Eight hopeful Milano Cortina 2026 athletes set to receive Team Ireland scholarships, including cross-counry skier Thomas Maloney Westgaard, luger Elsa Desmond, and Alpine skier Cormac Comerford.

Chris Mazdzer: A Team USA luger says goodbye to his career on the track.

World Aquatics: Get to know potential Paris 2024 water polo players - and siblings - Dylan, Quinn, and Ella Woodhead of Team USA.

Beatriz 'Bia' Haddad Maia is GQ Brazil's 'Woman of the Year' for 2023 after her exploits in tennis this year. (in Portuguese)...

...while soccer superstar (and Beijing 2008 champion) Lionel Messi is Time's 'Athlete of the Year'.

Biathlete Juni Arnekleiv is in 'rare air for a World Cup rookie'...Biathlon World has 'five burning questions'.

Are marathoners Eliud Kipchoge and Kelvin Kiptum headed to a first-ever showdown at Paris 2024?

The ISU goes 'face-to-face' with short track speed skating star siblings Shaolin and Shaoang Liu.,

Gymnast Khoi Young is a certified 'triple threat' for Paris 2024 after his world championship performance.

Congrats to Team Chile gymnast Tomas Gonzalez on his recent marriage! (in Soanish)

Will Saman Soltani join fellow Iranian Saeid Fazioula as a Refugee Team Olympian in canoeing?

Team Germany and Emily Bolk foresee "crazy happiness" with a potential women's world team handball championship podium finish.

Akzhol Makhmudov takes his wrestling talent on the road for a clinic in Japan.

Olympics: American Daniel Martynov is 'forging his own path' in figure skating at age 17.

Olympic swimmer Alex di Giorgio has a new gig...training at Barry's gym in Milan.

With Paris 2024 qualification in hand, Team Japan's rugby sevens squads focus on their medal potential.

World Triathlon looks back at how this year's World Championship Series' men's competition went.

Outsports​: Diving legend Greg Louganis gets special recognition last week on World AIDS Day.

Who are the most recent golfers to enter the Olympic Golf Rankings as the season winds down.

'Larger than life' snowboarder Nick Baumgartner may be a veteran on the slopes, but he isn't contemplating retirement just yet.

Merve Dincel, Cheick Sallah Cisse, and Ruth Gbagbi headline World Taekwondo's annual Gala Awards.

Marco Lehmann enjoys some architecture.

Congrats, Eliud Kipchoge on a special recognition!

Tobias Schneider enjoys some winterland.

Ilona Maher hangs out by the pool.

Sasha Zhoya gets arty with Mathieu Forget.

The stars came out to support the stories of weightlifter Cyrille Tchatchet II and fellow Refugee Team members as We Dare to Dream premiered in London this past weekend.

Weightlifter Eileen Cikamatana's victory at the Pacific Games not only increased her Paris 2024 qualification hopes, but came in front of an especially supportive crowd.

London 2012 Olympian Luol Deng shares excitement that the 'Giants of the Nile' (er, Team South Sudan) is headed to Paris 2024's basketball competition.

Olympic track & field champions Joanna Hayes and Gail Devers talk 'The Gift of Greatness' alongside legendary coach Bobby Kersee.

Cross-country skier Calle Halfvarsson suffers a "Leindholm' in frigid competition conditions.

"It's going to be really, really fun." Team Norway's Maren Aardahl and Ingvild Bakkerud are excited to help host - and succeed at - the team handball Women's World Championship this year.

'Honor mixed with responsibility' is how Amos Mosaner and Team Italy's curling sees their Milano Cortina 2026 opportunity.

Will rugby 15s star Antoine Dupont make it to Paris 2024 in the sevens version for Team France.

Olympics: Is pumpkin farming in childhood the key to wrestler Zein Retherford's success on the mat?

Soccer star Olga Carmona reflects on Team Spain's World Cup victory as the 100 day anniversary is marked.

Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Franziska Preuss, who has come back to the biathlon circuit in full form.

Kate Douglass, Katie Ledecky, and Ryan Murphy headline USA' Swimmings 'Golden Goggles' honorees.

Meanwhile, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and Mimi Gochman took the top honors at the FEI Awards Gala for equestrian stars.

​Will Team Senegal make a breakthrough beach volleyball appearance at Los Angeles 2028?

There's still time to vote for FIH's 'Hockey Stars' for 2023, with nominees including field hockey stars Sonja Zimmermann, Thierry Brinkman, Zach Wallace, and more.

Team Switzerland's injury 'misfortunes' in freestyle skiing haven't paused in the new season.

Rio 2016 archery medalist Jean-Charles Valladont is "readier than ever" for a Paris 2024 rebound in form.

World Sailing takes a look at how Team Ireland has become a leading example in the sport for 'smaller national programs'.

Which tennis stars will win the ATP Tour's season-ending awards this year? Tokyo 2020 champion Alexander Zverev is up for 'Comeback Player of the Year'...

What has rower Kathrin Boron been up to since her legendary Olympic exploits?

IJF's 'Olympic Champions' series continues with an interview with Beijing 2008 star Giulia Quintavalle.

Will Team Switzerland triathlete Cathia Schar's 'love for life' lead her to a strong 2024 season?

One to watch: Maggie Dowling is enduring training far from home, and a 'hurting' body in order to represent Team New Zealand in luge at the upcoming Youth Winter Games.

"Life has been a roller coaster lately" for Swiss ice hockey star Lara Stalder.

Congratulations to Pyeongchang 2018 medalist Laura Deas, whose recently announced pregnancy sees her missing this year's skeleton season.

Which athletes will win election to the IOC's Athletes' Commission next year at the Paris Games?

​Canoeist Jessica Fox earns NSW 'Champion of Sport' honors, as fellow Olympian Mathew Helm (diving) makes it into the NSW Hall of Champions.

What's next for newly-retired Olympic diver Anton Down-Jenkins? Back to school! (Sort of)

Yaroslava Mahuchikh turns for the Elle​ camera.

Charlotte Caslick spent a weekend away.

Heath Thorpe flashed back to some warmth.

Naomi Osaka makes a seaside appearance.

Maryna bekh-Romanchuk takes a pose or two.

Fencer Olga Kharlan reflects on a tumultuous year and her Paris 2024 thoughts with Suspilne Media on the heels of a key tournament win. (in Ukrainian)

Team Guam looks toward a remarkable Pacific Games three-peat with leader Tai Wesley in basketball.

'Talent, perseverance, and commitment' has defined cross-country skier Patricija Eiduka's career to-date.

Did you know? The 'seeds' of Team Jamaica competing in ice sports predates bobsled...with curling.

Meanwhile, champion curler Brad Gushue has strong words for the organization of this week's Pan Continental event.

Swimmer Michael Phelps: A "4th Phelps" is on the way.

Team Ecuador's two-time Olympic swimmer Esteban Enderica completes his Pan American Games career with 'evident sadness'.

Sisters Margarita, Eleftheria, and Vasiliki Plevritou may be the key to Team Greece's ambitions to women's water polo qualification for Paris 2024.

A pair of recent victories has sparked Olympic rugby sevens qualification confidence for Team Hong Kong's women.

Can Team Angola again reach the top ten in the final rankings at this year's Women's World Handball Championship?

A 'super, gutsy ride' had equestrian jumper Katie Dinan "speechless" at her Pan American Games win.

Boxer Dean Clancy was "completely in the zone" to secure Olympic qualification despite the news of his grandfather's recent death.

Sports shooter Leonel Martinez is set for his second Olympics at Paris 2024, a remarkable 40 years after his debut at Lo Angeles 2028.

Jonatan Christie's recent "important victory" in badminton was the result of a focus on confidence, with the help of his support team.

Runners Daniel Ebenyo, Letesenbet Gidey, Sifan Hassan, Jessica Warner-Judd, and sprinters Shericka Jackson and Sha'Carri Richardson join pole vaulters Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy on World Athletics' shortlist for this year's 'International Fair Play Award'.

The saga of sprinter Bianca Williams' 'highly distressing' police encounter continues with news of support for the implicated officers.

Olympics has the 'inspiring story' of long sprinter Marileidy Paulino's rise to track success, jumpstarted by the watchful eyes of top sports officials back home.

Otgonbold Baatarkhuyag looks to "change the sport in Mongolia" after his landmark archery win at the Asian Games this year.

Laura Pigossi's double tennis gold at the Pan American Games - with Paris 2024 qualification - capped "one of the best weeks of her) life".

19-year-old wrestler Amit Elor's eight world titles have propelled her thoughts toward Paris 2024 gold.

Emma Twigg, Mindaugas Griskonis, Niels van Zandweghe, Benjamin Pritchard, and Esther Briz Zamorano are taking World Rowing's Athletes' Commission into  a 'new era' as its first elected members.

p.s. World Rowing has its 2023 season award nominees...

"Inspiring others is and was a bonus", reflects German Olympic champion judoka Yvonne Boenisch.

The International Skating Union enlists former Team Switzerland figure skater Michaela Carrot to promote the upcoming World Ice Skating Day.

Will a 'robust youth structure' bring Team Greece back to Olympic beach volleyball competition? It may depend on the progress of players Eleni Alexoglou and Mryto Paschalaki.

Weightlifter Lydia Valentin, runner Fermin Cacho, gymnast Gervasio Deferr, rhythmic gymnast Tania Lamarca, sports shooter Alberto Fernandez, canoeist Teresa Portela, long jumper Joan Lino, and handball player Marta Mangue sign up to lead Spanish Olympic Committee support for refugee athletic centers. (in Spanish)

Biathlon great Dorothea Wierer approaches her 14th season with a "day-by-day" perspective, and finding more goals outside of sport than before.

Soccer stars Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati make history with an eighth Ballon d'Or award for Messi and a first for Bonmati to go with her Champions League and World Cup titles.

Dylan Schmidt may have earned a competition break after his 2022 trampoline world title, but Paris 2024 qualification beckons as events heat up with the 2023 worlds looming.