Olympics

12:49 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Olympic champion Ryan Lochte failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter freestyle on Monday, his first event of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Lochte, 36, attempting to make his fifth Olympic team, posted a time of 1 minute, 49.23 seconds — only good enough for

6:51 AM ET Associated Press MIES, Switzerland — The president of basketball’s world governing body has stepped aside during its investigation into alleged systemic sexual abuse of female players at his home federation. Hamane Niang “strongly denies the allegations” that he ignored abuse by coaches and officials in Mali when he led the national federation

1:45 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Downs defeated a pair of Olympians to win the men’s 3-meter springboard title at the U.S. diving trials, earning a trip to the Tokyo Games at age 17. Delaney Schnell won the women’s 10-meter platform title on Sunday. Downs finished with 1,333.75 points. Andrew Copobianco took second

8:56 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — With Michael Phelps cheering on his former training partner, Chase Kalisz claimed another trip to the Olympics by winning the 400-meter individual medley on the opening night of the U.S. swimming trials Sunday. Kalisz trailed top qualifier Carson Foster at the midway point of the race after

6:20 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Swimmer Kaylee McKeown says the death of her father 10 months ago inspired her to break the 100-meter backstroke world record Sunday at the Australian Olympic trials. The 19-year-old McKeown had a time of 57.45 seconds at the South Australian Aquatic Centre to improve on the previous

2:19 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Krysta Palmer earned a second spot on the U.S. Olympic diving team, finishing first in women’s 3-meter springboard at the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials. Palmer and partner Alison Gibson earlier made the team in women’s 3-meter synchro. Hailey Hernandez took the second spot in the 3-meter individual competition

2:55 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Prosecutors in Ohio asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for three witnesses sought in the retrial of the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles in a deadly 2018 New Year’s Eve party shootout that left three men dead. Tevin Biles-Thomas is charged in Cuyahoga County with

9:19 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Mack Horton won’t defend his Olympic 400-meter freestyle swimming title in Tokyo after failing to make the Australian team for the event. Horton finished third in the final on the first night of the Australian selection trials on Saturday. Only the top two — Elijah Winnington and

12:28 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Hixon and Andrew Copobianco earned berths for the Tokyo Olympics in men’s 3-meter synchronized diving at the U.S. trials on Friday night. Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell won the women’s 10-meter synchro to claim spots on the team. Hixon, a silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Games,

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