Olympics

The Olympic diver discusses his childhood, career, losing his dad and life with his spouse of eight years in the new documentary '1.6 Seconds'

Summer McIntosh took the world record back from Ariarne Titmus.

Luka Mijatovic turned 16 years old in April and holds 14 national age group records.

Katie Ledecky can move closer to Michael Phelps' world titles record.

Lilly King, who qualified for the World Championships, plans to retire after this season.

Ariarne Titmus won two swimming gold medals for Australia at Tokyo 2020 and at Paris 2024.

Li Li Leung took over USA Gymnastics after it had lost the trust of its athletes, sponsors and the public.

Li Li Leung has been USA Gymnastics' leader since 2019.

Li Li Leung took over USA Gymnastics after it had lost the trust of its athletes, sponsors and the public

Cole Hocker wants to become the second American man to win a world 1500m title, but that's not his only 2025 goal.

Four Team USA hopefuls for the Milan Cortina Games appeared on "Top Chef."

Just two pretty best friends on and off the floor.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ran personal bests in the 100m and the 200m at Grand Slam Track Philadelphia.

The Olympic gold-winning diver on wearing tea towels, learning how to grieve and what happens when someone asks if he’d like a glass of wine

World record holder Lilly King has announced the upcoming national championships in Indianapolis will be her final meet on US soil

American three-time Olympic swimming star and world record holder 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. A longtime breaststroke stalwart, King announced her plans Saturday on Instagram and said swimming her final race in the U.S. in her home state and a pool she's known since her youth “has always been important to me.” The 28-year-old King holds the world record in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:04.13, set at the 2017 world championships.

World Boxing says Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won gold at Paris Olympics, won't be allowed to compete until she undergoes sex testing.

Lydia Jacoby won the 100m breaststroke at the Tokyo Games as the first Olympic swimmer from Alaska.

Russian Olympic swimmer Valeriia Salamatina was banned for two years for doping, the International Testing Agency said Monday. Salamatina placed fifth with the Russian women in a storied 4x200 meters freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

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. Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski replaced Coventry as head of the IOC’s coordination commission for the 2032 Summer Games after the Olympic swimming champion from Zimbabwe was elected to take over from Thomas Bach in the sporting organization's top job. All three were part of the IOC team that met in Brisbane and the Gold Coast for their first on-the-ground update on the planning overhaul from local organizers.

Organisers of a controversial event allowing banned performance-enhancing drugs say a swimmer has broken a long-standing world record.

Flag football makes its Olympic debut in Los Angeles in 2028.

Kyle Snyder pled guilty to disorderly conduct after being arrested in a prostitution sting last week.

Jordan Burroughs will not bid for the World Championships team, ending a streak dating to 2011.

The 29-year-old did not directly acknowledge the arrest in his first public statement since the incident

Teddy Riner holds the record of five Olympic judo gold medals.

Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk won world championships medals in the long jump and triple jump.

Alonso represented Paraguay during the 2024 Paris Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Pearne-Webb led Great Britain to a first ever the nation’s first Olympic hockey gold since 1988

Great Britain's Olympic champion and captain Hollie Pearne-Webb announces her retirement from hockey.

The 2025 World Athletics Relays featured the debut of the mixed-gender 4x100m.

Clayton Murphy is the only U.S. men's 800m medalist since 1992.

Zhao won over the Crucible as he stormed to an unlikely world title

Former WNBA star and 5-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird is becoming managing director of USA Basketball women's national team. Here's what to know.

The World Athletics Relays air live on Peacock this weekend.

Olympic gold medalist Sha'Carri Richardson is back for fashion's biggest night at the 2025 Met Gala. Here's what she wore for her appearance:

Lisa Carrington has won an Olympic or world title every year since 2011, save the 2020 COVID year.

The 27-year-old had threatened the New Zealand national record with a blazing 10k a day before the incident

The nine-time Olympic gold medallist continued her resurgence with a remarkable swim

The world record in the women’s 800-meter freestyle has been untouchable for nearly nine years since Katie Ledecky swam it in 8:04.79 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. No one had come within two seconds of that time since. That all changed Saturday. And Ledecky, naturally, was the one to do it. The American swimming legend broke her own record in the event at the TYR Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., finishing in 8:04.12 to beat her previous unmatchable time by over a half-second, highl

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone last lost a 400m hurdles race in 2019.

US Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested for misdemeanor battery on Thursday after allegedly striking ex-girlfriend and Olympic hurdler Alaysha Johnson at a hotel in Florida.

The World Surf League will crown world champions in a new way starting next season.

U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested for alleged battery two days before he was set to compete at a Grand Slam Track event in Miami.

The debate over transgender women in sports has only intensified since the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman

Simone Biles took two years off from competing before starting to train again for the Paris Olympics—but this time on very different terms.

USA Volleyball has named three-time Olympic medalist April Ross as head of coaching for the beach national teams, turning to one of the country’s most successful beach volleyball players after the Americans had their first-ever medal shutout in Paris. The national governing body said the southern California native will work to improve the performance of “our top American athletes on the international stage” as it looks ahead to hosting the 2028 Los Angeles Games. “I’m honored to join USA Volleyball in this new role and look forward to working with our coaches and athletes to continue the legacy of success on the international stage,” Ross said.

April Ross retired in 2024 after winning an Olympic medal of every color.

In her book, "The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles," Aimee Boorman lays out her novel approach within gymnastics.

How did the women’s 1500m in the 2012 London Olympics get its unenviable reputation? Athletes who were cheated out of medals talk about what happened that day – and how the results have slowly unravelled