Boxer Oleksandr Usyk visits his home in eastern Ukraine, partly liberated from the invading Russians.

Will Team Kenya's 'Hit Squad' boxers return to 'fame and glory' at Paris 2024 and beyond?

Team USA basketball (and 3x3 basketball!) stars fill out the All-WNBA First Team honors.
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Is the European style of game to blame for NBA stars Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo not making it to the EuroBasket semis?

Vanity Fair: At home with Olympian and basketball star LeBron James.

Double Olympic gold medalist and NBA basketball legend Michael Jordan (and his Chicago Bulls jersey) sets another record.

The family of jailed basketball star Brittney Griner receives a presidential visit.
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Retired biathlon star Kaisa Makarainen begins a new role within the sport.

Triathlete Vasco Vilaca shares an odd, dangerous encounter with a seal while training.

Can cyclist Leung Wing-yee finally finish a World Road Racing Championship race on her third try? 

Meanwhile, a recent survey finds that a significant number of women professional road cyclists struggle with a gender pay gap.

Rising field hockey star Sanjay is 'elated' to be recognized for his efforts this year, but credits his team.

Curler-turned- curling referee Marta Pluta wins a World Academy of Sport scholarship.

The CEV Volleyball Gala honored European volleyballers Kamil Semeniuk and Isabelle Haak, and beach volleyball teams Tanja Huberli & Nina Brunner and Anders Mol & Christian Sorum.

Triple Olympian Kim Bui reflects on her recent retirement from gymnastics with International Gymnast.

'Surprise' Olympic champions, Team Canada's women's rowing eights crew looks to prove their skill at the worlds this week.

FloWrestling: Seven facts and figures on Jordan Burroughs' seven global wrestling titles.

Alpine skier Piera Hudson's snub from Team New Zealand for Beijing 2022 still stings.

Olympic BMX rider Brooke Cain opens up on her mental health struggles - and why 'suicide prevention is so important to her'.

Figure skater Ilia Malinin's historic quadruple axel happened in relative obscurity.

With "nerves of steel", rhythmic gymnast Darja Varfolomeev scored a historic win for her adopted country: "It's a very nice moment for me and for all of Germany".

The Canadian Olympic Committee looks back on the career of its recently retired four-time Olympic freestyle skier Chloe Dufour-Lapointe.

Triple Olympic swimming medalist Mark Tewksbury is "very touched" to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral with Canada's official delegation.

Will swimmer Zaneta Alvaranga 'take over the mantle from (Alia Atkinson)' to represent Team Jamaican swimming at Paris 2024?

"I've just been me." Team Great Britain soccer star Beth Mead talks being LGBTQ within women's soccer.

What is tennis great Roger Federer's legacy?

Three world championships in one month cements Pauline Ferrand-Prevot as the preeminent women's mountain biker today.

Despite a breakthrough season, veteran javelin thrower Kara Winger stands by her decision to retire.

European Athletics announces its Male and Female European Athlete of the Year nominees.

Sprinter Noah Lyles talks breaking Michael Johnson's world record with...Michael Johnson.

Could infamous Mexico City 1968 sprinter Tommie Smith win a National Book Award?

Quickly relive Kevin Mayer's decathlon world record from 2018.

Rising sprinter Israel Olatunde 'dreams big' after his recent exploits during the European Athletics Championships.

Loic Meillard enjoys the last bit of summer.

Peter Sagan takes a spin on a different kind of bike.

Thodores Iakovidis suits up to get serious.

Eva Calvo finds the balance.

Giovanni Toccio has some summer photos to share.

21 current and former tennis players gathered to raise more than $1.2 million for Ukrainian war relief in the 'Tennis Plays for Peace' exhibition ahead of the U.S. Open.

Retired Ukrainian runner Lyudmila Dzhigalova 'finds refuge' from the Russian invasion in California.

Victor Kovalenko: A Ukrainian sailing legend reflects on his Soviet-era career and his coaching success.

It's not often you see a tennis legend ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Speaking of...Serena and Venus Williams chat with The Today Show on retirement and 'new chapters'.

"I feel like actually I'm not the Wimbledon champion." Life after her first Grand Slam tennis title is not what Elena Rybakina expected.

Boxing legend and Mexicio City 1968 champion George Foreman faces assault charges from the 1970s.

Olympic medalist Ye Zhaoying opens up about Team China shenanigans in the Sydney 2000 badminton tournament.

Meanwhile, did you note how many notable records were made by the Badminton World Championships winners?

Basketball star Giannis Antetokounpo's home debut sets a new European Qualifiers attendance record. 

Justin Kripps: A bobsled champion retires.

Luke Treharne and Team Wales knows their rugby sevens experience will be different after this season.

Ahead of her mountain bike worlds triumph, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot's profile in Pink Bike covered her Rio 2016 disappointment, Tokyo 2020, training, mental challenges, and more.

Don't call road cyclist Enric Mas 'a moron'.

Speaking of road cyclists, did you know there was a 'twitter war' happening between Tadej Podacar and the retired Dan Martin?

And more...as esports champion Jay Vine continues to prove his road cycling worth.

Track cyclist Katie Archibald reveals heartbreaking details of the passing of her mountain biking partner Rob Wardell.

Fresh off both Tokyo 2020 and Birmingham 2022 success, field hockey player Josh Simmonds looks ahead to mentoring newcomers in the national system.

Leisel Jones: Is (was) there a 'toxic culture' in Team Australia swimming?

More Team Australia swimming: Teenager Molly O'Callaghan is adjusting to her 'sudden ascent' of success in the pool.

The Australian Olympic Committee turns its eye on double Olympic softball medalist Tracey Freeman, who's made a unique switch to a career in national defense.

To mask or not to mask: Team China's health precautions cause a stir in volleyball's Asia Cup.

Campbell Wright is easy to spot on the biathlon circuit not only as a rare New Zealander, but also due to his noted consistently relaxed demeanor.

Ice hockey star Sarah Nurse gets a feature in The New York Times: 'A Found Voice for Hockey'.

Will freestyle skiing aerialist Marion Thenault be one of the 'first carbon-neutral Olympic athletes in the world'?

Shot putter Sarah Mitton is 'proud to inspire' after a breakthrough season that included a Commonwealth gold medal.

Runner Mark English contemplates what's next and how to get there, now with outdoor European Championships medal success.

As incoming Chair, retired hurdler Lea Sprunger headlines the new slate of European Athletics' Athletes Committee members announced last week. Other members include Thomas Roehler, Milan Trajkovic, Kristyian Uldbjerg Hansen, Ivet Lalova-Collio, Alessia Trost, Asha Phillip, and Oleksiy Kasyanov. Congrats to all!

Les Gets, France hosted the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships that ended today after five days of competition. This was the second time the resort destination hosted the championships (2004), and the third time overall for France (Metabief, 1993).

The full program awarded titles in Cross-Country Olympic distance events for elite men and women (and team relay), plus U23 and junior levels. The championships also included e-mountain bike, short track, and downhill divisions. Both the men's and women's Elite Olympic winners were double gold medalists at Les Gets: men's champion Nino Schurter also won gold in the team relay, while Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won the short track gold too. p.s. Schurter defended his title from 2021, and this was his 10th​ (!) gold in the event. Meanwhile, this was Ferrand-Prevot's fourth title.

Congratulations to all the winners! Cross-country Olympic discipline gold medalists are noted below. Complete results of the full program can be found online at uci.org.

Marta Kostyuk remains vocal about the fraught situation on the WTA Tour regarding Ukrainian support and fellow tennis players from 'aggressor nations'.

Update: Belarusian Victoria Azarenka out of the U.S. Open's charity tennis event.

A good week for tennis player Coco Gauff: Want to see a day in her life? Or maybe just read how she is 'ready for greatness'?

Ambition and retirement: Tennis icon Serena Williams is the first guest on Meghan Markle's Archetypes podcast.

Curious for more details about rugby sevens Olympian and tabloid star Greg O'Shea's time on Love Island U.K.?

With Tim and Jonelle Price, Team New Zealand is feeling 'confident' ahead of the equestrian eventing world championships coming soon.

Tina Rahim is not only the first Australian boxer competing in a hijab, she's also 'not nice in the ring'.

Rab Wardell won the Scottish national mountain biking championship...two days later, he passed away.

More BBC: Evie Richards reflects on her mountain biking journey as she readies to defend her world title.

From Rome 2021 to Rome 2022, a scientific analysis of David Popovici's 100 meter freestyle world record, courtesy Swimming World.

It's sure a summer of change for swimming star Simone Manuel.

It took a while for Greco-Roman wrestler Deni Nakaev to process his recent and historic U20 World Championship medal.

Olympians Olaf Tufte and Maike Diekmann help promote World Rowing in Zambia through a joint project with the World Wide und for Nature.

Olympic karate medalist Damian Quintero talks 'Dragon Ball' and Goku inspiration, and more, with Men's Health Spain. (in Spanish)

Jailed basketball star Brittney Griner gets possible...um, help?...from an unexpected source.

Basketball star Luka Doncic gets a Slam feature story, along with his 'Luka 1' brand of sneakers.

Team Canada's Sarah Nurse and Team USA's Trevor Zegras are EA Sports NHL's cover athletes for the new season. p.s. Nurse is the first woman so honored...

Meanwhile, can Marie-Philip Poulin and Team Canada win a third-straight ice hockey global championship?

Olympians Meghan Duggan (ice hockey) and Elana Meyers Taylor (bobsled) help lead the Women's Sports Foundation on a mission to Capitol Hill.

Olympic bobsled medalist Alexandra Burghardt scores track sprint success again with a relay gold at the European Championships.

Former Team Great Britain decathlete Ben Gregory 'fighting for his life' after a roadside accident.

London 2012 javelin champ Thomas Roehler...budding sports photographer?

Lightning Bolt: I'm actually surprised track sprint legend Usain Bolt didn't try this trademark earlier.

World 400 meter hurdles champion Alison dos Santos is happy to be 'opening doors' back home with his global success.

40-year-old Alpine skier Akira Sasaki hasn't had a World Cup race in eight years, but he has Milano Cortina 2026 in his sights.

Team Denmark soccer star Nadia Nadim senses an 'uncertain future' for her native Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, Team Great Britain's Ellen White looks back on London 2012 and its spark for her soccer career and the sport in England.

'Perseverance at its finest'...Lino Munoz sets a determined example to participate at the World Badminton Championships.

Golf superstar and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rory McIlroy joins a team to launch 'tech-based' TMRW Sports.

Margot van Geffen shares her thoughts on Team Netherlands' recent field hockey World Cup win.

Will triathlete Alistair Brownlee's impressive form this past weekend bode well for the Ironman World Championship later this year? 

Team Bahrain's inclusion of Gor Minasyan and Lesman Paredes on their upcoming Asian Weightlifting Championships team probably a harbinger of more similar nationality changes in the sport.

So...are you curious about Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee's earnings?

Brody Malone is the new male standard-bearer for Team USA gymnastics, and he's still getting used to the attention.

'Fully transformed' Konnor McClain's national gymnastics title can be attributed to a newly-found sense of confidence.