Olympics

1:02 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Reigning Olympic all-around champion and Auburn sophomore Sunisa Lee announced Tuesday that she would conclude her NCAA career at the end of the 2023 season to return to elite gymnastics. In an Instagram post, the 19-year-old said she would be turning her focus to making the U.S. team for the

8:00 AM ET Brian Windhorst and a team of ESPN’s Insiders sort out life and the news from in and around the NBA world. Victor Wembanyama carries the date in his mind, a sinister anniversary he apparently has been unable to let go. “That loss, I have thought about it every day since July, 11,

7:00 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva faces a potential four-year doping ban which would rule her out of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday. CAS said it had registered an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency, which said last

8:17 AM ET An Iranian archer has said she did not notice her hijab falling from her head during an awards ceremony in Tehran, after a video appeared to show her allowing the headscarf to drop in what was widely assumed to be a show of support for nationwide protests. In a video posted on

6:43 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — USA Basketball still has some work to do before clinching a berth in next year’s World Cup. Bruno Caboclo scored 24 points, Georghino De Paula added 18 and Brazil greatly improved its chances of making the 32-team World Cup field by beating the U.S. 94-79 in a qualifying

Nov 10, 2022 Associated Press LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. — Authorities on Thursday were looking for three Olympic medals belonging to a member of the U.S. women’s volleyball team after they were stolen from a Southern California home. The medals were being temporarily stored at a Laguna Hills home and were inside a safe that was

12:15 PM ET Gwendolyn Oxenham The North Carolina Courage tradition is to begin each practice with a joke. They don’t warm up or kick balls until that joke’s been told. In the first training session of 2021, the team stood huddled together on the practice field, wondering who would tell the first one of the

9:00 AM ET Gray Montrose could not believe it when she opened her email earlier this year and read that she was facing punishment from the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The 34-year-old attorney and part-time rugby referee had filed a claim with SafeSport, the U.S. Olympic Movement’s sexual misconduct watchdog, in June 2021, reporting that

1:12 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The 2024 United States Olympic marathon trials will be held along the streets in Orlando, Florida. USA Track and Field announced the decision Tuesday. The site for the rest of the track and field trials is still being determined. The top three men and women finishers in the

8:51 AM ET Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case has been referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the World Anti-Doping Agency after it made no progress with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, WADA president Witold Banka said on Tuesday. Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian national

8:36 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Jimmer Fredette now knows what it’s like to win a 3×3 gold medal with USA Basketball. He’s hoping it’s the first of many. Fredette’s 2-pointer — that’s what beyond-the-arc shots are worth in the 3-on-3 game — with 1:07 remaining was the clinching basket in a 21-18 win

3:22 PM ET Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England — Brody Malone won the first world championship on the high bar by an American men’s gymnast in 43 years Sunday when he edged world and Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan in a close event final. The 22-year-old Malone, a two-time U.S. champion, led off the

Nov 6, 2022 ESPN News Services Evans Chebet won the New York City Marathon men’s race Sunday, adding the victory to his triumph at the Boston Marathon earlier this year, and Sharon Lokedi won the women’s race as the pair of Kenyan runners made a splash in their Big Apple debuts. Chebet finished in 2

5:02 PM ET Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England — Jade Carey’s rebound from Olympic disappointment in her best event ended with a gold medal at the world championships. The 22-year-old American soared to victory in the women’s vault final Saturday, giving her a second trip to the top of the podium at M&S Bank Arena after

11:22 AM ET Tania Eicoff Fifty thousand people are at the starting line. Thousands more line the streets to cheer them on. Whether it’s 26.2 miles or 42.195 kilometers depends on where you are in the world. About a million runners every year clamor at the start line to become a marathoner. Less than 1%

12:25 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer As Pierry Duvan Ramirez continues his quest to race all six World Marathon Majors, he will be sure to take in his surroundings at Sunday’s New York City Marathon. The 46-year-old Colombian national, who is paralyzed from the waist down, will use a specially outfitted handcycle wheelchair to reach

6:12 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com With gravity-defying tumbling and confidence that seems to grow with every routine, Rebeca Andrade made history on Thursday at the world championships in Liverpool, England, becoming the first South American gymnast to win the all-around title. The 23-year-old Brazilian competitor, who earned all-around silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, entered

7:47 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The disqualification of two-time Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana from his sixth place in the 2022 race for misuse of an opioid was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday. CAS said its judges dismissed Quintana’s appeal and agreed with the International Cycling