Olympics

9:06 AM ET Can Florida’s stacked lineup win the 2022 NCAA gymnastics title? Or will defending champion Michigan pull off the repeat? And then what about perennial powerhouse Oklahoma — or Utah, who has qualified for more NCAA championships than anyone else? Starting Thursday, eight teams will face off at the NCAA championships — and

11:25 AM ET Associated Press The mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home was an unintended victim of a dispute that erupted into the firing of more than 20 gunshots, a police official said Tuesday. Mabel Martinez, 56, was shot in the head inside her Waterbury home

4:51 PM ET Associated Press Olympic sailor Eya Guezguez of Tunisia has died in a training incident, the International Olympic Committee announced on Monday. She was 17. Guezguez was training with her twin sister Sarra alongside their national team on Sunday when their boat capsized because of strong winds. Eya died while Sarra survived. Together,

11:31 AM ET Associated Press BERCHTESGADEN, Germany — The governing body of luge wants to change its legal rules to find a new way of isolating Russia in the sport because of the war on Ukraine, it said Monday. The International Luge Federation (FIL) has reacted to a decision by its own independent tribunal last

4:06 PM ET Associated Press Alysa Liu, a 2022 Olympian and world championships bronze medalist, is retiring from competitive figure skating at age 16. Considered the future of U.S. women’s skating and already a two-time national champion, Liu posted her decision Saturday on Instagram. “I honestly never thought i would’ve accomplished as much as i

5:05 PM ET Associated Press USA Bobsled coach Mike Kohn has stepped down after four seasons, though he may remain with the national team in a different capacity. Kohn, an Olympic medalist in bobsled at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, said Friday that he made the decision to leave the coaching role because of

1:43 AM ET Australia’s Nathan Sobey handles the ball during the exhibition match against Nigeria in Las Vegas, July 13, 2021 Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images Nathan Sobey has his Olympic bronze medal back, the Brisbane talent thankful for its anonymous return almost two months after it was stolen from his home. News of the theft

Apr 7, 2022 Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. — Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey is returning to elite gymnastics. Carey, who won gold in floor exercise at the 2020 Tokyo Games, announced on Instagram Wednesday that the Oregon State freshman plans to attend a USA Gymnastics team camp following next week’s NCAA Championships. The 21-year-old Carey

10:30 PM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN When Amlan Borgohain was down in the dumps after an uncharacteristically poor race on Tuesday, he didn’t have to think too hard for a source of motivation to will him forward. All he had to do was to look to the case of his mobile phone. Pasted there, next to

4:43 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Athletes from Russia and Belarus previously accepted to compete in this year’s Boston Marathon who are currently residing in either country will no longer be allowed to participate, the Boston Athletic Association announced Wednesday. The exclusion from the world’s oldest annual marathon also extends to athletes previously accepted

1:05 PM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN Swapna Barman collapsed in agony right after she completed the 800m – the last event of the women’s heptathlon. She spent the next half a minute groaning, completely exhausted with the effort she had put into the race before eventually picking herself off the track. Barman had done just about

Apr 5, 2022 Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian federations and athletes have filed multiple legal challenges to fight their bans from international sports events because of their country waging war on Ukraine. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday that Russian officials have filed appeals against governing bodies in soccer, figure skating and

1:10 PM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN As the trackside announcer at Kozhikode’s CH Muhammad Koya Stadium listed out competitors and their achievements ahead of the men’s high jump competition at the Federation Cup on Monday, Paralympics medal winner Praveen Kumar admitted feeling like a bit of an imposter. “They were going through all the names. And

2:45 PM ET Cambridge women’s crew won the university boat race in record time for their fifth straight triumph while Oxford’s men ended their five-year wait for victory on Sunday as the event returned to the River Thames for the first time since 2019. Crowds were back on the banks of the Thames as Cambridge

11:47 AM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN Lovlina Borgohain, who won India’s only boxing medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics (a bronze) will have to compete in a new weight division after the IOC rejigged boxing weight categories for the 2024 Paris Games. The shuffling of Olympic weight divisions came about even as the IOC increased the

Apr 1, 2022 Associated Press TORONTO — Brittany Rogers is an adult and three years removed from her athletic career, yet the cutting words of her childhood gymnastics coaches still play like a broken record in her mind. You’re fat. You’re stupid. You’re not good enough. “I don’t think I fully grasped the magnitude of

Apr 1, 2022 Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Two-time Olympic medalist Lea Maurer was named head coach of Southern California’s men’s and women’s swimming teams Friday, making her the first woman to lead both programs. Maurer had served as interim head coach after Jeremy Kipp was placed on administrative leave by the university last fall

7:03 AM ET Niamh Lewis On Feb. 25, one day after Russia’s war on Ukraine began, Valentyna Veretska crossed the border from Ukraine to Poland with her 11-year-old daughter, leaving behind her husband who returned to their city of Mykolaiv to help defend their country from attack. Last Friday, exactly one month later, Veretska, 31,