Olympics

5:44 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Aerin Frankel stopped 18 shots and the United States shut out Germany 3-0 in the women’s world hockey championship quarterfinals Thursday. Amanda Kessel, Hannah Bilka and Abbey Murphy each scored a goal as the Americans booked a spot in the semifinal. German goaltender Sandra Abstreiter made 49

9:33 AM ET The NCAA gymnastics championships start Thursday, and with it come mystery, intrigue, and — hopefully — good judging. There will be no shortage of excitement as California, Denver, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Oklahoma, UCLA and Utah face off in Fort Worth, Texas, for a chance at the title. Here are five storylines that

8:08 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Ronja Hark and Nicola Eisenschmid scored and Germany advanced to face the United States in the women’s world hockey championship quarterfinals, beating Hungary 2-1 on Tuesday. Sandra Abstreiter made 36 saves to help Germany finish second behind Finland in Group B, with the top three in Group

8:39 AM ET Can Oklahoma pull off a second consecutive national title? Or will an underdog team like California or LSU swoop in? And what about Florida — and defending national all-around champion Trinity Thomas’ injury? How to watch NCAA championships Thursday, April 13:Semifinal I: 3 p.m. ET, ESPN2 (No. 3 Florida, No. 4 California,

11:32 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Jamie Lee Rattray scored the winner in the ninth round of the shootout and Canada defeated the United States 4-3 Monday night in the final preliminary round game for both teams at the women’s world hockey championship. The teams will turn their attention to the quarterfinals on

12:27 AM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Hilary Knight scored to help the United States beat the Czech Republic 6-2 on Sunday in the women’s world hockey championship. Megan Keller, Tessa Janecke, Abby Roque, Eden Lacey and Hayley Scamurra also scored for the U.S. Aerin Frankel stopped 22 shots in the victory. The U.S.

9:58 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Sarah Fillier and two goals and an assist, Emerance Maschmeyer made 11 saves and Canada defeated Japan 5-0 on Saturday night in the women’s world hockey championship. Sarah Nurse had a goal and an assist and Natalie Spooner and Brianne Jenner also scored as two-time defending champion

4:26 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Caroline Harvey scored twice, Abby Roque had a goal and three assists, and the United States thumped Switzerland 9-1 on Friday at the world women’s hockey championship. Abbey Murphy set the record for the fastest goal ever at the tournament, scoring seven seconds in. She added two

6:18 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Katerina Mrazova scored on a rebound on a delayed penalty at 3:16 of overtime to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 victory over Japan on Thursday in the women’s world hockey championship. Daniela Pejsova opened the scoring for the Czech Republic with 37 seconds left in the

4:00 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Massachusetts gambling regulators on Thursday denied a request to allow legal betting on this year’s Boston Marathon, citing concerns by the race’s organizers. All four members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission who participated in the online meeting voted against the request by DraftKings. Commission chair Cathy Judd-Stein shared

6:50 PM ET Associated Press BRAMPTON, Ontario — Alex Carpenter scored twice and the United States beat Japan 7-1 on Wednesday to open group play in the women’s world hockey championship. Also in Group A, Canada faced Switzerland in the night game. Earlier in Group B, Jenniina Nylund had three goals to help Finland rout

7:49 AM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — A fencing World Cup event in Poland has been canceled because the sport’s governing body decided last month to let Russians and Belarusians compete. The Polish Fencing Association said Wednesday that it will not host the Olympic qualifying event for women’s foil from April 21-23 in Poznan.

11:22 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — No Russian or Belarusian athletes are expected to compete at this year’s swimming world championships in Japan because the sport’s governing body isn’t expected to rule on their eligibility until it’s too late for them to enter. World Aquatics said Wednesday it will create a task force

5:51 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The women’s hockey world gathered Tuesday for the unveiling of a new exhibit at the Hockey Hall of Fame celebrating the sport’s history. Hall of Famers Angela James and Jayna Hefford put the finishing touches on the exhibit, placing trophies named after them into a display case at

6:38 AM ET Swim England announced an updated transgender and non-binary policy on Monday with a “female” category restricted to athletes assigned female at birth and a new “open” category for everyone else. The national governing body for swimming in England said the policy, which comes into effect in September, would apply to its swimming,

3:44 PM ET Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). Reigning Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Suni Lee says kidney issues kept her from competing in her final collegiate meets with

6:37 AM ET PARIS — Ethiopia’s Abeje Ayana won the men’s race at the Paris Marathon on Sunday in his first competitive run over the distance, and Kenya’s Helah Kiprop claimed the women’s title. Ayana, 20, won with a time of 2 hours, 7 minutes, 15 seconds, 20 seconds ahead of compatriot and pre-race favorite

Apr 1, 2023 Associated Press TORONTO — Summer McIntosh set her second world record in five days, winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Canadian swimming trials Saturday night. The 16-year-old from Toronto won in 4 minutes, 25.87 seconds, bettering the old mark of 4:26.36 set by Katinka Hosszu of Hungary at the 2016 Rio