Olympics

11:46 AM ET Associated Press DENVER — USA Swimming has added technology to its abuse-reporting systems that will allow better communication between those coordinating investigations and reporters who want to remain anonymous. The organization announced a deal with RealResponse on Monday, which is international Safe Sport Day. One feature in RealResponse’s technology is the ability

7:22 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — Michael Brind’Amour has resigned as chair of Hockey Canada’s board of directors amid scrutiny of the organization for its handling of sexual assault allegations against members of previous men’s junior teams. Hockey Canada announced his resignation in a statement Saturday. “I have listened carefully and intently to

12:41 PM ET Connor O’Halloran BIRMINGHAM, England — Few athletes truly know what Jake Wightman’s life has really been like these past two weeks. The newly crowned world 1,500 metre champion has had to deal with his new-found pressure, and so he was soon given the phone number of Christine Ohuruogu, the former Olympic and

8:07 PM ET ESPN News Services BIRMINGHAM, England — A week after the Lionesses became the pride of England for winning soccer’s Women’s European Championship, their compatriots in field hockey are hoping for their own historic moment in Birmingham. England has claimed a women’s hockey medal in the six previous Commonwealth Games but gold has

6:11 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — English diver Jack Laugher extended his dominance in the one-meter springboard event Thursday to take a third straight gold at the Commonwealth Games. The 27-year-old Laugher, who was England’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony last week, continued a run that also included gold in Glasgow in

5:27 PM ET Associated Press A former judge on the Supreme Court of Canada will lead an independent review of Hockey Canada’s governance amid calls for a change of leadership of the governing body for its handling of recent allegations of sexual assault against players. Hockey Canada said in a statement Thursday that the review

8:49 AM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate On this date in 1993, Nolan Ryan hit Robin Ventura with a pitch in a game between the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox. Ventura paused briefly after the hit, as if to consider his course of action,

7:14 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Olympic sport of triathlon said Wednesday that transgender women can continue to compete in its female category at international events, though it imposed tougher eligibility rules. World Triathlon is taking a less strict line than swimming’s governing body, FINA, which effectively banned transgender athletes from international

3:03 AM ET Teenager Letsile Tebogo has attracted comparisons to Usain Bolt after showboating his way to the under-20 100 metres world title in a record time with a scorching run in Colombia on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Botswanan clocked 9.91 seconds to improve the junior world record of 9.94 he set in the heats of

3:50 PM ET Connor O’Halloran BIRMINGHAM, England — Adam Peaty rebounded from Sunday’s stunning defeat at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham by winning gold in the men’s 50m breaststroke final on Tuesday. The 27-year-old world record holder suffered his first defeat in the 100m breaststroke of his eight-year senior career on Sunday as he

2:11 AM ET Associated Press A high-level Australian coach is facing 20 charges relating to the alleged sexual assault of young swimmers in the 1970s. Dick Caine, 76, was initially charged by New South Wales state police on June 22 after being arrested at his home in Sydney. Eleven more charges were added Tuesday in

6:23 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Team Astana on Monday reinstated Colombian rider Miguel Ángel López following an investigation into drug trafficking in Spain. López had been temporarily suspended by the Kazakhstani team after news he was being questioned in an investigation into the alleged activities of a Spanish doctor suspected of drug trafficking.

5:40 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — Australian swimmer Emma McKeon became the Commonwealth Games’ most successful athlete during a history-making night in the pool in Birmingham on Sunday. The 28-year-old McKeon claimed her 11th gold medal, spread across editions in Glasgow, the Gold Coast and now Birmingham, to set a new Commonwealth mark.

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11:58 AM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — An English para-cycling team that protested after being denied an opportunity to participate in a medal ceremony at the Commonwealth Games has been fined by cycling’s governing body. Sophie Unwin and her pilot Georgia Holt appeared to have won bronze in the tandem B sprint Friday. They

9:18 AM ET Connor O’Halloran Olympic silver medallist Alex Yee led a thrilling comeback in the men’s triathlon to win Team England their first gold of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Friday, while Laura Kenny won a bronze medal in the women’s team pursuit. Yee, who won silver in the men’s triathlon at Tokyo 2020

7:22 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley protested intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The British diver, who is married to Oscar-winning director Dustin Lance Black, played a key role as one of the last bearers in the Queen’s Baton

6:48 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Gymnastics Federation said Wednesday its annual congress will be moved out of Norway so that officials from Russia and its ally Belarus can attend. The FIG congress was due to be held in Norway in October but the FIG said it will be moved. It