Artistic swimmers are "energized and excited" after inaugurating Paris 2024's Aquatic Center last week.

"Just enjoy handball itself", is the advice soon-to-be four-time South Korean Olympian Eun-hee Ryu has for future players.

Freestyle skier Jakara Anthony's 'record-breaking campaign' in the 2023-24 season earned her both Australian and FIS honors.

BiathlonWorld​: Get to know rising Slovakian biathlete Ema Kapustova.

Check out some of the 'world famous, incredibly popular' basketball players headed to Paris 2024.

Double Olympic champion Candace Parker with Team USA basketball gets a new plum post-playing role with Adidas.

Olympic sports' stars Angel Reese, Ben Simmons, Dwyane Wade (basketball), Nelly Korda (golf), and Serena and Venus Williams (tennis) were amongst the Met Gala 2024 attendees. (umm...don't forget London 2012 tennis medalist Maria Sharapova, too...)

"Clever, clear thinking" Idalys Ortiz is the latest Olympic judo champion to be featured in a Q&A by IJF.

Beijing 2008 Olympic soccer player Stuart Holden chats with FIFA on Team USA's chances at Paris 2024, and much more.

Will 19-year-old Jessica Dertell become Team Australia's 'youngest-ever Olympic dressage athlete'?

Count Rio 2016 weightlifter Oleksander Pielieshenko as another fatal victim of Russia's war in Ukraine.

Road cyclist Grace Brown is the latest Off the Podium podcast interview: Paris 2024, Tokyo 2020, university degrees, and more.

IOL: Get to know Paris 2024-aspirant breaker Courtnae Paul of South Africa.

Premio Princesa de Asturias de los Deportes 2024: Badminton star Carolina Marin gets a high honor at home in Spain. (in Spanish)

Olympics: Swimmer Yusra Mardini hopes the world welcomes the Olympic Refugee Team with 'open hearts and minds'.

Get to know Team Italy's Sara Curtis, the swimmer 'breaking records and barriers'.

Evy Leibfarth looks forward to saying, 'whatever happens, I gave it my all' in the debut of kayak cross at Paris 2024 this summer.

Who are the 'stars to follow' in women's wrestling at the final Paris 2024 Olympic qualification event?

'A series of blockbuster performances in 2023' has made Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal a potential podium medalist in triathlon this summer at Paris 2024.

What does table tennis' mixed doubles field for Paris 2024 look like now, with qualification complete.

Team Kuwait's Mohammad Aldaihani finally catches up to his father at age 40 with an imminent Olympic appearance in skeet shooting.

Valentin Bontus has gone from 'class clown' to a Paris 2024 podium threat in sailing's formula kite class.

"It's an honor to be able to compete alongside her." Brazilian gymnastics star Rebeca Andrade looks ahead to going up against legend Simone Biles at Paris 2024.

Retired Olympic gymnast Nile Willson offers thoughts on'what makes a champion'.

Double sculls rower Matteo Sartori is World Rowing's 'rower of the month' for April 2024.

Benson Kipruto will have fallen teammate Kelvin Kiptum in mind when he takes to the streets at the Paris 2024 marathon.

​If middle-distance runner Jye Edwards makes a return to the Olympics, it'll be the result of 'overcoming setbacks and self-doubt'.

Sprint star Noah Lyles may agree with track legend Carl Lewis on a 4x100 relay lineup...but won't Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, and others have an opinion?

FIBA3x3.com looks back at Teams Netherlands and Australia success - and Teams Lithuania and Canda shortfalls - in recent Paris 2024 3x3 basketball qualifying.

R.I.P.: ISU pays respect to Dutch Olympic champion figure skater Sjoukje Dijkstra.

'Estonian luge is back' with the promise of riders Emma Triin Seer and Katariina Theresa Tomingas.

Retired tennis Serhiy Stavhoskiy talks military service, Ukrainian footballers, and more in a wide-ranging interview. (in Ukrainian).

Pyeongchang 2018 skeleton athlete Elisabeth Maier keeps her family's interest in clean sport going.

The 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup finals for badminton ended this weekend after just over a week of competition in Chengdu, China. This was the 33rd edition of the men's team world championship (Thomas) and the 30th for the women (Uber). Since 1984, the two tournaments have been held together, and this was the first time that Chengdu has hosted.

​Teams Indonesia and China entered 2024 as the most successful teams over the Cups' histories; the Indonesian men having won the event 14 times prior and the Chinese women 15. No other national team - other than the Chinese men's 10 - had won more than six titles.

In 2024, Team China's men closed the gap over their Indonesian rivals with a 3-1 win in the final for their 11th title. And with its 3-0 win, also over the Indonesians, in the women's final, Team China now currently holds the combined Sudirman Cup, and the Thomas & Uber Cup.

Congratulations to all the medalists! A quick recap is below, and complete results can be found online at bwfthomasubercups.bwfbadminton.com.

Team USA swimming star Katie Ledecky and multi-event track & field star Jim Thorpe receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The Olympics once included medal awarding for the arts?

USA TODAY: Basketball star Brittney Griner's 'humanity' is revealed in her Coming Home memoir.
Time: 'Fred Richard is Team USA's next Olympic hope for men's gymnastics.'

"I was so close to retiring." Gymnast Alice Kinsella recounts drastic side effects from acne treatment.

Team USA gymnast Jade Carey speaks with International Gymnast about a "pretty crazy" last few years.

Tokyo 2020 champion golfer Nelly Korda is hoping for some of that year's "good juju" to come back in time for a title defense this summer.

Will Team Ukraine athletes avoid "provocative actions" with Russians and Belarusians at Paris 2024?

Cuban beach volleyballers Noslen Diaz and Jorge Alayo have risen rapidly - and surprisingly - in Olympic qualification ranking, and "will keep on working" to make it to Paris 2024.

Casey Kaufholld wants to reach 'Michael Jordan status' within her sport of archery.

Evgeny Marusiak looks back on a successful ski jumping season for Team Ukraine with Sport24. (in Ukrrainian)

British London 2012 champion rower Anna Wadkins has words of advice for athletes transitioning into retirement.

Diver Pam Ware had a 'disastrous' Tokyo 2020 experience. She's rebuilt her confidence.

Will Lewis Clareburt become the first Maori swimming Olympic medalist (and break out the 'pukana')?

As Team Great Britain's incoming first-ever Black female swimmer, Eva Okaro is 'ready to inspire'.

"This is really cool. I want to swim in the Olympics, too!" Get to know Paris 2024-bound Greek swimmer Stergios Bilas. (in Greek)

Hong Kong swimmer Camille Cheng knows firsthand the mental toll of elite competition.

Congrats! Team USA soccer star Carli Lloyd announces her pregnancy with her first child.

'The best is yet to come' for sprinter Erriyon Knighton as he prepares for Paris 2024.

Long sprinter Luka Janezic is the latest featured interview on the Timax podcast. (in Slovenian)

Track legend Michael Johnson eyes a new era in track & field promotion with a new league.

Defending 100-meter sprint champion Marcell Jacobs hopes a recent 'quiet life' will help his title defense.

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse chats Paris 2024 and 'giving back to the athletics community'.

Olympics: Sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala looks to 'change' Kenyan running.

"I really want to get a medal at the Olympics. It would be much nicer than a world record this year." Javelin thrower Johannes Vetter hopes a frustrating injury-filled last few years are behind him.

Long-distance runner Agnes Ngetich turns her attention a possible Paris 2024 podium as the next target after coming close to a world record in the 10k.

Favoritism? Former Olympic long hurdler P.T. Usha under fire in her roleas president of the Indian Olympic Association.

Team Bahamas sprint hurdler Devynne Charlton offers her world record-setting singlet into posterity.

Disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson maybe doesn't feel so much disgrace anymore.

Meet the 36 athletes that make up the Olympic Refugee Team for Paris 2024, competing across track & field, judo, swimming, road cycling, canoeing, boxing, taekwondo, badminton, shooting, wrestling, breaking, and weightlifting.

Team Spain's Paco Cubeles may have multiple global medals in canoeing, but looks for a first Olympic podium this summer. (in Spanish)

Daniel Repacholi seeks to the rare Australian federal minister of parliament to be an active Olympian.

Tokyo 2020 road cyclist Masomah Ali Zada has 'dreams of a Refugee Team medal' at Paris 2024.

A change in weight division has been a 'weight lifted' for Team India boxer Lovlina Borgohain.

Boxer Harry Garside is prepared for all the sacrifices it takes to best prepare for Paris 2024.

Daria Bilodid's 'champion mindset' was back on display at the recent European Judo Championships, captured in a special photographic moment.

Olympics: Get to know Nikoloz Sherazadishvili, the Georgian-Spanish judoka 'from two nations'.

Olympics: Witness the 'grit, resilience, and determination' of Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Viktoriia Oniprienko to make it to Pari 2024.

Can Allanis Navas and Maria Gonzalez secure a landmark Paris 2024 beach volleyball spot for Team Puerto Rico with a strong continental qualifying run?

FIH​: Read up on how each Paris 2024 field hockey team qualified for this year's Summer Games.

Worthy de Jong is a 'most spectacular player' from the 2023 3x3 basketball season.

Ons Jabeur: Are women not getting enough "respect" at certain European tennis tournaments?

"It was brutal, I'm not going to lie." Australian Tennis player Alex de Minaur reflects on missing a debut Olympics at Tokyo 2020.

FIG: Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt is 'bouncing toward Paris 2024 with purpose'.

Where have some of our favorite biathletes been spending their off-seasons?

Team Antigua kite sailor Tiger Tyson's Paris 2024 qualification is the 'culmination of a journey that began eight years ago'.

Who are the wrestlers with one last chance for Paris 2024 qualification in Istanbul this month?

The domestic drama around the running Ingebrigtsen brothers and their father takes another turn.

Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreselase hopes Paris 2024 marathon gold will really cement her running legacy.

"You get a little bit of success and you realize you want more and more." Team Ireland's long sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley has 'new-found belief' as she looks ahead to possible Olympic qualification.

A fix? Boxer Lasha Guruli has some thoughts on why and how his European Championship match went the way it did.

Hear from sports shooters Zorana Arunovic, Damir Mikec, and Ranxin Jiang as the ISSF's 'Road to Paris' YouTube series turns to mixed air pistol.

Team USA fencers and Global Athlete react to 'weak and futile' punishment against USA Fencing referees after ethics violations.

Golfer Matthieu Pavon eyes an 'impactful experience' competing at home for Team France this summer.

A badminton player to watch is Team Czech Republic's Jiri Kral, suprise winner of a Thomas Cup match despite a 265-world ranking.

Will Team Portugal's Telma Monteiro become the first judoka to qualify for six Olympic Games?

With its current dismal human rights record, will Afghanistan once again not be represented with a national team at the Summer Games?

Equestrian show jumper Amre Hamcho's 'life-changing experience' at London 2012 brought him to the cusp of his own Olympic experience.

Lena Grandveau has gone from junior level star to core senior team member in under two years for Team France handball.

Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea gets a unique honor, courtesy football's New York Jets.

Alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn gets a SailGP Board of Directors role with Team USA.

Team France star Laura Georges has high hopes for both Team France soccer squads at Paris 2024.

Might Team Zambia's soccer team be barred from Paris 2024 after its federation is in trouble?

Can archer Li Jiamin duplicate Youth Olympics success at the senior level at Paris 2024?

Jordan Forget is a Canadian-Swiss to watch who's trying to push Team Switzerland forward in ice hockey.

Who made it onto Team Great Britain's swimming squad for Paris 2024?

What's in the future for LeBron James' pro career after this latest NBA basketball playoff defeat?

Team Serbia basketball star credits key global competition for becoming a "better player".

World Rowing looks at the single scull career of New Zealander Robbie Manson.

Who were the 'best jumpers' in Nordic combined this past 2023-24 season?

38-year-old soccer star Marta talks to FIFA about her 'remaining dreams' in the sport for Team Brazil.

Team USA  talks 'woman to woman' with soccer player and first-generation athlete Naomi Girma.
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Chilean Camila Caram and Indian PR Sreejesh are named co-chairs of field hockey's Athletes Committee.

Dennis Schroeder is feeling pretty confident that Team Germany "can beat any team" at Paris 2024's basketball tournament after an exceptionally strong World Cup showing.

What has the 'path to Paris' looked like for soon-to-be Olympic triathlete Nina Elm of Team Germany?

'Relief' is the key word for archer Arif Pangestu as his Paris 2024 qualification is already secured.

"Weightlifting is my life." A strong World Cup performance has Papua New Guinean Dika Toua on the brink of a sixth Olympics Games.

Will a training camp in Japan be the key for wrestler Frank Chamizo's Paris 2024 ambitions?

"When I fight I feel free." Judoka Fabio Basile finds motivation in the trials and tribulations of the sport.

Biathlon World helps say goodbye to retiring 'reliable relay leadoff leg' Peppe Femling.

World champion Alvaro Martin is used to big expectations of Team Spain in race walking, and he's readying to help deliver at Paris 2024.

Ugandan running star Jacob Kiplimo survives a 'nasty' car accident back home.

Did you know? The movie "Jaws" was a fruitful distraction that helped French gymnast Henri Boerio reach the Montreal 1976 podium.

World Aquatics takes a look at the career-highlight goal for Team Japan water polo player Kai Inoue at the recent world championship.

Battling "inner demons" was key to Loh Kean Yew finally winning a badminton world tour title after a three year gap.

What does Kaori Sakamoto think of realizing a world championship three-peat in singles figure skating?

Who were some of the standout rugby sevens stars in Hong Kong Sevens Series history?

Cyprien Sarrazin, Elvedina Muzaferija, Guglielmo Bosca, Nils Alegre, AJ Hurt, Jacqueline Wiles, Stephanie Venier, and Zrinka Ljutic are Alpine skiers with a breakthrough 2023-24 season.

Olympians Pal Trulsen and Thomas Ulsrud are included in the World Curling Hall of Fame 2024 class.