Olympics

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 3, 2024, 12:38 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions USA Hockey will honor the lives of brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau by having national teams at all levels wear a unique helmet decal during this coming season. The governing body made

Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 08:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — The International Olympic Committee’s three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone — are terminating their contracts. This leaves the IOC without a Japanese sponsor with the focus now expected to shift to the Middle East and India for new sponsorship

Associated Press Sep 30, 2024, 10:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Declaring the U.S. the “greatest sports nation in the history of the world,” President Joe Biden welcomed U.S. Olympians and Paralympians at the White House on Monday to recognize their achievement in this summer’s Games in Paris. “Thank you for representing the

Aug 4, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler has become one of the most prominent figures in golf since his breakthrough year in 2022, where he achieved a No. 1 world ranking. Over the past few years, he’s claimed a number of PGA Tour titles, including two wins at the Masters tournament.

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 05:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BERLIN — Ethiopians Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema won the men’s and women’s races in the 50th edition of the Berlin Marathon on Sunday. The 24-year-old Mengesha finished strongly and ran a personal best time of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 17 seconds to finish

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 07:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARK CITY, Utah — In his first visit to Utah since awarding Salt Lake City the 2034 Winter Games, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach sought to ease worries that the city could lose its second Olympics if organizers don’t fulfill an agreement to

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 11:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZURICH — Lotte Kopecky successfully defended her title at the women’s road race at the cycling world championships on Saturday, beating her rivals in a six-way sprint finish. The 28-year-old Belgian rider timed her attack to perfection in the last 100 meters to fend

ESPN News Services Sep 27, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Swiss cyclist Muriel Furrer died from injuries sustained in a crash during the junior women’s road race at the world championships in Zurich, the UCI said Friday. She was 18. Furrer fell heavily Thursday, was airlifted to a hospital by helicopter with serious head injuries and

Sep 26, 2024, 05:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions In September 2024, Alex Morgan retired from soccer, marking an end to an illustrious USWNT and club career. Here are some of her top achievements: 1 NWSL Championship (Portland Thorns, 2013) 9 career Women’s World Cup goals (tied for fourth-most in USWNT history) 60 NWSL career

Associated Press Sep 26, 2024, 08:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Former world champion Gennady Golovkin is taking a leading role in World Boxing, the group aiming to keep the sport on the Olympic program for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. World Boxing said on Thursday that Golovkin would chair an “Olympic

ESPN News Services Sep 24, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Hungarian fencer Laszlo Csongradi has been left so distraught by the theft of his Olympic gold medal that he has offered to leave it to the thief in his will if the medal is returned. Csongradi, 65, won the Olympic gold in

Associated Press Sep 22, 2024, 12:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ZURICH — Olympic champions Remco Evenepoel and Grace Brown won the men’s and women’s time trial at the cycling world championships in Switzerland on Sunday. While the 32-year-old Australian Brown won for the first time after finishing runner-up in the past two years, Evenepoel

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 07:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The anti-doping program for the Paris Olympics caught five athletes after earlier finding 40 rule violations among competitors who had been expected to take part in the Games, the agency that ran the operation said Thursday. Summing up its Olympic program,

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