The stars came out to support the stories of weightlifter Cyrille Tchatchet II and fellow Refugee Team members as We Dare to Dream premiered in London this past weekend.

Weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana's victory at the Pacific Games not only increased her Paris 2024 qualification hopes, but came in front of an especially supportive crowd.

London 2012 Olympian Luol Deng shares excitement that the 'Giants of the Nile' (er, Team South Sudan) is headed to Paris 2024's basketball competition.

Olympic track & field champions Joanna Hayes and Gail Devers talk 'The Gift of Greatness' alongside legendary coach Bobby Kersee.

Cross-country skier Calle Halfvarsson suffers a "Leindholm' in frigid competition conditions.

"It's going to be really, really fun." Team Norway's Maren Aardahl and Ingvild Bakkerud are excited to help host - and succeed at - the team handball Women's World Championship this year.

'Honor mixed with responsibility' is how Amos Mosaner and Team Italy's curling sees their Milano Cortina 2026 opportunity.

Will rugby 15s star Antoine Dupont make it to Paris 2024 in the sevens version for Team France.

Olympics: Is pumpkin farming in childhood the key to wrestler Zein Retherford's success on the mat?

Soccer star Olga Carmona reflects on Team Spain's World Cup victory as the 100 day anniversary is marked.

Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Franziska Preuss, who has come back to the biathlon circuit in full form.

Kate Douglass, Katie Ledecky, and Ryan Murphy headline USA' Swimmings 'Golden Goggles' honorees.

Meanwhile, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Mimi Gochman took the top honors at the FEI Awards Gala for equestrian stars.

​Will Team Senegal make a breakthrough beach volleyball appearance at Los Angeles 2028?

There's still time to vote for FIH's 'Hockey Stars' for 2023, with nominees including field hockey stars Sonja Zimmermann, Thierry Brinkman, Zach Wallace, and more.

Team Switzerland's injury 'misfortunes' in freestyle skiing haven't paused in the new season.

Rio 2016 archery medalist Jean-Charles Valladont is "readier than ever" for a Paris 2024 rebound in form.

World Sailing takes a look at how Team Ireland has become a leading example in the sport for 'smaller national programs'.

Which tennis stars will win the ATP Tour's season-ending awards this year? Tokyo 2020 champion Alexander Zverev is up for 'Comeback Player of the Year'...

What has rower Kathrin Boron been up to since her legendary Olympic exploits?

IJF's 'Olympic Champions' series continues with an interview with Beijing 2008 star Giulia Quintavalle.

Will Team Switzerland triathlete Cathia Schar's 'love for life' lead her to a strong 2024 season?

One to watch: Maggie Dowling is enduring training far from home, and a 'hurting' body in order to represent Team New Zealand in luge at the upcoming Youth Winter Games.

"Life has been a roller coaster lately" for Swiss ice hockey star Lara Stalder.

Congratulations to Pyeongchang 2018 medalist Laura Deas, whose recently announced pregnancy sees her missing this year's skeleton season.

Which athletes will win election to the IOC's Athletes' Commission next year at the Paris Games?

​Canoeist Jessica Fox earns NSW 'Champion of Sport' honors, as fellow Olympian Mathew Helm (diving) makes it into the NSW Hall of Champions.

What's next for newly-retired Olympic diver Anton Down-Jenkins? Back to school! (Sort of)

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)

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.

Ukrainian Rhythmic gymnast Khrystyna Pohranychna talks sport, and family, with Sport24​. (in Ukrainian)

Lara Culturi and Livio Hiltbrand are two 'Generation Z' Alpine skiers 'ready to enter the world's elite'.

Superstar Simone Biles wades into the turmoil surrounding a past alleged racial gymnastics incident in Ireland.

More Irish gymnastics...as Andrew Steele's "good shot" at Paris 2024 qualification gets closer at the upcoming worlds.

Can Krisztofer Meszaros 'raise the bar' for Team Hungary at the World Gymnastics Championships?

R.I.P. to U18 world ice hockey champion Nic Kerdiles, victim of a motorcycle accident.

Nominations for the 2023 World Rowing Awards are accepted through World Rowing through October 15th...

...and nominate your choice for the 2023 World Sailor of the Year through October 5th.

What are the 'favorite songs of 2023' for some of your favorite Nordic combined athletes?

Don't expect current 3x3 basketball star Jimmer Fredette on an NBA team again.

Who will be the '2023 Winter Sports Athlete of the Year' in Italy? (in Italian)

Team Paraguay's Marizza Faria, veteran of four World Handball Championships, adjusts to a new role.

Diver Matthew Mitcham talks behind-the-scenes on his debut stage role in London with Attitude U.K..

Thai social Media star Pitchamon "Pink" Opatniputh does her best to take her eyes off the phone to focus on badminton.

Team Mexico's landmark Olympic archer Mariana Avitia plots a return to the Summer Games in 2024.

Vincent Zhou reminds us of the injustice continued from Beijing 2022's team figure skating competition.

A disappointing World Athletics Championships set the stage for a season finale comeback for Team Ethiopia long-distance runner Guduf Tsegay.

Speaking of Team Ethiopia running...World Athletics looks at three rising stars having a syccessful season with a road running test just ahead: Diribe Welteji, Freweyni Hailu, and Hirut Meshesha.

"I would like to play them once again." Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal isn't done with the Olympics yet.

Will up-and-coming biathlete Tommaso Giacomel be a star at Milano Cortina 2026?

The only thing possibly distracting Corinne Stoddard from returning to the Olympics in short track speed skating? Her dog Mylo...

Olympics: How has Jakob Schubert stayed so long at an elite level in sport climbing?

Team France's Kaddiatou Diani talks about her Olympic 'dream' in soccer with FIFA.

The Athletic shares some stories fit-for-publication on retiring Team USA soccer star Megan Rapinoe.

Luger Natalie Geisenberger: 'Germany's most successful Olympic winter sport athlete retires.' (FIL)

'Full of ambition', Team Ukraine's track cyclist Alla Biletska takes advantage of a unique training opportunity in Switzerland.

Chilean Tokyo 2020 Olympian Manuel Selman offers his own four tips to 'surf travel'.

"I love training." Canoe slalomist Maialen Chourraut is tackling a sixth Olympics qualification season.

Lisa Hirner is 'determined' to show what Nordic combined athletes can do this season in the wake of Milan Cortina 2026 disappointment.

Will archers Marcus d'Almeida and Lee Woo-seok renew their (Youth) Olympic rivalry at Paris 2024?

Who are FIFA's 'best' men's and women's soccer players for 2023? Voting is open...

Queerty looks at Beijing 2008 soccer player Robbie Rogers, and how he is part of the 'cutest Hollywood power couple'.

The 'Messi Effect'? Soccer superstar Lionel Messi inadvertently starts his own pizza-gate drama.

'Affable and hard-working Trinidadian' Dylan Carter catches up with World Aquatics as he prepares for the upcoming swimming world cup.
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CBC: Judoka Shady El Nahas had a 'soul searching journey' to recover from Tokyo 2020 disappointment.

Take a peek at retired judoka-turned-artist Neil Eckersley's new We are Olympians poetry collection.

On the heels of a World Championship medal, New Zealander Thomas Mackintosh is World Rowing's latest 'Rower of the Month'.

Will it be Rebecca McGowan or Bianca Cook to represent Team Great Britain at Paris 2024 in the women's -67kg category in taekowndo?

How have Team Sweden's biathletes fared in a high-altitude camp in France ahead of the 2023/24 season?

Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka transitions away from bobsled and into a television career.

Can the 'young blood' challenge the 'old guard' in Greco-Roman at this week's World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade?

Get to know 'game changer' Mao Shimada as she prepares for the new junior figure skating season.

Ice dancer Margarita Dobriazko finds herself in trouble in Lithuania for her appearances within Russia amidst the latter's aggression in Ukraine.

How high can pole vaulter Armand Duplantis go? "At the end of my career, I hope to definitely have the highest bar that I think I could have achieved."

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy gets personal in Attitude about body issues, new projects, and even more.

Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen "hope to continue the Danish (badminton) men's doubles legacy for a while", as they hope to ride current success to Paris 2024.

FIBA: Meet Team Japan's 14-year-old 'confident and ambitious' basketball star Chusonjakku Shiratani.

Team USA stars Breanna Stewart and A'ja Wilson are named the WNBA's basketball Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, by the AP. (And Olympic teammate Brittney Griner shares the Comeback Player of the Year honors.)

The path to growth runs through a retirement home for Team New Zealand's men's curling squad.

Wrestler Shota Phartenadze pays a price for his medal-winning effort at the World Championships.

How did Rizabek Aitmukhan go from a volunteer at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships to a landmark Kazakh champion himself in 2023?

Gymnast Melanie de Jesus dos Santos is "so happy" as she focuses on Paris 2024 even while training 'far from France'.

Gymnast Salvatore Maresca got down on one knee after success at the recent World Challenge Cup.