Olympics

Associated Press May 27, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — The sprinter who set the under-20 world record at 100 meters has been banned for four years and had his record stripped after anti-doping officials ruled against his claim that his positive test for a performance-enhancer came from eating “recovery gummies.” The

Associated Press May 27, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions QUITO, Ecuador — Richard Carapaz will not be at the Paris Olympics to defend his road cycling title. Ecuador’s only representative at the Olympics in the road cycling race and individual time trial will be Jhonatan Narváez, the national cycling federation said in a

Associated Press May 27, 2024, 04:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Former Billie Jean King Cup captain Kathy Rinaldi and current Davis Cup captain Bob Bryan will coach the U.S. tennis players at the Paris Olympics. Jon Rydberg and John Devorss will coach the country’s teams for the sport at the Paralympics.

ESPN News Services May 26, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Boston Bruins star forward David Pastrnak scored as Czechia shut out Switzerland 2-0 to win the ice hockey world championship Sunday. Just over a week after the Bruins saw their season end, their best player broke the deadlock for his country

ESPN News Services May 26, 2024, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Boston Bruins star forward David Pastrnak scored as the Czech Republic shut out Switzerland 2-0 to win the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Just more than a week after the Bruins saw their season end, their best player broke the

Associated Press May 25, 2024, 07:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson continued her march toward the Paris Olympics on Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic, winning the women’s 100 meters in 10.83 seconds. Kenyan Beatrice Chebet set a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Pre earlier in the day

ESPN News Services May 25, 2024, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Switzerland prevailed in a penalty shootout to stun Canada 3-2 and set up the final against the Czech Republic at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Sven Andrighetto scored the decisive shootout goal after the game finished 2-2 in regulation

Associated Press May 24, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Hampton Morris, Wes Kitts, Jourdan Delacruz, Olivia Reeves and Mary Theisen-Lappen will represent the U.S. in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics this summer, USA Weightlifting announced Friday. Four members of the team are in the top five in their weight

Associated Press May 24, 2024, 06:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Record-breaking 48-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says an injury has ended her attempt to qualify for what would have been her ninth Olympics. Chusovitina said in a statement on Instagram that she had been injured while practicing her floor exercise ahead of

Jeff Kassouf May 23, 2024, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Emma Hayes has finally arrived, and the United States women’s national team’s new head coach faces a formidable task: She has two months to prepare the team to win an Olympic gold medal. Winning, as she knows, is the longtime standard

Associated Press May 23, 2024, 01:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Nick Paul scored two goals as defending champion Canada beat Slovakia 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the ice hockey world championship on Thursday. Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist and Jared McCann, Pierre-Luc Dubois, and Brandon Tanev also scored

Associated Press May 22, 2024, 08:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A bipartisan group of U.S. senators sent a letter Wednesday to the leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency asking for answers about the case in which 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite positive tests for a banned drug.

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 21, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions American gymnastics great Dominique Dawes is one of four new limited partners to the Atlanta Falcons ownership group, team majority owner Arthur Blank announced Tuesday. Dawes, former Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer, film and television producer Will Packer, and venture capitalist Rashaun Williams

Associated Press May 21, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Ysaora Thibus, one of France’s leading fencers, says she will be able to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris after avoiding a disciplinary sanction from the International Fencing Federation over an abnormal doping test. Thibus had been provisionally suspended in February.

Associated Press May 20, 2024, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Sweden beat France 3-1 to preserve a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship and clinch a group top spot Monday. Lucas Raymond scored and added an assist, defenseman Erik Karlsson scored his fourth goal of the tournament on a power

May 20, 2024, 06:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS, May 20 – Wars and conflicts should not influence participation in the Games, which need to convey a message of hope and support, and Israel should not be sanctioned, Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said. The IPC said in March

Associated Press May 19, 2024, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Dylan Cozens scored two goals and had an assist to rally Canada past Switzerland 3-2 for its sixth win in six games at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Canada leads Group A with 17 points, two more than the Czech

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 18, 2024, 12:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HARTFORD, Conn. — The best gymnasts in the country competed at the U.S. Classic on Saturday night at the XL Center, giving an early look at who has the best chance to make the roster for the five-member Olympic team headed for Paris