Olympics

1:13 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com UCLA star gymnast Jordan Chiles is an Olympic silver medalist — but in her three previous tries, she just missed the cut for the U.S. world team. This week, she will compete at worlds for the first time ever when the 2022 artistic gymnastics world championships begin in Liverpool, England,

Oct 27, 2022 Associated Press PARIS — Starting in the Basque Country in northern Spain, next year’s Tour de France will feature four mountain-top finishes and a Tour record 30 difficult climbs but only one time trial. Race director Christian Prudhomme revealed the route for the July 1-23 race on Thursday. The 110th edition covers

8:30 AM 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). ESPN has sold a majority interest in X Games, the global action sports franchise it founded in 1995 that made

6:42 AM ET Associated Press ZERMATT, Switzerland — The new women’s cross-border downhill races in Zermatt-Cervinia scheduled for Nov. 5-6 have been canceled due to “unseasonably warm” conditions, organizers in Switzerland and Italy announced on Tuesday. Men’s races the previous weekend on the same slope, which was to make its World Cup debut this season,

12:01 PM ET ESPN News Services American hurdler Lashinda Demus is in line to receive the gold medal from the 400-meter hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics after Russian athlete Natalya Antyukh had her results disqualified by the Athletics Integrity Unit on Monday. Antyukh, 41, had her results from July 2012 to June 2013 disqualified,

5:48 PM ET Associated Press Madison Chock and Evan Bates stood atop the podium at Skate America for the first time in seven years on Sunday and, along the way, stepped into the spotlight as the preeminent American ice dancers following the retirement of close friends and longtime training mates Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue.

Oct 23, 2022 Associated Press American figure skaters blasted a decision by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to treat the Kamila Valieva doping case from the Beijing Olympics as confidential, with ice dancer Evan Bates on Sunday calling the secrecy of the investigation “an injustice” to those who performed clean. Valieva helped the Russian team win

8:45 AM ET Associated Press SÖLDEN, Austria — Olympic giant slalom champion Marco Odermatt lived up to his billing as the favorite for the overall World Cup title, dominating the season-opening race Sunday and beating the field by more than seven-tenths of a second for his 12th career win. The Swiss skier had a near-flawless

6:44 PM ET Associated Press NORWOOD, Mass. — American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates along with Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto, the women’s world champion, took the lead after their short programs in the Grand Prix opener at Skate America on Saturday. Chock and Bates, who finished in fourth at the Beijing Olympics, scored 82.63

6:05 AM ET Associated Press SÖLDEN, Austria — Rain and snowfall wiped out the first women’s race of Alpine skiing’s World Cup season Saturday and made the men’s event for the next day doubtful. Wet snow on the Austrian glacier affected the visibility on the softened course and made a safe race impossible. Organizers initially

11:28 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — The Russian Anti-Doping Agency will treat the Kamila Valieva doping case that shook figure skating at the Winter Olympics as confidential and won’t publish a verdict. Valieva won Olympic gold in the team competition before finding out she tested positive for a banned substance before the Beijing Games.

11:54 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The IOC is in talks with 10 potential candidates to host a future Summer Games, the global group of national Olympic leaders was told Thursday. Interest in hosting the 2036 Olympics has been expressed by officials in countries including Egypt, England, India, Indonesia and Qatar. “We

8:59 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — The president of Iran’s national Olympic committee said Thursday that competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi will not be punished or suspended after competing in South Korea over the weekend without wearing her nation’s mandatory headscarf. Supporters of Rekabi, however, remain worried for the 33-year-old climber as other

3:16 PM ET Associated Press Every once in a while, Nathan Chen and the rest of the American figure skaters who finished second in the team event at the Beijing Olympics will get on a group chat and catch up on everything happening in their lives. Things that aren’t happening, too, like a medal ceremony

11:40 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi received a hero’s welcome on her return to Tehran early Wednesday, after competing in South Korea without wearing a mandatory headscarf required of female athletes from the Islamic Republic. Rekabi’s decision not to wear the hijab while competing Sunday comes

7:20 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — An Iranian female competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation’s mandatory headscarf covering, authorities said. Farsi-language media outside of Iran warned she may have been forced to leave early by Iranian officials and could

6:30 PM ET Associated Press A majority of USA Curling’s diversity task force has called for the removal of Jeff Plush as the national governing body’s CEO, accusing him of failing to act when confronted with allegations of sexual abuse and other misconduct while serving as the commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League. “He

4:58 PM ET Associated Press MILAN — Mike Keenan was named coach of the Italy ice hockey team Friday, giving the Stanley Cup winner a chance to guide the host country at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. Keenan, who will be 76 in 2026, last coached China-based Kunlun Red Star in the KHL in 2017. “I’ve