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3:00 PM ET Associated Press Maddie Groves withdrew from Australia’s Olympic trials on Friday following a series of social media posts condemning “misogynistic perverts” in the sport. Groves didn’t detail her allegations, which initially surfaced last year, and Swimming Australia president Kieren Perkins on Friday said he was trying to contact the two-time Olympic silver

12:19 PM ET Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). USA Gymnastics announced Friday that Dianne Durham will be inducted into the 2021 Hall of Fame, 38 years after she

Jun 11, 2021 Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. has named its first divers to the Olympic team, with newcomers Krysta Palmer and Alison Gibson earning berths in women’s 3-meter synchronized. Palmer and Gibson, who entered the finals with a 21-point lead over second-place Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon, consistently hit their dives in the

10:15 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — A Chinese county official appears to have jumped to his death during an investigation into the deaths of 21 runners last month during an ultramarathon, state television reported Friday. CCTV said police were notified Wednesday that a man had jumped from his apartment and died. Upon investigation, he

7:55 PM ET ADELAIDE — Double Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves has pulled out of Australia’s swimming trials for the Tokyo Games, citing “misogynistic perverts in sport”. Groves, who won silver in the 200 metres butterfly and 4×100 medley at the 2016 Rio Games, announced her decision on Instagram before following up with a furious

11:42 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Brisbane could be officially named host of the 2032 Olympics when the IOC meets in Tokyo next month. IOC president Thomas Bach said after an executive board meeting Thursday that Brisbane can be awarded hosting rights at a July 21 meeting ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The Australian

12:30 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The cycling team that the U.S. is taking to the Tokyo Olympics is a little different from the one it would have taken 12 months ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizers to postpone the Summer Games by an entire year. In many ways, it’s a

8:35 AM ET Associated Press For USA Basketball, the last stop before the Tokyo Olympics will be Las Vegas. The men’s and women’s national teams will hold training camps in Las Vegas in July, they announced Thursday, and they’ll be playing seven exhibitions there against other Olympic-bound national teams as well. USA Basketball will open

5:30 AM ET Twelve-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown is set to become Britain’s youngest ever Summer Olympian after being listed as one of 20 women’s Park qualifiers for the Tokyo Games on Wednesday. Brown finished second in a Tokyo Games qualifier in May, almost a year after suffering life-threatening injuries in a training fall. 1 Related

Jun 10, 2021 Serbian volleyball player Sanja Djurdjevic has been banned for two games after being captured on camera narrowing her eyes with her fingers in response to an opposition player. The incident happened on June 1 during a FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nationals League match in which Serbia were playing Thailand. She made the gesture

8:04 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona has promoted two-time Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat to head cross country coach. Lagat had served as co-interim coach with Doug Keen and Dave Murray after longtime coach James Li retired in November. Murray was the interim coach through the end of the 2020-21 cross country season.

12:09 PM ET Herb Carnegie never played in the NHL. It wasn’t for lack of ability, as he was considered one of the most talented players in Canada’s semi-professional leagues from 1938-54. Rather, he and others believed it was because he was Black. “He had a lot of roadblocks that were connected to racism,” his

12:44 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Australia’s Olympic baseball team has given up trying to qualify for the Tokyo Games because of coronavirus-related travel complications. Baseball Australia’s chief executive Glenn Williams on Wednesday said the “gut-wrenching” decision to withdraw makes Olympic qualification impossible. The final qualifying tournament on June 22-26 was initially due to

3:00 AM ET Great Britain’s Special Olympics body wants to achieve record participation in sport for people with an intellectual disability by 2024. An estimated 1.5 million people in Great Britain live with an intellectual disability. Special Olympics GB said that community has been “disproportionately negatively affected” by the COVID-19 pandemic, both in terms of

8:30 PM ET Associated Press HENGELO, Netherlands — Letesenbet Gidey lowered the women’s 10,000-meter world record on Tuesday, just two days after Sifan Hassan set the mark on the same track. Gidey clocked 29 minutes, 1.03 seconds at the Ethiopian Olympic trials, which are being held in the Netherlands. Tsigie Gebreselama was second in 30:06.01.

6:32 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Most of the Seattle Seahawks‘ veteran players are back at team headquarters this week after staying away for much of the voluntary offseason program. For DK Metcalf, that means being back at his day job after his head-turning foray into track and field. The Pro Bowl wide

12:25 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A former Olympic figure skater has been arrested on charges that he ripped off a program to help struggling small businesses harmed by the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Tuesday. Luka Klasinc, a 48-year-old Slovenian man, was arrested Monday and awaited an appearance in Manhattan federal court. A

7:50 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Olympic sports must do more to convince Japanese people about how much work they have done to organize a safe Tokyo Games, athletics leader Sebastian Coe said Tuesday. In Japan, public opinion has consistently maintained that the Olympics, set to open July 23, should be canceled. This