R.I.P. to 22-year-old decathlete Volodymyr Androshchuk, killed in military action while fighting the Russian invasion in his native Ukraine.

Atlanta 1996 champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko has strong words for Thomas Bach and the IOC.

Sidedoor's December cover story featured sprinter Andre De Grasse: "I'm really good at it and I am talented and maybe I can go far".

Irish running great Sonia O'Sullivan sees the strong start to 2023 for sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke as a boon to her future.

Discus thrower Mykolas Alekna bucks the trend with a return to collegiate access, but still has Worlds and Olympic dreams.

Penalty Loop: Just how dominant are Team France's women's team this biathlon season?

"So don't stop being you." Figure skater Ilia Malinin hears some good advice after a disappointing free skate program at the U.S. Nationals.

GQ Italia: It's a sign of competitive growth that swimmer Nicolo Martinenghi expects wins, not just finals.

Groundbreaking swimmer Simone Manuel is 'still very private' despite the global stage she is on.

Who will win the LEN Awards for the 'best' in European Aquatics in 2022?

​Olympic swimmer Daniel Jervis shares his coming out story with ESPN alongside soccer player Zander Murray and referee Lloyd Wilson.

Those 'testy exchanges' at the FIFA World Cup against Team Netherlands? Soccer superstar Lionel Messi has some regret.

Gymnast Jordan Chiles' floor routine continues to bring the party.

R.I.P.: Freestyle skier Kyle Smaine killed by an avalanche while skiing in Japan.

Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin gets a unique gondola recognition in Palisades Tahoe for her achievements.

Double Olympian Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi hopes recognition of her success as a canoe coach inspires other women into leadership roles.

Kerri Walsh Jennings: An Olympic beach volleyball legend is back for 'one more run'.

Janne Saarinen: Can a radio disc jockey win a landmark Olympic medal for Team Finland in luge?

Off-Road.cc looks back at the career of Atlanta 1996 mountain bike champion Bart Brentjens.

Might Timo Cavelius be the first openly gay male judoka competing at an Olympics?

Equestrian Olympian Zara Tindall opens up on 'her heartbreaking series of miscarriages'.

Rio 2016 volleyball champion Wallace da Souza incites violence.

Tokyo 2020 judo medalist Sagi Muki makes the celebrity pages with a marriage engagement.

Who will win a seat as an Athlete Representative for World Skateboarding?

Meanwhile, 'larger than life' skateboarder Aurelien Giraud has thoughts on Paris 2024 as he leads Team France's contingent at this week's World Championships.

Modern pentathletes Sarolta Simon and Mattia Parisi receive World Academy of Sport scholarships for their sport leadership studies.

Sport shooter Kim Britton worries that new Canadian government regulations may make her sport "too challenging to pursue".

Triathlete Vincent Luis: "I wake up everyday wanting to be the Olympic champion".

Olympic champion karateka Sandra Sanchez is the first-ever chair of the first-ever Athletes' Committee for the International World Games Association.

Wrestler Thomas Gilman shares 'mental, physical, technical, nutritional, and lifestyle' tips for success.

Goalkeeper Andreas Wolff's 112 saves in the 2023 World Handball Championship proved the 'key' to Team Germany's good overall showing.

Who will win the World Archery Awards for 2022? And who will be landmark inductees into the World Archery Hall of Fame? Public voting is open until the end of February.

ITF has all the 'standout numbers' resulting from Novak Djokovic's Australian Open tennis championship.

Tokyo 2020 tennis champ Alex Zverev gets a reprieve from the ATP in its abuse investigation.

Tennis legend Roger Federer is pushed 'out of his comfort zone' for a project with artist Ugo Rondinone.
(and..is he a Blackpink fan??)

A European Championships silver in 2022 was an "injection of energy" for Team Spain's rhythmic gymnastics group as it looks ahead to a home Worlds this summer.

More rhythmic gymnastics as Boryana Kaleyn is "more than ready" for her dream of an Olympic medal.

FIBA​ asks who are the #1 players for each 3x3 basketball national federation?

Olympic rower Eskild Ebbesen's transition to post-competition life 'was easy', as he continues to take lessons from sports into his 9-to-5 world.

More Team Australia bobsled tragedy as Olympian Duncan Pugh dies suddenly after Simon Dunn's passing last week.

​Athens 2004 sailing champion Kevin Burnham's legacy lives on with a memorial grant awarded to three youth sailors in the U.S.

Ukrainian former number 13-ranked Alex Dolgopolov: "Tennis prepared me for war".

Ukrainian Atlanta 1996 champion Wladimir Klitschko has words on the recent announcement of IBA/WBA easement on Russian boxers.

Boxer Amy Broadhurst is 'Sports Woman of the Year' for The Irish Times in 2022.
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Tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek headline recognition of the ITF 'world champions' for 2022.

"You are just a number." Tennis legend Boris Becker opens up in detail about his experience in prison.

Snowboarder Zoe Sadowski-Synnott is the first-ever winter sports athlete to win Team New Zealand's Lonsdale Award.

Competition's more enjoyable for Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, after finding a 'new life-biathlon balance'.

Acknowledging "it's time to evolve", trampolinist Rosannagh MacLennan is focused on MBA studies and her FIG Athlete Commission role.

Team USA water polo stalwarts Maggie Steffens, Maddie Musselman, and Kaleigh Gilchrist had a rare chance to take a backseat as they were 'sidelined' in recent competition.

Can basketball phenom Jean Montero help secure a FIBA World Cup ticket for Dominican Republic?

Dutch superstar and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Vivianne Miedema has her soccer World Cup dreams shattered after a severe knee injury.

How did World Cup soccer hero Lionel Messi win 'over the hearts of all of Argentina'?

Short track speed skater Denis Nikisha has "the best day" with a podium place, and an engagement. (geo-restricted)

Irene Schouten receives a 'Sportswoman of the Year' honor for her speed skating exploits in 2022. (in Dutch)

Beach volleyball cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt are the 'best of the best' in 2022 according to the Chilean press. (in Spanish)

Nineteen honorees across ten categories at the Spanish Olympic Committee's annual gala included Olympians Saul Craviotto (canoeing), Mireia Belmonte (artistic swimming), Sandra Sanchez (karate), Alberto Gines (sport climbing), Ruth Beitia (track & field), and more. (in Spanish)

Gymnast Sanna Veerman's first world championship fire has her 'revved up' for what could be next. 

Five months after an initial ban, mountain biker Mathias Fluckiger gets a reprieve.

Badminton player Haramara Gaitan enjoys giving back to the sport while juggling a full-time career.

The newly-elected weightlifters for the IWF Athletes' Commission include three Tokyo 2020 champions: Hidilyn Diaz, Fares El-Bakh, and Maude Charron.

Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 weightlifting champion Neisi Dajomes gets a big honor in Pastaza, Ecuador. (link in Spanish)

Kaylee McKeown now owns a rare slice of swimming history as the first woman to hold four key global titles at the same time.

London 2012 swimmer James Disney-May gets a prison sentence for a horrific domestic crime.

Outsports looks at swimmer Alex di Giorgio's recent landmark appearance on Italy's Dancing with the Stars, as part of an all-gay, out performing couple.

Surfer Kolohe Andino 'still has fire' as he looks to recover from a disappointing 2022 season.

The 'Duel of the Decade'? Team Australia middle-distance runners Ollie Hoare and Stewart McSweyn target each other in Tasmania.

Pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis is Track & Field News' male 'Athlete of the Year' for 2022.

Athletics Weekly asks long sprinter Roger Black some key questions on training, Atlanta 1996, and more.

Runner Eilish McColgan headlines the Women's Sports Alliance's annual award recognitions.

Middle-distance runner Brandon McBride targets a 'more experienced, strategic, and smarter approach' as he looks to rebound from injury into 2023.

Decathlete Niklas Kaul and sprinter Gina Luckenkemper are German 'Sportspeople of the Year' for 2022.

Three Olympians are amidst the four candidates to be the next head of Ukraine's Olympic Committee, including Zhan Beleniuk (wrestling), Olena Belosiuk (biathlon), and Vadym Gutzeit (fencing)...

...but outgoing president and pole vault legend Sergey Bubka promises to stay close to Ukrainian sport.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk takes aim at a top name for his next professional fight.

Still recovering from the lasting effects of a bout with Covid-19, biathlon champion Tiril Eckhoff delays her return to competition.

​Olympic fencer Nzingha Prescod reflects on creating opportunities for others for ESPN.

New iQFOiL world champion Sebastian Kordel may not yet know how to stay at the top of the sport, but his recent win filled him with "simple, overwhelming joy".

Rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea secures a big next step in his growing post-playing TV career.

Sam Walsh has a 'surreal' moment as he debuted for Team USA rugby sevens in hometown Hong Kong.

The split of powerhouse pair Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes means that Team Canada now has two strong teams on the circuit for 2023 and 2024.

Champion Team Canada curler Jennifer Jones still has 'competitive juices' as she continues with a young team as skip and mentor.

Double Olympic golf medalist Lydia Ko might close out 2022 with three major season awards.

"It's gymnastics on steroids." David Russell, aka 'Footloose', talks breaking for The Guardian.

'Curiosity' is what keeps Kurt Browning tied to figure skating after 45 years on the ice.

Kaillie Humphries discusses her mental health journey in bobsled with the Blindsided podcast.

Bobsledder / sprint hurdler Lolo Jones makes an appearance on Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars.

Ending the triathlon season on a strong note proves to veteran Jonny Brownlee that he just might still be a force at Paris 2024.

For swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri, 'impossible is nothing'. (GQ Italia)

How did Atlanta 1996 swimmer Scott Miller go from Olympian to the "top of (a drug syndicate) tree"?

Pop star-turned-swimmer Cody Simpson curiously amongst nominees for GQ Australia's 'Sportsman of the Year', alongside snowboarder Scotty James, boxer Harry Garside, and others.

Speaking of Garside...the Olympic boxer is keen to show 'younger generations to never back down' as he forges his own path.

"Deep down we all need a rush." Mountain biker Ben Moore preaches the thrill of extreme sports.

Rio 2016 basketball gold medalist Kyrie Irving in hot water over rather-unfortunate social media choices.

Is basketball star Brittney Griner destined for a 'bleak' stay in a Russian penal colony?

Sports technology startup TMRW Sports announces a slew of prominent Olympians within its investor group, including Serena Williams and Andy Murray (tennis), Diana Taurasi, Andre Iguadola, Jayson Tatum, and Chris Paul (basketball), Alex Morgan (soccer), Kanoa Igarashi (surfing), and Sidney Crosby (ice hockey).

Olympic gold medalist Shannon Boxx gets a new role with U.S. Soccer's 'safety task force'.

More than 200 Team Great Britain Olympians and Paralympians from Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 were feted by the Royal Family last week.

Rebeca Andrade's landmark world gymnastics championship came after a 'grueling personal journey'.

"Why shouldn't I aspire to be the greatest of all time on the pommel horse?" Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan reflects on his world title this weekend.

16 weightlifters meet the eligibility criteria to stand election for the IWF Athletes' Commission, including Olympic champion Hidilyn DIaz.

Is the WTA still interested in the well-being of Team China tennis player Peng Shuai?

Win #60: Stefanos Tsitsipas is the first to hit a big milestone for men's tennis players this season.

Road cycling star Peter Sagan looks set to appear at the Beking cycling charity event to support...swimming.

Hurdler Karsten Warholm on that race: "I felt invincible. I felt like an old Viking." (The Owl Post)

Star long sprinter and middle distance runner Athing Mu makes a high profile coaching switch.

Gotytom Gebreslase's world championship marathon win this past summer came amidst great personal family turmoil back in Ethiopia.

World Athletics' 'Champions for a Better World' are a group of nine track & field stars as spokespeople representing sustainability and environmental awareness.

National American Indian Heritage Month: What does being Native American mean for hammer thrower Janee' Kassanavoid?

Viktoriia Marchuk is just one of the Ukrainian athletes receiving support from World Taekwondo's 'Rapid Response Taekwondo Team' as a result of the Russian invasion.

Berlin 1936 long jumper Luz Long's silver medal, won behind Jesse Owens' gold, fetches more than $488K U.S. at auction.

The Guardian looks at some of the infamous 'sport cheating scandals', including the St. Louis 1904 marathon, Moscow 1980's men's javelin competition, and figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's 'kneecapping'.

Figure skater veteran Gracie Gold isn't done yet - and is motivated to prove competitiveness.

"What else are we capable of?" Figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier look toward a new competitive season after a strong 2021-22.

More Olympic Talk: Beach volleyballers Sarah Hughes and Kelly Cheng are united as a pair, years after they were targeted as Tokyo 2020 contenders.

Former swimmer Carsten Vissering talks his new bobsled ambitions with SwimSwam.

Wait...star swimmer Katinka Hosszu didn't vacation until age 31? (link in Hungarian)

Field hockey player Neha Goyal thinks Team India's recent strong run portends good results at the upcoming Women's Nations Cup.

The Association of National Olympic Committees announces its honorees from Beijing 2022 for its ANOC Awards 2022, including Team Sweden curling, Eileen Gu (freestyle skiing), Team Canada ice hockey, Sven Kramer (speed skating), Nick Baumgartner and Lindsay Jacobellis (snowboarding), and Hawng Dae-heon (short track).

Star snowboarder Shaun White approaches his first full winter season as a businessman, not athlete.

Gymnast Anina Wildi looks to 'thrive' at the World Championships this month, particularly after missing the last edition through injury.

With retirement approaching, triathlete Non Stanford reflects on her career after converting from multiple other sports.

Just how did Alpine skiing stars' Mikaela Shiffrin's and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde's romance start?

Still in jail in Russia, basketball player Brittney Griner spends her 32nd birthday in prison.

How did Rio 2016 basketball Olympian Klay Thompson 'rebound' from injury to star in 2022's NBA Finals?

Cycling superstar Pauline Ferrand-Prevot confirms her Paris 2024 mountain bike intentions.

Rising team Sweden cross-country skier Emma Ribom chats with FIS on her hopes for 2022-23.

SportsPro Media ranks the world's '50 most marketable athletes', including Olympians Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer), Serena Williams (tennis), LeBron James (basketball), Lionel Messi (soccer), Naomi Osaka (tennis), Alex Morgan and Samantha Kerr (soccer), Simone Biles (gymnastics), Simona Help and Rafael Nadal (tennis), Neymar (soccer), Katie Ledecky (swimming), Chloe Kim (snowboarding), Roger Federer (tennis), Candace Parker (basketball), Megan Rapinoe (soccer), Eileen Gu (freestyle skiing), Garbine Muguruza (tennis), Sky Brown (skateboarding), Becky Sauerbrunn (soccer), Sydney McLaughlin (track & field), Luka Doncic (basketball), Novak Djokovic (tennis), Katie taylor (boxing), and Rory McIlroy (golf).

Speaking of Simone Biles...the champion gymnast pens a guest essay for USA TODAY: "...why I'm a voice for others".

Olympic softball multi-medalist Tanya Harding gets a Sport Australia Hall of Fame nod for 2022.

Sport climber Elnaz Rekabi's fate is uncertain after the Iranian makes a bold statement in competition. Or did she?

Biathlete Dorothea Wierer is the Dolomites' top sportswoman for the fifth time at the 2022 Sporthilfe Gala. (in German)

Team Canada star rugby sevens player Bianca Farella contemplates what's next after a Covid-19-related disappointing end to her 2022 season.
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"Boring" is how retired road cyclist Dan Martin sees the state of today's athletes on the circuit.

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.