Olympics

12:23 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Swimming’s world governing body FINA is investigating after Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov competed at the national championships while serving a ban for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The double Olympic backstroke gold medalist was handed a nine-month

6:22 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia has been stripped of hosting an event on figure skating’s Grand Prix circuit next season because of the country’s war on Ukraine. The International Skating Union said Monday it is looking for a replacement host for the Nov. 25-27 event after its ruling council took the

8:55 AM ET Deepak Punia could do nothing against the solid defence of Kazakhstan’s Azmat Dauletbekov and settled for a silver medal (86 kg) while Viky Chahar grabbed a bronze in the 92kg competition on the concluding day of the Asian Wrestling Championship, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Sunday. Eyeing his maiden gold medal at the

12:00 PM ET Shyam Vasudevan Bajrang Punia’s new tactic of preserving energy till the final didn’t pay off as he lost to Iran’s Rahman Mousa Amouzadkhalili in the 65kg summit clash of the Asian Championships in Mongolia on Saturday. Bajrang, in his fourth successive Asian final, picked up his third silver medal on the trot.

2:05 PM ET Shyam Vasudevan Fifty-four seconds. That was all it took Japan’s Tsugumi Sakurai to stop India’s Anshu Malik defending her 57kg Asian Championships title in Mongolia on Friday. It was a blink-and-you-miss-it bout where Anshu was left a mere participant – Sakurai offered her no breathing room or even a hint of a

11:10 AM ET Anshu Malik lost her title clash after winning three earlier bouts in a dominant fashion to clinch a silver in the 57kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Friday. Radhika also won a silver in 65kg category while Manisha bagged a bronze in the 62kg division, taking India’s

11:16 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Thirteen sexual assault survivors of Larry Nassar are seeking $10 million each from the FBI, claiming a bungled investigation by agents led to more abuse by the sports doctor, lawyers said Thursday. It’s an effort to make the government responsible for assaults that occurred after July 2015. The

10:45 AM ET Amanda Kessel is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins for a one-year fellowship that fast-tracks her for an NHL management role. “My dream is to work in a hockey front office, and when the Penguins presented this opportunity to me, it wasn’t something I thought was available — because it wasn’t available,” Kessel told

6:06 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — The United States and Australia will contest a Duel in the Pool competition in August, the first time the world swimming powers will compete against each other in a match-race situation since 2007. The countries collected 50 swimming medals between them at last year’s Tokyo Olympics. Each country

5:43 PM ET Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won this year’s Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player, has accepted a six-month ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation, according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The period of ineligibility began on April 14, which was the date he accepted the

12:25 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir capped the celebration of a half-century of women in the Boston Marathon with a finish to top them all. The 28-year-old Kenyan runner won a seesaw sprint in the final mile Monday as the world’s most prestigious 26.2-mile race returned to its traditional

4:00 PM ET Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia — U.S. figure skaters finished off a strong performance at the world junior championships Sunday by winning three more medals. Isabeau Levito took the women’s event and was joined on the podium by teammate Lindsay Thorngren, who earned bronze. Oona and Gage Brown clinched the gold medal in

11:40 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Ary Dias will run the Boston Marathon for the first time Monday. As he traverses the legendary route, the cheers from bystanders will provide fuel — as will the encouragement and instruction from his guide. Dias, a 45-year-old from Brazil, uses one because he was left nearly blind when

10:45 AM ET Bonnie D. Ford Devin Pao calls at the appointed time, her hair still damp, sipping an energy drink. It’s three weeks before the Boston Marathon, and she has just finished the longest run of her life — 24 miles on the dot, a hilly route she covered in 4 hours, 16 minutes

9:30 PM ET Come for the four U.S. Olympians you’ll remember from Tokyo, stay for Trinity Thomas. On Thursday, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Grace McCallum competed for individual and team glory as the NCAA gymnastics championships got underway in Fort Worth, Texas. Eight ultra-talented squads (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma

Apr 14, 2022 Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia — American figure skater Ilia Malinin shattered the world record in the short program at the junior world championships on Thursday, scoring 88.99 points with his program set to David Cook’s “Billie Jean” to take a big lead into the free skate. The 17-year-old Malinin, dubbed the “QuadGod”

Apr 14, 2022 Associated Press MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A jury in New Jersey found a former Olympian equestrian competitor not guilty Thursday in the shooting of a woman at his training center nearly three years ago. Michael Barisone had faced attempted murder and other charges for the August 2019 shooting of Lauren Kanarek. Kanarek and

6:14 PM ET Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix said Wednesday she will run one final track season, months after competing in her fifth Games. The most decorated American track and field Olympian picked up bronze in the 400 meters and gold in the 4 by 400 relay in Tokyo last year, having already confirmed