Dilshot Khalmatov's podium finish at the 2023 European Judo Championships is "great motivation" for his Olympic aspirations. (in Ukrainian)

Elina Svitolina and Sergiy Stakhovsky help host a tennis awards ceremony...from a war shelter. (in Ukrainian)

Tokyo 2020 torch bearer Naomi Osaka looks set for a return to tennis competition in 2024 after her motherhood break.
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A key win in New Zealand has empowered teenaged Samoan golfer Faith Vui with thoughts of a turn on the pro circuit.

Will Team Canada's Mitch Bratt be able to add the Olympics in 2028 to his baseball resume alongside a possible stint in Major League Baseball?

Tokyo 2020 trampolinist Laura Gallagher still has that "desire to compete" despite a motherhood break.

Team USA veteran Diana Taurasi adjusts to a new-look basketball team as she aims for a sixth Olympics.

Soccer stars Kristie Mewis and Samantha Kerr confirm their wedding engagement to People.

Team Ireland athletes honored at the annual Olympic Ball included sprint hurdler Sarah Lavin, sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, rower Aifric Keogh, canoeist Eioin Rheinisch, and race walker Ron Heffernan.

Team Australia's Aspen Anderson's triathlon success at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games has her as a rising athlete to watch.

News24: Swimmer Lara van Niekerk focus on her Paris 2024 ambitions despite worlds disappointment.

Retired swimmer Grant Hackett may be a Team Australia Olympic legend, but his new baby Olympia's name isn't a reference to his success.

Canoeist Jessica Fox is "still hungry" as she is set to make history with a fourth Olympic Games appearance for Team Australia.

Triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee leads the new European Olympic Committees Athletes' Commission, which also includes swimmer Alexandra Miskova-Longova, sport shooter Zorana Arunovic, and canoeist Ronald Rauhe.

And on the Pan American side, pole vaulter German Charaviglio, gymnast Danusia Francis, judoka Melissa Mojica, and karateka Valentina Toro are added to the Pan Am Sports Athlete Commission.

'Skillful timing' has been key to a very successful 2023 for Canadian hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg.

More CBC: Runners Moh Ahmed and Justyn Knight are sticking with Bowerman Track Club as a training center despite seeing others runners, well, run elsewhere.

After a marathon win in New York City, is Olympic gold at the distance next for Kenyan Hellen Obiri?

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson gets her own 'day' honor in Dallas.

'More races' might be the key to preparing for another Olympics for sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

Speed skaterAlexandra Ianculescu has a...unique... self-funded plan to reach Paris 2024 in road cycling.

Olympics: Who are some of the 'breakout stars' to watch from the 2023 Pan American Games?

Laila Edwards made history as she made her Team USA debut with the women's ice hockey squad.

Olympic bobsledder Chris Kinney's return to Japan has been a way to banish past demons and torment.

​London 2012 champion boxer Katie Taylor has no design on retirement as she focuses on a key rematch.

The FIG World Trampoline Championships 2023's elite trampoline concluded today after competition that began on November 9th in Birmingham, England. This event was the 37th edition of the championships, and marked the second time Birmingham has hosted (2011), and the fifth time for England and the United Kingdom (London: 1964, 1965, 1967). Note, age-group competition is planned to continue after this elite program has ended today.

The championships feature events for men and women (and mixed) across the Olympic trampoline discipline, plus synchronized, double-mini, and tumbling. New Zealander Dylan Schmidt and Team Japan's Hikaru Mori entered 2023 as the defending men's and women's single trampoline world champions, respectively, from the 2022 edition in Sofia, Bulgaria.

With competition over, Team Great Britain's 11 overall medals led the overall final standings, while Team USA's four titles earned the total gold win.. 12 national teams won at least one medal across the 14 events.

Congratulations to all of the trampoline medalists! Complete results, including for all Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines, can be found online at gymnastics.sport.

2023 World Trampoline Championships Medalists

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh makes the cover of the latest Elle Ukraine, 'dedicated to the personal achievements of Ukrainians in turbulent times'. (in Ukrainian)

Team Poland's former 800-meter specialist Adam Kszczot had a memorable finish to his New York City Marathon experience...

World Athletics confirms the membership of its various athlete commissions.

Elvira Oeberg tells IBU she's 'ready to go after' the new biathlon season's overall title.

Rio 2016 Olympians Federico and Juan Pablo Simonet, along with third brother Sebastian, lead history-making for Argentinian handball at the upcoming IHF Men's Super Globe club tournament.

One gymnast to watch at this week's trampoline worlds? Canadian Keegan Soehn, who 'cannot seem to get enough of the sport', even at age 31.

The IHF salutes retiring ice hockey stars Joe Thornton, Tomas Plekanec, and Meaghan Mikkelson.

FIS: The stars of the new Alpine skiing season are 'loving life back on tour'.

Does Team Canada tennis have a new rising star in Marina Stakusic?

A Paris 2024 appearance does not seem so unreachable for Team Great Britain's Hugo Milner, despite only starting triathlon in 2021.

UIPM World checks in with world number three Kerenza Bryson, star of Team Great Britain modern pentathlon.

'Equestrianism remains the passion' of Melbourne 1956 Olympian William de Rham.

Looking for 'five minutes of (wrestler) Akzhol Makhmudov madness'?

Tripl Olympian Yukiko Inui calls an end to her artistic swimming career.

Skeleton race Andrew Blaser talks retirement with Queerty: 'painted nails, facial hair', and more'.

More FIS as it checks in with Beijing 2022 champion freestyle skier Walter Wallberg, 'who has been diligently preparing for the challenges ahead'.

Team Ukraine's Mykhailo Mudryk - star of its successful Olympic soccer qualifying run - has fun with fan art now that his pro season with Chelsea is settling in.

Caitlin Foord still can't bear watching repeats of Team Australia's Women's World Cup despite the soccer star's lead role.

Will being "practical and down to earth" be the key to gymnast Zuo Tong reaching Paris 2024?

Two-time Olympian Richard Murray still has the 'fire burning bright' for another triathlon at the Games.

Did you think abuse allegations against Olympic tennis champ Alexander Zverev were a done deal?

Tennis: Jessica Pegula's love for Buffalo sports teams helps bring a new fan base into tennis.

Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal may not be fully recovered from injury, but the governing body definitely wants him at Paris 2024.

Sanoa Dempfle-Olin looks set to make her Olympic surfing debut next year, capping an "unreal experience" of qualification.

South African Olympic runner Caster Semenya: "I am a different woman".

Long sprinter Grace Conrad's "future is certainly very bright" despite missing out on a PanAm podium.

How is U23 European 10,000 meters running champion Rory Leonard pursuing Paris 2024 goals?

Who will be the men's and women's Rising Stars' in 2023 for World Athletics?

Calli Thackery reflects on her recent landmark marathon - the second fastest-ever by a British woman - for the Citius Mag podcast.

​Munich 1972 pentathlon champion Mary Peters reflects on the turmoil back home in Northern Ireland at the time of her championship.

Olympic steeplchaser Rosin McGettigan-Dumas is the new president of the Irish Olympians' Association.

"If I'm requested to service my country, I'm going to do it." NBA veteran Andre Drummond ponders a Team USA call for basketball at Paris 2024.

Tokyo 2020 Team USA 'Dream Teamer' Jayson Tatum reaches a "cool" landmark with the Boston Celtics.

Team France fencer Ysaora Thibus makes another magazine feature cover with a spotlight by Stylist. (page 44, in French)

Olympics: Mijain Lopez aims for a ffith wrestling gold medal...will he succeed at Paris 2024?

Swimswam: Is Team USA swimming legend Michael Phelps the 'Jack Nicholson' of baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks? (LOL)

​Australian swimming star Kyle Chalmers is also known for his tattoos...which he now seems to regret.

Skating: Team USA's Isabeau Levito has 'a new mindset' as she tackles the 2023-24 figure skating season.

From 'demotivation' to having a 'sharper mental focus' has propelled Kate Shortman to new artistic swimming heights in 2023.

Team France archer Lisa Barbelin sees the home competition in Paris next year as a "time to feel indestructible".

​Could archer Trenton Cowles really reach the Olympiocs after a 'Wii Sports' start in the sport?

Deadspin: Retired Team Canada ice hockey star Joe Thornton's 'legacy is what you want it to be'.

'Known for his creativity', Philip (B-Boy Phil Wizard) Kim heads to Paris 2024's breaking competition with a goal to make history.

Diver Molly Carlson did not make it to Rio 2016. That'saved' her from further eating disorder trauma.

Olympic diver Mathew Helm is now a New South Wales Hall of Champions member, joining other sports star inductees in 2023.

Road cycling star Tadej Pgacar reflects on the 'cost' of racing both the Tour de France and Classic events.

Team Ecuador's Miryam Nunez had thoughts of her recently passed grandmother as she powered to the Pan American Games road cycling podium. (in Spanish)

FIG: What are 'six things to look out for' at the upcoming Trampoline World Championships?

Marie Claire: What do the Paris Games mean for sport climber Oriane Bertone? (in French)

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.