Olympics

8:23 AM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Olympic hammer champion Anita Wlodarczyk will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery for a thigh injury she suffered while chasing a thief trying to break into her car. The three-time Olympic gold medalist from Poland wrote on Instagram that she “totally severed” a thigh

2:20 PM ET Anirudh Menon In a field packed with the world’s best, including world leader Andersen Peters (93.07m), Neeraj Chopra showed that the only change in the year or so of inactivity since that day in Tokyo is the length of his hair and the fact that he can now throw his javelin further

11:59 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Mari Pietersen stopped 29 shots, including all 10 in the final period, and Canada hung on to win its sixth Under-18 women’s hockey world championship, beating the defending champion United States 3-2 on Monday night. Ava Murphy and Alexia Aubin had a goal and an assist each,

9:38 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Peres Jepchirchir plans to defend her title at the New York City Marathon, telling The Associated Press she hopes to break the course record this November after finishing 8 seconds off the mark last year. Jepchirchir won the Olympic and NYC marathons four

8:46 PM ET Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — Kentucky junior Abby Steiner set a collegiate record in the 200 meters at the NCAA track and field championships on a soggy Saturday at Hayward Field. Steiner was focused until the finish, when she raised her arms and smiled broadly. Her time of 21.80 seconds bested LSU

2:47 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A breakthrough court ruling in the Russian doping saga should lead Olympic sports bodies to revisit evidence for possible disciplinary cases against other athletes, the World Anti-Doping Agency said Saturday. Three Russian canoeists, including a 2012 Olympic champion, were banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport

12:19 AM ET Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — Florida’s Joseph Fahnbulleh pulled away at the finishes to win the 100 and 200 meters at the NCAA track and field championships Friday night. Fahnbulleh, who competed for Liberia at the Tokyo Olympics, won the 100 title first in a personal-best 10 seconds. Tennessee freshman Favour Ashe

6:16 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Three Russian canoeists including a gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics were banned on Friday for being part of the state-backed doping program eight years ago. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a statement from Lausanne, Switzerland that its judges upheld appeals filed by the

Jun 9, 2022 Associated Press Information from the first case to be prosecuted under a new law designed to criminalize widespread doping conspiracies has been used to level a four-year ban on a triple jumper from Georgia. The U.S Anti-Doping Agency announced the sanction Thursday for 27-year-old Sabina Allen, who is from Norcross, Georgia, and

Jun 9, 2022 Associated Press ROME — Allyson Felix had “no regrets” after a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters of what was likely her final Diamond League meet Thursday. It made no difference to Felix — the most decorated female track athlete in Olympic history who plans to retire later this season — that

3:13 AM ET Lindsay du Plessis South Africa have announced their provisional squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in late July, with Olympic champions Chad le Clos and Tatjana Schoenmaker leading the swim team. Schoenmaker, who won two breaststroke gold medals in Tokyo last year, has opted to compete at the Commonwealth Games rather

7:27 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the convicted sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him, lawyers said Wednesday. There

3:38 AM ET Associated Press Eileen Gu, the California-born athlete who won two gold medals for China in freestyle skiing at the recent Beijing Olympics, has signed on to work for Salt Lake City’s bid for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics. Tom Kelly, a spokesman for the bid committee, confirmed Gu’s participation to The

8:08 AM ET Associated Press PHUKET, Thailand — No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year’s Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday by the International Skating Union in

11:24 AM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer, along with Michael Phelps and hurdling great Roger Kingdom. Others voted

4:08 AM ET Norwegian Olympic gold medallist Kristian Blummenfelt became the first man to go sub-seven hours in an iron-distance triathlon while Britain’s Kat Mathews went sub-eight to rewrite the history books at the Sub 7/Sub 8 event in Brandenburg on Sunday. The event allowed the triathletes to use pacemakers in all three disciplines —

12:10 PM ET ESPN staff Swapnil Kusale and Ashi Chouksey drew curtains on India’s campaign at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Baku, Azerbaijan with a gold medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions mixed team competition in Baku on Saturday. The pair beat Ukranian’s Serhiy Kulish and Daria Tykhova 16-12 in the gold medal

1:36 PM ET ESPN News Services The Special Olympics has lifted its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the 2022 USA Games after Florida moved to fine the organization $27.5 million for violating a state law against such rules. In a statement Thursday, the Special Olympics said it was lifting the vaccine requirement “as required by state