Olympics

May 28, 2021 Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany — German gymnast Marcel Nguyen, who won Olympic all-around and parallel bars silver in 2012, will miss the Tokyo Olympics and fears his career may be over after injuring his right knee. Nguyen tore a cruciate ligament in his right knee on his dismount from the rings while

12:06 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kansas City Royals right-hander Jonathan Bowlan needs Tommy John surgery, the team said Thursday, causing the U.S. team to lose one of the young prospects on the roster for Olympic qualifying next week. The 24-year-old was 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in four starts this season

6:13 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — – Trevor Moore and 18-year-old Matty Beniers scored in a 1:47 span midway through the second period to help the United States beat Latvia 4-2 on Thursday in the world hockey championship. Brian Boyle and Matt Tennyson scored in the first period, and Cal Petersen made 17

1:35 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Belarus was stripped of hosting next month’s European track cycling championships on Thursday amid international outrage after a passenger jet was diverted to Minsk so a dissident journalist could be arrested. The European Cycling Union cited the “current international situation” for canceling the event in Minsk scheduled

6:46 AM ET Associated Press BRUSSELS — The European Union’s two top officials expressed support Thursday for holding the Tokyo Olympics despite growing opposition to the event in Japan because of the coronavirus pandemic. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel discussed the games with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

6:37 PM ET ESPN News Services RIGA, Latvia — It’s been a long year for Adam Henrique, but on days like Wednesday, perhaps he can exhale just a bit easier. Henrique, among few veteran NHL forwards representing Canada at this year’s world hockey championships, had two goals and an assist as his team defeated Norway

8:01 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the Games set to open in less than two months. It is the first of Japan’s major newspapers to make the move and joins some regional newspapers that have recently added to the

6:25 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Germany’s national track cycling team will not compete at next month’s Elite Track European Championships in Belarus in response to what the West has called a state-sponsored hijacking involving an opposition journalist. Raman Pratasevich was arrested after being pulled off a flight that was diverted to Minsk on

10:34 PM ET Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia — Liz Cambage was included Wednesday on the 12-women Australian basketball team for the Tokyo Olympics, ending an earlier saga in which she first threatened to boycott the games but later changed her mind. Cambage will play in her third Olympics for Australia. Two-time Olympian Jenna O’Hea will

8:33 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — The U.S. government finally issued visas for the players and coaches of the Cuban national baseball team to compete in the Baseball Americas Olympic qualifying tournament starting Monday in Florida. Players and executives with the Cuban team had expressed concern about delays in the visas for the tourney

1:00 PM ET Olivia Taylor made one of the best plays anybody has seen on any level of sport in recent memory, and you know it because you couldn’t miss it this past weekend. Taylor, a senior center fielder for Bear River High School in Utah, made a full-extension leap over the fence to haul

May 25, 2021 Associated Press CLEVELAND — A judge in Ohio declared a mistrial in the murder trial of the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles after jurors said they had read legal paperwork that inadvertently was included in evidence given to them to review. All 12 jurors told the judge during their third

1:52 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Los Angeles Kings goaltender Cal Petersen made 18 saves and the United States beat Kazakhstan 3-0 Tuesday to improve to 2-1 at the IIHF world championship. Kings teammate Trevor Moore, defenseman Adam Clendening and forward Jack Drury scored for the U.S., which set a team world championship

2:18 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The Japanese government Tuesday was quick to deny a U.S. warning for Americans to avoid traveling to Japan would have an impact on Olympians wanting to compete in the postponed Tokyo Games. U.S. officials cited a surge in coronavirus cases in Japan caused by virus variants that may

5:45 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials and the State Department on Monday warned Americans against travel to Japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country, which is preparing to host the Olympics in just two months. The twin alerts don’t ban U.S. citizens from visiting the country, but

5:54 PM ET ESPN News Services RIGA, Latvia — Gerard Gallant will be a prime candidate for several NHL coaching positions when he returns from the world hockey championships. But Team Canada’s coach has an uphill climb overseas first. Especially after his club fell to 0-3 in the preliminary round. Germany defeated Canada 3-1 on

10:53 AM ET Skateboarder Sky Brown, who is hoping to become Britain’s youngest Summer Olympian, finished second in a Tokyo Games qualifier on Sunday almost a year after the 12-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in a training fall. Brown underwent surgery for skull fractures and a broken wrist and hand after falling from a ramp in

7:50 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japan mobilized military doctors and nurses to give shots to elderly people in Tokyo and Osaka on Monday as the government desperately tries to accelerate its vaccination rollout and curb coronavirus infections just two months before hosting the Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is determined to hold the