2024 Paris Olympic Games

Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal at the medal ceremony during the women's artistic gymnastics individual vault finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Paris Olympics Memorable Moments: Simone Biles was the star but the spotlight reached many faces

Simone Biles stole the show at the Paris Olympics with a captivating comeback that had everyone watching everything she did both in and out of the gymnasium.
August 11, 2024
Participants attend the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Paris closes the Olympics, and Los Angeles turns to Tom Cruise for its 2028 mission

August 12, 2024
Jordan Chiles, of the United States, and Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrate after the women's artistic gymnastics individual floor finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. Biles won the silver medal and Chiles the bronze medal. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Jordan Chiles says panel’s call for her to return Olympic bronze is ‘unjust’

August 15, 2024
Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Breaking community defends Raygun and is hopeful for return to Olympic program

August 11, 2024
Flashes of lights illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling

August 11, 2024

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Algeria's Imane Khelif poses after defeating China's Yang Liu to win gold in their women's 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Algeria’s Imane Khelif poses after defeating China’s Yang Liu to win gold in their women’s 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policy

The president of World Boxing has apologized after Olympic champion Imane Khelif was singled out in the governing body’s announcement to make sex testing mandatory.
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Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to fight for new governing body

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FILE - Simone Biles, of the United States, holds up her medals after the women's artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

U.S. again beats China in Olympic medals table after they tie for gold

August 12, 2024

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See AP’s top photos from the 2024 Paris Olympics

United States' Brittney Griner kisses her gold medal at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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United States’ Brittney Griner kisses her gold medal at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
People watch the cauldron rise at sunset by the Olympic rings during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

AP photographers pick their favorite Paris Olympics images

August 13, 2024

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    Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the gold medal at the end of the women's marathon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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    Georgia-Mae Fenton, of Great Britain, competes on the balance beam during a women's artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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    Janja Garnbret of Slovenia competes in the women's boulder and lead, lead final, during the sport climbing competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

  4. Athletes across the Paris Games sustain bloody injuries during competition

    August 10, 2024
    Blood drips down the face of Italy's Aziz Mouhiidine after his loss to Uzbekistan's Lazizbek Mullojonov in their men's 92 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher)

  5. Olympic highlights from Day 14 of the Paris Games

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    Sha'carri Richardson, of the United States, celebrates after winning the women's 4 x 100-meter relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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India's Nita Ambani attends the inauguration of the Indian House at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

India’s Nita Ambani attends the inauguration of the Indian House at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

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In Paris, interested parties discreetly made their case for hosting future Olympics in a process run by the IOC that is now more discreet, less obviously a campaign and which critics say is too opaque.
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Testing begins at Cortina’s controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton

Tests were underway at the controversial Olympic sliding track in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy. Several competitors went down the track to be used for next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Testing begins at Cortina’s controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton

Tests were underway at the controversial Olympic sliding track in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy. Several competitors went down the track to be used for next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

Kirsty Coventry gestures as she speaks after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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The IOC is set to hold its most open presidential contest in modern times, AP explains

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High-altitude Kenyan town Iten adapts as Olympic champions and amateurs flock to rarefied air

The sleepy Kenyan town of Iten attracts a wide array of long-distance runners from Olympic champions to amateurs. All are here because Iten lies at about 8,000 feet above sea-level and has produced some of the best long-distance runners in the world. To cater to the ever-growing interest from both professional and amateur athletes, hotels, lodges and short-stay rental apartments continue to spring up around the town. Iten was declared a World Athletics Heritage Landmark in 2019 and proudly calls itself the “Home of Champions.” (AP Video Moses Ndung’u)

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Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles team up for ‘The Voice’

Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles turned their Olympic bond from this summer’s Paris Games into a new challenge: The superstar tandem will team up on NBC’s “The Voice.” (Nov. 21)

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UK’s King Charles hosts reception for medallists from the Paris 2024 Games

King Charles III met with Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes at Buckingham Palace to celebrate their participation in the 2024 Paris Games.

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Ugandan athlete who died after her partner set her on fire gets military funeral

Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid their respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire, at a military funeral in a remote town near the Kenyan border.

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Olympic pride for Ralph Lauren label

At Ralph Lauren’s NYFW show in the Hamptons, Chief Branding and Innovation Officer David Lauren discusses how the company felt when asked to dress American athletes at the Olympic Games in Paris. (Sept. 6)

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Family confirm Cheptegei’s death after Ugandan athlete was burned

Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after 80% of her body was burned in an attack by her partner. She was 33.

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Paris Paralympics flame begins its journey from Stoke Mandeville

The Paralympic flame was lit on Saturday in Stoke Mandeville, a village northwest of London, widely considered the birthplace of the Paralympic Games. Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. (AP video shot by Kwiyeon Ha)

Italy's Valentina Petrillo trains in Pieve di Cento, near Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympic Games at the end of this month in Paris. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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This transgender sprinter will compete at the Paralympics

In two weeks, Valentina Petrillo, a transgender sprinter, will compete at the Paralympics. She will run the 200 and 400 meters in the T12 classification for visually impaired athletes in Paris. (AP Video by Sara Lemlem)

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Paris 2024 paralympic village readies for para athletes’ imminent arrival

Paralympic athletes from around the world will soon gather at the Paralympic Village, a sprawling site set to host 180 delegations and 4,400 athletes during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The village has been designed with accessibility in mind, featuring public spaces, roads, sidewalks, and crosswalks that comply with universal accessibility standards, ensuring ease of movement for wheelchair users. (AP Video by Nicolas Garriga)

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WATCH: Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif greeted by thousands of fans in Algeria

An outpouring of fans greeted Algerian boxer Imane Khelif upon arrival back in her hometown on Friday and at a parade in Tiaret, the nearby regional capital. The football-obsessed North African country has given Khelif the celebrity treatment since she returned to Algiers earlier this week.

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Guatemala welcomes first ever Olympic gold medalist for her country

Hundreds of Guatemalans received the first ever Olympic gold medalist and delegation of athletes after their participation in Paris. Adriana Ruano, gold at trap shooting led the delegation, along with Jean Pierre Brol who won bronze for the men’s category on the same sport. (AP Video by Santiago Billy)

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Yseult hits Olympic stage as closing ceremony performer

Yseult had two goals when she appeared on stage as the final act for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics: Turn the world’s biggest spotlight into her megaphone and shine a light on France while boosting her music and modeling career in the U.S. and around the globe. (August 13)

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Graffiti celebrating Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu vandalized after Italy wins Olympic gold

Rome’s mayor and a chorus of others have denounced the defacing of a street-art celebration of Paola Egonu, who helped lead Italy to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s volleyball in Paris and who has faced years of racist abuse at home.

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Rebeca Andrade and other Brazilian Olympic medalists honored in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian Olympic athletes were honored in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday by their training home club Flamengo. Together, gymnasts Rebeca Andrade, Flavia Saraiva, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane Oliveira, judo athlete Rafaela Silva, and sprint canoeist Isaquias Queiroz were responsible for six of Brazil’s 20 Olympic medals in Paris 2024. Andrade won gold in the floor exercise, beating American Simone Biles, who together with Jordan Chiles, bowed during the podium ceremony. (AP Video/Mario Lobão)

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Tens of thousands of Filipinos attended parade to honor the country’s Olympians

Tens of thousands crowded the streets of Manila on Wednesday to welcome a motorcade carrying members of the Philippine Olympic team. (AP video shot by Joeal Calupitan)

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Two-time gold medallist Carlos Yulo among Filipino Olympians given warm welcome home from Paris

Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo has flown home to a hero’s welcome after winning two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Donors have pledged more than $1 million worth of cash and gifts for him including a resort house and free lunch buffets for life. (AP video shot by Joeal Calupitan)

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Cuban Olympians including Mijaín López return home from Paris to hero’s welcome in Havana

Cuban athletes received a hero’s welcome Monday night from their return from Paris during a special ceremony in Havana attended by President Miguel Díaz-Canel and family members.

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Olympic flag returns to Los Angeles for first time in 40 years

It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass and the Olympic flag arrived back in LA Monday. (AP video by Eugene Garcia/production by Javier Arciga)

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Fans react to closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics

Capping two and a-half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion, Paris’ boisterous, star-studded closing ceremony in France’s national stadium mixed unbridled celebration with a sombre call for peace from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.(AP video by Kwiyeon Ha, produced by Jeffrey Schaeffer)

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Fireworks mark the end of the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics

Paris closed out two and a-half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France’s national stadium on Sunday, handing over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028.

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Fireworks as Paris Olympics comes to a close

Paris is closing out two and a-half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France’s national stadium, handing over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028.

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AP PHOTOS: Paris Olympics Day 16

Italy won gold at the Women’s volleyball, The U.S. survived their biggest challenge in the women’s basketball, extending their run to eight straight Olympic gold medals, Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division to give China five gold medals in weightlifting, and Italy beat the defending champion U.S. team to win gold in women’s volleyball.

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AP explains the legacy of the Paris Olympic Games

During the 2024 Olympics, crowds have surprised even themselves with their enthusiasm for two and a half weeks of sports. Now, they’re saying “au revoir” — see you again — as the Games draw to a close Sunday. After the 100-year wait since Paris’ last Games, no one can say when France’s capital and the Olympics will next embrace. But they’re both emerging changed from their summer romance. (AP video by Alexander Turnbull)

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Fans celebrate as boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan wins gold medal at Paris Olympics

Fans in Taipei celebrated on Sunday as Taiwan’s female featherweight boxer Lin Yu-ting won the first Olympic gold medal of the category for her native island in Paris. Lin was fighting Polish female opponent Julia Szeremeta and secured her gold medal in two rounds. (AP video by Taijing Wu)

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Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan’s first Olympic gold medalist in decades, arrives in Lahore

Pakistan’s first gold medalist in decades, Arshad Nadeem received a warm welcome from fans at the Lahore airport early Sunday. Nadeem set an Olympic record in javelin to beat defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India. (AP video by Jehanzaib Aurangzaib)

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AP PHOTOS: Paris Olympics Day 15

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris day 15 saw several medals for China’s athletes, Spain’s first gold in women’s water polo, and the return of gold medallist Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak to his war-torn home country.

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Ukrainian boxer Khyzhniak arrives in Kyiv after winning gold at the Paris Olympics

Olympic Gold medalist Oleksandr Khyzhniak has arrived home in Ukraine to a hero’s welcome. Khyzhniak defeated Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay in boxing and won the third gold medal for Ukraine. Dozens of people met Khyzhniak at the train station where he was cheered and hugged and handed bouquets of flowers. (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko)
A Chinese soccer fan cheers for his team before their AFC Asian Cup group A soccer match against Qatar in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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Italy's Lorenzo Musetti celebrates as he won the quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open against Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French Open: Lorenzo Musetti beats Frances Tiafoe and faces Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals

Lorenzo Musetti has reached his first semifinal at the French Open and second at a Grand Slam tournament.
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Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning becomes latest sports celebrity to join NWSL Denver’s ownership group

Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning becomes the latest sports celebrity to join the ownership group of Denver’s National Women’s Soccer League expansion team.
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Swimming world body to banish athletes and supporters of doping-fueled event in Las Vegas

Swimmers and officials who compete in and support a doping-fueled sports event planned in Las Vegas will be banished from the sport.
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Four-time champion Iga Swiatek has posted a 26th successive win at Roland-Garros and set up a French Open semifinal clash against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.
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Brazil's Marta looks on during a women's friendly soccer match against Japan at Cicero de Souza Marques stadium in Braganca Paulista, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Marta back for Brazil after retirement and starts as captain in win over Japan

Marta was given the captain’s armband by Brazil for her first start for her country since last year’s Paris Olympics in a 2-1 win over Japan in a friendly match in Sao Paulo.
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Olympics get Honda as auto sponsor for 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles

The organizing committee for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles has signed Honda as a “founding partner.”
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Lyon coach Joe Montemurro applauds the fans at the end of the women's Champions League semifinals, first leg, soccer match between Arsenal FC and Olympique Lyonnais at the Arsenal Stadium, in London, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth,File)

Matildas finally have a fulltime coach after Montemurro is hired to guide Australian women’s team

The Matildas finally have a fulltime coach after Joe Montemurro’s appointment to guide the Australian women’s national team.
June 2
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina celebrates beating Italy's Jasmine Paolini during their fourth round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday, June 1 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French Open: Elina Svitolina beats 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini and will face Iga Swiatek next

Elina Svitolina saved three match points and eliminated 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1 to earn her fifth French Open quarterfinal appearance.
June 1
United States midfielder Lindsey Heaps (10) stretches to control the ball during the first half of an international friendly soccer match against China, Saturday, May 31, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Girma returns, LaBonta makes historic debut in U.S. women’s 3-0 win over China

Naomi Girma returned to the national team and Lo’eau LaBonta became the oldest player to make her international debut for the U.S. in a 3-0 win over China.
June 1
Lilly King, of the United States, competes in the women's 100-meter breaststroke semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

American swimming star Lilly King announces farewell season, final US competition

American three-time Olympic swimming star Lilly King has announced the upcoming Toyota National Championships in Indianapolis will be her final meet on U.S. soil as she prepares to call it a career at the conclusion of the 2025 season.
May 31
United States defender Naomi Girma reacts after a goal by forward Jaedyn Shaw against Argentina during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup women's soccer tournament match Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

US defender Naomi Girma returns to the USWNT after an eventful year

It’s been an eventful year for defender Naomi Girma, who not only moved to a new country but also dealt with an injury before winning a pair of trophies with Chelsea.
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Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. World Cup alpine skier, is interviewed at a NBCUniversal and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee press preview event to promote the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Shiffrin says in essay she feels ‘like myself again’ after recovering from ski racing crash, PTSD

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin finally feels “like myself again” after recovering from a ski racing crash last season and lingering post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Sha'carri Richardson, of the United States, crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the women's 4 x 100 meters relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 9, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Sha’Carri Richardson joins new women’s track and field league as owner-advisor

Olympic gold medalist Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has joined the new, team-based women’s track and field league Athlos as a founding owner-advisor.
May 30
Brazil's Marta celebrates after scoring a goal during a women's soccer match against Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Miyagi, Japan. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Marta returns to Brazil’s national team for friendly matches against Japan

Marta is back. Brazil’s most prolific scorer has returned to her national team for friendlies against Japan on Friday and Monday in São Paulo.
May 29
Norway's Casper Ruud looks down as he plays Portugal's Nuno Borges during their second round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

French Open 2025: Casper Ruud is bothered by a painful knee and loses to Nuno Borges

Two-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud has dropped 13 of the last 14 games and lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 to Nuno Borges in the second round at Roland-Garros while bothered by a bad left knee.
May 28
Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, comments in Brisbane, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, while meeting with organizers of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games. (AP Photo/John Pye)

Paralympic chief challenges Brisbane 2032 organizers to top the success of Sydney

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons has challenged organizers of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics in Brisbane to top the benchmarks set by Sydney when Australia last hosted the Games 25 years ago.
May 28
The Aug. 23, 2009 file photo shows the Olympic stadium pictured in Berlin. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Berlin presents bid to rehost Olympics with 100th anniversary of 1936 Games looming

Berlin has formally presented its bid to rehost the Olympic Games. The presentation took place in the same stadium where Jesse Owens starred during the 1936 Games under the Nazis.
May 28
Bronze medalist Yared Nuguse, of the United States, poses on the podium after the men's 1500-meter final 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 6, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Runner Yared Nuguse has pet tortoise, Olympic bronze medal and dreams of one day being orthodontist

American middle-distance runner Yared Nuguse has found the ideal tempo between track and life away from track.
May 26
Gold medalist Therese Johaug, of Norway, poses during the medal ceremony for the women's 30km mass start free cross-country skiing at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Ski great Therese Johaug puts family first and ends career before 2026 Winter Olympics

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Therese Johaug is retiring from cross-country skiing, opting against competing at next year’s Winter Games.
May 26
Oklahoma's Kasidi Pickering (7) celebrates a home run against Texas during the second inning of Game 2 of the NCAA Women's College World Series softball championship series Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams, File)

Oklahoma eyes 5th straight national title at Women’s College World Series

Oklahoma could extend its record run of consecutive national titles to five at this year’s Women’s College World Series.
May 26
United States' Ben Shelton returns the ball to Lorenzo Sonego of Italy during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Shelton joins Musetti and Sabalenka in French Open second round, tournament honors Nadal

Ben Shelton beat Lorenzo Sonego for the second straight time at a Grand Slam this year, winning 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 under floodlights to reach the second round of the French Open.
May 25
Rafa Nadal, second right, poses with, from left, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, right, during a farewell ceremony at center court Philippe-Chatrier, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French Open: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray join the ceremony for Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have shown up at the French Open to participate in a ceremony honoring 14-time tournament champion Rafael Nadal.
May 25
USA's Tage Thompson, who scored the only goal during overtime, holds the trophy after the Hockey World Championship gold medal match between Switzerland and USA at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday May 25, 2025. (Magnus Lejhall/Keystone via AP)

US wins 1st world hockey title since 1933 with 1-0 OT victory over Switzerland

Tage Thompson scored at 2:02 of overtime to the give the United States a 1-0 victory over Switzerland on Sunday for its second world hockey championship and first since 1933.
May 26
Winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the trophy after the final match of the ATP 250 Geneva Open tennis against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Novak Djokovic clinches his 100th career singles title at Geneva Open

Novak Djokovic has finally clinched his 100th career singles title by beating Hubert Hurkacz to become the Geneva Open champion. Djokovic won their final 5-7, 7-6, 7-6.
May 24
General view of the Olympiastadion Berlin stadium prior to the German soccer cup (DFB Pokal) final match between RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (Maja Hitij/Pool via AP, file)

Berlin wants to host the Olympics again as 100th anniversary of 1936 Games looms

Berlin is making a bid to host the Olympics again, possibly 100 years after the city hosted the 1936 Games under the Nazis.
May 23
Jannik Sinner of Italy, returns to Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during their final tennis match in the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

French Open 2025: Defending champ Carlos Alcaraz and No. 1 Jannik Sinner lead the men’s field

No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner makes his Grand Slam return from a doping suspension, and Carlos Alcaraz tries to win a second consecutive title at Roland-Garros as the 2025 French Open gets started Sunday.
May 22
Russia's gold medal winner Evgeny Ustyugov, left, and France's silver medal winner Martin Fourcade, pose for photos during their medal ceremony for the Men's 15k mass start Biathlon race at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Vancouver Olympics medals set to change hands 15 years later after Swiss court ruling

More than 15 years since the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, medals are set to change hands. One of the longest-running doping disputes in sports history seems to have finally reached a conclusion as Switzerland’s top court rejected appeals by Russia’s Evgeny Ustyugov in cases affecting biathlon medal
May 22
IOC president-elect Kirsty Coventry speaks at a press conference for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

Next IOC president Kirsty Coventry hands over the baton in planning for Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Kirsty Coventry has completed a ceremonial baton change before she takes over as International Olympic Committee president next month, handing off oversight of preparations for the Brisbane 2032 Games during a three-day inspection visit to southeast Queensland state.
May 22
Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA 2028, the organizing committee for the 2028 Summer Olympics, is interviewed at an NBCUniversal and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee press preview event to promote the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

After NFL approval, LA28’s Wasserman is optimistic MLB players will also find a path to the Olympics

The organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics remain optimistic that Major League Baseball will find a way to join the NFL in sending the world’s best athletes in their respective sports to the 2028 Games.
May 22