President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban transgender female athletes from competition delivered on a promise he made on the campaign trail.
Category: Olympics
Dodger Stadium to host baseball, while surfing and cricket are just outside Los Angeles at 2028 Olympics
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will feature baseball at Dodger Stadium in its return to the program, with surfing and cricket held outside the city.
Today in History: First modern Olympic games held
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece.
Trinity Rodman scores in her return from injury in the US women’s national team’s 2-0 win over Brazil
Trinity Rodman scored in the fifth minute of her return from a lengthy injury absence, and the U.S. women’s national team beat Brazil 2-0 on Saturday in a friendly.
US-Canada-Mexico joint World Cup goes from unity to acrimony thanks to tariffs and ’51st state’ talk
As the United States prepares to welcome the world for various sporting events, the question becomes: Will the world want to come?
Figure skater who lost both parents in DC plane crash brings world championships crowd to its feet
Since the plane crash that killed his parents, figure skater Maxim Naumov has become in many ways the face of the tragedy.
Alysa Liu delivers the US its first women’s figure skating world championship in nearly 2 decades
Alysa Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades Friday night, dethroning three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto.
World championships pause to remember young figure skaters and supporters who died in plane crash
The world figure skating championships paused for a tribute to those those who died in a plane crash on their way back from a camp for up-and-coming skaters this winter.
George Foreman, two-time heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist, dies at 76
George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion, died Friday night. He was 76.
Who is Kirsty Coventry, the next president of the International Olympic Committee?
Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to be named president of the International Olympic Committee.