Olympics

Associated Press Oct 4, 2023, 04:03 PM ET ANTWERP, Belgium — Simone Biles and her teammates were far from perfect, and yet nothing could stand in the way of a victory that set a record for both the U.S. women’s team and the greatest gymnast in history. The U.S. women earned a record seventh consecutive

ESPN News Services Oct 4, 2023, 06:26 AM ET Mark Cavendish has delayed plans to retire and will continue to compete for Astana Qazaqstan in 2024, the team announced Wednesday, with the British cyclist set to continue his quest for a record-breaking Tour de France stage victory. Cavendish, who announced his retirement in May, is

Associated Press Oct 3, 2023, 05:08 PM ET ANTWERP, Belgium — Japan is back on top in men’s gymnastics. The five-man group led by reigning world and Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto edged rival China in the team finals at the 2023 world championships on Tuesday to earn Japan’s first major international gold medal since 2015.

Associated Press Oct 2, 2023, 06:20 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Warriors star Klay Thompson would seriously consider playing for his father’s native country of the Bahamas in the Paris Olympics next year. “That’d be cool,” Thompson, 33, said at Monday’s media day, “because my dad never got the opportunity.” The Golden State guard won

Associated Press Oct 1, 2023, 02:43 PM ET ANTWERP, Belgium — Simone Biles led a dominant performance by the U.S. women at the world gymnastics championships, posting an all-around total of 58.865 to lead qualifying through two subdivisions Sunday. The 26-year-old, who is a five-time all-around world champion and seven-time Olympic medalist, registered the best

Oct 1, 2023, 09:39 AM ET Two road world records tumbled Sunday when American Hobbs Kessler surged to victory in the men’s mile and Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji beat Faith Kipyegon in the women’s race at the inaugural Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia. Kessler won the men’s race with a time of 3:56.13, finishing ahead

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2023, 07:33 AM ET 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). Simone Biles has won every meet she’s entered since making her return to elite gymnastics

Sep 30, 2023, 07:33 AM ET HANGZHOU, China — North Korean weightlifters Ri Song Gum and Kang Hyong Yong set women’s world records at the Asian Games on Saturday as the reclusive nation dominated the opening day of the competition. Ri lifted 92 kilograms in the snatch and 124 kilograms in the clean and jerk

Sep 29, 2023, 07:25 AM ET BERLIN — Russian athletes will be able to compete as full participants or neutral athletes at next year’s Paris Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee members voted against a full ban of Russia on Friday. The decision clears the way for Russians, whose athletes are currently banned from any

Alexa Philippou, ESPNSep 28, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer The USA Basketball women’s national team will play exhibition

Associated Press Sep 28, 2023, 11:56 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Olympic doping case involving teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will resume for two more days in November, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday. The highest court in sports said its panel of three judges adjourned the appeal after the third

Sep 27, 2023, 10:41 AM ET GENEVA — A United Nations body has criticized France’s ban on its athletes wearing the hijab at next year’s Summer Olympics. Asked about the decision to ban French athletes from wearing the hijab at the Paris Games, a spokesperson for the U.N. human rights office said: “No one should

Sep 27, 2023, 07:15 AM ET WARSAW, Poland — Poland will bid to hold the Summer Olympics in 2036, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday, entering the ring with other hopefuls including Indonesia, Mexico and India. Poland, which hosted the multi-sports European Games this summer in Krakow and Malopolska, has never hosted an Olympic Games.

ESPN News Services Sep 26, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Georgia standout sprinter Matthew Boling announced Tuesday that he is turning professional. Boling has been zipping toward success ever since he broke the 10-second barrier during a 100-meter race in high school that went viral just over four years ago. In some ways, it seems like

Sep 24, 2023, 03:03 PM ET Britain’s Beth Potter won her first world title and a coveted slot in the 2024 Olympics after surging on the run to win the women’s triathlon World Championship Finals in Spain on Sunday. The 31-year-old was a touch off the pace during the swim and bike sections but delivered

Sep 24, 2023, 09:32 AM ET HANGZHOU, China — The Olympic Council of Asia says it is happy for the North Korean flag to keep flying at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over the country’s noncompliance with global anti-doping rules. The World Anti-Doping Agency banned the flag at all major sporting events,

Sep 24, 2023, 10:00 AM ET HANGZHOU, China — The Afghanistan women’s volleyball team has lamented training conditions at the Asian Games and is concerned it will not be ready for an event where it is participating in defiance of the country’s Taliban rulers. Khushal Malakzai, who runs the nation’s volleyball program, said the team

Sep 23, 2023, 04:06 PM ET Frenchman Dorian Coninx claimed his first world title on Saturday after a colossal effort in a breathtaking sprint finish to win the World Triathlon Championship finals in Pontevedra, Spain. Coninx overtook Germany’s Tim Hellwig and compatriot Pierre Le Corre in an exciting final-lap sprint that saw the three athletes