Olympics

7:04 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — Canada was on the ice until nearly midnight to extend its perfect start at the world hockey championships by beating Kazakhstan 6-3 after a fire at the rink played havoc with the schedule on Thursday. A small fire at the Helsinki Ice Hall set off the alarms

8:29 AM ET South African Olympic champion swimmer Chad le Clos said earlier this month that 2021 was the worst year of his life, when a traumatic event, which he won’t reveal the details of, sent him spiralling into the darkest place he’s ever been. Le Clos told local publication New Frame that a singular

5:22 AM ET Russian artistic gymnast Ivan Kuliak has been handed a one-year ban for displaying the letter “Z” on his outfit during an event in Qatar in March, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said. Kuliak, 20, who won bronze in the parallel bars at the Apparatus World Cup in Doha, displayed the letter as

4:34 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — Austria pulled off a major upset at the ice hockey world championship on Tuesday, stunning the Czech Republic 2-1 as it prevailed in a penalty shootout. It was Austria’s first victory over the Czechs at a major tournament. Austria’s Peter Schneider was the only player to convert

5:20 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — Sakari Manninen scored and added two assists as host Finland defeated the United States 4-1 to keep a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship on Monday. After Nashville Predators forward Mikael Granlund gave Finland a 1-0 lead on a power play in the opening

8:10 AM ET Sakshi Malik defeated Sonam Malik and sealed her place in the Indian team for the Commonwealth Games while Vinesh Phogat did just enough against Antim to emerge winner in the 53kg category trials on Monday. Sonam, who recovered from a left leg injury, had defeated 2016 Olympic bronze medallist at the WFI

12:59 PM ET Associated Press TAMPERE, Finland — Luke Hughes scored with 1:57 left in overtime to complete a United States comeback from two goals down to edge Austria 3-2 at the ice hockey world championships on Sunday. Benjamin Nissner scored in the first period and Paul Huber added another early in the second to

5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — Host Finland recovered from a first-period scare to defeat Latvia 2-1 for a second victory in two games at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Nashville Predators forward Mikael Granlund, less than a week removed from being eliminated in the NHL postseason back in North

1:40 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — With boxing’s status at the Olympics in doubt, the IOC was not impressed on Saturday with the leadership election of the sport’s governing body which was stripped of recognition in 2019. International Boxing Association members re-elected their Russian president Umar Kremlev by acclamation two days after the only

5:09 PM ET Associated Press HELSINKI, Finland — Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and led defending champion Canada to a 5-3 victory over Germany in their opening game at the world ice hockey championship on Friday. Cole Sillinger and Dubois scored from the slot in the first period of the Group A game in Helsinki. Germany

2:54 AM ET Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has withdrawn the country’s national basketball teams from international competition for the next two years, directly violating the non-interference statutes set out by FIBA. On Thursday, a statement from the office of Nigeria’s Sports Minister Sunday Dare read: “Following the unending crises that have plagued and nearly crippled

11:25 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The challenger to the Russian incumbent in the presidential election at the troubled International Boxing Association was ruled ineligible Thursday, a day before the vote. Dutch boxing federation president Boris van der Vorst was taken out of Friday’s election by an independent candidate vetting panel after an investigation

10:26 AM ET Great Britain’s three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty will not participate at next month’s swimming world championships in Budapest after fracturing a bone in his foot, the 27-year-old said on Wednesday. Peaty, an eight-time world champion and holder of the 50 metre and 100m breastroke titles, said he suffered the injury in the

May 9, 2022 Bethan Clargo When goalkeeper Maddie Hinch stepped onto the pitch for the bronze medal match at the Oi Hockey Stadium in Tokyo last year, memories of winning Olympic gold at Rio 2016 did not cross her mind. It had been five years since Great Britain gripped the nation as they battled against

7:42 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). MIKAELA SHIFFRIN’S BUTT was getting cold. She’d been sitting on the icy snowpack near the top of the slalom course

11:00 AM ET Indian men’s boxing team High Performance Director Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role after serving for five years, the national federation announced on Saturday. Nieva, who took charge of the national team in 2017, will take up the job of the Australian national boxing team head coach. Nieva’s five-year stint

8:58 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — Two Diamond League track meets scheduled to be held in China were canceled Friday because of coronavirus-related restrictions, and a substitute event in Poland was added to the calendar. The midseason meets in Shanghai and Shenzhen were called off “due to travel restrictions and strict quarantine requirements currently

6:02 AM ET Associated Press Less than three months after Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the Olympic Council of Asia said Friday that this year’s Asian Games in China are being postponed because of concerns about the spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The OCA said it had not picked new