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.

Who is Angelina Kalinina, the 'best Ukrainian tennis player right now'? (in Ukrainian)

Even not playing, tennis champion Rafael Nadal's presence will loom large over this year's French Open.

Olympic champions Koji Gushiken and Mitch Gaylord join Ukrainian Oksana Omelianchik as inductees into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

​Can three-time Olympian Kim Gaucher be the key to Team Canada's women making it to Paris 2024 in 3x3 basketball?

The husband of Olympic cross-country skiing medalist Justyna Kowalczyk is struck by an avalanche.

Can Team Cuba's Mijain Lopez win a landmark fifth gold medal in wrestling at Paris 2024?

Mark Cavendish, 'the world's most decorated (sprint cyclist)', plans his retirement after the 2023 season.

Did Siobhan Haughey's Mare Nostrum Swim Tour performance set the stage for the world championships later this year?

Volleyball star Kim Yeon Koung thanks her fans after a recent, remarkable public fan meet session.

Triathlete Emma Pallant-Browne tells it like it is for female athletes in response to an online troll.

Diver Jack Laugher talks with Team Great Britain on 'his personal journey' to an "unbelievable achievement" at Tokyo 2020.

Swedish biathlon star Sebastian Samuelsson is 'ready to go in the summer' with training in order to challenge for a top ranking next season.

You could say that Courtney Schonell started her field hockey career as an infant...and now she's a Team Australia star striker.

Emma Houston, Roxy Milliner, and Karam Singh are the 'young stars of U.K. breakdancing aiming for Olympic glory at Paris 2024'.

Uchgebu Gift and Charles Indongesit are two youth athletes establishing Team Nigeria within luge.

"To do this as a family is just amazing." Taekwondo Siblings Skylar, Tae-Ku, and Braven Park  - and their father Jae - are set to represent Team Canada at this year's Pan American Games.

What's next for Irish boxing star Katie Taylor after a disappointing first pro loss in front of a home crowd?

Speed skating champion Terry McDermott was known for a famous interaction with a Beatle, too.

Can Olympic champion Keegan Palmer get his Paris 2024 skateboarding qualification back on track?

Stacey Waaka joins a slew of fellow Black Ferns stars to ply her rugby sevens trade in the United States.

Running great Mo Farah is "sucking it all in" as he winds down his remarkable racing career.

How did Sydney 2000 long sprint champion Cathy Freeman inspire other Indigenous female athletes?

Could Atlanta 1996 sprint champion Donovan Bailey become an owner of an NHL team?

BBC​: "I have always been running for something bigger than myself." Sprinter Fred Kerley has big goals.

Team Luxembourg's shot putter Bob Bertemes sees progress in track & field stature for the small nation.

'The weight of (soccer star Samantha) Kerr's worth is not only measured in silver (trophies won)'.

The Irish Times: Billionaire basketball superstar LeBron James' smartest investment has been in himself.

Meanwhile, 'the legend' of Team Serbia Olympic and NBA basketball star Nikola Jokic is growing.

Team USA Tokyo 2020 basketball champion Napheesa Collier is 'ready to take on the challenges' of playing in the WNBA as a mother.

And...Team USA basketball star Carmelo Anthony's retirement prompts a look at his 'sneaker legacy'.

World Rowing: Who are the rowers to watch at this weekend's European Championships?

Melita and Antonia Abraham are World Rowing's 'May 2023 Rowers of the Month' as they 'continue to write history for Chilean rowing'.

Team Ukraine tennis player Elina Svitolina's comeback is 'fueled by love for family and country'.

Tennis star Coco Gauff finds herself at a 'crossroads' as she hopes to move toward a number one ranking.

Meanwhile, fellow tennis star Naomi Osaka had a couple of newsworthy posts on social media recently...

Mothers' Day: How did motherhood take equestrian rider Charlotte Dujardin 'to new heights'?

'Mom' of Team Canada's women'w gymnastics squad, Ellie Black teaches support and strength.

More gymnastics as Milan Hosseini's recent Europeans success has Paris 2024 in his sights.

Gymnastics champion Simone Biles is looking for recommendations as a new Green Bay Packers fan.

'Make a Difference': Get to know rising Team Ireland triathlete James Edgar.

Can Bianca Cook erase the bad taste of consecutive Olympic bronze medals in taekwondo with a final gold in Paris net year?

Sochi 2014 curler Greg Drummond takes his coaching career to a new level with Team Great Britain.

Bindyarani Devi's Asian weightlifting championship success is tempered by concern for her family in conflict-torn Manipur.

Good news: Ice dancer Piper Gilles confirms recovery from stage 1 ovarian cancer diagnosis.

More Team Canada figure skating as Keegan Messing reflects on his career with ISU: "I'm just so happy that I can go out at the op, at my best".

Sports climber Jesse Gruper's four world cup podiums in 2022 have him eyeing momentum in 2023.

"I hope I can inspire and motivate young kids." Landmark Indonesian surfer Rio Waida looks to make a mark for the sport.

Will Nuria Diosdado's crowd-funding campaign help Team Mexico's artistic swimming team make it to Paris 2024?

Meet Dominika Banevic, 'the 15-year-old Lithuanian girl who captivated the break world'.

Team USA soccer player Alejandro Bedoya has "some things to say" about mass shootings in the U.S.

Rugby sevens player Sharni Williams is an 'LGBTQ Out Role Model'.

Facing a doping suspension, London 2012 middle-distance running medalist Nijel Amos looks to leverage his Olympic medal for funds.

Team USA's Aleia Hobbs is 'sprinting with motivation' this season, as a mom.

The New York Times looks at the lingering mystery of sprinter Tori Bowie's death, while mourning continues in her hometown.

Score one for mothers as marathoner Jess Stenson looks toward Paris 2024 despite a current pregnancy.

Team Slovakia's ice hockey star Nela Lopusanova wins the Winter Piotr Nurowski Prize as best winter youth athlete from the European Olympic Committees.

Olympics: 'There is a striking independence and nonchalant spirit' around swimmer Kate Douglass.

Exiled from home, Team Afghanistan boxer Mohammad Yaqoubi has perseverance to continue in his sport despite the hardships of going alone.

London 2012 judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier sees medal success again, now as Team Canada judo coach.

World Athletics pledges funding support for Team Ukraine in advance of the world championships this summer. "The deliberate destruction of Ukrainian athletics facilities and equipment is also a serious attack on the accessibility of our sport."

Soccer superstar Lionel Messi and track spint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headlined the 2023 World Laureus Awards, as Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, respectively. Freestyle skier Eileen Gu and tennis' Carlos Alcaraz also placed amongst the honorees.

p.s. Think you know everything about sprinter Fraser-Pryce?

​Want to see perseverance? Check out Team Cambodia's 5,000-meter runner Bou Samnang at the Southeast Asian Games.

Congratulations: Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke and discus thrower Mykolas Alekna are the European Athletics' 'Athletes of the Month' for April 2023.

More Adeleke: Is her 'setup' in Texas the best for her Paris 2024 ambitions?

Team Canada judoka siblings Christa and Kelly Deguchi often have a key support figure on hand at competitions: their father.

Jean-Alexandre LeGras was an 'unlikely' star at the recent Youth Nations Cup for equestrian jumping: "I wanted to show that I had earned my place in the team".

Canoe champion Jessica Fox reveals a commonly unknown fact of canoe competition: the kneel.

Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenghan has 100 vlogs on YouTube, a channel started to "inspire younger gymnasts to chase their dreams".

Vogue got some exclusive access to champion gymnast Simone Biles' wedding in Cabo...

A 'watershed moment' for South American rhythmic gymnastics came from Team Brazil's winning form in the group competition this past weekend.

Team Scotland's boxer Aqeel Ahmed forges ahead ahead apart from Team Scotland...or does he?

Triathlete: 'How much does it cost to make an Olympian'?

Olympian Tom Slingsby wins for a third straight season as Team Australia 'stamps authority' on SailGP.

Can taekwondo Olympian Sorn Seavmey 'inspire Cambodians at home Southeast Asian Games'?

Get to know Team Chile's Martin Vidaurre and his journey to elite mountain bike competition in a new Red Bull en Espanol video. (in Spanish)

"I dropped to my knees and cried for what felt like weeks." Sport shooter Amber Rutter opens up on the disappointment and mental toll of not reaching Tokyo 2020.

Is Team France due for a renaissance in archery at Paris 2024?

Team Indonesia's Wilda Siti Nurfadilah talks volleyball, club play fashion, trailblazing, and more with VolleyballWorld.

Speaking of Team France, CNN looks at potential basketball team star Joel Embiid's "improbable journey from newcomer to NBA MVP'.

Team Australia's sixth-place finish at the 2023 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship is the first step toward a Brisbane 2032 appearance in team handball.

Swimming champion Kristof Milak is the undisputed one to watch for Team Hungary in this year's world championships, where new names populate the squad.

Vladyslav Koval's 'lightning quick adjustment' has been pivotal to Team Ukraine's surprising rise in curling, despite the odds against success amidst the current war from Russia.

Yes, that was a brand-new Rolex watch tennis' Roger Federer was wearing at the Met Gala last week.

American Amanda Anisimova is the latest tennis star to address challenges maintaining mental health.

Athletics Weekly: High jump legend Blanka Vasic talks mechanics of the event: 'speed, power, timing, and great judgement'.

"I found my peace back on the track." Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has a season-opening win.

Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith unveils a 'Styled by Dina' collection partnership with Nike.

Canada Soccer gets a new president in former track sprinter Charmaine Crooks.

Is Team New Zealand's women's soccer squad currently in 'the most important training camp in the history of NZ sport'?

Double Olympic gold medalist and NBA basketball legend Charles Barkley has strong opinions...on radio.

Months later, snow boarder Maisie Hill is 'thankful' for an almost-tragic training accident.

The European Olympic Committee's finalists for the 'Piotr Nurowski Best Young European Athlete' winter edition award include snowboarder Mia Brookes, ski mountaineer Eric Canovi, ice hockey player Nela Lopusanova, biathlete Oleksandra Merkushnya, and figure skater NIna Pinzarrone.

Biathlon World: 'What's next for newly retired biathletes?'

Tokyo 2020 wrestling gold medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock makes a big career move toward with WWE.

"I made a mistake, like anyone else." Volleyball star Wallace de Souza doesn't understand the severity of his 'mistake'.

Who is on Team USA's luge squad for the 2023-24 season?

Team Ireland's road cyclist Eddie Dunbar has hopes for a top ten finish at the Giro d'Italia despite a 'season disrupted' by injury.

'One of the most unpredictable and artistic B-boys in the world', Team Kazakhstan's B-boy Amir talks his 'unique style in breaking' with Olympics.

Visit a 'day in the life' of champion speed skater Jordan Stolz.

"Dream big. Execute small." Team USA's speed skater Erin Jackson has commencement words of wisdom in Gainesville, Florida.

Water polo Olympic medalist Holly Young goes back to school to inspire a younger generation with Olympics Unleashed.

Figure skater-turned broadcaster Johnny Weir is back as Eurovision host for U.S. audiences in 2023.

Meanwhile, current Team USA star Ilia Malinin wades uncomfortably into comments on the societal stereotypes of figure skating.

More figure skating: Retired ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani share Asian Pacific Islander successes in their new children's book.

Team Canada's Haven Wong joins the Off the Podium podcast to share 'why handball is such an incredible sport', and more.

Gymnast Zoja Szekely finds "confidence and motivation" from recent European Championship success.

Watch a little of a typical day of training for Nils Stump, 'the great Swiss hope' for a medal at the 2023 World Judo Championships.

World champion swimmer David Popovici did what with his gold medal, now? (in Japanese, worth a Google Translate...)

Will Florian Wellbrock win the men's 1500-meter freestyle at this summer's World Championships?

Open water swimmer Esteban Enderica seeks to validate his past Pan American success this summer in Santiago, as well as keeping an eye on Paris 2024 qualification. (in Spanish)