Olympics

8:55 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japan’s Shoma Uno landed four quadruple jumps on Saturday to win the NHK Trophy and bolster his prospects for the figure skating event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. First after the short program, the Olympic silver medalist received 187.57 points for a personal-best total of 290.15. Vincent Zhou

Nov 12, 2021 Associated Press TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Erin Jackson became the first Black American woman to win a World Cup speedskating race. She won the 500 meters Friday at the season opener in Poland, finishing in 37.613 seconds. Defending Olympic champion Nao Kodaira of Japan was 0.13 seconds behind. The field included all

3:02 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — American high jumper Erik Kynard will finally get his gold medal from the 2012 London Olympics after the IOC on Friday approved reallocating some results from those Games because of doping cases. Kynard’s leap of 2.33 meters placed second behind Ivan Ukhov, who was proven years later

Nov 12, 2021 Associated Press BEIJING — Organizers of February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing said Friday that two foreign athletes had tested positive for COVID-19 in ongoing test events for the Games. They also expressed sympathy for a Polish luge competitor who cracked his left kneecap and suffered deep cuts on his right leg at

8:14 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Shoma Uno edged Vincent Zhou of the United States on Friday to take the lead after the short program at the NHK Trophy, the fourth event of the International Skating Union’s Grand Prix series. Uno opened with a quad flip and then landed a quad toe as part

8:56 PM ET ESPN News Services American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack last month while out with a group of friends in Los Angeles. Lee, the first Hmong American to represent the U.S. in the Olympics, told PopSugar she was waiting for a ride when

Nov 8, 2021 Associated Press GENEVA — Amid a bitter divide with athletes over the removal of horse riding from the Olympic event of modern pentathlon, the sport’s governing body on Monday invited them to talks this week. The Monaco-based UIPM said it would host a video call Friday to consult athletes on which sport

12:59 AM ET Associated Press A global trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates in challenging the propriety of China holding the 2022 Winter Olympics, and has singled out the International Olympic Committee for acquiescing in the face of alleged genocide and crimes against humanity reportedly taking place in the host

5:05 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Three-time Paralympic wheelchair tennis champion medalist Nick Taylor has announced his retirement. Taylor, an American who turns 42 this week, won 11 Grand Slam doubles titles with David Wagner — seven at the US Open and four at the Australian Open. At the Paralympic Games, they won

4:00 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the New York City Marathon returned on Sunday in all its glory — complete with packed crowds across the five boroughs, crisp but sunny autumn weather, celebrity participants and, of course, the best runners in the world doing what they do

Nov 7, 2021 Jocelyn Rivas, 24, completed the final leg in her quest to become the youngest runner to finish 100 marathons on Sunday when she crossed the finish line at the Los Angeles Marathon. Now she’ll await ratification from Guinness World Records. Wearing bib No. 100, Rivas finished in an unofficial time of 5

Nov 7, 2021 Associated Press LOS ANGELES — John Korir of Kenya made a break with 7 miles remaining to win the 36th Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday. Natasha Cockram of Wales won the women’s race with a similar strategy. Korir, 24, who was second here two years ago, finished in 2 hours, 12 minutes,

11:38 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York sought a comeback story for its 50th marathon, and Albert Korir delivered. And for a city whose sports fans don’t accept second best, Peres Jepchirchir came through with a memorable first. Korir and Jepchirchir made it a Kenyan sweep at Sunday’s New York City Marathon,

8:10 PM ET Associated Press TURIN, Italy — World champion Anna Shcherbakova of Russia rallied back after a disappointing women’s short program to win gold at the ISU Grand Prix in Italy on Saturday. The 17-year-old Shcherbakova set a new personal best in the free skate with 165.05 points and totaled 236.78 overall. Compatriot Maiia

11:37 PM ET Associatd Press Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin is not able to ski and prepare the way she would like to currently because of a hurt back that she likened to “a very severe muscle spasm or kind of a strain” in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday. Speaking via

8:17 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Rana Reider, the coach of Olympic 200-meter champion Andre De Grasse of Canada, is facing an investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. The U.S. Center for SafeSport has begun investigating the 51-year-old, Florida-based track coach, Reider’s lawyer, Ryan Stevens, said in a statement to The Canadian Press. “We have

7:00 AM ET Charles Butler IT’S WELL PAST noon on this October Sunday, and the crowd that earlier had been in the thousands has thinned to small clumps of friends and families waiting for their favorite runners to finally pull in. The winners of the Portland Marathon came and went hours ago. A sound technician

12:39 PM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN Shivani Pawar will look to become the first Indian wrestler to win gold at the U-23 World Championships after she reached the finals of the women’s 50kg division of 2021 edition of the tournament in Belgrade on Wednesday. The 21-year-old’s path has been anything but easy. Not counted among the