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Olympic cauldron to float in Paris skies every summer until the 2028 Games
French President Emmanuel Macron says the cauldron balloon, one of the Paris Olympics’ most admired attractions, would float in the skies over the French capital every summer until the 2028 Los ...ABC News - 9h -
Boston skating club trained Olympic champions. It has also shared in the sport's pain
The history of the Skating Club of Boston is the history of American figure skatingABC News - 11h -
Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95
Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95ABC News - 23h -
Olympic figure skating great and commentator Dick Button dies at 95
Olympic figure skating great and commentator Dick Button dies at 95ABC News - 23h -
Dick Button, figure skating legend and Olympic champion, dies at 95
Dick Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, has died at the age of 95.CBS News - 23h -
Iris Cummings Critchell, 104, Dies; Olympic Swimmer Turned Aviator
The last survivor of the American team that competed in Hitler’s 1936 Games in Berlin, she went on to become a wartime pilot and an aeronautics instructor.The New York Times - 2d -
Scott targets Olympic gold again in Los Angeles
Olympic champion Hannah Scott tells BBC Sport NI that it is her intention to go for rowing gold again at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.BBC News - 3d -
Transgender athletes face blanket ban at Olympics
Transgender women are increasingly likely to be banned from the female category across Olympic sport after another leading candidate to become International Olympic Committee president backed a new ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
KD's epic Steph quote from Olympics documentary goes viral
Former Warriors star forward Kevin Durant delivered a great one-liner about his Team USA teammate, Steph Curry, and the legendary guard's prowess during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, particularly ...Yahoo Sports - Jan. 24 -
Mikaela Shiffrin injury update: Olympic champion returning to ski racing after recovering from puncture wound
Shiffrin will be back in action at Courchevel only two months after a major oblique injuryCBS Sports - Jan. 23 -
Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin announces return to skiing
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin will return to the Alpine Ski World Cup on Jan.NBC News - Jan. 23 -
Former Olympic swimmer expresses 'relief' after Trump pardon
A former Olympic swimmer has expressed “relief” about President Trump pardoning him, according to a Tuesday report from The Washington Post. “Waking up this morning, I was like: ‘My gosh. Wow, this ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
Is Rodrygo the most underrated player in the Champions League?
With three LaLiga titles, two Champions Leagues and a goal every two-and-a-half games, Rodrygo deserves far more plaudits than he gets.ESPN - Jan. 22 -
IBA asks Trump to 'look into' 2028 Olympics omission
The International Boxing Association asks Donald Trump's new administration to "look into" the sport's omission from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.BBC News - Jan. 22 -
The quest to create European corporate champions
Worries about the EU’s waning competitiveness have prompted a rethink of merger rules that prioritised consumersFinancial Times - Jan. 22 -
Stephen A ‘never sad' to see Tatum torch Dubs after Olympics benching
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith believes Steve Kerr made an "egregious" mistake leaving Jayson Tatum out of his rotation during the 2024 Paris Olympics.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 21 -
At 40, Lindsey Vonn returns to winning ground -- and eyes 2026 Olympics
Vonn will race at Cortina this weekend, the site of some of her greatest successes. Can she recapture the magic?ESPN - Jan. 18 -
Rebuild in Los Angeles after wildfires could impact runup to Olympic Games
Los Angeles is scheduled to host the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, in addition to World Cup matches in 2026 and a Super Bowl in 2027.CBS News - Jan. 18 -
Lindsey Vonn’s ‘impossible’ comeback roars on with 2026 Olympics in frame
She’s now 40 with a knee made of titanium, but Lindsey Vonn’s comeback is already bucking expectations and crackling with the promise of a fifth Olympic Games. There’s no denying the nervous ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
Meet the 2 Young Cross-Country Skiers Aiming for American Olympic History
Olympic medals in the sport have always proved to be elusive to American men. Could the curse break soon?The New York Times - Jan. 17 -
Experience: I’m a world champion Pokémon player
Chile’s president invited me to the palace and asked to see some of my cards. I started playing the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) around 10 years ago, when I was seven. My older brother, Marco, ...The Guardian - Jan. 17 -
A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics is up for auction
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis is being auctioned off as part of a larger collection of memorabilia from previous GamesABC News - Jan. 17 -
'September 5' revisits the seminal Munich Olympics attack broadcast, with questions for today
Nearly all of the new film “September 5” takes place in the darkened, smokey control room from which ABC Sports broadcast the hostage crisis of the 1972 Olympic Games in MunichABC News - Jan. 16 -
Los Angeles wildfires cast a shadow over 2028 Olympics
The finale of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris featured a memorable televised “handover” to the next host city, Los Angeles.NBC News - Jan. 15 -
PFL release Bellator champion Pitbull
Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire says he has been granted an "unconditional release" from the PFL.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 15 -
Rotherham MP Champion backs national grooming inquiry
The Labour MP says "nothing less than a full inquiry... will restore faith in our safeguarding systems".BBC News - Jan. 13 -
Monfils becomes oldest ATP Tour champion
Gael Monfils makes history by becoming the oldest winner of an ATP Tour singles title after triumphing at the ASB Classic in Auckland.BBC News - Jan. 11 -
Peter Sarsgaard on telling the story behind the live broadcast of the Munich Olympics attack
Actor Peter Sarsgaard, known for roles in "Presumed Innocent" and "Dead Man Walking," now stars in "September Five," recounting the harrowing story of an American broadcasting team during the 1972 ...CBS News - Jan. 10 -
Defending champion O'Sullivan withdraws from Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the defending champion, will miss the Masters in London on medical grounds.BBC News - Jan. 10 -
Romanian Gymnast Involved in Olympic Medal Controversy Commits to Stanford
Ana Barbosu was awarded the bronze medal that was stripped from the American Jordan Chiles.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Reds acquire infielder Lux from champion Dodgers
The Cincinnati Reds acquired veteran infielder Gavin Lux, 27, from the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, the teams announced Monday night, in exchange for a competitive balance Round A ...ESPN - Jan. 7 -
Olympic Sprinter Charged in Confrontation With Miami Beach Police
A lawyer for Fred Kerley, a two-time Olympic medalist, described the police handling of the situation as “an unreasonable use of force.”The New York Times - Jan. 5 -
Quiz: Were these champions older or younger than Littler?
Luke Littler is another of sport's teenage prodigies, but is he younger or older than some of his peers when they first conquered the world?BBC News - Jan. 4 -
UK vies with Germany to be European EV champion
Year of record sales was still below government targetsFinancial Times - Jan. 4 -
US Olympic runner Fred Kerley arrested in Florida after police confrontation
Paris Olympic 100m bronze medalist arrested in Miami Kerley accused of interfering in unrelated investigation US Olympic runner Fred Kerley has been arrested in South Florida following a ...The Guardian - Jan. 3 -
US Olympic sprinter Kerley tasered after police confrontation
United States Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley is tasered and arrested by police following a confrontation with officers in Miami, Florida.BBC News - Jan. 3 -
World's oldest living Olympic gold medalist Agnes Keleti dies at 103
Olympic champion Agnes Keleti, the world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist died at the age of 103 on Thursday, the Hungarian Olympic Committee said.NBC News - Jan. 3 -
Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103.The Hill - Jan. 2 -
Agnes Keleti, oldest living Olympic gold medallist, dies at 103
Hungarian gymnast survived persecution of Jews in second world war and won five golds across two Games. The world’s oldest living Olympic gold medallist, the Hungarian gymnast Agnes Keleti, who ...The Guardian - Jan. 2 -
Carter reflected on 1980 Olympic boycott: ‘A bad decision’
It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic gloryABC News - Jan. 2
