Olympics

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

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Sep 22, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Kenyan police have recovered an unlicensed AK-47 rifle and more than 20 rounds of ammunition at the home of banned New Zealand runner Zane Robertson, who was detained Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault. In March this year, the middle- and long-distance runner, who competed at the Rio and

Associated Press Sep 21, 2023, 10:21 PM ET Anthony Nesty made more history Thursday when he was picked to lead the U.S. men’s swimming team in Paris, where he will become the first Black head coach for the powerhouse American squad at the Olympics. Nesty’s selection was announced by USA Swimming, which also appointed Todd

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Associated Press Sep 19, 2023, 06:17 AM ET PARIS — Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal with France at the Paris Olympics. The San Antonio Spurs rookie on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment to France’s national squad at the Summer Games next year in his home country. “Performing well at the Olympics would

Associated Press Sep 18, 2023, 06:34 PM ET Anti-doping regulators are appealing a decision that exonerated world-record hurdler Tobi Amusan from a violation for missing drug tests that could have cost her a year or more out of the sport. The Athletics Integrity Unit said Monday it filed its appeal to the Court of Arbitration

Associated Press Sep 18, 2023, 03:40 PM ET TORONTO — Minnesota selected American forward Taylor Heise with the first pick of the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League draft Monday. Tennis legend Billie Jean King, a member of the league’s board of directors, made the announcement. The PWHL formed over the summer and is set to

ESPN News Services Sep 17, 2023, 04:37 PM ET EUGENE, Ore. — Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay broke the world record in the 5,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet on Sunday, running it in in 14:00.21. In addition, Sweden’s Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record, clearing 6.23 meters Tsegay bested

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 02:07 PM ET MADRID — A decade later, the United States has a Grand Tour winner again. Sepp Kuss won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday to become the first American to win one of cycling’s top races since Chris Horner earned the Vuelta victory in 2013. The other Grand Tour

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 10:58 PM ET SYDNEY — Moroccan Othmane El Goumri and Kenyan-born American Betsy Saina won the men’s and women’s races at an unseasonably warm Sydney Marathon on Sunday. The 31-year-old El Goumri finished the hilly 42m kilometer (26-mile) course around prominent Sydney landmarks in 2:08:20 to win his first marathon

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 11:39 AM ET GUADARRAMA, Spain — Sepp Kuss is set to become the first American man to win one of cycling’s Grand Tours in a decade after he protected his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on the last competitive day of racing Saturday. Kuss kept his 17-second lead over Jumbo-Visma

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 09:09 AM ET GENEVA — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will give evidence by video link for a hearing this month into her doping case that rocked the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday that Valieva and officials from the Russian anti-doping agency are among

Sep 14, 2023, 05:46 PM ET Leadership of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has endorsed Salt Lake City’s bid to host another Winter Olympics, with a preference for 2034, officials said on Thursday. USOPC said 2034 is a more desirable date than 2030 due to the 2028 Summer Olympics being held in

Associated Press Sep 11, 2023, 08:32 AM ET MANILA, Philippines — FIBA confirmed the 19 national teams that used the World Cup to play their way into last-chance qualifying tournaments for the Paris Olympics next summer. From Europe, nine nations — Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Montenegro, Greece, Georgia and Finland — moved into the