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.

Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych weighs in on the recent communication from the IOC on Russian Olympic participation.

Olympic gymnast Oleg Verniaiev has strong thoughts on the IOC's suggestion of Russian Olympic participation.

Gymnast Ellie Downie retires, after taking a mental 'beating' over abuse allegations she has made.

Team Canada gymnast Felix Dolci is ready to "work like never before" in pursuit of some strong goals.

Olympic champion canoeist Etienne Stott gets a reprieve in his 'tampering with an oil tanker' (!) charge.

How is middle-distance runner Peter Bol's management team working to clear him of doping charges?

Sprint legend Usain Bolt cleans house over the on-going financial fraud allegations.

Fellow Team Jamaica sprinter Shericka Jackson had a superb 2022 season, but feels no immediate pressure to duplicate it just yet.

How did Brett Robinson beat a 'mystery ailment' to set an Australian national marathon record.

Long-distance runner Eilish McColgan does her part to help save a 'so important' stadium in Scotland.

Before winning 'Player of the Match' in the final match, Niklas Wallen had a special moment in Team Germany's earlier draw against Team Belgium.

Equestrian Olympian Will Coleman is honored for his 'consistent excellence in international competition' and representation in the sport.

Recently retired judoka Tina Trstenjak adjusts to a new perspective: "You can't imagine what it's like until you've experienced it".

Team USA Olympic rhythmic gymnast Laura Zeng looks back on her career, a year after her retirement.

Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Team Austria veteran Simon Eder.

Road cycling star Peter Sagan - and his 'pithiness' - plans retirement at the end of this WorldTour season.

Triple Olympic swimmer Alicia Coutts opens up on her battle with her 'body-shaming hell'.

Snowboarder Seamus O'Connor reflects on the impact of 'team' in his Team Ireland experience.

The new ATP Player Advisory Council is announced, with three tennis Olympians included: Grigor Dmitrov, Andrey Rublev, and Wesley Koolhof.

Armenian-Russian Olympic tennis medalist Karen Kachanov strikes a nerve with Azerbaijan.

How did addressing her mental health help spur rower Caileigh Filmer to Olympic success?

Melbourne 1956 rower Robert Duncan and Rome 1960 wrestler Sam Parker receive Australia Day honors.

A disqualification may have been a welcome event for Nordic combined's Jarl Magnus Riiber as he recovers from injury ahead of the Worlds. (in Norwegian)

USA TODAY's ​Christine Brennan: 'The Ilia Malinin era in American figure skating has arrived'.

Team GB: How did Lady Gaga inspire Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson to the top of ice dancing?

Beach volleyball's Tina Graudina and figure skater Deniss Vasiljevs are Team Latvia's 2022 'best athletes'.

CNN: For freestyle skier Eileen Gu, 'fashion and sport aren't so different'.

After a comparatively late start in the sport, freestyle skier Amy Fraser is 'soaring to new heights'.

Alex Hall is just one of many freestyle skiers remembering that having fun is most important in the sport.

Skateboarder Jagger Eaton has dreams of double Olympic gold as he eyes Paris 2024.

"Crazy" is how Gaston Revel sees his World Rugby Sevens Series career, still going after 93 tournaments.

Could short track speed skater Arianna Fontana switch to competing for Team USA?

Will basketball star Brittney Griner fly private for work, and how would that affect the rest of the WNBA?

The WNBA reflects on double Olympic basketball gold medalist Maya Moore's career as she retires.

Basketball's Giannis Antetokoumpo 'wants to feel the exhilaration' of major success with Team Greece.

Former Team Australia basketball player Mitch Creek steps up his support for inclusion in sports.

Skeleton stars Matt Weston and Martins Dukurs break down all you need to understand about the sport.

Bobsled champion Kaillie Humprhies gets personal with Team USA on how she struggled with her body 'failing her' as she looked to have a family.

Sky News checks in on youth figure skater Gosha Mandziuk, who has resumed training in Kyiv despite the opportunity to escape the war in Ukraine.

Olympic figure skater and commentator Johnny Weir gets ISU Awards hosting duties next month.

Rising tennis player Holger Rune pens a blog for ITF: "(Winning) Grand Slams is the natural step for me".

CNN.com​: Tennis star Ons Jabeur, beach volleyballer Doaa Elghobashy, fencer Ibithaj Muhammad, and modern pentathlete Aya Medany are just some of the Muslim women to have "opened doors for a new generation of athletes".

Team Poland's men's volleyball team recognized as 'Team of the Year' back home for 2022...while beach volleyballers Anders Mol and Christian Sorum did the same in Norway.
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Biathletes Sturla Holm Laegreid and Ingrid Landmark Trandrevold are two athletes leading calls from Norway to address increasing climate change impact.

Olympians Miho Nonaka (sport climbing) and Haylie McCleney (softball) make the shortlist for the World Games 'Athlete of the Year' award for 2022.

Getting corny: Soccer superstar Lionel Messi gets a unique honor in Cordoba, Argentina.

More soccer as Team Iceland's Sara Bjork Gunnasrsdottir gets personal in The Players' Tribune on her experience with pregnancy while a competitive athlete.

Who will win the inaugural Global Triathlon Awards tomorrow? Team France, apparently, for one...

Judo great Teddy Riner is using a training camp in Kazakhstan on his road back to competition.

FIG: Rhythmic gymnast Stiliana Nikolova is 'embracing new chances in the new year'.

With two European golds, are Team Belgium's Hanne and Stijn Desmet the latest super short track speed skating siblings?

Will 2023 be the 'toughest season' yet of top-ranked Viktor Axelsen's badminton career?

Weightlifters Forrester Osei, Hidilyn Diaz, and Luisa Peters are elected to the IWF Executive Board.

Swimmers Joshua Liendo and Summer McIntosh win Aquatics Canada Aquatiques' 'Athlete of the Year' honors for their successes in 2022.

Doaa Al-Ayoub made taekwondo history at the age of six...and has done it again at the age of eight.

Newly retired Kurt Baker ponders his prolific rugby sevens career as he begins a new sporting chapter.

Olympics.com: At Paris 2024, skateboarder Gustavo Ribeiro wants "revenge on (his Tokyo 2020) results".

Beijing 2008 Olympian Marcie Lane (van Dusen) now leads equality efforts at a new program for girls' wrestling in Wyoming.

Go #OfftheMat in a 'Day in the Life' of wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs.

Flashback: Canoeist Saul Craviotto could become Team Spain's most-ever decorated Olympic athlete at Paris 2024...MujerHoy checked in over the holidays.

Boxer Khadija Mardi fought past difficult life moments to achieve success in the ring for Team Morocco.

Meanwhile, London 2012 champion Katie Taylor's marquee boxing match against Amanda Serrano wins Ring Magazine​'s 'Event of the Year' honors for 2022.

Speed skater Nil van der Poel won the top prize at Sweden's annual Idrottsgalan Awards, which also honored table tennis pair Mattias Falck and Kristian Karlsson, golfer Linn Grant, and swimmer Sarah Sjostrom, amongst others. (What...no Armand Duplantis??)

Paula Torres might be next in line for Team Ecuador Olympic race walking, if a new training set-up and recent continental U23 success is an indicator. (in Spanish)

Seeing competing in track & field as a "privilege", Irish long jumper Ruby Millet looks ahead past studies to being able to focus on her sport more.

Sprint hurdler Tiffany Porter blogs us through her 'geriatric' pregnancy.

Recently retired sprint legend Allyson Felix gets her name on her home stadium.

FIBA: How did playing for Team Finland help basketball player Lauri Markkanen 'flip the switch'?

Who were the 3x3 men's and women's players who 'defined' the 2022 season?

Matthew Sates relaxes outside.

Ysaora Thibus and Race Imboden have fun in the Dolomites.

Ferhat Arican poses truthfully.

Congrats, Johannes Lochner!

Yohan Blake has some wise words.

Ilona Maher enjoys a dip in a pool.

Harry Gardside is focused on the new year.

Ferhat Arican celebrates winter.

Nijel Amos gives a good smile.

Arturas Seja makes a new friend.