Team veteran Walker Zimmerman thinks Team USA should, and can, reach for gold in men's soccer at Paris 2024 this summer. (p.s. it hasn't started well...)

Meanwhile, fellow soccer player Tierna Davidson has some thoughts on playing alongside controversial teammate Korbin Albert on the USWNT for Paris 2024.

Insult to injury: Was Team Argentina men's soccer team a victim of a robbery?

Team Canada's Adriana Leon was once a promising ice hockey player; now she's an Olympic soccer champion and ready for another Games.

Can Honoka Hayashi use her international experience to help Team Japan make amends for its disappointment at Tokyo 2020's women's soccer tournament?

Who are the UCLA Bruins-connected Olympians competing at Paris 2024?

Golfer Shane Lowry now wants to "win a medal for Ireland" at Paris 2024 after a disappointing end to last weekend's British Open.

​So...what's Team USA golfer Nelly Korda been up to since winning Tokyo 2020 gold?

Team Australia has a unique pair of entries into Paris 2024's golf event: siblings Minjee and Min Woo Lee.

FIBA has some thoughts on the 'absolute must-watch players' at Paris 2024's men's and women's basketball tournaments.

AP: Sisters Satou and Nyara Sabally plan to 'soak in every experience' at Paris 2024 as they help lead Team Germany's first-ever Olympic women's basketball appearance.

Kevin Durant's Paris 2024 start with Team USA basketball will depend on a "big collaboration".

Team USA's Brittney Griner's Paris 2024 trip marks a symbolic return to Europe for the basketball star.

More Team USA women's basketball from Yahoo! as Diana Taurasi gets credit for being the 'all-time greatest competitor' in sports.

"What is important is to be at the Games and show that we are strong and that we are doing better." Refugee Team taekwondo athlete Dina Pouryanes is proud to reach a second Olympics.

Meet Michelle Tau, taekwondo Olympian for Team Lesotho...and once a beauty pageant champion.

More taekwondo as CJ Nickolas tells Teen Vogue how his own journey to the Paris 2024 Games started alongside his mom on the mat.

FIG showcases which artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline gymnasts are 'poised to make Olympic history' at Paris 2024.

Daiki Hashimoto wants to have "no regrets" as he leads Team Japan in men's gymnastics once again at an Olympics.

The Players' Tribine: Gymnast Jordan Chiles is 'paving the way for the next generation of athletes'.

BMX star Logan Martin has an unfortunate turn of events en route to Paris: a van break-in in Belgium.

How do BMX'ers Ross Cullen's and Beth Shriever's leg power compare to track cyclists'?

Laura Brown won an Olympic medal in track cycling's team pursuit at Rio 2016; now she's breaking stereotypes as coach to Team Canada's men.

"Overwhelmed with emotions" is how Giorgia Cesarini felt upon being named as Team San Marino's first-ever female Olympic archer.

If world-ranked number five archer Eric Peters can medal at Paris 2024, it'll be history for Team Canada.

Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba shares her journey to reach Paris 2024 for the Refugee team.

It took a coach's patience, picking up a packet or two, and finding 'fun-filled activities' to bring diver Grace Reid back to elite form and energy, and onto an Olympic team.

Diver Max Bouchard reflects with Outsports on how coming out as LGBT helped him make it to Rio 2016: "I hope that sharing my story helps anyone who needs to read it".

"It's a feeling that never gets old. It will never lose its shine." Diver Scarlett Mew Jensen reflects on her Olympic nomination alongside synchro partner Yasmin Harper.

To what lengths did Indonesians Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu go to prepare for a gold medal badminton bout at Tokyo 2020?

Surfer Caroline Marks already has a world championship...is an Olympic title in store for the 'prodigy'?

For Lara Dallman-Weiss, sailing is a family affair that she extended to her friends...now she's a two-time Olympian set to compete in mixed 470.

Also inspired by family in the sport, kitesurfer Toni Vodisek looks to bring his father's own Olympic dreams into his Paris 2024 experience.

It's "a dream come true" for Maximilian Marterer as the German earns a late addition to the tennis draw for Paris 2024.

"I get emotional thinking about it." Tennis' Coco Gauff reacts to being named one of Team USA's flag bearers for tomorrow's Opening Ceremony.

Zheng Qinwen is a calmer and more relaxed player as she headlines Team China's tennis delegation at Paris 2024.

Double Olympic champion Andy Murray makes a fateful and emotional tennis career decision with Paris 2024 looming.

Dennis Bowsher competed at London 2012 in modern pentathlon; now he's on his third Games as a coach, and as an active-duty U.S. soldier.

"It feels crazy. It feels insane." Skateboarder tries to wrap her head around heading to an Olympics.

Seoul 1988 fencer Otto Drakenberg is recognized for his long-time advocacy for LGBTQ+ athlete inclusion in sport.

Watch out: Leading triathlete Alex Yee has had a 'perfect preparation' ahead of Paris 2024.

SCMP: Melbourne 1956 swimmer Wan Shiu-ming may not have won a medal, but his performance 'put Hong Kong on people's lips'.

Is Team Romania swimming star David Popovici regaining form just in time to fulfill expected potential at Paris 2024?

With Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus, and Summer McIntosh, will Paris 2024's women's 400-meter freestyle final be the 'race of the century'.

South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min gets surprise support from, well, an unusual source.

Eight swimmers are named as flag bearers for Paris 2024's Opening Ceremony.

​Katie Grimes may be Team USA's 'most versatile swimmer' at Paris 2024.

Is Team Cuba's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Mijain "El Terrible" Lopez on his way to a landmark fifth straight gold?

ITTF ponders if table tennis legend Ma Long will make Paris 2024 his farewell event...and if it will be with a gold medal again.

37-year-old sport shooter Christian Reitz is a two-time Olympic medalist and headed to his fifth Games for Team Germany looking for more.

​What are the chances that Team Poland can 'defy odds' and make a significant mark at Paris 2024's 3x3 basketball tournament?

Rower Lola Anderson's road to Paris 2024 was helped in part by her late father's push of inspiration.

Team Ireland's Philip Doyle is World Rowing's 'rower of the month' for July 2024.

Go Handball  has some respect for three 'living legends' of the sport closing out their international careers at Paris 2024: Mikkel Hansen, Nikola Karabatic, and Stine Oftedal.

Xenia Smith hopes to lead Team Germany to an inspirational finish in Paris 2024 women's handball, 16 years after its last Olympic appearance.

Congrats to Team Argentina's Pablo Simonet (handball) and Pilar Campoy (field hockey) on their Olympics-inspired engagement! (in Spanish)

Team USA's Ally Hammel is poised to be the first Boston University Olympic field hockey player.

​Giselle Ansley is enjoying a new experience balancing learning and mentoring as she embarks on a third Olympics in field hockey.

Tokyo 2020 champion judoka Lukas Krpalek is 'trying to stay grounded' as he seeks to defend his title.

Want a story of perseverance? Meet judoka Marie Laborde, whose defection from Cuba delayed her Olympic debut from Rio 2016 to Paris 2024.

Luukas Saha's last-minute qualification to Paris 2024 shows that Team Finland's judo program is on the upswing.

Rugby sevens player Fancy Bermudez has an 'inspiring journey' to share with the CBC.

Emily Campbell's 'positive outlook' includes a direct challenge to top Team China rival Li Wenwen...and targeting body positivity...in Paris 2024's weightlifting.

Equestrian great Charlotte Dujardin has a chance to reach a historic medal mark at Paris 2024...until a late suspension and abuse investigation has seen her withdraw from Team Great Britain.

FEI​ recaps the athletes of the 'class of Paris 2024' in the upcoming equestrian disciplines.

Tokyo 2020 champion canoeist Isaquias Guimaraes Queiroz isn't just focused on Paris 2024...he's got on Los Angeles 2028 as well.

Multi-Olympic canoeist Pavlo Altukhov looks forward to enjoying "only pleasant expectations" at his third Games. (in Ukrainian)

Road cyclist Derek Gee had a surprise Tour de France top 10 finish...now the avid birder takes momentum into Paris.
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Ukrainian Mexico City 1968 volleyball champions Volodymyr Ivanov and Viktor Mikhalchuk look back at that tournament and their time with the Soviet national team. (in Ukrainian)

Seven national teams across volleyball and beach volleyball can credit FIVB's Olympic Solidarity program for rising sports federations for powering their road to Paris 2024.

British running legend Paula Radcliffe wades into a firestorm around a controversial Dutch beach volleyball player.

"Gold is all I have in my head now." Middle-distance runner Keely Hodginkson looks to turn her current good racing form into a top Paris 2024 podium finish.

Vox: Paris 2024 'could be everything' for U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles.

Long sprinter Laviai Nielsen will arrive in Paris for Team Great Britain with key momentum..and her sister.

"It should be exciting." Tokyo 2020 champion Karsten Warholm gives a strong understatement previewing the Paris 2024 men's 400 meter hurdles race, if everything goes to plan.

Will track sprinter Daryll 'Miss Momentum' Neita carry that nickname onto a Paris 2024 podium?

After a tough qualification attempt, hurdler Andrenette Knight takes solace in at least making it to Paris 2024 in Team Jamaica's relay pool.

Grazia: Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith is pushing herself "physically, mentally, emotionally".

World Athletics: What has pole vaulter Molly Caudery's 'path to Paris' been like?

USATF chats with distance running phenom Hobbs Kessler: from high school star to Paris 2024 Olympian in a few short years.

Is a Neil Gourley in the 'best shape possible' a runner that can medal at Paris 2024?

Long sprinter Alica Schmidt tops The Sun's list of 'sexiest Olympic athletes at Paris 2024'...though the editors need to double-check the national team entries actually competing.

The Conversation reflects on 'the first Africans at the Olympics', St. Louis 1904 marathoners Len Tau and Jan Mashiani of South Africa.

If you've forgotten what impact the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had on promising athletes, The New York Times has a story of former youth decathlete Volodymyr Androshschuk for you...

Bonus! Tokyo 2020 medal-winning fencer and musician Alex Choupenitch...with help from some fellow Team Czechia friends...takes us on a 'Long Haul' just ahead of Paris 2024. (in Czech)

p.s., we haven't forgotten to check in our Winter Olympic sports friends...

Alpine skier Alice Robinson has gotten used to a nomad life for half the year, training in Europe and away from home New Zealand.

How does Romanian-Canadian speed skater Alexandra Ianculescu stay in shape?

What's biathlete Franziska Preuss' typical start of the week routine?

Track & field athlete-turned Olympic bobsledder Bill Schuffenhauer first considered the sport switch after coming across the seminal "Cool Runnings".

How has snowboard legend Shaun White built 'a $65 million empire'?

Let's put on a show! Team USA Nordic combined and ski jumping stars join forces to help draw attention to their sports.

Red Bull​: Athlete, model, student...freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu enjoys a "multifaceted" life.

​Athlete to watch: Will we see now-15-year-old figure skater Kate Pressgrove at Salt Lake 2034 after helping with the bid's sales pitch?
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​FIL: What has Olympic luge medalist Barbara Niedernhuber been up to recently?

"I know I am not 100 percent, but for sure I will be at the Olympics." Badminton star Carolina Marin prepares for a return to elite form.

IGF: Team China's Marty Dou is 'ready to rise to the occasion' at Paris 2024's golf tournament.

Is Stina Nilsson back in cross-country skiing for good after a year in biathlon?

Who were the 'unlucky' triathletes who will not make it to Paris 2024 this summer?

Team USA swimming siblings Aaron and Alex Shackell will carry family legacy with them to Paris 2024.

Irish swimming champion Daniel Wiffen talks money and finance with The Irish Times.

Men's Health Spain checks in with swimmer Hugo Gonzalez, freshly minted as a Paris 2024 medal contender. (in Spanish)

And...Team Great Britain swimmer Adam Peaty talks diet and exercise for Men's Health UK.

Confident and calm, judoka Antonio Esposito is ready for his first Olympics at age 29.

ITTF: Table tennis had a 'smashing debut' at Seoul 1988.

Who are some of the would-be Paris 2024 Olympians stopped short due tothe dreaded ACL injury?

How does IWF​ see as main storylines to preview in Paris 2024's women's weightlifting competition?

Olympic figure skater Javier Raya gets an ambassador opportunity with Paris 2024's Pride House.

More figure skating: Meet the current ISU Athletes Commission...

ISSF looks at Azmy Mehelba's 'path to Paris' as the sports shooter closes in on his fourth Summer Games.

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy has an 'open letter' to his fellow LGBTQ+ Olympians.

"This has been a dream of mine since I was ten years old." Boxer Waseem Abu Sal will make history for Team Palestine simply by his Olympic debut this summer.

Team Japan soccer stars Risa Shimuzu and Honoka Hayashi ponder their challenging but familiar group stage opponents at Paris 2024.

Tokyo 2020 rowing medalist Jonathan Rommelmann of Team Germany considers 'what's next' after not qualifying for Paris 2024.

FEI​ recaps 'all the thrills' of the Olympic equestrian competition at Tokyo 2020 ahead of Paris 2024.

Olympians Shea Weber, Jeremy Roenick, Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell-Pohl, and Pavel Datsyuk headlinethe IIHF's Hockey Hall of Fame inductees for 2024.

"There is a big emotional component to manage." Fencer Olga Kharlan balances her sport ambition with realities of life back home in Ukraine.

How do the world rankings in field hockey shake out with one month to go before Paris 2024?

Why was field hockey star Rosie Malone 'snubbed' by Team Australia for this summer's squad?

"I always knew I'd find my way back to sport." Triple bobsled Olympian Jesse Lumsden gets a 'high performance' role for Team Canada.

Athletes to Watch: Who were the all-stars at the recent IHF Women's Junior Team Handball World Championship in North Macedonia?

Team France Alpine skiers Cyprien Sarrazin, Clement Noel, and Johan Clarey go back to famed Kitzbuhel in celebratory style.

Who are ten of the possible brightest stars in track & field at Paris 2024?

Revisit who made Team USA's track & field team for Paris 2024 (but no relay names yet...)

Team Great Britain track sprint star Dina Asher-Smith is ready to "create history" at Paris 2024.

Tennis champ Roger Federer offers some words of wisdom to Dartmouth College's graduating class.

Get to know an athlete to watch through a 'day in the life' of 16-year-old tennis junior Renata Jamrichova.

Team USA's Collin Morikawa continues his 'late surge' into Olympic qualification talk in men's golf.

​Golfer Matteo Manassro has timed a resurgence with Paris 2024 just around the corner.

Despite an equestrian family heritage, Joe Stockdale has a knee injury to thank for steering him away from cricket and onto show jumping at Paris 2024.

"It's been a long road to get here..." Noemie Fox relishes an Olympic qualification in canoe slalom that almost wasn't to be.

Beach volleyballer Louise Bowden, along with fellow Olympians Pacal Gentil (taekwondo) and Nina Kanto (handball), along with others, joins 'Believe in Sport'.

Five-time bobsled Olympian Price Albert II of Monaco shows his support for taekwondo.

IBSF takes a look at the 'lasting legacy' of bobsled champion Billy Fiske.

Wrestler Hassan Yazdani has eyes fixed on addressing 'weaknesses' still as Paris 2024 approaches.

How does the triathlon mixed relay competition at Paris 2024 look with all 16 participants confirmed?

BiathlonWorld: Get to know 'up-and-coming' Team Slovakia biathlete Jakub Borgula.

Rower Jacob Dawson carries a 'fresh mentality' into Paris 2024 after a blood clot scare severely impacted his health two years ago.

The Guardian: Oceana Mackienzie is the 'introvert sports climber scaling new Olympic heights'.

"Find what makes you happy and keep holding onto it." Afghani-born judoka Nigara Shaheen hopes her second Olympic appearance inspires others the values of her sport.

Can 'team leader' Irene Paredes lead Team Spain to the women's soccer title at Paris 2024 to cap a remarkable year for the squad?

Olympians Megan Rapinoe (soccer) and Sue Bird (basketball) set to dive deeper into Hollywood production with a new docuseries on tap.

Soon-to-be triple Olympian Marine Johanes may be the key to Team France's chances at a Paris 2024 final game in women's basketball.

USA Basketball remembers the life of NBA icon and Rome 1960 Olympian Jerry West.

​Where have star Alpine skiers been vacationing so far this off-season?

Cycling legend Bradley Wiggins sees his fortunes dramatically drop in the last years. Will he need to sell his Olympic medals?

Emma Wright looks ahead to Paris 2024 and after Team Canada's 'back door' qualification for its fourth Games appearance in women's water polo.

International Gymnast: Skye Blakely 'knows what she is capable of now' after a strong U.S. championships performance.

Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch looks to go his own way in order to find his lost form.

Team USA: Marathoner Fiona O'Keeffe is 'ready to take on the world' at Paris 2024 this summer.

What did sprint stars Noah Lyles and Sandra Richards-Ross think of the upcoming SPRINT documentary series from Netflix?

USA TODAY: 'Grinding, focusing, and growing' is on sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson's agenda as she eyes the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials and the Summer Games.

"And I wanted it the most out there." Irish runner Ciara Mageean reflects on a European Championship 1500 meter title.

GQ Australia: Paris 2-24-bound 'Jack Robinson and Ethan Ewing are Australia's next surfing superstars'.

Congrats, Michelle Gisin and Luca de Aliprandini!

Jaydon Hibbert and Noah Lyles are decked out for the occasion.

Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis have a moment.

Damian Quintero trakes a shower.

Marco Odermatt takes to the pitch.

Team Spain's qualification to Paris 2024's women's 3x3 basketball tournament was particularly satisfying for stars Sandra Ygueravide and Vega Gimeno.​

Olympics: Gymnast Skye Blakely sees herself as 'more determined' this year as she targets a place onTeam USA's Paris 2024 squad.

London 2012 gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas puts an end to her comeback try for Paris 2024...but eyes Los Angeles 2028?

Tadej Pogacar eyes a Grand Tour treble as a 'major goal' in his already brilliant road cycling career.

Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 road cycling champion Richard Carapaz bemoans the "lack of transparency and fairness" behind him not being selected for Team Ecuador at Paris 2024.

'Seeking to win at the Olympics...is fundamental' to Team Italy water polo captain Francesco di Fulvio.

Who made the cut for Scandinavian Teams Norway, Sweden, and Finland for the upcoming cross-country skiing season?

More cross-country skiing as Team USA star Jessie Diggins wins the 2024 'Beck International Award' from U.S. Ski & Snowboard for her 'outstanding performance in international competition'.

Team handball Olympians Nodjielam Mayaro, Christophe Kempe, Cleopatre Darleux, and Daniel Narcisse are just some of the named Paris 2024 torchbearers this year.

Otgonbold Baatarkhuyag may be world-ranked # 46, but the Team Mongolia archer has high hopers for his second Olympics this summer.

Team Canada's Jessica Klimkait reflects on the 'dignity' of not making it to Paris 2024 despite being a number-two world ranked judoka.

A 'breakout' year sees Inger Seim Kavlie named the 'Rower of the Month' by World Rowing for May 2024.

Athlete to Watch: 17-year-old Bergros Bjornsdottir earns Team Iceland a first-ever weightlifting world medalist, just days after spraining an ankle.

How did the close of the Olympic qualifying window shake out for the elite triathletes?

Will Tokyo 2020 star Rui Machida make it onto Team Japan's roster for Paris 2024 basketball?

"It would be an incredible privilege." French tennis star Gael Monfils thinks about a home Olympics this summer in Paris.

Can Matt Anderson finally lead Team USA volleyball to Olympic gold in his fourth try?

Air rifle sports shooters Jeannette Hegg Duestad, Jon-Hermann Hegg, and Mary Tucker feature in the latest Road to Paris preview from ISSF.

World Rugby looks at 'seven (rugby sevens) players set to reign' at the last 2024 HSBC SVNS Series stop.

​Who are the young hopes for Team South Korea in luge after a successful Gangwon 2024 showing?

Anush Agarwalla helped Team India to a remarkable equestrian dressage Asian Games title...what will happen now at Paris 2024 after a landmark qualification?

Thiago Braz: A Rio 2016 pole vault champion is set to miss Paris 2024 after a doping suspension.

Meanwhile, current Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis looks to enjoy the "good vibes" of Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships coming up.

Middle-distance runner Josh Kerr steps up his confidence in Team Great Britain's chances in the 1500 meters at Paris 2024.

Dazed: How did sprinter Noah Lyles become 'a titan of track & field'?

Team France's 21-year-old sprint hurdler Sasha Zhoya's 'big ambitions' include a world record.

Runner's World looks at how 800 meter-runner Alysia Montano is ready for a 'medal that is rightfully hers', delayed from London 2012.

How are the 12 women's Paris 2024 soccer teams 'fine-tuning' preparations for this summer?

BiathlonWorld: Get to know rising 'high-flyers' of Team Germany biathlon, Julia Tannheimer and Julia Kink, newcomers to the IBU Cup last season.

Speaking of Julia Tannheimer...she and Zak Carrick-Smith (Alpine skiing), Stephan Embacher (ski jumping), Antonin Guy (biathlon), and Minja Korhonen (Nordic combined) are the finalists for the 2024 Piotr Nurowski Prize as the 'Best Young European Athlete' in winter sports.