Olympics

11:14 AM ET Associated Press Anti-doping authorities are seeking a six-year ban against four-time NCAA champion Divine Oduduru of Nigeria, whose alleged cheating was uncovered in the first case brought by U.S. authorities under a sweeping law designed to combat widespread doping schemes across the globe. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which oversees anti-doping in global

7:12 AM ET ESPN News Services Marta Bassino beat Mikaela Shiffrin to win the women’s super-G on Wednesday and give Italy its second gold medal at the Alpine skiing world championships, with her American rival settling for silver. Shiffrin led Bassino by three-tenths of a second at the second split but couldn’t match the Italian’s

2:28 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — A senior official with the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and three company executives were arrested Wednesday in an ongoing bid-rigging scandal related to the Games. Yasuo Mori, the Olympic official, was arrested along with Koji Henmi, who headed the sports division at Japanese advertising giant Dentsu. Two other

10:16 AM ET Associated Press MERIBEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin has ruled out skiing the downhill at the world championships — keeping to her pre-announced schedule of four events. Shiffrin inspected the course before the opening downhill training session Tuesday just to take a look at the layout ahead of Wednesday’s super-G race. But she

12:07 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze one of the country’s highest honors Monday, nearly a year after a doping case involving one of her top skaters overshadowed the Winter Olympics. A presidential decree dated Jan. 26 but published Monday lists Tutberidze, 48, among three

8:52 AM ET Associated Press MERIBEL, France — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin missed what looked like a certain gold medal Monday on the opening day of the world championships, skiing out of the women’s combined race with the finish in sight. Shiffrin straddled the third-to-last gate in her slalom run while appearing to be close

4:04 PM ET Associated Press Looking cool is just the tip of the iceberg for Mikaela Shiffrin, Travis Ganong and the rest of the U.S. ski team when they debut new race suits at the world championships. Even more, they want everyone thinking about climate change. The team’s predominantly blue-and-white suits depict an image of

5:06 PM ET Associated Press ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Germany took first and second in the women’s bobsled world championship Saturday, while Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. claimed bronze for her seventh medal in the event. Kim Kalicki and Leonie Fiebig finished their four runs over the two-day event in 4 minutes, 32.86 seconds. They

12:26 PM ET An Olympic bronze medalist and other former U.S. Ski & Snowboard team members sued their former coach, Peter Foley, along with the national federation, its former CEO and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee on Thursday for sex trafficking, harassment, and enabling and covering up repeated acts of sexual assault and misconduct.

Feb 3, 2023 UK Athletics want the women’s category to be reserved for those who were designated female at birth to ensure fair competition while transgender athletes can compete in an “open” category alongside the men, the governing body said on Friday. Transgender rights has become a major talking point as sports seek to balance

4:09 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The IOC stepped up efforts Thursday to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for next year’s Paris Olympics amid a backlash from Ukraine and its allies. The International Olympic Committee’s move last week to map a pathway to Paris for athletes from Russia and

7:43 AM ET Associated Press ZELL-AM-SEE, Austria — World Cup slalom standings leader Lucas Braathen left the hospital Thursday after surgery for appendicitis ahead of the world championships. The 22-year-old Norwegian will miss a World Cup slalom Saturday in France and has only a slim chance of racing in two weeks at the worlds in

6:07 AM ET ESPN News Services Latvia has threatened to boycott next year’s Paris Olympics if Russian athletes are allowed to take part during the war in Ukraine and is calling on other countries to form a coalition to pressure international sports bodies. The Latvian Olympic Committee is the first national Olympic body other than

8:14 PM ET Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. — Longtime University of California women’s swimming coach Teri McKeever was fired Tuesday following an investigation into alleged harassment, bullying and verbally abusive conduct, the school said in a statement. McKeever led the Golden Bears to four NCAA team titles over 29 years. She coached the U.S. women’s

7:05 AM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan runner Georgina Rono, who was third at the Boston Marathon in 2012, was banned for four years on Tuesday for evading a doping test. Rono, who also has podium finishes at the Eindhoven and Frankfurt Marathons, was banned until Jan. 25, 2027. She had all her

6:35 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — As the cameras flashed in front of the medal-winners in U.S. men’s figure skating, one photographer had a request: “Ilia, for one, look happy.” At that, Ilia Malinin chuckled and obliged with a grin, then quickly returned to the close-lipped smile he’d been wearing since he

6:26 PM ET Associated Press ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Germany has captured the first two bobsled gold medals of this year’s world championships, with Laura Nolte driving to the win in women’s monobob and Johannes Lochner winning the two-man championship. Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. was second in monobob, the lone U.S. medal so far

6:05 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Madison Chock and Evan Bates successfully defended their ice dancing title Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, scoring 137.85 in the free dance for a top-place total score of 229.75. The recently engaged couple has medaled at nationals in every season since 2013. That’s 11