Olympics

7:30 AM ET ON THE MORNING before the day he’s been working for his whole life, Vincent Zhou feels fine. He’s been in Beijing for more than a week, gearing up to fight for the Olympic medal he believes he deserves. He already competed in the team event. He hadn’t been his best — he

3:00 PM ET Three former athletes and a former employee of U.S. Ski and Snowboard have accused former longtime head coach Peter Foley of sexual misconduct including sexual assault, unwanted kissing and touching, and coercing them into taking nude photos, according to interviews and documents obtained by ESPN. The women lodged their complaints last week

10:41 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Monday. Lashmanova won gold in the 20-kilometer race walk at the 2012 London Olympics and also at the world championships in

5:12 PM ET Longtime U.S. snowboard coach Peter Foley is no longer with U.S. Ski and Snowboard, according to a statement provided to ESPN by the federation Sunday. “As of March 20, 2022, Peter Foley is no longer employed by U.S. Ski and Snowboard,” the statement read. “Mr. Foley has been on a leave of

8:24 AM ET Associated Press MERIBEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin’s standout World Cup season ended by letting the giant slalom title slip away to Tessa Worley on Sunday. As the final racer of the women’s season, Shiffrin was the first-run leader with a 0.82-second advantage. She needed to win the race to clinch an unlikely

8:38 PM ET Associated Press GATINEAU, Quebec — Eve Gascon became the third female goalie to play in a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game Saturday, making 18 saves in the Gatineau Olympiques’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Rimouski Oceanic. The 18-year-old Gascon, from Laval, Quebec, joined Manon Rheaume and Charline Labonte as the only

7:52 PM ET ATLANTA – One day after becoming a national champion, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas tied for fifth place in Friday’s 200-yard freestyle at the NCAA swimming championships at McAuley Aquatic Center. Stanford junior and Canadian Olympian Taylor Ruck claimed the title, out-touching Cal senior Isabel Ivey at the wall in 1

12:00 PM ET ATLANTA — University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas qualified for her second final at the NCAA championships Friday morning after finishing the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 42.09 seconds to secure the second seed for the evening finals. Stanford junior and Canadian Olympian Taylor Ruck will be the top seed, after winning

6:29 AM ET Associated Press U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father, Arthur Liu — a former political refugee — were among those targeted in a spying operation that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the elder Liu said late Wednesday. Arthur Liu told The Associated Press he had

12:09 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS — Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen withdrew from the world championships on Wednesday because of what he called a “nagging injury” that he’s been dealing with after winning at the Beijing Games. The three-time reigning champion will be replaced on the U.S. team by Camden Pulkinen next

9:13 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The Japanese city of Sapporo has no plans to conduct a public referendum on holding the 2030 Winter Olympics, Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto said Wednesday. The northern Japanese city, which held the 1972 Winter Olympics, has expressed interest in being the host again and is believed to be the

6:36 AM ET WHEN LIA THOMAS’ fingertips break the surface of the water on Thursday at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, nobody in the 500-yard freestyle, or in any other race at the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships, will have navigated choppier waters. Thomas, a transgender swimmer at Penn, has sparked searing skepticism

8:55 AM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN When he threw the javelin 82.46m on Sunday in Thiruvananthapuram, DP Manu did a few things beyond winning a gold medal at the Indian Grand Prix. Competing in his first competition of the season, the 21-year-old from Kuppagoda village near Belur, Karnataka recorded the second best throw this season and

12:19 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com From history-making performances to emotional moments that transcended sports and one very adorable, medal-winning dog — the 2022 Paralympic Games undoubtedly had a little bit of everything. While it would be impractical to list all of the incredible athletes and achievements that transpired over the past two weeks, here’s a

7:28 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — An Olympic gold medal wasn’t on the line this time for Marie-Philip Poulin, who added another clutch goal against the United States by scoring 2:13 into overtime in Canada’s 4-3 win in a “Rivalry Rematch” on Saturday. Some three weeks after Poulin scored the final two goals

2:07 PM ET Associated Press ARE, Sweden — Slovakian skier Petra Vlhová dominated the penultimate women’s World Cup giant slalom of the season Friday, narrowing the gap on leader Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall standings. Shiffrin was sixth after the opening run but improved to third, 1.70 seconds behind Vlhová. The American had her lead

5:28 PM ET Associated Press FLACHAU, Austria — Atle Lie McGrath threw one of his poles and both gloves into the snow in a burst of joy after crossing the finish line of a night slalom, then took his helmet off and fired up the spectators with wild arm gestures. For someone who had never

5:43 AM ET Paralympic GB wheelchair curler David Melrose has been taken to hospital after falling out of his wheelchair during their 6-3 defeat to Canada on Wednesday. Melrose, 56, was reaching for a delivery stick when he fell, injuring his shoulder. The game was delayed as he recieved treatment before being stretchered off the