Jaqueline Mourao has been to seven Olympic Games, across both Summer and Winter in mountain biking, biathlon, and cross-country skiing. She's qualified for her eighth. (in Portuguese)

Don't forget: donations to taekwondo's Pita Taufatofua's Tonga relief fund accepted through GoFundMe.

Four Team USA athletes - speed skater Erin Jackson, Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, cross-country skier Jessie Diggins, and ice hockey player Abby Roque - headline Sports Illustrated's 2022 Olympic coverage. 

Setter Antoine Brizard and outside hitter Kim Yeon-Koung named Volleyballworld's 'Best of 2021'.

Meanwhile, the 'Best FIFA Football Awards' for 2021 honorees include Olympians Christiane Endler, Christine Sinclair, and Cristiano Ronaldo.

GQ Australia: Soccer player Josh Cavallo is "ready to take on the world" after publicly coming out as gay.

Brian O'Neill is headed to Beijing 2022 after a surprise call-up to Team USA's ice hockey squad, after a "treasured" Pyeongchang 2018 experience.

"I'm aiming to make some waves over there": New Zealand speed skater Peter Michael looks toward his second Olympics at Beijing 2022.

Simidele Adeagbo relishes a historic moment in sliding sports for Africa with a special monobob victory.

Team Jamaica will have historic representation in three bobsled events at Beijing 2022: 4-man, 2-man, monobob.

And they'll have Caribbean company, as Trinidad & Tobago's Axel Brown has qualified his 2-man as well.

More bobsled: Greg Cackett visualizes an Olympic medal as 4-man brakeman to Brad Hall and after a strong season raising hopes.

21-year-old slalom skier Lucas Braathen of Norway is one to watch as he makes a historic mark at Wengen last weekend.

How did badminton star Andders Antonsen spend his holidays? Watch part I and II.

Pyeongchang 2018 champion snowboarder Chloe Kim talks with Time on fame, (not) trying to fit in, and adjusting to fame in the lead-up to her title defense.

Get to know snowboarder Seamus O'Connor on the cusp of his second Olympics. "The Olympics are overwhelming, eye-opening and non-stop, totally different than anything else you'll experience in sport."

A burgeoning skateboarding hotbed? Itzel Granados is one of many athletes staying put in Mexico City.

Can Jarl Magnus Riiber's Nordic combined dominance this season lift him past his fourth place finishes at his last Olympics?

"Winter Tracks": At Beijing 2022, Donovan Carrillo will be Mexico's first Olympic figure skater in 30 years.

Can anyone defeat heavy favorite moguls skier Mikael Kingsbury at Beijing 2022?

"I think I am a little bit of a showwoman." Freestyle skier Sarah Hoefflin looks to defend her gold medal.

Will freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy make it to a third Olympics despite recent injury and Covid-19?

Winter Olympic debutants Haiti and Saudi Arabia are among the expected unexpected national teams to compete in Beijing 2022's Apline skiing.

Three-time Olympic short track speed skater Allison Baver in trouble over alleged financial fraud that connects to Hollywood and actor Elijah Wood.

​The future of Latvian short track speed skating rests on Robert Kruzbergs, who's headed to Beijing 2022.

Is disgraced swimmer Sun Yang headed toward cosmetic mogul status next?

Can shooter Manu Bhaker "stay happy" and "bounce back from Olympic disappointment" with a busy Asian Games and Commonwealth Games 2022?

Gymnast Nicola Bartolini and tennis ace Matteo Berrettini steam up the pages of Icon's latest edition, "celebrating Italian talents and style".

Meanwhile, "humble" Carlos Alcaraz gets the cover story treatment from Vanity Fair Espana. (in Spanish)

Will Olympic tennis quarterfinalist - and model - Camila Giorgi stop home favorite Ashleigh Barty's run at the Australian Open?

How did Poland become a ski jumping nation?

Road cyclist Sam Bennett is "back and rarin' to go" as he looks ahead to a new season after injury.

More Ireland: Boxer Kelly Harrington's Tokyo 2020 gold medal run wins her the Irish Independent​'s 'Magical Moment of the Year'.

Australian kayaker Aly Bull is using surf lifesaving to help move past Tokyo 2020 disappointment and work toward Paris 2024.

Team USA curler Nina Roth trained for Beijing 2022 while working full time as a nurse...in a pandemic.

Curler Kaitlyn Lawes reflects on her Olympic experience as her third Games approaches: "...it's all about the experiences, enjoying the opportunity and moments with my teammates".

Does Australian star Ariarne Titmus have the "will" to add to her swimming legacy?

"Underrated" Isabelle Wiedemann may be headed to a big spotlight at Beijing 2022 as Team Canada's veteran women's speed skater.

More speed skating: Star Sven Kramer is looking forward to Beijing 2022 as a 'nice last dance'. (in Dutch)

Tokyo 2020 champion archer Mete Gazoz wins GQ Turkey's 'Man of the Year'.

Taekwondo: Double Olympic medalist Panipak Wongpattanakit wins Sports Authority of Thailand honor.

Hurdler Thomas Barr shares thoughts on motivation for training in Buzz.ie's "12 Days of Fitmas".

More Ireland: middle distance runner Ciara Mageean has learned to turn a tough season into fuel for future years.

More end of the year awards: Germany's top athletes for 2021 include Olympic champions Malaika Mihambo (long jump), Alexander Zverev (tennis), and team winners women's track cycling team pursuit. (in German)

Figure skater Nathan Chen goes back to the well in an attempt to secure best scores he's seen.

Hirano Ayumu "takes snowboarding's next big leap" in the skill evolution for the sport.

Beijing 2022 men's ice Hockey: What's bad news for the NHL's players could be good for KHL's...

Avalon Wasteneys only picked up rowing six years ago. She's now an Olympic gold medalist.

Diver Tom Daley continues his LGBTQ advocacy with a televised Christmas message.

Clarisse Agbegnenou and Saeid Mollaei are the IJF's judokas of the year.

Tennis' Shuai Peng saga. It's complicated.

NBC Olympics: Get to know Team USA luger Emily Sweeney, readying for a second Winter Games.

Surfer.com's Silver Linings: The Session that ruined Jody Smith's 2021 Olympic campaign.

New Zealand sailing Olympic medalists Alex Maloney and Molly Meech, um, sail onto a new chapter.

And, Outsports checks in on Tokyo 2020 silver medalist sailor Jolanta Ogar, whose move to Spain has helped secure safety for her family.

As the Oeberg sisters create headlines in biathlon this season, Simon Fourcade has thoughts on competing on the circuit with a successful sibling.

Ireland's golden Olympic boxing heroines are the most admired Irish athletes for 2021.

Olympic gold medalists Lindsey Whalen and Manu Ginobili make their first ballot as Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame nominees.

Divine Grace: Rising star Lala Kramarenko wins an "experimental" rhythmic gymnastics tournament.

Team Ireland at Beijing: A "more mature" Tess Arbez looks to do better on a return trip to the Olympics in Alpine skiing.

Another 'Tess'...can French stalwart Tessa Worley finally secure a place on an Olympic podium to cap a brilliant career?

Meanwhile, Hong Kong may get its first Olympic Alpine skier, if Adrian Yung is confirmed to Beijing 2022.

Can Taylor Fletcher lead Team USA back onto an Olympic Nordic combined podium?

Brotherly love will appear again in Olympic short track speed skating, as Niall and Farrell Treacy confirm Team Great Britain spots for Beijing 2022.

If Kai Owens makes Team USA's freestyle skiing team for the Beijing Games, she'll be returning to her birth country after adoption years ago.

Jessica Fox's secret to canoeing success? "Try easier."

Will Team Great Britain's camaraderie give their men an advantage in cross country skiing in Beijing?

Bobsledder Elana Meyers catches Olympics.com up on how her season is going, motherhood on the road, and more.

Distance runner Ciara Mageean reflects on an eventful 2021 season for the Irish Independent.

More Ireland: Hear from sprinters Phil Healy and Marcus Lawler on their thoughts on the past year, on the Over the Bar podcast.

Distance runner Mary Ngugi has some thoughts on her training set-up with Laura Weightman.

Collegiate Team USA track & field athletes Athing Mu and JuVaughn Harrison win the prestigious Bowerman Awards for 2021.

Boxer Hidilyn Diaz is Lifestyle Asia's 'Filipino of the Year'.

Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra amplifies concern on the mental stress Team India shooters face in the aftermath of a spate of suicides.

Get to know FIVB Athletes' Commission member and Olympic beach volleyballer Anouk Verge-Depre.

Gymnast Simone Biles receives a 'Liftetime Achievement' award from the BBC.

More BBC: Road cyclist Zoe Backstedt is making headlines and winning titles, and she's not yet 18.

Alena Mills shares what qualifying Team Czech Republic for the Beijing 2022 women's ice hockey tournament means for the sport back home.

Two-time Olympic figure skating medalist Michelle Kwan is nominated for an ambassadorship.

Torger Negard - the last of the 'Crazy Pantsmen' - is headed to his sixth Olympics for Team Norway's men's curling team.

The IJF announces its 2021 Judo Awards recipients, including Tokyo 2020 medalists Distria Kisniqi and Lasha Shavdatuashvili.

"Future-focused" veteran snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi prepares for post-competition life, after Beijing.

Drew Neilsen: Former Olympic snowboarder calls for stronger boycotts of Beijing 2022.

Is Cruz Hewitt the "real deal" as he follows in his father's Lleyton's footsteps in tennis?

FINA names its outstanding aquatics stars over 2021 at the World Aquatics Gala.

Meanwhile, is disgraced swimmer Sun Yang in trouble again with FINA?

Swimmer Zac Stubblety-Cook's Tokyo 2020 success came after recovery from mental health challenges.

More Australia swimming: Olympic champion Emma McKeon is ready to focus on Birmingham 2022.

Olympic sailing champion Giles Scott has "stuff to get on with" as he retires from the sport.

Biathlon's "enfant terrible", Emilien Jacquelin is ready to give his 100% effort at Beijing 2022.

With two Olympic golds from Tokyo 2020 and only 19-years-old, the future is bright for dynamic long sprinter and middle-distance racer Athing Mu.

More World Athletics: Long jumper Ivana Vuleta (nee Spanovic) is ready to make sure her new name is on podiums, too.

Steeplechaser Genevieve Gregson recalls her injury-plagued Tokyo 2020 appearance in AthletesVoice.

Former Olympians Yiech Pur Biel (running) and Daniela Bartekova (shooting) set to (re)join the IOC.

Track star Allyson Felix is interviewed by fencer Ysaora Thibus for Cero Magazine.

Veteran Team USA track cyclist Christina Birch has a new gig - astronaut-in-training with NASA.

Veteran snowboarder Nick Baumgartner is still going strong at age 40: "I'm having so much fun so far this season."

Federcia Brignone is now the winningest female Italian Alpine skier in World Cup history.

"It's amazing, a big surprise": Marcos Moneta is the Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year. Fellow Olympic medalist Anne-Cecile Ciofani is the women's.

Road cyclist Mark Cavendish experiences a harrowing home invasion with his family.

Team Australia scores a historic Olympic curling qualification for Beijing 2022.

Time's 'Athlete of the Year': Another day, another honor for star gymnast Simone Biles.

Meanwhile, Team Canada gymnast William Enard had his own bout of anxiety to face ahead of the recent World Championships.

Swimmer Caeleb Dressel and gymnast Sunisa Lee earn Sports Illustrated's 'Athlete of the Year' honors.

Australian swimmer Maddie Groves levels deeper abuse accusations behind her withdrawal in her sport.

"Embarrassed and ashamed": Rio 2016 golfer Thorbjorn Olesen cleared of charges after a tumultuous flight in 2019.

Tokyo 2020 basketball gold medalist Jayson Tatum talks Olympics, Boston Celtics, and more on the Knuckleheads podcast.

Pyeongchang 2018 skeleton bronze medalist Laura Deas aims for more, despite the season's rough start.

London 2012 tennis Olympian Bernard Tomic may be down in the rankings, but he's not out yet.

And, Sydney 2000 tennis medalist Monica Seles recalls her first encounter with future greats Venus and Serena Williams sisters.

Roman Vlasov has found new fire in his search for a third Olympic wrestling title at Paris 2024.

Roisin Upton is a field hockey player for Team Ireland to watch as the team looks to improve upon 2021's breakthrough year in next year's World Cup.

Can Team France become a power in short track speed skating...through its relay teams?

​"Weightlessness and freedom" are what keeps ski jumper Markus Eisenbichler coming back for more.

Australian soccer star Samantha Kerr: "Sam being Sam" confronting a pitch invader makes the social media rounds.

Women's ice hockey stars Hilary Knight, Marie-Philip Poulin, and Jenni Hiirikoski, among others, set to appear in landmark NHL 22 video game.

Tatler Asia names a handful of Filipino Olympians to its list of 'Most Influential People' for 2021, including weightlifter Hidlyn Diaz, gymnast Carlos Yulo, golfers Miguel Tabuena and Yuka Saso, and boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlos Paalam, and Eumir Mucial.

After Tokyo 2020 gold, 'the goddess of weightlifting', Kuo Hsing-chun completes a strong year with a Vogue cover and another world title.

"Sometimes the sport retires you." Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe reflects on his retirement from modern pentathlon with the Irish Examiner.

Pyeongchang 2018 snowboarding - and Alpine skiing - champion Esther Ledecka finds it'll be tough duplicating the rare accomplishment.

Shaun White: Can an 'old dog' learn new snowboard tricks to win more Olympic gold?

Ayumu Hirano is ready for more Olympic snowboarding after his Tokyo 2020 skateboarding stint.

160th try is the charm for Team USA Alpine skier Travis Ganong.

Count British Virgin Island long jumper Chantal Malone in for attempting a Birmingham 2022 and World Athletics Championships double, despite the quick turnaround.

Tokyo 2020 decathlon champion Damian Warner is Canada's 'Athlete of the Year'.

Track legend Allyson Felix sits with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to talk motherhood, mental health, and more.

Sprinter Erriyon Knighton embraces his fourth-place finish at Tokyo 2020 as "something to build on".

Also from World Athletics: Tokyo 2020 Olympian Anahi Suarez is the leading multi-track & field-medalist at the recent Pan Am Junior Games.

Could double Olympic shot put medalist Tom Walsh make an appearance in cricket?

Robin Lehner: 'Mental health' issues strike potential men's ice hockey squads ahead of Beijing 2022, too.

Meanwhile, Team China's full participation in Beijing 2022's ice hockey tournaments is set.

Figure skater Jason Brown chats with the Off the Podium podcast on his determination to make Team USA for the 2022 Games, and more.

Australian swimmer Shayna Jack is ready to compete again after her drug ban fight is over.

Stars Caeleb Drerssel and Katie Ledecky headline USA Swimming's 'Golden Goggles' awards this year.

Diver Sam Fricker is recognized as an 'Australian breakout star' on TikTok after his Tokyo 2020 stardom.

Team Great Britain welcomes four new members to its Athletes' Commission.

University of Connecticut's women's basketball Olympians basketball honored at a weekend game.

Ted-Jan Bloemens' 'breakthrough moment' was his move to Canada to seek speed skating success.

Margaux Pinot: A Tokyo 2020 judo champion's domestic abuse saga goes national.

Arundhati Choudhary and Lovlina Borgohain provide Indian boxing a competitive dilemma at 70kg.

Surfer Brisa Hennessy joins the latest The Lineup podcast to talk Tokyo Olympics, Costa Rica, and more.

Tokyo 2020 gold medalists Barbara Krejcikova and Katerina Diniakova win end-of-the-year honors in the WTA Player Awards...with Krejcikova a double honoree.

Freestyle skier Eileen Gu lands another historic run in the lead-up to Beijing 2022...

As Nico Porteous is "focusing on the process, not the outcome" in the lead-up to the Games.

Who were field hockey's rising stars from the recent FIH 2021 World Men's Junior Cup?

Lisa Hauser is happy wearing the yellow jersey as the biathlon World Cup heads to her home venue.