R.I.P. to baseball little league legend and Sydney 2000 champion Sean Burroughs.

The Athletic​: American Ben Shelton is a tennis player 'who wants to be different'.

Is it a water bottle that can put a dent in tennis great Novak Djokovic's momentum?

Fellow tennis star Coco Gauff sees an Olympic medal as a 'priority' for her career.

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina reminds us of the impact on mothers of the Russian war in Ukraine. (in Ukrainian)

French superstar Kylian Mbappe's Olympic soccer ambitions get presidential support.

Gymnasts Freed Richard and Casikmir Schmidt set to join Simone Biles and others on the revamped G.O.A.T. gymnastics post-Olympics tour.

Manifesting "I'm that girl" is what is motivating gymnast Jordan Chiles as she looks to Paris 2024.

Gymnast Emma Spence has an 'extra glow of self-confidence' as she eyes Paris 2024, after a visit to Paris.

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Mariia Vysochanska gets a show of support for Ukraine with an Olympic flame moment in France.

​Is Team India finally ready for a breakthrough Olympic medal in archery at Paris 2024?

Will Joel Embiid really be injury-free and be able to play for Team USA basketball - for his son - in Paris?

Team Australia's Lauren Jackson is '43 and free' as she tries for a fifth Olympic basketball team.

GQ Sports​ checks in with Olympic basketball star Jimmy Butler at the Miami Grand Prix race.

Just call Team USA women's water polo members 'Swifties'...and, thanks to rapper Flavor Flav, that's not the only pop culture news the team found itself mixed up in lately.

Zoe Arancini's Olympic journey in water polo has special meaning in her family as she fulfills her mother's own ambitions pre-sufficient gender equality at the Games.

Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam goes her own way for training in the run up to Milano Cortina 2026.

Citius: New world record-holding discus thrower Myklos Alekna reflects on that special day.

Track & field legend Jesse Owens' 'day of days' recognized with a World Athletics Heritage Plaque.

Long hurdler Rushell Clayton's 'ambitious goals' for 2024 certainly include an Olympic medal.

Athlete to watch: Rising Austrian long-distance runner Sebastian Frey turns focus onto the track after finishing university studies.

Retired pole vaulter Aphrodite Safida reflects on motherhood, parenthood, and more for Athlete Stories. 
(in Greek)

"I try to stay as level as I can", says Team Ireland golfer Leona Maguire as she reflects on how a pro career can be a frantic life.

Ana Kuwai is set to become the first Olympic rugby sevens player to also referee in an Olympics.

CBC​: Is track cyclist Dylan Bibic 'destined for greatness' at Paris 2024?

Meanwhile, fellow track cyclist Ellesse Andrews is again a Paris 2024 top prospect after surprising herself with her quick injury recovery.

Can the memory of her father help propel surfer Saffi Vette to Paris 2024 gold in Tahiti?

And...will memories of brother Owen's medal at Tokyo 2020 propel surfer Tyler Wright to her own this summer?

Zhu Ting returns to Team China volleyball after a long absence to help Paris 2024 qualifying efforts.

Meanwhile, fellow player Brie O'Reilly sees a 'really special moment' happening now for Team Canada's chances of making it to Paris 2024 themselves.

Rowers Evaldo Becker and Piedro Tuchtenhagen make an Olympic-sized sacrifice in light of historic flooding at home in Brazil. (And swimmer Vivianne Jungblut makes her own...)
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Swim superstar Michael Phelps stopped by The Tonight Show to chat family, Olympics, mental health, and more with host Jimmy Fallon.

Swimmer to watch: Can William Yang make Team Australia's Paris 2024 squad after successful treatment for a tumor?

Maggie Mac Neil doesn't see herself "doing anything differently" as she plans for another Olympic star turn this summer at Paris 2024.

The Sydney Morning Herald looks at how Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh just may 'break Australian hearts' in the Paris 2024 pool.

Single-Minded​: Get to know Irish-Ugandan single scull rower - and Olympian - Kathleen Noble.

Get to know 'adrenaline junkie' Zak Perzamanos as he prepares for his Olympic debut in trampolining.

Headed to his second Olympics, ILLCA 7 sailor Vishnu Saravanan hopes to promote his sport within India.

Is the NFL a future option for Tokyo 2020 wrestler Gable Stevenson?

Champion wrestler David Taylor switches campus allegiance with a coaching role at Oklahoma State.

In Style: Naomi Osaka is "more sure of herself than ever before" upon the eve of her tennis return.

The ATP Tour announces its 2023 ATP Award winners, including stars Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Janik Sinner, and more.

Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu may pass on the Australian Open next month, but certainly has Paris 2024 on her mind.

How flexible are you compared to tennis champion Novak Djokovic?

Short track speed skater Lin Xiaojun (Lim Hyo-jun) feels the heat on Chinese social media.

SFGate offers some reason for San Francisco Giants baseball fans to be excited about Tokyo 2020 Olympian Jung-hoo Lee's arrival next season.

Meanwhile, Beijing 2008 bronze medalist John Gall is named the new president of USA Baseball: "I am humbled and privileged".

Who will be FIFA's 'best' male and female soccer players of 2023? We'll find out January 15...

Laia Aleixandri and Lucia Garcia write for The Players' Tribune on *not* playing for Team Spain at the recent FIFA World Cup and how that came to be.

"It is something magical, though, with the Olympics." Champion soccer player Julie Foudy talks Paris 2024 vs the next World Cup with CNN.

Four-time Alpine skiing Olympian Aksel Lund Svindal talks of the Games' ability to inspire in the latest Olympic Review.

Team Ukraine's recent mixed relay biathlon junior success has caused sights set on Milano Cortina 2026. (in Ukrainian)

"Clunky"? Count The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw as not a fan of The Boys in the Boat film on Team USA's Berlin 1936 rowing champions.

Champion New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko looked for some fellow champion's advice after closing out a disappointing 2023 season.

Tokyo 2020 qualification disappointment has U.S. triathlete Taylor Knibb wary as 2024 approaches.

"Madness" is how skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych describes the IOC's decision to allow Russians and Belarusians at Paris 2024. (in Ukrainian)

Double world champion gymnast Rhys McClenaghan is 2023's RTE Sports Sportsperson of the Year.

Weightlifter Maude Charron, skateboarder Fay de Fazio Ebert, gymnast Felix Dolci, and archer Eric Peters are just some of Team Canada's aspiring Olympians put through the media paces ahead of Paris 2024.

Gymnast Lukas Dauser has a 'soaring level of confidence' after a big 2023 both on and off the mat.

Could we see Team Kenya's 'Ice Lion's ice hockey squad at a Winter Olympics in the (near) future?

World track cycling champion Wong Kam-po looks to... North Korea?...for Hong Kong sporting success.

​Cycling star Tom Pidcock aims to 'prove himself' at the 2024 Tour de France ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Olympians dominate USA TODAY's looks at 'sports' biggest cheats': road cyclist Lance Armstrong, sprinters, Marion Jones and Ben Johnson, modern pentathlete Boris Onischenko, marathoner Frederick Lorz, and figure skater Tonya Harding.

World Athletics: Long-distance runner Faith Kipyegon sure removed any doubts of her career resume with a world-record 2023 season.

​​Jamaican junior triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert makes Bowerman Award history.

For sprint hurdler Kostas Douvalidis, watching Paraskevi Patoulidou's Barcelona 1992 triumph was a "stimulus" for his start in the sport. (in Greek)

Not being on the BBC's shortlist of 'SportsPersonality of the Year' just provides more Paris 2024 motivation for world champion runner Josh Kerr.

Winning the 2023 European Cross Country title has put 'Paris (2024) pressure and glory' onto Team France runner Yann Schrub.

(But he and heptathlete Katerina Johnson-Thompson win 2023 accolades from the British Athletics Writers Association...)

Mackenzie Little has big plans for 2024: both throwing the javelin at Paris 2024 and completing her first-year as a full doctor.

Will Team USA basketball star Draymond Green's on-court dramas finally push his Golden State Warriors to a breaking point this season?

Australian star swimmer Libby Trickett has thoughts on over-parenting and declining participation in Australian youth sports system.

Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen's recent world record performance put his mother in a "state of shock".

SwimSwam: What should Team USA women's swimming fans be watching for in the lead-up to Paris?

A Men's Health look back: Team Italy veteran Ivan Zaytsev looks to "leave the volleyball world in better conditions" once he (finally) retires. (in Italian)

Dilshot Khalmatov's podium finish at the 2023 European Judo Championships is "great motivation" for his Olympic aspirations. (in Ukrainian)

Elina Svitolina and Sergiy Stakhovsky help host a tennis awards ceremony...from a war shelter. (in Ukrainian)

Tokyo 2020 torch bearer Naomi Osaka looks set for a return to tennis competition in 2024 after her motherhood break.
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A key win in New Zealand has empowered teenaged Samoan golfer Faith Vui with thoughts of a turn on the pro circuit.

Will Team Canada's Mitch Bratt be able to add the Olympics in 2028 to his baseball resume alongside a possible stint in Major League Baseball?

Tokyo 2020 trampolinist Laura Gallagher still has that "desire to compete" despite a motherhood break.

Team USA veteran Diana Taurasi adjusts to a new-look basketball team as she aims for a sixth Olympics.

Soccer stars Kristie Mewis and Samantha Kerr confirm their wedding engagement to People.

Team Ireland athletes honored at the annual Olympic Ball included sprint hurdler Sarah Lavin, sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, rower Aifric Keogh, canoeist Eioin Rheinisch, and race walker Ron Heffernan.

Team Australia's Aspen Anderson's triathlon success at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games has her as a rising athlete to watch.

News24: Swimmer Lara van Niekerk focus on her Paris 2024 ambitions despite worlds disappointment.

Retired swimmer Grant Hackett may be a Team Australia Olympic legend, but his new baby Olympia's name isn't a reference to his success.

Canoeist Jessica Fox is "still hungry" as she is set to make history with a fourth Olympic Games appearance for Team Australia.

Triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee leads the new European Olympic Committees Athletes' Commission, which also includes swimmer Alexandra Miskova-Longova, sport shooter Zorana Arunovic, and canoeist Ronald Rauhe.

And on the Pan American side, pole vaulter German Charaviglio, gymnast Danusia Francis, judoka Melissa Mojica, and karateka Valentina Toro are added to the Pan Am Sports Athlete Commission.

'Skillful timing' has been key to a very successful 2023 for Canadian hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg.

More CBC: Runners Moh Ahmed and Justyn Knight are sticking with Bowerman Track Club as a training center despite seeing others runners, well, run elsewhere.

After a marathon win in New York City, is Olympic gold at the distance next for Kenyan Hellen Obiri?

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson gets her own 'day' honor in Dallas.

'More races' might be the key to preparing for another Olympics for sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

Speed skaterAlexandra Ianculescu has a...unique... self-funded plan to reach Paris 2024 in road cycling.

Olympics: Who are some of the 'breakout stars' to watch from the 2023 Pan American Games?

Laila Edwards made history as she made her Team USA debut with the women's ice hockey squad.

Olympic bobsledder Chris Kinney's return to Japan has been a way to banish past demons and torment.

​London 2012 champion boxer Katie Taylor has no design on retirement as she focuses on a key rematch.

Elina Svitolina (tennis), Yaroslava Maruchickh (track & field), and Olga Kharlan (fencing) grace the cover(s) of Vogue Ukraine's Fall 2023 edition.

Tajikistani-Ukrainian And Atlanta 1996 champion Rustam Sharipov talks with Sport24 on his gymnastics career, ties to Ukraine, and his now life in the U.S. (in Ukrainian)

Can Mana Okamura turn "regrets into motivations" for a strong showing at Paris 2024's gymnastics?

Team USA Los Angeles 1984 gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton struggles against pneumonnia face a "scary setback".

Former world championship team member Kara Eaker announces a retirement and abuse allegations in her collegiate gymnastics career.

Tennis great Serena Williams' new book deal with Random House publisher promises reflections on her 'life and career'.

Newly 26-years-old, tennis champion Naomi Osaka reflects on her birthday.

Team USA luger Chris Mazdzer has strong thoughts on where Milano Cortina 2026's sliding competitions should be held...

Janeth Jepkosgei reflects on her 'rare' move from a middle-distance running star for Team Kenya to coaching.

Middle-distance runner Caster Semenya's The Race to Myself autobiography is due October 31st.

Long hurdler Femke Bol and runner Jakob Ingebrigsten lead European Athletics' end-of-season awards.

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson gets a unique honor with a track memorialized in her name.

Speaking of Jakob Ingebrigsten...abuse allegations from him and his running brothers against their former coach - and father - rock Norway.

​Open water swimming champion Florian Wellbrock talks 'becoming water' in The Owl Post.

Team Lithuania's other star breaststroker Kotryna Teterevkova makes a big training decision in her path to Paris 2024.

Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir earn 'Order of Sports' honors in Canada after their record five Olympic medals.

Illia Malinin has "no words" for his record performance at Skate America, reaffirming his status as a star in figure skating.

Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham opens up about the 'lowest pount in his life' in a special SAS Australia moment.

Will the Native American inventors of lacross be represented as the sport makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 2028?

Equestrian show jumper Harry Charles opines on the current state of big money spending in the sport...and almost wearing a suit while competing.

Surfing 'prodigy' Erin Brooks gets a setback for her Team Canada citizenship plans for Paris 2024.

Los Angeles 2028: Count Major League Baseball superstar Bryce Harper as an Olympic hopeful...

Double soccer Olympian and Team South Africa legend Janine van Wyk set for a special career send-off this month.

Rio 2016 Olympic soccer player Ali Krieger inspires gossip curiousity over her split with Ashlyn Harris.

Team Canada soccer legend Christine Sinclair's 'storied career' gets a reflection by CBC.

What was a 'last supper' with key club teammates like for retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe?

The Guardian: How does Team England's Mary Earp make soccer goalkeeping 'cool'?

Cycling star Tom Pidcock reiterates road race and mountain bike plans for the Olympics nbext year.

Chilean 3x3 basketball star Daniel Arcos makes a statement of inclusivity at the Pan American Games.

Olympics: The Grimalt cousins look to defend their Pan American Games beach volleyball title in the "most important sports event in the history of Chile".

Beach volleyball's Melissa Humana-Paredes and taekwondo siblings Skylar, Tae-ku , and Braven Park have special ties to Chile as they embark on a special Pan American Games experience for Team Canada.

Gwen Jorgensen hopes a late-season schedule change now powers her path to Paris 2024 next year.

Native South African canoeist Pierre Van Der Westhuyzen is one of a few foreign-born athletes that look set to compete for Team Australia's in Paris 2024.

AthleteStories has '10 rare clicks' documenting the career of weightlifting legend Pyrros Dimas. (in Greek)

​Can Team Austria's Lisa Hauser rebound in the 2023-24 biathlon season after a subpar 2022-23?

Take a look at how some of your favorite members of the Olympic family are celebrating Olympic Day and the #MoveforPeace effort through social media.