Olympics

2:58 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — One of Japan’s best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee says Tokyo has been “cornered” into holding during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an outspoken editorial published Friday, Kaori Yamaguchi said the International Olympic Committee, the government and local organizers are ignoring widespread opposition to

5:47 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The United States will play Canada on Friday night and Venezuela on Saturday for a berth in the Olympic baseball tournament next month. Manager Mike Scioscia’s American team finished the first round 2-0 after its game against Puerto Rico was rained out for the second

2:44 PM ET Associated Press Two-time America’s Cup champion Jimmy Spithill is all for improving diversity and inclusion in sailing, whether it’s along lines of race, gender or socioeconomic status. After all, he needed a bit of help to get going in a sport in which he’s become a superstar. Spithill is in his first

8:13 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Jordan Chiles was just joking when she first started talking to Simone Biles about changing gyms and joining her at the World Champions Centre in Spring, Texas. But the more they talked about it, the more Chiles couldn’t stop thinking about it. She enjoyed training at Naydenov Gymnastics in her

6:05 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — – The women’s world hockey championship will be held in Calgary this summer after the pandemic forced Nova Scotia officials to cancel the event earlier this year. Hockey Canada announced Wednesday that the 10-nation tournament will take place Aug. 20-31 at WinSport Arena. Teams are expected to

3:00 PM ET Associated Press Three-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match Wednesday in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The early-round loss to the Netherlands means the U.S. pair could not overtake fellow Americans Kelly

10:40 AM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — A Japanese city due to host Kenya’s team for a pre-Olympics training camp has canceled because the coronavirus situation there is “critical,” the Kenyan Olympic committee said Wednesday. City officials from Kurume in the Fukuoka Prefecture near the southern tip of Japan had informed Kenya on Tuesday

9:59 AM ET Associated Press Paralympic champion swimmer Teresa Perales has won Spain’s annual Princess of Asturias award for sports. The judges said on announcing the prize Wednesday that the Spanish athlete had become “an example for millions of disabled people of how to overcome difficulties and an icon of international paralympics.” Perales, 45, lost

12:13 AM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — U.S. manager Mike Scioscia was ejected after Philadelphia prospect Luke Williams hit a two-run triple in a four-run sixth inning, and the United States rallied to beat the Dominican Republic 8-6 on Tuesday night in Olympic baseball, qualifying to advance to the super round of

5:07 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Kevin Labanc and Conor Garland scored two goals apiece and the United States won its sixth straight game with a 4-2 victory over Italy in its final preliminary game at the world hockey championship on Tuesday. With the victory, the U.S. clinched first in Group B and

8:00 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Caroline Dubois was born with boxing in her blood. She comes from a family with a rich boxing history dating back centuries, but her journey to the top ranks was a fight of its own. At the age of nine she was forced to disguise herself as a boy named

7:30 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japan started vaccinating Tokyo Games-bound athletes on Tuesday, the Japanese Olympic Committee said. The vaccination of healthy athletes comes as only 2-3% of the general population in Japan has been fully vaccinated. Japanese Olympic Committee officials said about 200 athletes were vaccinated at a training center on the

Jun 1, 2021 Jonathan SelvarajESPN Amit Panghal was beaten by Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin Zoirov by a 3-2 split decision in the flyweight final at the Asian Championships on Monday. The result was a surprise since most observers felt that the 25-year-old Indian had won the bout. Three of the five scoring ringside judges gave Panghal the

11:16 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Todd Frazier hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in a two-run first inning, St. Louis prospect Matthew Liberatore pitched one-run ball for five innings and manager Mike Scioscia’s U.S. team beat Nicaragua 7-1 Monday night in the first game of its second chance to qualify for

7:20 PM ET Australia’s softball squad arrived in Japan on Tuesday for a pre-Olympic training camp, as the majority of the Japanese public is opposed to holding the huge international event in a country where the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been slow. The squad, the first national team to come to Japan for such training

6:04 PM ET ESPN News Services RIGA, Latvia — Vladimir Tarasenko, a week after his St. Louis Blues were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, found himself across the globe, scoring a winning goal in a key game at the world championships. Russia took over the lead in Group A with 13 points Sunday, after

12:14 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic said Monday he may not play at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer if no fans are allowed into the stadiums. Djokovic told reporters at Roland Garros he is hoping to play in Japan but that any changes to spectator numbers could

6:50 PM ET ESPN News Services RIGA, Latvia — Andrew Mangiapane had two goals and four points as resurgent Canada defeated winless Italy 7-1 on Sunday at the world hockey championships to move into a fourth-place tie in Group B. Team Canada coach Gerrard Gallant, after his team fell to 0-3 to open the tournament,