Olympics

Associated Press Jul 18, 2023, 03:39 PM ET GENEVA — The key factor in weighing the IOC’s ultimate decision on letting Russians participate at the 2024 Paris Games is how well athletes behave in international competitions, the Olympic body’s president Thomas Bach said Tuesday. “It’s too soon to draw final conclusions,” Bach said, adding “we

Associated Press Jul 17, 2023, 03:31 PM ET Nike has permanently ended its sponsor partnership with Hockey Canada. The sports apparel giant was one of several major partners that paused its sponsorship deal with Canada’s governing hockey body in 2022 amid heavy criticism of Hockey Canada’s handling of sexual assault allegations and settlement payouts. Nike’s

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 04:47 PM ET SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France — Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard is calling on fans to behave better at cycling’s biggest race after another mass crash marred the 15th stage on Sunday. “I’d like to tell the spectators to enjoy the race and be there to cheer

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 12:53 PM ET SAINT-GERVAIS MONT-BLANC, France — With just one week of racing left in the Tour de France, the duel for the ages between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar could still go either way. Vingegaard kept intact his 10-second overall lead over the two-time champion on Sunday as Dutch

Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 01:59 PM ET MORZINE LES PORTES DU SOLEIL, France — Could the Tour de France be decided by time bonuses? Even on the toughest battleground, defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar could not separate themselves Saturday after a dramatic day in the Alps. Again in a class

Associated Press Jul 14, 2023, 11:54 AM ET LE GRAND COLOMBIER, France — Former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski soloed to the top of the Grand Colombier mountain in the Tour de France on Friday, while Tadej Pogacar cut a little more time off Jonas Vingegaard’s overall lead in the fight for the yellow jersey. Kwiatkowski,

ESPN News Services Jul 14, 2023, 09:06 AM ET The International Cycling Union, the governing body of cycling, has banned transgender women who have undergone male puberty from competing in the female category of competitive events and renamed the men’s category men/open. The new rules go into effect Monday. Athletes who do not qualify for

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterJul 13, 2023, 01:00 PM 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). In an unprecedented move for a first-time U.S. Olympic prospect, reigning national gymnastics all-around champion

Associated Press Jul 13, 2023, 02:11 PM ET Gabby Douglas, the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around gymnastics title, is taking aim at the 2024 Games in Paris. Douglas announced on her Instagram page Thursday that she is making a comeback attempt, a dozen years after her triumph in London in 2012 and

Associated Press Jul 12, 2023, 03:02 PM ET WASHINGTON — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, a source told The Associated Press. The inmate,

Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 11:59 AM ET ISSOIRE, France — It was an emotional first win at the Tour de France for Pello Bilbao on Tuesday. The Spanish cyclist sprinted to victory at the end of the tricky 10th stage and also gained significant time in the overall standings, which are still led by

Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 01:25 PM ET HONOLULU — Mikala Jones, a Hawaii surfer known for shooting awe-inspiring photos and videos from the inside of barreling waves, has died after a surfing accident in Indonesia. He was 44. Jones had gone out into the ocean Sunday morning during a trip to the Mentawai Islands

Jul 10, 2023, 06:35 AM ET The 2024 Tour de France Femmes will start in Rotterdam, with the Netherlands hosting the opening three stages of the race, cycling’s governing body the UCI and organizers said Monday. The women’s Tour will take place from Aug. 12-18, with the opening stage ending at The Hague, while the

Associated Press Jul 9, 2023, 11:09 PM ET EUGENE, Ore. — There’s another American sprinter making a big comeback this year. Gabby Thomas held off Sha’Carri Richardson with the best time in the world in 2023 to win the women’s 200 meters at the U.S. track and field championships on Sunday night. Thomas caught up

Jul 9, 2023, 06:22 AM ET Astana-Qazaqstan has offered Mark Cavendish a contract extension to ride in the Tour de France next year despite the British cyclist’s planned retirement at the end of this season, the team’s general manager, Alexander Vinokourov, said. The 38-year-old Cavendish’s hopes of breaking the record for stage wins on the

Jul 8, 2023, 02:19 PM ET BANGKOK — Athletes from Russia and Belarus will be permitted to compete at the Hangzhou Asian Games to help them earn points to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Olympic Council of Asia voted Saturday that as many as 500 athletes from the two countries could compete under

Associated Press Jul 8, 2023, 12:20 AM ET EUGENE, Ore. — Moments after she was introduced on the starting line, Sha’Carri Richardson reached to her head, pulled her trademark orange wig off and flung it onto the ground behind her. Then, she took the next step on the long road to proving she’s the real

Associated Press Jul 7, 2023, 04:53 PM ET COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Swimming apologized to Erin Gemmell on Friday for making a selection error that deprived her of a chance to compete in last year’s world championships in Hungary. Gemmell finished seventh in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2022 U.S. selection meet, but was