Olympics

1:44 AM ET Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — For 10.10 seconds, Ferdinand Omanyala forgot all about the visa issues that almost kept him home, the jet lag from an international flight and his mad dash from the airport to the track just to make it to the starting line in time. Once the Kenyan sprinter

7:45 AM ET Tatjana Schoenmaker won gold in the 200m breaststroke in Tokyo, breaking the world record at the same time. Giorgio Scala/BSR Agency/Getty Images South African Olympic swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker is preparing to return to the pool at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England later this month, her first international meet since her pair of

12:53 PM ET Associated Press ALPE D’HUEZ, France — In his first Tour de France, 22-year-old Tom Pidcock became the youngest winner of a stage on the iconic Alpe d’Huez mountain after crossing the line solo at the ski resort Thursday, when Jonas Vingegaard kept the overall lead. The mountain bike Olympic champion from Britain

7:03 AM ET Botswana’s Nijel Amos has been provisionally suspended ahead of next week’s World Championships after the 2012 Olympics 800 metres silver medalist tested positive for a banned metabolite, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Tuesday. Amos was notified of the result while in Eugene, Oregon, where he was scheduled to compete in

5:39 AM ET The 10th stage of the Tour de France was halted for 10 minutes on Tuesday after half a dozen climate activists tried to stop riders on the road before being pulled out of the way by police and a senior organisers’ official. The activists, one of them wearing a t-shirt which said

12:20 PM ET Associated Press MEGEVE, France — Magnus Cort Nielsen won a two-man sprint in a photo-finish to claim the 10th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday at the end of a hilly trek in the Alps that was interrupted by protestors. It was Cort Nielsen’s second stage win at cycling’s biggest

6:06 PM ET ESPN News Services LONDON — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah said he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child and forced to work as a domestic servant. “The truth is I’m not who you think I am,” the 39-year-old Farah told the BBC in a documentary

5:05 AM ET South Africa’s Olympic champion Caster Semenya has been included on the entry list for the 5,000m event at next week’s World Championships in Oregon. Semenya, who achieved a personal best of 15:31.50 in the event earlier this year, failed to make the qualifying time of 15:10.00. She was also not included in

8:17 PM ET Associated Press The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chose Gene Sykes as its next chairman Friday, elevating the former CEO of the Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee to a role that will shape policy throughout America’s Olympic movement for the next four years and beyond. Details of the board vote were not

Jul 8, 2022 Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Caster Semenya is listed to compete at next week’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon, potentially setting up a surprise return to the big stage for the two-time Olympic champion who is still banned from her favorite race, and still at the heart of one of

11:43 AM ET Associated Press Track and field officials confirmed Friday that Russians will not be allowed to compete at this month’s world championships because of the war in Ukraine. The federation banned Russians from major international events shortly after the country invaded Ukraine in February. At the time, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said

4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday presented the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles and soccer star Megan Rapinoe. “Today, she adds to her medal count,” Biden said as he introduced Biles, a former foster child whose 32

11:45 AM ET Associated Press LONGWY, France — Defending champion Tadej Pogačar won the sixth and longest stage of the Tour de France on Thursday to take the yellow jersey. The Slovenian rider, who won the 2020 and 2021 Tours, pulled away in the sprint finish to take his first stage victory this year —

1:26 PM ET Associated Press ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT, France — Australian rider Simon Clarke won a crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, while Wout van Aert clung onto the leader’s yellow jersey despite coming off his bike. The big winner, though, was Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar, who kick-started his bid

11:14 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas cannot compete in long jump at the world championships in Oregon this month because her qualifying leap was done in unapproved shoes. Track and field’s governing body World Athletics said Wednesday that a jump by Rojas in Spain in June — which

7:59 AM ET Niamh Lewis British Triathlon have announced changes to gender categories that see transgender and nonbinary athletes included in an “open” category. The governing body announced Wednesday there would be two categories for athletes over the age of 12: “female” for those who are born female, and “open” for men and those who

12:22 PM ET Associated Press CALAIS, France — Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the hilly fourth stage of the Tour de France and extended his overall lead after attacking strongly on the day’s final climb on Tuesday. The Belgian rider kept the leader’s yellow jersey for the Jumbo-Visma team after taking it for the

9:39 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — There were some cheers for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before USA Basketball’s game in Cuba on Independence Day. And then the Americans celebrated the holiday with a big win. Xavier Munford scored 24 points and the U.S. defeated Cuba 87-64 on Monday night to close the first round of