Olympian Anna Rizatdinova honors the special resilience of fellow Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Oleksandra Paskal, who's competing  - and winning despite -traumatic war injury.

Were sleeping pills partly to blame for tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas' lackluster effort against Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open?

'"Vindicated": Team Australia boxing Olympic medalist Harry Garside sees his assault charges dropped.

Who are FIBA's '10 must-watch' athletes of the upcoming Women's EuroBasket 2023?

"I just want to get back to my best and stay injury free." Badminton star P.V. Sindhu tries to look past a disappointing early exit at the Singapore Open.

Winning the recent European Triathlon Championships was a surprise 'dream come true' for Team Luxembourg's Jeanne Lehair

Nick and Gabi Albeiro talk to the Kick Set podcast on Nick's coming out, swimming as siblings, and more.

ISU checks in with speed skater Merijn Scheperkamp, who has eyes on Milan Cortina 2026 after a 'breakthrough' year last season.

What's the family connection between 3x3 basketball star  - and World Cup star - Cameron Brink and NBA superstar Stephen Curry?

Olympic sailor Martin Kirketerp wants to see sailing "as spectacular as possible" in order for it to thrive.

'Perspective and persistence' have guided veteran Annelous Lammerts to pursue Paris 2024's Formula Kite sailing.

Golf star and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rory McIlroy sees his role as spokesperson for the PGA TOUR amidst the surprising LIV Golf merger announcement continue uncomfortably.

How did Team Great Britain cox Henry Fieldman end up in two separate boats at the European Rowing Championships last weekend?

"I think there will be a mass walkout from the sport." Tokyo 2020 champion Joe Choong looks at Paris 2024 as a possible swan song for modern pentathlon.

Olympians Adam Rippon (figure skating) and Ronda Rousey (judo) join the cast of Stars on Mars.

Tokyo 2020 Team South Africa field hockey player Rusten Abrahams has found post-playing 'sporting adventure' in Mumbai.

IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' asks Sydney 2000 judoka Pino Maddaloni his thoughts on the effects winning gold has had.

FEI reflects on how New Zealand eventer Blyth Tait sees equestrianism as naturally an inclusive sport.

'Wily veteran' wrestler Yuliia Tkach has renewed thoughts on Paris 2024 after a key recent victory.

CBC: Hammer thrower Camryn Rogers 'can't stop impressing audiences'.

Will Olympic track & field legend Carl Lewis lead the University of Houston to a collegiate championship?

​Can runner Katelyn Tuohy make history with a unique double  at the NCAAs this weekend?

Rising sprinter Tersis Orogot is one to watch as the NCAA Championships hit this weekend...are Budapest 2023 and Paris 2024 next?

Runner Nikki Hiltz is a 2023 Now Award winner by them.

Tokyo 2020 volleyball champion Team France is honored as 'Knghts of the Legion of Honor'.

2022-23 was "the most fun season" for short track speed skate Anna Seidel after return from more injury.

Last week's World Taekwondo Championships were 'preparation' for Team Ghana's Henrietta Armah and Amed Sama as they look to their home African Games next year.

Leon Sejranovic hopes his landmark World Taekwondo Championships medal provides inspiration for a younger generation in Australia.

Did you know Nordic combined star Johannes Lamparter once had weightlifting ambitions?

Retired skeleton veteran Ander Mirambell receives the Olympic Order from the Spanish Olympic Committee.

Not giving up and maintaining courage has led Team Slovenia's Ana Gros to stardom in team handball.

​Athlete to watch: 'Coach' Mary Thiesen Lappen has had a fast start in international weightlifting - can she make it to Paris 2024 for Team USA?

Is Paris 2024 'a realistic target' for Team Vanuatu to finally secure Olympic beach volleyball qualification?

Athens 2004 soccer silver medalist Julio Gonzalez Ferreira's life is one of 'triumph over adversity'.

Doubt the effect soccer superstar Lionel Messi has on marketing? His future playing home at Major League Soccer's Inter Miami would disagree...

Soccer stars Sam Kerr, Megan Rapinoe, Yuki Nagasato, and Asisat Oshoala get miniature-ized as Lego.

Team Ukraine's Taras Khimich leads fellow modern pentathletes in criticizing the UIPM for allowing a return of Russians to competition.

Multiple successes at the latest gymnastics world cup stop 'has brought (Team Ukraine's Illia Kovtun more than gold medals'.

​Retired Olympic gymnast Sergio Sasaki finds a new career with Cirque du Soleil.

Joel Rintala is the inaugural field hockey 'Hat Trick Hero' in a new FIH video series.

Paula Badosa talks tennis and role models in the latest Glamour Espana. (in Spanish)

Interview: 'Jannik Sinner is ready for tennis superstardom'.

Tennis great Serena Williams revealed some family news along with her Met Gala appearance.

Speaking of which...multiple other Olympic sports athletes joined Serena Williams on the Met Gala red carpet this year, including fellow tennis players Roger and Mirka Federer, Andy Roddick, and Matteo Berrettini, and baskteball players Russell Westbrook, Brittney Griner, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Dwyane Wade. And freestyle skier Eileen Gu!

​Team Greece basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo waxes 'philosophical about 'failure''.

Forbes' 'World's 10 Highest-Paid Athletes' list for 2023 is topped by soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and includes fellow Olympians LeBron James and Kevin Durant (Basketball) and tennis' Roger Federer.

Tokyo 2020 boxing medalist Harry Garside finds himself in some legal trouble upon return from 'reality'.

UWW​: 'Can anybody stop the American juggernaut' at the Pan-American Wrestling Championships this weekend?

Olympics: Do you think you know judo legend Teddy Riner?

College sophmore standout Mara Braun is a new possible addition to Team USA's 3x3 basketball national pool of players.

Stars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wai earn entries into the 2023 Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame.

Essentially Sports: Jessica Springsteen continues to make a name for herself in equestrianism.

Nordic combined great Eric Frenzel 'makes a seamless transition from athlete to coach'.

Helm Stories: Want to find out the background to short track speed skater Itzhak de Laat's helmets?

Who are the athletes to watch at the opening stop in Zagreb of the international rowing season?

Meanwhile, rowing legend Steven Redgrave opens up on his 'debilitating' testosterone diagnosis.

World Aquatics looks back at swimmers Dezso, Eva (nee Szekeley), and Andrea Gyarmati, the only father, mother, and daughter in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

BMX champion Twan van Gendt gets a key new role at the UCI World Cycling Center mentoring trainees.

Cold as Balls: Snowboarder Scotty James shows comedian Kevin Hart 'how to handle the ice'.

​Team Great Britain bobsledders Brad Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence, and Greg Cackett, along with skeleton champion Matt Weston make a visit to Buckingham Palace for tea and cake.

Former bobsledder and luger Matthias Bohmer and World Cup winner Maria Luise Rainer get new critical luge roles in advance of Milano Cortina 2026.

World Athletics: Samuele Ceccarelli is now the latest surprise global track sprint champion for Team Italy.

R.I.P.: Team USA's Rio 2016 sprint star Tori Bowie passes away at age 32.

Middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes, figure skater Adam Rippon, and soccer star Megan Rapinoe are amongst 'seven LGBTQ+ athletes who came out & changed the game'.
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How did figure skaters Solene Mazingue and Marko Gaidajenko of Team Estonia bounce back from serious injury to Mazingue to appear at the recent World Championships.

"Playing in the Olympics is the dream of every player..." Team Kenya's Veronica Adhiambo has big national team goals after seeing success on the club level.

Hello, Simon Pytlick!

Marcell Jacobs is focused on 2023.

Brittney Griner has an announcement.

Jens Oftebro heads to the summit.

Dario Caviezel takes in Mt. Fuji.

Fencer Olga Kharlan is feeling the 'disappointment, anger, and injustice' of her international federation;s decision to allow Russian participation in World Cup events.

Maksim Galininichev: A Youth Olympic boxer is killed by Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Close to seven years on, the pain of having his 'dreams stolen' by judges is still there for Team China's Rio 2016 boxer Lu Bin.

"Pinching myself": Katie Taylor is thrilled to have her first pro boxing match in Ireland finally scheduled.

Wassila Lkhadiri, Sadia Bromand, Jennifer Peters, and Thandolwethu Truelove Mathiba are just some boxers with backstories highlighted by IBA​.

​"I'm obsessed with giving my all, even at the risk of failing": Rising Team Italy teenage gymnast Riccardo Villa has a simple strategy.

Nordic combined veteran Eric Frenzel reflects on his tenure and his sport as his career comes to a close at this season's end. (in German)

IJF: Eteri Iparteliani is a judo 'pioneer' whose successes are inspiration for fellow Georgian "great warriors".

Was Olympic rower Ted Nash an abuser as a coach? A former student names him as so.

Former competitive rower Louis Margot has a big goal: to be the fastest man 'to circumnavigate the world under human power'.

Meanwhile, as rower Till Martini 'pursues his athletic passion', he's doing so as an out LGBTQ competitor.

Team Uruguay athletes Emiliano Lasa (long jump) and Maria Pia Fernandez (middle-distance running) join the season four cast of Masterchef Celebrity. (in Spanish)

New Zealand middle-distance running Olympian Zane Robertson blames a Covid-19-related mixup for his positive drug test.

So just why was NBA legend and Atlanta 1996 Olympian Shaquille O'Neal in the hospital?

"I am honored to be part of this journey." 3x3 basketball player Marcus Alipate feels "blessed" to represent Team Tonga on the world stage.

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy is in conversation with Numero magazine: X Games, retirement, LGBTQ milestones, and more.

Freestyle skiing aerials veteran Xu Mengtao looks ahead to another Winter Games, where she hopes to "transcend" past results.

Back from injury, is this Carlos Alcaraz's 'part of the season' on the ATP tennis tour?

The Miami Open's tennis stars - including Tokyo 2020 champ Belinda Bencic - 'unite' for a variety of causes in the days leading up to the tournament.

"Why is ending racism a debate?" Olympics.com speaks with field hockey player Darcy Bourne.

'Precocious' is how FINA sees Team USA water polo star Emily Ausmus, only 17 years old and a 'key' member of the senior team.

Could young soccer star Folarin Balogun be a table tennis star, too?

Despite worsening conditions for women back home, Tokyo 2020 road cyclist Masomah Ali Zada holds out hope that Afghanistan is able to participate at Paris 2024.
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UCI checks in on cycling star Mathieu van der Poel, who's 'always in search of fun on his bike'.

Inside Skating features an extensive interview on pairs figure skaters Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara with their coach Bruno Marcotte: 'they never stopped believing and dreaming'.

The 2023 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships ended today after two weeks of competition in Planica. This is the first time Slovenia has hosted the event, held at the Planica Nordic Center - the only venue in the world with eight (!) ski jumping hills. Now held biennially in odd-numbered years, these championships were the 43rd edition and featured all three disciplines of Nordic skiing: cross-country, ski jumping, and Nordic Combined.

Twelve cross-country events were contested, seven in ski jumping, and five in Nordic combined, in a variety of men's, women's, and mixed team events. In the end, Team Norway's 27 overall medals (12 gold) topped the final medal table across all the events. That total included a sweep of all the titles in both men's cross-country skiing and Nordic combined events. Norwegian stars Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo won five medals, Jarl Magnus Riiber four golds, Paal Golberg four medals, and Simen Hegsted Kuruger three gold. Other highlights included Jessie Diggins' first individual win for Team USA at a cross-country skiing worlds, and home Team Slovenia' two ski jumping world titles. The championships also saw the debut of the mixed team event of Nordic combined, with eight nations competing for debut gold.

Congratulations to all the winners! A photo gallery recap of the 2023 world champions is below. Complete results can be found on fis-ski.com at the individual discipline calendar pages:
Cross-Country
Ski Jumping
Nordic Combined