08 PM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland’s Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped Chiles of a bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2024 Olympics. Chiles, with the support of the United States Olympic and

Sep 16, 2024, 03:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ramón Torres and Spain’s intellectually disabled basketball team won gold at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. Directed by Suemay Oram, ESPN Films’ latest 30 for 30 documentary “Stolen Gold” tells the true story of Spain’s journey and exposes the shocking aftermath of its victory. Torres discovers some

Aug 9, 2024, 12:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LPGA star Nelly Korda has athletic ability running through her veins. With pro tennis players for parents, an older sister (Jessica Korda) on the LPGA Tour, and a younger brother (Sebastian Korda) rising through the ranks as a tennis player, Korda has good genes on her

Associated Press Sep 16, 2024, 07:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Two former Olympic champions are in the race to be the next IOC president. So is a prince of a Middle East kingdom and the son of a former president. The global leaders of cycling, gymnastics and skiing also are in

Associated Press Sep 14, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRUSSELS — Olympic middle-distance champions Faith Kipyegon and Emmanuel Wanyonyi won their races in the Diamond League Final on Saturday on a good night for Kenya. Kipyegon, unbeaten in the women’s 1,500 meters for more than three years, timed 3:54.75, snipping 0.58 off the

Sep 14, 2024, 12:24 PM ET KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after allegedly being doused in petrol and set alight by her former partner, was buried Saturday with full military honors at her ancestral place in Uganda’s northeast. Cheptegei, 33, returned to her home in the highlands of western Kenya,

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.