Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 prizes — three times its recent cash pledge to champions at the Paris Olympics — for gold medalists.
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — There will be no shortage of iconic venues at the Paris Olympics. From the Palace of Versailles to the Place de La Concorde and of course, the Eiffel Tower, organizers have
Simone Biles punched her ticket to the U.S. Olympic Trials by securing her ninth all-around championship on Sunday at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. Biles recorded a two-day overall score of 119.750, beating runner-up Skye Blakely by
Bill May chuckles at the mere mention of the words “Saturday Night Live,” knowing that the conversation is about to turn to the TV show’s 1984 skit starring Martin Short as one of two brothers attempting to make it to the Olympics in what then was called synchronized swimming.
Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles won her ninth U.S. Championship on Sunday, leaving little doubt that at 27 and a decade-plus into her run atop the sport, she is as good as ever.
Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organizers made about where to hold each sport, sending surfing competitions to the other side of the world — in the Pacific waters of Tahiti — provoked the strongest reactions. Tahitians and others railed against the building of a new viewing tower on Teahupo’o reef because of fears it would hurt marine life.
In a fight for the loyalty of national boxing federations, India opted Friday to join the IOC’s side in its ongoing dispute with the sport’s global governing body.
Walk around multicultural metropolises like Paris or Marseille, or any small village in the French countryside, and signs of faith are everywhere. Many Muslim women wear headscarves and historical Catholic churches anchor nearly every neighborhood.
Emma Hayes said the groundwork has been completed ahead of her debut with the U.S. women’s national team. Now it’s all about the details.