Nation Aug 19 Ex-coach at renowned gymnastics academy arrested by FBI years after abuse reports A coach at a center in Iowa that has trained Olympic champions is facing allegations that he abused young female gymnasts and secretly photographed others undressing at a prior job in Mississippi.
Nation Apr 07 Testimony to begin on landmark $2.8 billion NCAA settlement that could make seismic changes for college sports The $2.8 billion House settlement calls for paying damages to athletes who say the NCAA and five biggest conferences prevented them from earning money off their celebrity status.
World Feb 10 Track’s proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others World Athletics announced recommendations that would apply strict transgender rules to people like Semenya, who was born female but has what the organization describes as naturally occurring testosterone levels in the typical male range.
World Aug 08 Lyles, battling COVID, finishes 3rd in Olympic 200-meter final won by Botswana’s Tebogo Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair suffering with what The Associated Press learned was a case of COVID.
World Aug 04 Noah Lyles wins 100-meter final by .005 seconds, among closest finishes in Olympic history Lyles became the first American to win the marquee event in Olympic track since Justin Gatlin in 2004.
World Jul 23 Olympians have more access to resources after Biles, Osaka and Phelps spoke up about mental health Athletes heading to the Paris Olympics have more access than ever to resources in the once-taboo realm of mental health and many sound more willing than ever to use them.
Nation Mar 23 Transgender athletes banned from track and field competitions, rules tightened for Semenya In a pair of decisions expected to stoke outrage, the World Athletics Council adopted the same rules as swimming did last year in deciding to bar athletes who have transitioned from male to female and have gone through male puberty.
World Feb 20 34 nations call on International Olympic Committee to clarify neutrality on Russia The governments of 34 nations signed a statement calling on the IOC to clarify the definition of "neutrality" as it seeks a way to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes back into international sports and next year's Paris Olympics.
Economy Dec 17 Analysis: Crypto companies’ ties to sports raise ethical questions The bankruptcy of FTX and the arrest of its founder and former CEO are raising new questions about the role celebrity athletes such as Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Naomi Osaka and others played in lending legitimacy to the largely unregulated landscape of crypto.
World May 26 Canadian gymnast tells of sexual, emotional abuse by Olympic coach The letter by Abby Pearson Spadafora revealed the latest in a long series of allegations of sexual, emotional and physical abuse by coaches Dave and Elizabeth Brubaker, who have been banned by Gymnastics Canada.