Olympics

Sep 10, 2023, 07:30 AM ET NEWCASTLE, England — Great Britain’s Mo Farah capped his illustrious competitive racing career Sunday with a fourth-place finish at the Great North Run half-marathon. Wearing a bib that read “Sir Mo,” the six-time Great North Run winner crossed in 1 hour, 3 minutes, 28 seconds, high-fiving dozens of people

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterSep 10, 2023, 06:55 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MANILA, Philippines — An NBA game broke out at the FIBA World Cup on Sunday, with Team USA and Team Canada falling into the high-octane, free-flowing, star vs. star

Associated Press Sep 10, 2023, 09:53 AM ET MANILA, Philippines — None of the teams that medaled in the 2019 Basketball World Cup made the medal round this year. And only two quarterfinalists from 2019 did so again. It represents almost unprecedented turnover, and FIBA doesn’t mind. FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis, in his traditional

Sep 10, 2023, 09:31 AM ET Agnes Ngetich of Kenya shattered the women-only 10-kilometer world record by clocking 29:24 at the World Athletics Elite Label road race in Brasov, Romania, on Sunday. The previous record of 30:01 was set by the late Agnes Tirop of Kenya in Herzogenaurach, Germany, in 2021. Ngetich, 22, covered the

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterSep 9, 2023, 05:01 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MANILA, Philippines — The basketball talent that came to the Philippines probably won’t compare to next year’s Paris Olympics. Having said that, the competition level at the 2023 FIBA

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterSep 8, 2023, 12:24 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MANILA, Philippines — This is the third World Cup I’ve covered and the third time Team USA has failed to win the gold. Those previous squads have faced learning

Associated Press Sep 8, 2023, 07:14 AM ET MANILA, Philippines — No Nikola Jokic, no problem. Even with its best player sitting out this summer, Serbia is going to play for gold at the Basketball World Cup. Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 23 points as Serbia defeated Canada 95-86 in the World Cup semifinals Friday. Ognjen Dobric

Sep 7, 2023, 01:05 PM ET Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson will take aim at the women’s 200 meter world record, one of the oldest athletics records on the books, on Friday at the Memorial Van Damme, the penultimate event on the Diamond League schedule. “At the world championships I was so close,” Jackson told reporters

Sep 6, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Approximately 11,000 runners at this year’s Mexico City Marathon have been disqualified after being found to have cut the course at some point during the 26.2-mile race, according to Spanish newspaper Marca. The disqualified runners represented more than one-third of the 30,000-person field that entered the Aug. 27 race.

Associated Press Sep 6, 2023, 11:38 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Cricket, break-dancing and flag football are still waiting to find out if they will be added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The process to add sports that organizers in Los Angeles want at the 2028 Games was unexpectedly delayed Wednesday by the International

Associated Press Sep 6, 2023, 07:38 AM ET MANILA, Philippines — Germany will play the United States in the semifinals of the Basketball World Cup, a rematch of an exhibition matchup from earlier this summer where the Americans needed a big rally to win. Franz Wagner scored 16 points and Germany – the last unbeaten

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 12:46 PM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian officials have criticized a plan to offer some of its swimmers the chance to return to international competitions ahead of the Paris Olympics, arguing it doesn’t go far enough. It could be another five months before any Russian swimmers compete at a major

Associated Press Sep 4, 2023, 06:39 PM ET GENEVA — Individual Russian swimmers will be allowed to compete in international events, including the Paris Olympics, if they meet a set of “strict criteria” that include not talking to the media, the sport’s governing body said Monday. The World Aquatics governing body published its criteria for

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterSep 3, 2023, 03:31 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MANILA, Philippines — Team USA has been in some adverse situations in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, but this isn’t one of them. This is an ode to an

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterSep 3, 2023, 10:54 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MANILA, Philippines — Team USA has taken a few losses over the decades in major international competition when roster flaws have been exposed, focus has been an issue and

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterSep 2, 2023, 08:49 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MANILA, Philippines — In an indelible moment of this FIBA World Cup, South Sudan earned the nation’s first berth into the Olympics in any sport Saturday and did so

Sep 2, 2023, 05:24 AM ET OKINAWA, Japan — The Australian Boomers are at a crossroads. They’re so clearly trying to fully embrace the country’s emerging and current young talent, but are also holding on for dear life to their ‘Rose Gold’ era. The idea makes sense, in theory: incorporate Australia’s best up-and-coming players in

Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 07:30 PM ET ZURICH, Switzerland — Another race, another win for triple world champion Noah Lyles. Lyles won the 200 meters in 19.80 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday in his first race since the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he picked up gold medals