Jorge Urena serves focus.

Kjeld Nuis hangs out.

Just Thomas Roehler, shirtless, throwing...

Valentina Margaglio has a vacation break.

Kati Beierl warms up in the Maldives.

Ukraine's Daniela Batrona credits her support system for the consistent high performance level during this season's gymnastics World Cup.

Fellow Ukrainian gymnast Ilia Kovtun has proved he can 'rise above the distractions and deliver excellence' on the World Cup circuit this season.

Modern pentathlete Pavlo Tymoshchenko offers an open letter to the UIPM Athletes' Committee urging suspension of the federation's Russian vice-president.

Could economic sanctions against Russia hit Olympic champion rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva?
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Italian road cyclist Marco Canola speaks for other non-Russian/Belarusian athletes caught up in sporting bans in support of Ukraine.

In other recent road cycling news, rider Romain Bardet is left shaken by compatriot Julian Alaphilippe's race crash that left him with broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Olympic and world champion long hurdler Karsten Warholm has eyes on a larger prizes than big mid-season paydays. (in Norwegian)

More Warholm...what happens when he meets a chess master?

Retired Olympic long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe is the sole athlete representative named to a two-year position on the World Athletics Independent Research Ethic Committee.

"There is so much more that I know is going to happen." Middle-distance runner Raevyn Rogers eyes a successful summer on the track.

Get to know Tokyo 2020 javelin gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, 'the people's champion'.

Olympic tennis player Peng Shuai's whereabouts? Still an issue...

Danish handball player Ola Lillelien comes out as LGBTQ on a special anniversary date on the calendar.

Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones looks at pandemic-related anxiety as the culprit to her Tokyo 2020 disappointment.

April 24 is now 'Ivanie Blondin Day' in Ottawa in honor of the Olympic speed skating medalist.

Biathlete couple Kalev Ermits and Regina Oja wrap up a quick break from the sport this month as they look to their wedding in May.

Congrats to former rugby sevens international Jessica Watkins - the first Black woman to complete a full mission on the International Space Station!

'King' Scotty James talks to GQ Australia about plans for more Olympic snowboarding at Milano Cortina 2026, and what's beyond.

Seoul 1988 champion  - and the first Black swimming gold medalist - Anthony Nesty has built an impressive coaching career, with a string of recent prominent signees.

Swimmer Emily Seebohm bites back at unauthorized use of her and others' images in the transgender athlete debate.

Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel opens up about anxiety, pressure, and panic attacks in his wimming career with sports journalist Graham Bensinger.

It's free Genesis BBQ fried chicken for life for South Korean short track speed skaters Choi Min-jeong and Hwang Dae-heon!

​14-year-old Paige Heyn is just one of the young newcomers to Team USA's skateboarding squad as Paris 2024 looms.

​Olympic champion Dylan Fletcher-Scott has found a new partner as he looks to defend 49er sailing gold at Paris 2024.

Champion surfer and Olympian Gabriel Medina plans a competitive return next month after taking a break to "put his life in order". (in Portuguese)

Tokyo 2020 karate champion Sajjad Ganjzadeh enters sensitive waters in Iran with comments supporting competition against Israeli athletes.

Meanwhile, can karate medalist Grace Lau break a 'bronze curse' at this year's Asian Games?

Krygyzstan's Paris 2024 Olympic Solidarity scholarship athletes show full promise at the Asian wrestling championships.

In fact, meet of those wrestlers - Aipiri Medet Kyzy - and hear her reflections on her quickly rising career.

Rio 2016 badminton champion Carolina Marin looks to have the "hard work pay off" as she returns to competition after an injury layoff.

Six months after a devastating Olympic debut experience, sprint hurdler Cyrena Samba-Mayela made amends with a world indoor championship.

"There's no question we'll continue to see great things" from Summer McIntosh as the swimmer continues her time progression in the pool.

Andreea Ana is now the first Romanian female wrestler to win U23 European, U23 World, and Senior European titles.

German Dang Qiu is a rising table tennis player after a "stunning month on the table" in March.

Simone Biles' always good at cheering up a room.

Natalia Maliszewska enjoys the beach.

Serena Williams prepares for tea.

Bruce Mouat and friends visit Yosemite.

Sloane Stephens gets ready for clay season.