Olympics

ESPN News Services Jun 12, 2023, 06:49 PM ET U.S. Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie died from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report obtained by multiple outlets. Bowie, a former 100-meter world champion and three-time Olympic medalist, was found dead in her Florida home on May 2 after authorities were asked to perform

Jun 12, 2023, 12:54 PM ET The International Boxing Association (IBA) will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to strip it of recognition, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The IOC’s executive board last week recommended withdrawing recognition of the IBA over its

Jul 12, 2023, 08:23 AM ET The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday appointed former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar as the returning officer to conduct the pending Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections on July 4. Sports minister Anurag Thakur, after his meeting with protesting wrestlers on June 7,

Associated Press Jun 11, 2023, 06:52 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Julien Alfred won the 100 meters, the 200 and ran the opening leg of the 4×100 meter relay for the Texas women and the Longhorns won their fifth team title in program history Saturday night at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. Alfred

Jun 9, 2023, 04:17 PM ET PARIS — A week after shattering the world record in the women’s 1,500 meters, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon had no expectations of a world-beating time in the 5,000 meters, a distance she had not contested in eight years, but managed to surprise herself. The 29-year-old produced a stunning performance to

Jun 9, 2023, 03:49 PM ET PARIS — Norwegian distance star Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered the world record in the two-mile race at the Paris Diamond League on Friday. The 22-year-old ran seven minutes, 54.10 seconds, smashing Daniel Komen’s mark of 7:58.61 set in the seldom-run distance in 1997. “Right now I feel tired,” the 22-year-old

Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 02:00 PM ET PARIS — An IOC inspection team gave a resounding thumbs-up Wednesday to Paris’ preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games, declaring “a very, very high level of confidence” despite unresolved questions about financing and security. “Paris is where it should be with 415 days to go,” said Pierre-Olivier

Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 12:38 PM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC finally ran out of patience with the International Boxing Association on Wednesday and set a date to terminate its Olympic status this month. While boxing will still be on the program at the 2024 Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee said its

Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 08:32 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The governing body of rowing said Wednesday it will allow a “limited number” of Russians to return to competition for the world championships in September, a key event to qualify for next year’s Paris Olympics. World Rowing said athletes from Russia and Belarus would

Associated Press Jun 6, 2023, 03:28 PM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Olympic future of boxing’s long-exiled governing body could be decided Wednesday at an IOC meeting called on short notice. The International Olympic Committee said Tuesday its executive board will meet for a special session two weeks before a scheduled three-day meeting that has

Jun 5, 2023, 07:20 AM ET With boxing teetering on the brink of Olympic elimination, the International Boxing Association (IBA) told the International Olympic Committee it had met its reform criteria, and any ban lacked legal basis. In their report to the IOC, obtained by Reuters through a source with knowledge of the proceedings, it

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 5, 2023, 09:02 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Two Western Conference All-Star forwards — the New Orleans Pelicans‘ Brandon Ingram and the Memphis Grizzlies‘ Jaren Jackson Jr. — are committed to playing for Team USA in the FIBA Basketball World Cup championships this

Jun 5, 2023, 02:30 PM ET American double Olympic champion Jim Hines, who became the first man to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds in 1968, has died at the age of 76, World Athletics said on Monday. Hines won gold in the 100m at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City,

Associated Press Jun 4, 2023, 10:54 PM ET KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — William Rousseau made 32 saves in the first shutout of the tournament, lifting the Quebec Remparts over the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-0 on Sunday night for the team’s third Memorial Cup title and first since 2006. Tournament MVP James Malatesta, Vsevolod Komarov, Kassim Gaudet,

Jun 4, 2023, 07:12 AM ET BERLIN — A motorcycle rider died and a triathlete was severely injured Sunday in a collision during the Ironman European championship in Hamburg, police said. The rider, who was carrying a camera operator, crashed head-on with the cyclist at a narrow part of the race where both lanes were

Jun 3, 2023, 08:19 AM ET Tour de France organizers have set up an anti-COVID protocol for this year’s race, with riders and team staff banned from signing autographs and eating out of their hotels, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday. Riders and staff members were allowed out of

Jun 2, 2023, 05:11 PM ET FLORENCE, Italy — Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon set a world record in the women’s 1,500 meters on Friday by clocking 3:49.11 at the third Diamond League meet of the season. Kipyegon shaved almost an entire second off the previous mark of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in 2015. The

Associated Press Jun 2, 2023, 12:44 AM ET KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — J.R. Avon scored at 10:54 of overtime and the Peterborough Petes beat the host Kamloops Blazers 5-4 in the Memorial Cup tiebreaker Thursday night to advance to face the Seattle Thunderbirds in the semifinal. Avon took a drop pass from Owen Beck and