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.
Nation Apr 05 In comeback win, Kansas men defeat UNC for men’s basketball title The championship Kansas captured Monday night traced its roots back to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked very much on track for the program's fourth national title.
Nation Apr 03 Krzyzewski’s career comes to a close as North Carolina defeats Duke For the 48th time over 47 years of unparalleled coaching, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski took the slow walk to midcourt and shook the hand of the North Carolina coach who beat him.
Nation Mar 14 March Madness brings back pre-pandemic energy College basketball fans hungering for a return to normal this March should feel happy.
World Feb 20 After Beijing bubble bursts, can the IOC save the Olympics? As the IOC pulls up stakes from Beijing, it has 29 months to hit the reset button and hope for a different, COVID-free and much better vibe when the Summer Games go to Paris. Before he got out of town,…
World Feb 19 Panel denies US skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said early Sunday in Beijing that it dismissed the appeal by the nine skaters,…
World Feb 18 Gu skis her way to gold and the history books in the women’s halfpipe final Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the women’s ski halfpipe final to become the first action-sports athlete to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games.