"...We will work calmly and prepare for the last Olympics in my career." Landmark Team Ukraine wrestler Zhan Beleniuk contemplates his tough road to Paris 2024 qualification. (in Ukrainian)

From curling to speed skating and bobsled to skiing, 11 Olympic sports stars have been named as 'Athlete Role Models' for the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Winter Games.

Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens Olympian-turned media celebrity Greg O'Shea ups his fitness, Ironman-ly.

Snow Magazine and photographer David Yarrow present Alpine star Mikaela Shiffrin: 'the racer, the explorer, the woman'.

Can its mix of 'young and experienced players' lead Team Sweden to a landmark global medal as it co-hosts the upcoming World Women's Handball Championship later this year?

NHL star Tyler Myers 'cherishes' the special Team Canada ice hockey titles club he's in. (Will he get Olympic gold, too in 2026?)

"Anger" is what helped drive Tokyo 2020 Olympian and star golfer Rory McIlroy - and Team Europe - to an emphatic Ryder Cup victory.

Freestyle skier Ollie Davies takes us on a training tour of the skicross course in Corralco, Chile.

Team Italy volleyball star Simone Anzani is 'grit and passion personified'.

Tokyo 2020 gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee 'finds her balance' in a feature with Self magazine.

More FIVB Athletes' Commission: Egyptian Doaa Elghobashy is a 'history maker defying the odds' in beach volleyball.

Can Vittoria Bussi reclaim the track cycling one hour record on October 11?

Second Chances: Team Ireland's Matthew Bell recounts his 'extraordinary comeback' to field hockey after battling cancer.

Triple Olympic tennis medalist Conchita Martinez takes her promotion of the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup Finals to the people in Seville.

How is the transition from obstacle specialist to modern pentathlete going for junior Kian O'Bolyle?

It's now judoka Clarisse Agbegnenou's turn in the IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' interview series.

Badminton star Tony Gunawan contemplates the current state of Team USA juniors.

Who are 'five female swimmers to watch' at the upcoming World Aquatics World Cup events?

World champion Darja Varfolomeev acknowledges "things to improve" in her rhythmic gymnastics.

The Athletic asks if Tokyo 2020 Olympic basketball player Jrue Holiday is the 'missing piece' for the NBA's Boston Celtics after a key trade.

How will time on the court as new teammates work out for Team USA basketball stars Chris Paul and Draymond Green?

Team Greece star Vasilis Spanoulis sees "a dream come true" as he is named head coach of the national team ahead of key qualifying tournaments.

FEI looks at how Team China secured momentous equestrian eventing gold at the current Asian Games.

Biathlon World: How well do retired biathlon stars Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, and Denise Herrmann-Wick know each other?

Get to know Team Greece's sports shooter Emmanuela Katzouraki, who only started in the sport "to see what a gun was". (in Greek)

Olympic track & field legend Carl Lewis gets a special Pan American 'Guest of Honor' invitation.

London 2012 long jump champion Greg Rutherford set to contest Dancing on Ice for the kids.

Ukrainian Rhythmic gymnast Khrystyna Pohranychna talks sport, and family, with Sport24​. (in Ukrainian)

Lara Culturi and Livio Hiltbrand are two 'Generation Z' Alpine skiers 'ready to enter the world's elite'.

Superstar Simone Biles wades into the turmoil surrounding a past alleged racial gymnastics incident in Ireland.

More Irish gymnastics...as Andrew Steele's "good shot" at Paris 2024 qualification gets closer at the upcoming worlds.

Can Krisztofer Meszaros 'raise the bar' for Team Hungary at the World Gymnastics Championships?

R.I.P. to U18 world ice hockey champion Nic Kerdiles, victim of a motorcycle accident.

Nominations for the 2023 World Rowing Awards are accepted through World Rowing through October 15th...

...and nominate your choice for the 2023 World Sailor of the Year through October 5th.

What are the 'favorite songs of 2023' for some of your favorite Nordic combined athletes?

Don't expect current 3x3 basketball star Jimmer Fredette on an NBA team again.

Who will be the '2023 Winter Sports Athlete of the Year' in Italy? (in Italian)

Team Paraguay's Marizza Faria, veteran of four World Handball Championships, adjusts to a new role.

Diver Matthew Mitcham talks behind-the-scenes on his debut stage role in London with Attitude U.K..

Thai social Media star Pitchamon "Pink" Opatniputh does her best to take her eyes off the phone to focus on badminton.

Team Mexico's landmark Olympic archer Mariana Avitia plots a return to the Summer Games in 2024.

Vincent Zhou reminds us of the injustice continued from Beijing 2022's team figure skating competition.

A disappointing World Athletics Championships set the stage for a season finale comeback for Team Ethiopia long-distance runner Guduf Tsegay.

Speaking of Team Ethiopia running...World Athletics looks at three rising stars having a syccessful season with a road running test just ahead: Diribe Welteji, Freweyni Hailu, and Hirut Meshesha.

"I would like to play them once again." Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal isn't done with the Olympics yet.

Will up-and-coming biathlete Tommaso Giacomel be a star at Milano Cortina 2026?

The only thing possibly distracting Corinne Stoddard from returning to the Olympics in short track speed skating? Her dog Mylo...

Olympics: How has Jakob Schubert stayed so long at an elite level in sport climbing?

Team France's Kaddiatou Diani talks about her Olympic 'dream' in soccer with FIFA.

The Athletic shares some stories fit-for-publication on retiring Team USA soccer star Megan Rapinoe.

Luger Natalie Geisenberger: 'Germany's most successful Olympic winter sport athlete retires.' (FIL)

Sport24 looks at the career of high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, newly crowned 2024 world champion. (in Ukrainian)

'Great experience' was a strong reward for Refugee Team athletes at the recent track & field worlds.

Cross-country skier Sophia Laukli continues to prove her trail running credentials with a recent key win.

What is retirement like for 'father, businessmand, and author' (and Team Canada short track speed skater) Charles Hamelin?

World Aquatics: Open water swimmer Britta Schengle 'chases her dreams' for Team Aruba.

"Creative, competitive, and tough" player Lara Stadler works to make sure ice hockey grows with opportunity for everyone in Switzerland.

Despite a struggle with last season, skeleton athlete Jacqueline Pfeifer has big eyes on a home worlds this season...and the next Winter Games.

Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan look to "focus on what's ahead" after a medal-chance disappointment the recent badminton worlds.

"Well, my story is a bit long." Konstantin E. van Damme is a well-traveled equestrian show jumper.

IHF has '10 players brimming with potential' who shone at the recent world youth men's handball championships.

Eleven winter Olympians have been recruited as 'Athlete Role Models' for the next Youth Winter Olympics in Gangwon.

Olympic champion Bob Bryan has 'an unstinting desire' to see Team USA atop tennis' Davis Cup again.

The New York Times: Naomi Osaka makes a return to (near to) the tennis courts, but also eyes a 2024 competitive return.

Sebastian Konecki is leading Team Lithuania back to the global stage in men's diving.

"I am hungry for Olympic victory." Team Turkey's taekwondo champion Merve Dincel is not short of confidence - or good form - at the moment.

Around the Rings: What are the chances of boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao competing at Paris 2024?

Austin Reaves is apparently creating 'Reaves-mania' at the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Olympics: How did having deaf parents shape 3x3 basketball player Nauris Miezis' career?

Who are some rising soccer stars to watch at the South American FIFA World Cup qualifiers?

"Coaching became my way of contributing to the game In love." Former volleyball player Mohammad Yousuf Sadeq shares his road to coaching.

Team China sends an early and strong message of power to beware of at Paris 2024 at the current world championships in weightlifting.

Malkhas Amoyan, Arsen Harutyunyan, and Vazgen Tevanyan are a trio looking to emulate Artur Aleksanyan's championship success for Team Armenia wrestling.

Biathlon World: Benedikt Doll remains 'fascinated by biathlon's many riddles', even after 13 years on tour.

Vancouver 2010 biathlon medalist Vincent Jay gets a key role in a 2023 Winter Olympics bid.

Forbes has 'the redemption story' of Olympic judoka Peter Paltchik.

Meanwhile, IJF checks in with Sydney 2000 champion judoka Severine Vandenhende.

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy expands his acting credits as he gets 'salacious' in a new music video.

Get to know Dhoan Feybi Bezhura, Team Ukraine's 2023 European Games champion. (in Ukrainian)

Retiree Paige McPherson talks with NBC Sports on her taekwondo career, Olympics, and more.

The Refugee Olympic Team's pool of athletes expands by 10 athletes, from taekwondo to shooting, judo, boxing, and cycling.
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Rio 2016 champion judoka Rafaela Silva is the latest 'The Olympic Series' interview by the IJF.

Olympic figure skater and Stars on Mars champion Adam Rippon shares more disappointing insight on road cyclist Lance Armstrong's comments on trans athletes.

Six shooting athletes have been named winners of the ISSF Athletes Committee elections: Damir Mikec and Riccardo Mazzetti for pistol, Cassio Rippel and Petar Gorsa for rifle, and Amber English and Daniele Dispigno for shotgun.

Olympic table tennis medalist Ai Fukuhara's family custody drama entered the news last month.

The New York Times takes a look at the remarkable marathon career of Mongolian Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, who's now looking ahead to a hopeful sixth Olympian.

Do runner Ciara Mageean's and sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke's fourth-place finishes at the World Athletics Championships last week portend podiums in the near future?

After a first world javelin championship last week, Haruka Kitaguchi now eyes the 2025 edition in her home country Japan.

CNN​: Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is 'now embracing the most important cause of all'.

Barcelona 1004 400-meter track medalist Ximena Restrepo officially named to an upgraded position within World Athletics's administration.

​Did you know that 400-meter track world champion Marileidy Paulino was once a handball prospect?

Mountain biker Camile Balanche has an update on her recent hard crash while training in Andorra.

Surfer Connor O'Leary takes a 'backdoor route' to Olympic qualification.

Tennis: Novak Djokovic is 'back in New York and loving it as never before'.

CNN​ looks at Caroline Woziacki and other tennis players who have returned to competition after childbirth and a spell at stay-at-home motherhood.

The New York Times Magazine: For Elina Svitolina and other Ukrainian tennis players, the Russian invasion back home has turned their sport 'into a battlefield'.

​Who are 'women's crews to watch' at the upcoming World Rowing Championships?

Biathlon World takes a look at the photography hobby biathletes Emilien Jacquelin and Emily Dickson have picked up.

Top rhythmic gymnast Darja Varfolomeev 'has surpassed her mother's results and expectations' with her recent world championships triumph.

Relive the World Sailing Championships on World Sailing's 'The Sailing Show' to wrap up August.

How did taking up weightlifting impact the lives of athletes in Honduras and Jordan?

Can Rei Higuchi win another Olympic wrestling medal after missing Tokyo 2020?

Alpine skiing champion Lindsey Vonn opens up with USA TODAY about her 'struggles' post-retirement.

​Mikaela Shiffrin, Marc Rochat, Lucas Braathen, and Joan Verdu are just some of the Alpine skiers letting fans peek behind the scenes of their lives through digital media.

Joan Verdu's "The Toughest Challenge of My Life, Part 2"

Programming Note: Games and Rings will be on vacation for Labor Day, and will return on 9/05/23.

24-year-old high jumper Dmytro Nikitin is set for his World Championship debut after a late call-up and a scramble to train and prepare. (in Ukrainian)

"Our athletes need to be at the Olympics." Team Ukraine's Olympic Committee president Vadym Gutzeit opens the door to its Paris 2024 participation. Or...maybe not...

​"I want to go out and do my best in Budapest." Middle-distance runner Perina Lokure Nakang has found a 'new lease on life' via the Refugee Team.

Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar talks 'mamba mindset', Rubik's Cubes, and much more with Sportstar.

Will sprinter Julien Alfred be St. Lucia's first Olympic medalist?

Runner Sifan Hassan talks role models, rivals, and more with retired great Paula Radcliffe in Split Times.

'Athletes have the power to change the world': Fellow sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce on using her voice in Laureus.

More from Kyodo...as Team Bulgaria's Tokyo 2020 rhythmic gymnastics champion 'Diamond Girls' made a recent special return visit to Japan.

Read up on 'a day in the life' of rising Team USA junior tennis player Cooper Williams.

Players' Tribune: Tennis champion Iga Swiatek offers 'a story of a Polish introvert'.

Wimbledon tennis finalist Ons Jabeur gets words of support from 'idol' Andy Roddick.

"It's hard not to blame myself." Team Australia star Samantha Kerr talks disappointment at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Busted: The accolades keep coming for Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde's strong 2022-23 Alpine skiing season.

Can Team Great Britain's equestrian eventing 'Dream Team' leverage last weekend's European success into Paris 2024 gold?

London 2012 triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee offers a defense of the worth of hosting a large multi-sport event.

Speaking of London 2012's triathlon...that was a "hugely inspiring moment" for Tokyo 2020 triathlon medalist Alex Yee, as told to Maurten.

"Excited to be able to watch the games on TV", retired field hockey star Martin Haener has some thoughts on Team Germany's prospects at the European Championships. (in German)

UIPM: What do some youth athletes think of modern pentathlon's new obstacle racing discipline?

IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' series catches up with Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Shohei Ono.

Champion snowboarder Chloe Kim feels ready to get back on the slopes...

Twins Djordje and Petar Ciuksa I Jelicic are burgeoning stars in handball for Team Spain.

FIBA: Can Luka Doncic carry Team Slovenia to its first FIBA Basketball World Cup podium?

Is politics a second career for retired Team USA and NBA basketball star Dwyane Wade?

And...keep an eye on budding basketball star, 6'11" 18-year-old Matas Buzelis.

Who are the top offensive players on the men's FIBA World Tour this season so far?

"Passion and a sense of urgency: I can see both of them, living inside of me." Swimmer Bruno Fratus gets real with The Owl Post.

South Korean swimming star Hang Sun-woo accused of being "naive" in not reporting a hit-and-run.

Queerty: What's once-potential-groundbreaking-Olympic swimmer Michael Gunning been up to since retirement?

What has the transition to coaching been like for Tokyo 2020 rowing medalist Marieke Keijser?

Can you name the ice hockey Olympians who have played for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks?

Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Team Germany biathlete Hanna Kebinger.

Credit goes to road cycling star Tadej Pogacar for being an active team player for fellow Slovenians.

Meanwhile, a 'better work-life balance' was key to Team Belgium cyclist Lotte Kopecky's massive success at the World Cycling Championships.

Sport climbers Shauna Coxsey and Sean McColl help lead the 'first-ever IFSC Athletes' Forum'.

Dutchwoman Xandra Velzeboer had a 'dreamy' 2022-23 short track speed skating season; ISU asks her how she did it.