Noah Lyles hangs out in L.A....

Kelly Curtis shows off her bump, professionally.

Congrats, Sive Brassil!

Gus Kenworthy soaks up the, um, limelight.

Loena Hendrickx celebrates a birthday.

The 2023 WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico ended today after eight days of tennis competition (plus one!) in singles and doubles competition. Outside of the four tennis majors (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open), the Women's Tennis Association's WTA FInals has been the most prestigious tournament since its inception in 1972, and is considered to crown the season's overall champion.

Caroline Garcia was the surprise 2022 champion, but did not qualify for the 2023 edition. Instead, the top eight singles players to participate included Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Świątek, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula, Elenda Rybakina, Ons Jabeur, Marketa Vondrousova (Tokyo 2020 silver medalist), and Maria Sakkari (replacing Karolina Muchova).

The eight doubles team qualified were Pegula & Gauff, Storm Hunter & Elise Mertens (who was the defending champion with Veronika Kudermetova), Shuko Aoyama & Ena Shibahara, Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova (Tokyo 2020 champions), Desirae Krawczyk & Demi Schuurs, Laura Siegemund & Vera Zvonareva, Gabriela Dawbrowski & Erin Routiffle, and Nicole Melichar-Martinez & Ellen Perez.

After a tumultuous overall event for the WTA, Świątek (over Pegula in two sets) and Siegemund & Zvonareva (over Melichar & Perez in two sets) earned the championship titles, the first for all.

Congrats to the champions! Complete results can be found online at wtatennis.com.

2023 WTA Finals Champions

Team Ukraine's Mykhailo Mudryk - star of its successful Olympic soccer qualifying run - has fun with fan art now that his pro season with Chelsea is settling in.

Caitlin Foord still can't bear watching repeats of Team Australia's Women's World Cup despite the soccer star's lead role.

Will being "practical and down to earth" be the key to gymnast Zuo Tong reaching Paris 2024?

Two-time Olympian Richard Murray still has the 'fire burning bright' for another triathlon at the Games.

Did you think abuse allegations against Olympic tennis champ Alexander Zverev were a done deal?

Tennis: Jessica Pegula's love for Buffalo sports teams helps bring a new fan base into tennis.

Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal may not be fully recovered from injury, but the governing body definitely wants him at Paris 2024.

Sanoa Dempfle-Olin looks set to make her Olympic surfing debut next year, capping an "unreal experience" of qualification.

South African Olympic runner Caster Semenya: "I am a different woman".

Long sprinter Grace Conrad's "future is certainly very bright" despite missing out on a PanAm podium.

How is U23 European 10,000 meters running champion Rory Leonard pursuing Paris 2024 goals?

Who will be the men's and women's Rising Stars' in 2023 for World Athletics?

Calli Thackery reflects on her recent landmark marathon - the second fastest-ever by a British woman - for the Citius Mag podcast.

​Munich 1972 pentathlon champion Mary Peters reflects on the turmoil back home in Northern Ireland at the time of her championship.

Olympic steeplchaser Rosin McGettigan-Dumas is the new president of the Irish Olympians' Association.

"If I'm requested to service my country, I'm going to do it." NBA veteran Andre Drummond ponders a Team USA call for basketball at Paris 2024.

Tokyo 2020 Team USA 'Dream Teamer' Jayson Tatum reaches a "cool" landmark with the Boston Celtics.

Team France fencer Ysaora Thibus makes another magazine feature cover with a spotlight by Stylist. (page 44, in French)

Olympics: Mijain Lopez aims for a ffith wrestling gold medal...will he succeed at Paris 2024?

Swimswam: Is Team USA swimming legend Michael Phelps the 'Jack Nicholson' of baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks? (LOL)

​Australian swimming star Kyle Chalmers is also known for his tattoos...which he now seems to regret.

Skating: Team USA's Isabeau Levito has 'a new mindset' as she tackles the 2023-24 figure skating season.

From 'demotivation' to having a 'sharper mental focus' has propelled Kate Shortman to new artistic swimming heights in 2023.

Team France archer Lisa Barbelin sees the home competition in Paris next year as a "time to feel indestructible".

​Could archer Trenton Cowles really reach the Olympiocs after a 'Wii Sports' start in the sport?

Deadspin: Retired Team Canada ice hockey star Joe Thornton's 'legacy is what you want it to be'.

'Known for his creativity', Philip (B-Boy Phil Wizard) Kim heads to Paris 2024's breaking competition with a goal to make history.

Diver Molly Carlson did not make it to Rio 2016. That'saved' her from further eating disorder trauma.

Olympic diver Mathew Helm is now a New South Wales Hall of Champions member, joining other sports star inductees in 2023.

Road cycling star Tadej Pgacar reflects on the 'cost' of racing both the Tour de France and Classic events.

Team Ecuador's Miryam Nunez had thoughts of her recently passed grandmother as she powered to the Pan American Games road cycling podium. (in Spanish)

FIG: What are 'six things to look out for' at the upcoming Trampoline World Championships?

Marie Claire: What do the Paris Games mean for sport climber Oriane Bertone? (in French)

Casimir Schmidt settles in warmly to 28.

Simone Manuel is stressed.

Timo Boll goes full-on MTV-style.

Go, Mo Farah!

More Vogue from Elina Svitolina...

Fencer Olga Kharlan reflects on a tumultuous year and her Paris 2024 thoughts with Suspilne Media on the heels of a key tournament win. (in Ukrainian)

Team Guam looks toward a remarkable Pacific Games three-peat with leader Tai Wesley in basketball.

'Talent, perseverance, and commitment' has defined cross-country skier Patricija Eiduka's career to-date.

Did you know? The 'seeds' of Team Jamaica competing in ice sports predates bobsled...with curling.

Meanwhile, champion curler Brad Gushue has strong words for the organization of this week's Pan Continental event.

Swimmer Michael Phelps: A "4th Phelps" is on the way.

Team Ecuador's two-time Olympic swimmer Esteban Enderica completes his Pan American Games career with 'evident sadness'.

Sisters Margarita, Eleftheria, and Vasiliki Plevritou may be the key to Team Greece's ambitions to women's water polo qualification for Paris 2024.

A pair of recent victories has sparked Olympic rugby sevens qualification confidence for Team Hong Kong's women.

Can Team Angola again reach the top ten in the final rankings at this year's Women's World Handball Championship?

A 'super, gutsy ride' had equestrian jumper Katie Dinan "speechless" at her Pan American Games win.

Boxer Dean Clancy was "completely in the zone" to secure Olympic qualification despite the news of his grandfather's recent death.

Sports shooter Leonel Martinez is set for his second Olympics at Paris 2024, a remarkable 40 years after his debut at Lo Angeles 2028.

Jonatan Christie's recent "important victory" in badminton was the result of a focus on confidence, with the help of his support team.

Runners Daniel Ebenyo, Letesenbet Gidey, Sifan Hassan, Jessica Warner-Judd, and sprinters Shericka Jackson and Sha'Carri Richardson join pole vaulters Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy on World Athletics' shortlist for this year's 'International Fair Play Award'.

The saga of sprinter Bianca Williams' 'highly distressing' police encounter continues with news of support for the implicated officers.

Olympics has the 'inspiring story' of long sprinter Marileidy Paulino's rise to track success, jumpstarted by the watchful eyes of top sports officials back home.

Otgonbold Baatarkhuyag looks to "change the sport in Mongolia" after his landmark archery win at the Asian Games this year.

Laura Pigossi's double tennis gold at the Pan American Games - with Paris 2024 qualification - capped "one of the best weeks of her) life".

19-year-old wrestler Amit Elor's eight world titles have propelled her thoughts toward Paris 2024 gold.

Emma Twigg, Mindaugas Griskonis, Niels van Zandweghe, Benjamin Pritchard, and Esther Briz Zamorano are taking World Rowing's Athletes' Commission into  a 'new era' as its first elected members.

p.s. World Rowing has its 2023 season award nominees...

"Inspiring others is and was a bonus", reflects German Olympic champion judoka Yvonne Boenisch.

The International Skating Union enlists former Team Switzerland figure skater Michaela Carrot to promote the upcoming World Ice Skating Day.

Will a 'robust youth structure' bring Team Greece back to Olympic beach volleyball competition? It may depend on the progress of players Eleni Alexoglou and Mryto Paschalaki.

Weightlifter Lydia Valentin, runner Fermin Cacho, gymnast Gervasio Deferr, rhythmic gymnast Tania Lamarca, sports shooter Alberto Fernandez, canoeist Teresa Portela, long jumper Joan Lino, and handball player Marta Mangue sign up to lead Spanish Olympic Committee support for refugee athletic centers. (in Spanish)

Biathlon great Dorothea Wierer approaches her 14th season with a "day-by-day" perspective, and finding more goals outside of sport than before.

Soccer stars Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati make history with an eighth Ballon d'Or award for Messi and a first for Bonmati to go with her Champions League and World Cup titles.

Dylan Schmidt may have earned a competition break after his 2022 trampoline world title, but Paris 2024 qualification beckons as events heat up with the 2023 worlds looming.