Sky Brown hits the court. (ad?)

Joep Wennemars poses for Helden​.

Jacob McCorry arrives.

Ferhat Arican strikes a pose.

Kelly Sildaru explores Lapland.

London 2012 champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk has a new year's wish for "victory" and "peace" in Ukraine.

Bobsledder Justin Kripps joins the Off the Podium podcast to chat Cool Runnings, Australia, and more.

Royal-blood equestrian rider Zara Tindall missed Rio 2016, but has eyes on making it to another Games.

Team Austria gymnast Selina Kickinger has big goals for 2023, including qualifying for Paris 2024.

Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas still have Olympic gold dreams after falling short in mixed doubles tennis at Tokyo 2020: "We will keep trying".

Tennis.com: Tokyo 2020 Olympian 'Hubert Hurkacz is a nice guy who isn't finishing last'. 

A rising leader of Team France judo, Romane Dicko wants gold at Paris 2024. (in French, paywall)

U.S. Air Force's World Class Athlete Program athletes with eyes toward Paris 2024 represent a variety of sports, including boxing, modern pentathlon, fencing, track & field, shooting, water polo, and wrestling.

Ski jumper Halvor Egner Granerud jumps on the Erling Haaland meditation celebration bandwagon...

Gauthier Mvumbi, the "Shaquille O'Neal of team handball', works with the real deal to promote the sport.

Dylan Schmidt's breakthrough World Championships title was one highlight of the year in trampolining.

What does retired star Arnd Pfeiffer think of the current biathlon season so far?

"Finding balance is the most important thing in my life." Vogue Hong Kong features freeskier Eileen Gu.

Skateboarder Cody French has Paris 2024 dreams despite battling a 'mystery illness'.

Olympic fencer Nzingha Prescod took her skills to the classroom in New Rochelle recently.

GQ Sports on YouTube: What are 10 things hurdler Sydney McLaughlin 'can't live without'?

Intrigue within Team Poland as long hurdler Sebastian Urbaniak and long sprinter Jakub Krzewina have an altercation...and sprinter Ewa Swoboda's home? (in Polish)

Mondo Duplantis' World Championships pole vault world record wins Track & Field News' 'Men's Performance of the Year' for last season...

...and Mondo gets another honor, as he's named AIPS' 'European Sportsman of the Year', alongside women's counterpart Alexia Putellas (soccer).

Steeplechase Mahiedine Makhissi-Benabbad, 'one of track & field's villains', retires.

How has fatherhood given surfer Kolohe Andino a 'new lease of life'?

How did photographer Shaun Botterill capture that image of soccer super star Lionel Messi, the most liked Instagram post ever?

​Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea opens up about mental health struggles: "...I'm in convulsions of tears...".
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Team Chile's field hockey captain Fernando Renz knows the squad will face "huge games" at the upcoming World Cup, but is confident they'll do 'their best'.

Helsinki 1952 swimming champ Joan Harrison-Breetzke has her Olympic medal recovered after a theft.

Team Japan's Rie Kaneto gives back to her sport through swimming lessons to the next generation...

...as does Team USA's Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Zach Apple.

World number four Chou Tien Chen thinks 'fans can expect better' in 2023 from the badminton player.

Triathlete Alistair Brownlee to bring 'an athlete perspective' to the British Olympic Foundation.

Will a partner swap help some of Team Germany's top beach volleyballers confirm Paris 2024 plans?

Tokyo 2020 rower Matt Rossiter has focused his water sports dreams in another direction, as he joins sailing great Ben Aislie's America's Cup crew.

Matthieu Androdias and Hugo Boucheron are World Rowing's '2022 Men's Crew of the Year'.

"I am going to be okay with time." BMX rider Hannah Roberts resets after an injury-plagued end to 2022.

Road cyclist Mark Cavendish's robbery ordeal intensifies in a trial where all suspects aren't accounted for.

Meanwhile, fellow cyclist Ivan Sosa is the latest to find himself on the wrong end of an assault incident.

Taekwondo athlete Jack Woolley is quick to acknowledge the team effort that has lead to his success.

​Ending 2022 with a first-ever career World Cup podium, Alpine skier Paula Moltzan is 'invigorated' for the remainder of the season.

The moment looms large for Alpine skier Mikaea Shiffrin as she nears sole ownership of a key milestone.

'A portrait of a modern ski racer': Catch up with how Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has prepared for the 2022/23 Alpine season.

​Speed skater Brittany Bowe has 'big plans for the future', despite 2023 being a light season for her.

"Now I want to improve myself, develop myself..." Speed skater Jutta Leerdam finds success in the start of a new season following lots of personal change.

Fleeing the war in Ukraine with his family to Canada, 16-year-old Sasha Kaplin thrives in judo.

Beach volleyball player Chris McHugh shares his sports journey with schoolchildren in Torquay,

More Australian Olympic Committee: surfer Stephanie Gilmore is the 2022 New South Wales 'Athlete of the Year', for the third time.

The British Olympic Association's Athletes' Commission is complete with the confirmations of Abigail Irozuru (track & field), Lloyd Wallace (freestyle skiing), Non Stanford (triathlon), Alex Danson-Bennett and Georgie Twigg (field hockey), and Kristian Thomas (gymnastics) to the next term.

USA TODAY: Who are the youngest-ever Olympians?

​And who is the 3x3 basketball MVP from the 2022 World Tour?

Alpine skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle aims to have fun while competitive, and to inspire a new generation.

'Emerging star' Teun Boer begins a diary with ISU for the current short track speed skating season.

London 2012 fencer Laurence Halsted offers his Opening Ceremony kit up for auction, supporting The True Athlete Project.

Olympic kayakers Eric and Rebecca Gidens take their homegrown brewery to the people.

Neither pre-final favorites Alex Yee nor Hayden Wilde made it to the top podium spot at triathlon' season-ending championship,but they have 'no regrets'.

A new documentary looks at the 'fairytale' romance of BMX racers Sam and Alise Willoughby, and its unique challenges.

Olympic sports stars Joel Embiid, Arike Ogunbowale, Sabrina Ionescu, and Haleigh Washington (basketball), Scottie Scheffler (golf), Sydney McLaughlin and Noah Lyles (track & field), Conor McDavid and Sarah Nurse (ice hockey), Midge Purce (soccer), and Alex Hall (freestyle skiing) are included in Forbes'  '30 under 30' list in sports for 2022.

Olympic freestyle skier Antti Ollila presents new short film "Dusk" showcasing favorite tricks and features.

What's Radomir Sliz's 'agenda for future success' after a first recent Challenge Cup gymnastics medal?

Tokyo 2020 basketball player Kayla Alexander reflects on a hectic 2022 with the CBC.

Reports paint a dire environment that jailed basketball star Brittney Griner might be facing in Russia.

Track cyclist Matthew Richardson, swimmer Alex Saffy, and rower Jacqui Swick headline the Western Australia Institute of Sport end-of-year awards.

Is Summer Mcintosh a serious contender to challenge swimming great Katie Ledecky in the 400m free?

1990s Team Australia swimming star Lisa Curry reveals a struggle with Atrial fibrillation, and more.

Olympics.com: Young rhythmic gymnastics star Sofia Raffaeli is "like a volcano ready to erupt".

How has triple jumper Naomi Metzger used her 'artistic talents' to further her track & field success?

'A lifetime of sporting activity' may the secret to marathoner Nienke Brinkman's 'sudden' rise to success.

Before the team made it all the way to gold, World Curling profiled Team Denmark's 'fun girls of curling' as they made their way through the European Championship.

The 2022 Urban Cycling World Championships concluded in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates after competition in BMX Freestyle (Park and Flatland) and BMX Trials events that began on November 9. This was the fifth edition of the championships, after the first event in Chengdu, China in 2017.

Currently, only BMX Freestyle  - Park is an Olympic event, having made its debut at Tokyo 2020. Looking ahead to a second Games, the championships at Abu Dhabi offered Olympic qualification positions (two per gender) as part of the road to Paris 2024.

Congratulations to all of the winners, including the Olympic class BMX Freestyle (Park) champions noted below. Complete results and information can be found online at uci.org.

Tokyo 2020 tennis medalist Elina Svitolina announces plans for her annual charity gala this year. "...this is an opportunity to once again remind everyone that the war continues."

Think tennis star Ashleigh Barty might come out of retirement?

More tennis: Hear the 'Real Me' from Maria Sakkari in the WTA's latest interview in its Modern Health partnership on mental health stories.

What will road cyclist Tom Dumoulin do in retirement? Life away from the circuit is a 'blank canvas'.

Back from maternity break, veteran sport climber Kim Jain takes aim at an Olympics appearance in Paris.

Ahead of their celebratory race at the recent World Championships, 'legendary' rowers Olaf Tufte, Mahe Drysdale, Ondrej Synek, Iztok Cop, Lassi Karonen, and Alan Campell reminisced with World Rowing.

Despite a 'frustrating' Worlds, rower Chiu Hin-chun is eager for the Asian Championships after recent success at home in Hong Kong.

Get an update on diving legend Greg Louganis via The Caftan Chronicles...dog training and more.
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Beijing 2008 judoka Erdenet-Od Khishigbat reflects on her pioneering career as a woman in both martial arts and the military in Mongolia.

Star swimmer Caeleb Dressel spotted with evidence of recent foot surgery...

And speaking of swimmers with surgery...Team Ireland's Shane Ryan is working hard on shoulder rehab with an eye on a third Olympics in two years.

Marathoner Jessica Stenson and star swimmer Kyle Chalmers headline the South Australian Sports Institute's annual awards honorees.

More marathon as middle-distance star Faith Kipyegon eyes the longer distance on the road, with Eliud Kipchoge's push.

Shot putter Kyle Blignaut is not only targeting a second Games at Paris 2024, but a third in 2028 as well.

World 1500meter track champion Jake Wightman looks ahead to Paris 2024 with redemption in his eyes.

CBC: Veteran gymnast Ellie Black is 'a national treasure' after leading Team Canada to unprecedented success at the recent worlds.

Was Tokyo 2020 champion gymnast Sunisa Lee the inspiration for incoming Minnesota state representative Liz Lee's political run?

Freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury is ready for another season as 'being challenged by (the) sport's elite "makes (him) feel alive". 

Catching up: Team USA Alpine skier Breezy Johnson makes a personal announcement for visibility.

Tokyo 2020 silver medalist surfer Kanoa Igarashi thinks he can upgrade at Paris 2024 despite bigger waves than what he defeated in 2021.

Soccer stars Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris ('Krashlyn'!) talk about their journey as publicly out athletes and LGBTQ representatives on Five Rings to Rule Them All podcast.

Team Canada's soccer star Stephanie Labbe gets a special role with a unique group of athletes next year.

'What does it mean to be a Commonwealth gold medalist?' World Table Tennis checks in with champions Sharath Kamal Achanta and Feng Tianwei.

'Best again': Catch up with Sverre Lunde Pedersen as the speed skater wraps up his pre-season and looks ahead to the 2022-23 circuit.

Listen to an ABC News (Australia) interview with modern pentathletes Alex Watson (running to head the UIPM), Joe Choong, and Elodie Clouvel, with educator Joerg Krieger.

So...what is figure skater Paul Poirier's 'side hustle'?

With well-known figures in cricket and rugby in his extended family, Ryan Fox 'blazes his own trail' as he rises up the golf rankings.

Basketball legend and Barcelona 1992 'Dream team' member Magic Johnson is a 'Celebrity Ambassador' for Global LA and Los Angeles 2028's 'economic legacy'.

"Another injustice": Jailed basketball star Brittney Griner's fears realized as she moves to a penal colony.

BMX rider Matthias Dandois sees an opportunity to use his Flatland discipline to help raise the overall awareness for Park riding - and the sport - with Paris 2024 looming.

"How fun was that..." Jimmer Fredette enjoys his experience winning with Team USA 3x3 basketball.

Can Tokyo 2020 Olympian Thibaut Vervoort hang on to his lead in 3x3 basketball's player value ranking this 2022 season?