Olympics

6:30 AM ET Associated Press BRUSSELS — Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar was expected to travel home Monday after undergoing surgery on his fractured left wrist in Belgium. The 24-year-old Slovenian rider’s team said in a statement late Sunday that surgery to treat a scaphoid fracture in his left wrist went well and

10:51 AM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Herb Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died. He was 101. The University of Pittsburgh, where Douglas starred on both the football and track teams before

7:29 AM ET LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) – Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum broke the London Marathon course record on Sunday, finishing in two hours, one minute, 25 seconds, nearly three minutes ahead of second-placed Geoffrey Kamworor in a resounding win. Kiptum, who ran the fastest-ever debut marathon in Valencia last year, made his break at mile

3:09 AM ET Olympic gold medallist swimmer Kyle Chalmers said he hopes that by speaking out about his struggles over mental health he can inspire the next generation to follow suit. Chalmers, who won Olympic 100 metres freestyle gold in Rio as a teenager and took silver in Tokyo in 2021, took a mental health

10:35 PM ET Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. — Katie Grimes won the women’s 10-kilometer title at the open water national championships on Friday to earn a berth at this summer’s world aquatics championships. Grimes pulled away over the last five laps to win in 1 hour, 58.08 seconds at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota. The

1:41 PM ET Russia’s Evgeniia Chikunova shattered the 200 meter breaststroke world record with a time of 2 minutes 17.55 seconds on the final day of the Russian swimming championships in Kazan on Friday. The previous record of 2:18.95 was set by South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker in the final of the Tokyo Olympics on July

8:53 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Four million applications were received for an online lottery where winners get to buy tickets for next year’s Paris Olympics, the local organizing committee said Friday. They hope to sell 1.3 million tickets for the 2024 Games as a result of the latest draw. Applications ended Thursday evening,

1:25 PM ET Mo Farah will compete in his final marathon in front of a home crowd in London on Sunday, the four-time Olympic gold medalist said Thursday ahead of his likely retirement later this year. The 40-year-old Farah, who withdrew from last year’s race due to injury, has run the London Marathon three times

3:11 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Over the last decade, Eliud Kipchoge has won 15 marathons. The long-distance runner from Kenya has set the marathon world record twice, won Olympic gold twice, and in 2019 he became the only person in history to record the race’s 26.2 miles in under two hours, albeit during an

12:29 PM ET LONDON — Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion has agreed to help guard the London Marathon from disruption by protesters, event director Hugh Brasher said Wednesday. Organizers of Sunday’s race are stepping up security to avoid protests after recent disruptions at the Grand National horse race and the World Snooker Championship. A Just

3:38 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Following his sixth-place finish in Monday’s Boston Marathon — his first marathon loss since 2020 — Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge blamed the disappointing result on “a combination of different things” when speaking to ESPN on Tuesday. Kipchoge, widely considered one of the best marathoners of all time, was

11:46 AM ET Associated Press MIES, Switzerland — Russia has been excluded from qualification for the men’s Olympic basketball tournament in Paris next year, basketball’s international governing body FIBA said Tuesday. The decision was widely expected since FIBA has suspended Russia’s teams from international play since shortly after the invasion of Ukraine last year. The

9:33 AM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — There was no shortage of drama at the women’s NCAA championships this week. Trinity Thomas and Grace McCallum returned from injuries for the final meet of the season, hitting exceptional routines with barely any practice time. Jordan Chiles and Maile O’Keefe earned consecutive 10s in semifinals, with O’Keefe

10:07 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Hilary Knight scored three times, including the go-ahead goal with 3:10 left in regulation, and the Americans won their 10th women’s world hockey championships gold medal and first in four years with a 6-3 win over cross-border rival Canada on Sunday night. Caroline Harvey had a goal

3:10 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — With a familiar berth in the women’s world hockey championship gold medal game on the line, leave it to the United States’ so-called old guard of Hilary Knight and Amanda Kessel to set the tone in a 9-1 rout of Switzerland on Saturday. And the Americans will

2:57 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — It all comes down to today, as four teams will battle it out for the national title. Will Oklahoma win again? Or could Utah earn its first title since 1995? And don’t forget about Florida, which might have Trinity Thomas back again in several lineups, or LSU, a

9:00 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Francisco Juarez will travel outside of his native Mexico for the first time this weekend. The trip to compete in Monday’s Boston Marathon fulfills a destiny that seemed impossible just a short time ago. It’s also part of an eternal healing process for Juarez, who was left blind from

2:10 PM ET After an unforgettable season chock full of surprises, viral moments, dominant performances and even the occasional scoring controversy or two, the 2023 NCAA championships are upon us in Fort Worth, Texas. How to watch NCAA championships Thursday, April 13:Semifinal I: 3 p.m. ET, ESPN2 (No. 3 Florida, No. 4 California, No. 6