Barcelona 1992 fencing medalist and current Team Ukraine chief Vadym Gutzeit continues his push to have Russian athletes barred from Paris 2024.

Meanwhile, more than 300 global fencers write an open letter to Thomas Bach and the International Olympic Committee urging the same.

Atlanta 1996 boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko minces no words on his opinion on the issue.

And...skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych sees the IOC's stance on Russia as a "slap in the face".

Team Dominican Republic is more than ready to welcome NBA star Karl-Athony Towns onto their basketball World Cup roster this summer.

Krystal Legel-Walker looks forward to challenging Team Australia and honoring her grandmother as she represents Team New Zealand at basketball's 3x3 Asia Cup.

"It was amazing" is how Team Norway's Anne Kjersti Kalvaa thinks of her first cross-country skiing world cup podium at age 30.

Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for champion Johannes Thingnes Boe, covering his remarkable 2022-23 season and more.

The Runthrough: Have you checked out Adam Rippon's and Ashley Wagner's figure skating podcast?

Andre Schmid 'love' for handball and Switzerland - plus his stature as an 'icon' of the game - makes him a perfect national team coach.

London 2012 champions Ki Bo Bae and Oh Jin Hyek are still hanging around the powerful South Korean archery squad...how long will it last?

With indoor success under his belt, Joel Naukkarinen is turning his attention to flat water rowing with an Olympic appearance on his mind.

As a new partnership, Trevor Bornath and Louisa Nordstrom are eager to take advantage of the new mixed gender 470 saling class at Paris 2024.

With mixed emotions from her previous Olympic experiences, weightlifter Mattie Rogers is cautious on her Paris 2024 expectations.

"I need to unplug for a little while." Team Canada's Olympic swimmer Taylor Ruck looks to reset ahead of the Olympic season next year.

Jordan Crooks had a 'historic' World Short Course Swimming Championships...can he do the same at the NCAAs this week?

"I liked the idea of stabbing my friends" is how up-and-coming Mason Stanley got his start in fencing.

Helen Maroulis and Team USA's Tokyo 2020 female wrestlers shine in the 'human story' of Helen | Believe.

Team Netherlands' 21-year-old cyclist Shirin van Arooij's rise is shining with an 'impression that she can do anything on her bike'.

After a relatively late start in her road cycling career, Ayesha McGowan is determined to leave a mark in the sport to inspire others.

Which Olympic stars made FEI's 'insta sensations' in equestrianism for the month of March?

Goh Liu Ying reflects on her badminton career, Rio 2016 Olympic history and more.

Curious how Team Italy short track speed skaters spent a day at the worlds? Check out ISU.org's video...

​Team Austria lugers Selina Egle and Nico Gleirscher offer perspective on their 'intense' end-of-season practice before official pre-season quickly begins.

Track & Field News has an interview with star sprinter Noah Lyles, who has a 100 & 200m double in mind.

Meanwhile, Athletics Weekly looks at how javelin star Neeraj Chopra is 'inspiring a nation'.

Declan Tingay proved he's a 'different athlete' than last year as he powered to an almost two-minute improvement in the 20km race walk last weekend.

Robert Prevost is an artistic swimmer just out of retirement for the sake of "the next generation of Canadian males", like 13-year-old Christopher Niehaus.

The Ukrainian Athletics Federation reports that high jumper Roman Polishchuk is one of the latest casualties in the Russian invasion. R.I.P. (in Ukrainian)

Tennis player Lesla Tsurenko's recent 'panic attack'? Blame WTA boss Steve Simon's comments on the war in Ukraine from Russia.

Meanwhile, gymnastic champions Oleg Verniaiev and Lidia Podkopayeva join boxer Wladimir Klitschko in urging Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo for help in supporting a ban on Russian Olympic participation.

Runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has big ambition. "My main goal is to be the best runner that ever existed."

Current rising badminton players Kim Won Ho and Kim Hye Jeong have a unique similarity - both have mothers in the international circuit as well.

​Buoyed by indoor success this season, top-ranked archer Katharina Bauer focuses on outdoors and the "new things coming up in 2023".

"But I am desperate to change the color of the medal this time." Can boxer Lovlina Borgohain win a home gold at the upcoming worlds?

More Team India boxing as veteran Mary Kom looks for one last major tournament this year before an 'upper age limit' forced retirement.

And more women's boxing as Rio 2016 champion Estelle Mossely returns to amateur boxing with sights set on a home Olympic appearance in 2024.

​How did the Youth Olympics 'help propel' the career of table tennis star Sun Yingsha?

Andrew Blaser reflects on his skeleton World Cup season after becoming a rare publicly LGBTQ athlete: 

FIG checks in on the three teams that have already secured Olympic qualification in men's team gymnastics competition: Great Britain, China, and Japan.

Veteran Vanessa Ferrari returns to training with a thought toward a fifth Olympic Games at Paris 2024.

Five-time Olympian Alia Atkinson leads a group of fellow swimmers teaching youth the sport in Jamaica...where access to pools is lacking.

Long-distance swimmers Daniel Wiffen and Felix Auboeck take up synchronized swimming (sort of).

"I still really enjoy rowing." Retired Team Sweden Olympian Lassi Karonen reflects on his career and post-competition life.

Team Philippines' beach volleyball pair Cherry Ann Rondina and Jovelyn Gonzaga receive 'major' recognition from local sportswriters.

ITF: Get to know Bulgarian Adriano Dzhenev, ready to break into the top 20 junior tennis rankings.

Retired Olympic champion curler Eve Muirhead gets a special new role for the next Youth Olympics.

Olympian Sofia Papadopoulou is the 'first sailing coach to take part in the Women in Sport High Performance Pathway' program that targets gender equity in coaching.

Avoiding coaching her former training partners, taekwondo great Maria Espinoza instead focuses on the para-taekwondo team in Mexico as her next challenge. (in Spanish)

Henri Schoeman's 'emotional return' to elite triathlon continued with a "fairytale" win last weekend.

Atlanta 1996 Olympian Grant Hill is 'enthusiastic' about the potential Team USA squad for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Meanwhile, a pair of sneakers from two-time basketball gold medalist and NBA legend Michael Jordan may set a record mark at auction.

Jimmer Fredetter has brought 'Jimmermania' to the 3x3 basketball circuit...with Paris 2023 in sight.

Chung Pan Justin Cheng's return to Team Hong Kong's ice hockey team was a success with a 'historical' international medal.

What was it like to make the 'first boulder movie ever' with sports climbing star Adam Ondra?

Discover 'a day in the life' of Team Portugal judoka Catarina Costa.

Biathlon World has some questions to get us to know former junior champion Endre Stroemsheim.

FEI: Henrik von Eckermann's equestrian jumping performance with mount KIng Edward at Herning 2022 is 'great performance' to remember.

Munich 1972 sprint champion Valeriy Borzov reveals the pain and separation that the war against Ukraine has affected amongst his own family as he defends the Russian athlete suspension.

Continuing competition has weighed on skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych as he serves Ukraine.

​Olympians galore dot the nominees list for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards.

World 400m sprint champion Michael Norman has a new goal...for which some keen observers eyed him much earlier.

Suspended for a doping test? Team Great Britain sprinter CJ Ujah must repay Team GB funding.

With a new national record, Great Britain's high jumper Morgan Lake now eyes the two-meter barrier.

Long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglu donates his recently  'controversial' Adidas spikes to charity in support of earthquake relief.

Witness sprinter Noah Lyle turn into model for a Miami photo shoot in a YouTube update.

The Player's Own Voice podcast asks guest Team Canada hammer thrower Camryn Rogers her plans for the next 11 years.

Who's the fastest Team New Zealand sprinter? Tiaan Whelpton relishes his upcoming duel with Eddie Osei-Nketia to help settle the debate.

English Gardner: Citius talks with the 'fighter' of a sprinter who has battled trauma but still has drive.

Reginald Lee Chun-hei and Yoyo Ng Tsz-yau's recent rise in badminton mixed doubles rankings has them looking ahead to Paris 2024.

Olympic beach volleyball champion Natalie Cook opens up on 'the evolution of being a gay athlete'.

Abzal Azhgaliyev and fellow Team Kazakhstan's short track speed skaters take inspiration from the Dutch to improve their performances on the ice.

Speed skater Lee Sang-Hwa and sports shooter Jin Jong-oh awarded lead roles with next year's Winter Youth Olympics in South Korea.

Is London 2012 basketball champion Russell Westbrook the key to the Los Angeles Clippers' title hopes?

Two-time figure skating Olympian Johnny Weir talks filming a sitcom appearance, working with BFF and fellow Olympian Tara Lipinski, fashion, and more.

Former on-court rivals and London 2012 tennis rivals Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova keep finding each other on the social circuit.

Tokyo 2020 tennis player and Olympic flame-lighter Naomi Osaka unveils a fashion partnership with Victoria's Secret.

Kyle Smith's recent strong short-course showing indicates strong potential for an Olympic appearance in triathlon for New Zealand.

Equestrian jumpers Kevin Staut and Marie Valdar Longem's altercation reaches a police complaint.

Fiba3x3.com: Will Team Mongolia's Anand Arianbuld 'take the FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2023 by storm'?

Nagano 1998 champion curler Sandra Schmirler's legacy lives on through her daughters' curling-inspired telethon fundraising.

Diver Tom Daley introduces Made with Love...the podcast.

AJ Ginnis hopes his landmark medal performance at the Alpine skiing world championships "acts as an inspiration" back in Greece.