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Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Paralympic Committee, speaks at an event announcing a historic fundraising initiative for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Utah Olympic organizers announce 9-figure fundraising effort for 2034 Winter Games

Read full article: Utah Olympic organizers announce 9-figure fundraising effort for 2034 Winter Games

Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games have announced a fundraising effort that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history.

FILE - USA's, from left, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony face photographers as they celebrate after beating Spain in the men's gold medal basketball game at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Aug. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)

The Redeem Team had one goal at the 2008 Olympics. Its final reward awaits in the Hall of Fame

Read full article: The Redeem Team had one goal at the 2008 Olympics. Its final reward awaits in the Hall of Fame

The 2008 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, forever to be called the Redeem Team, goes into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend.

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1988, file photo, South Korea's Park Si-hun, left, delivers a left jab to Roy Jones Jr. of the United States, during the summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ron Kutz, File)

Roy Jones Jr. given the 1988 Olympic gold medal by the boxer who got the controversial win over him

Read full article: Roy Jones Jr. given the 1988 Olympic gold medal by the boxer who got the controversial win over him

Roy Jones Jr. has the gold medal from the 1988 Olympics — thanks to a gift from the South Korean fighter who defeated him in the controversial boxing match.

This photo combination shows Megan Romano, of the U.S., at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 4, 2013 and Australia's James Magnussen during the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, April 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, Rick Rycroft)

Enhanced Games (no drug testing) file $800 million lawsuit against critics

Read full article: Enhanced Games (no drug testing) file $800 million lawsuit against critics

The startup Olympic-style sports festival promising no drug testing has filed an $800 million antitrust lawsuit against its main critics for what it claims is an illegal campaign to make athletes boycott its own event.

FILE - Johann Andre Forfang, left, and Marius Lindvik, both of Norway, celebrate after the final round at the second stage of the 68th four hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Norway ski jumpers accept 3-month ban for manipulated suits

Read full article: Norway ski jumpers accept 3-month ban for manipulated suits

Two Olympic gold medalists have accepted a three-month ban after a scandal over tampering with ski jump suits for Norway men’s team at this year’s world championships.

FILE - Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu poses with her three medals before a commendation ceremony for role models of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics at the Great Hall of the People, on April 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Olympic champion skier Eileen Gu injured in a training accident in New Zealand

Read full article: Olympic champion skier Eileen Gu injured in a training accident in New Zealand

American-born Chinese skier and Olympic freestyle gold medalist Eileen Gu has suffered an injury while training in New Zealand.

Kishane Thompson, of Jamaica, crosses the finish line ahead of Noah Lyles, of the United States, to win the men 100 meters during the Silesia Diamond League athletics meet at the Silesian Stadium, in Chorzow, Poland, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafal Oleksiewicz)

Olympic sprint champion Noah Lyles 'super excited' about racing toward world title defenses

Read full article: Olympic sprint champion Noah Lyles 'super excited' about racing toward world title defenses

Noah Lyles says he's “super excited” about his progress toward defending his 100 and 200 meters titles at track and field’s world championships in Tokyo next month.

FILE - This aerial view show Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

LA Olympics to sell naming rights to some venues in game-changing deal for 2028

Read full article: LA Olympics to sell naming rights to some venues in game-changing deal for 2028

Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the International Olympic Committee’s long-sacrosanct policy of keeping brand names off its stadiums.

Spain's Aitana Bonmati shows her second place medal at the end of the Women's Euro 2025 final soccer match between England and Spain at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

US women's national team knocked off top spot by Spain in FIFA's latest rankings

Read full article: US women's national team knocked off top spot by Spain in FIFA's latest rankings

The U.S. was knocked off the top spot in FIFA’s latest women’s rankings by world champion Spain.

FILE - Stephen Nedoroscik, of the United States, celebrates after winning the bronze medal during the men's artistic gymnastics individual pommel finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

A year after fame found him in Paris, Stephen Nedoroscik, aka 'Pommel Horse Guy,' is back for more

Read full article: A year after fame found him in Paris, Stephen Nedoroscik, aka 'Pommel Horse Guy,' is back for more

Stephen Nedoroscik, known as "Pommel Horse Guy," remains dedicated to gymnastics despite his newfound fame.

FILE - Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, left, and Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal pose with their trophies of the alpine ski, women's and men's World Cup super-G discipline titles, in Schladming, Austria, Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)

Lindsey Vonn hires former ski great Aksel Lund Svindal as coach ahead of Olympic season

Read full article: Lindsey Vonn hires former ski great Aksel Lund Svindal as coach ahead of Olympic season

Lindsey Vonn has added former ski champion Aksel Lund Svindal to her coaching team as she prepares for next year's Winter Olympics.

President Donald Trump holds a full set of medals from the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, during an event regarding the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump creates task force to prepare for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Read full article: Trump creates task force to prepare for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

President Donald Trump on Tuesday established a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles that he said would ensure the event is “safe, seamless and historically successful.”.

FILE - Oklahoma State's Wyatt Hendrickson reacts after defeating Minnesota's Gable Steveson during a 285-pound match in the finals at the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Hendrickson to headline wrestling event as Hulk Hogan's venture continues after his death

Read full article: Hendrickson to headline wrestling event as Hulk Hogan's venture continues after his death

Wyatt Hendrickson will face Mostafa Aly Elsayed Gabr Elders in Real American Freestyle wrestling's main event on Aug. 30.

Athletes of team United States celebrate after winning gold medal in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Americans finish strong with a relay world record in the swim worlds to top medal tables

Read full article: Americans finish strong with a relay world record in the swim worlds to top medal tables

The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a world record in the women’s 4x100 medley in the last event of the eight-day championships.

FILE - America's Rowdy Gaines, gold medal, Mark Stockwell of Australia, silver medal, and Per Johansson of Sweden, bronze medal, on the podium after the Men's 100 Meter Freestyle Swimming Event at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, on July 31, 1984. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Ex-Olympic champ Rowdy Gaines calls for changes at USA Swimming as team struggles in Singapore

Read full article: Ex-Olympic champ Rowdy Gaines calls for changes at USA Swimming as team struggles in Singapore

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines minces few words when he broadcasts swimming for the American network NBC.

Leon Marchand of France, center, celebrates after winning gold medal in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Léon Marchand might be French but he led a Texas-flavored moment at the swim worlds

Read full article: Léon Marchand might be French but he led a Texas-flavored moment at the swim worlds

Léon Marchand of France has won gold in the 200-meter individual medley at the swimming world championships in Singapore and it had a Texas flavor to it.

Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates after winning gold medal in the women's 1500m freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Katie Ledecky remains unbeatable in the 1,500 freestyle taking the title again at the worlds

Read full article: Katie Ledecky remains unbeatable in the 1,500 freestyle taking the title again at the worlds

Katie Ledecky has ceded a tiny bit of ground in other events, but she’s still unbeatable in the 1,500-meter freestyle.

Dancers perform the Cancan dance outside the Moulin Rouge cabaret during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Mantes-la-Ville and Paris, Sunday, July 27, 2025 in Paris (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Tour de France finale brings excitement to Montmartre with a climb to Sacré-Coeur

Read full article: Tour de France finale brings excitement to Montmartre with a climb to Sacré-Coeur

The Tour de France is breaking tradition this year by having riders climb Montmartre during the final stage.

Katie Ledecky of the United States competes in the women's 400-meter freestyle heat at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

American team at world swimming battles case of 'acute gastroenteritis' that damages performance

Read full article: American team at world swimming battles case of 'acute gastroenteritis' that damages performance

The United States team at the swimming world championships in Singapore is battling a case of “acute gastroenteritis” that compromised performances on the opening day of eight days of competition in the pool.

FILE - Canada's Summer Mcintosh holds a trophy for the Athlete of the Year at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

McIntosh goes for 5 individual golds at world championships with Los Angeles Olympics in sight

Read full article: McIntosh goes for 5 individual golds at world championships with Los Angeles Olympics in sight

Summer McIntosh is set to compete in five individual events at the world swimming championships in Singapore.

In this photo taken May 24, 2025, and released by Hebei Taihua Jinye Swimming Club, 12 years old Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi competes in the final of the the Women's 400m Individual Medley for the 2025 National Swimming Championships held in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. (Hebei Taihua Jinye Swimming Club via AP)

Yu Zidi is only 12 but she stuns the swim world with some of the year's fastest times

Read full article: Yu Zidi is only 12 but she stuns the swim world with some of the year's fastest times

Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and has qualified for the world swimming championships in Singapore.

FILE - Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark answers a question during a news conference in New York on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Major League Baseball, union could let big leaguers in 2028 Olympics during extended All-Star break

Read full article: Major League Baseball, union could let big leaguers in 2028 Olympics during extended All-Star break

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ union head Tony Clark say plans are moving ahead exploring the possibility of using major leaguers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a tournament that could be played on an extended All-Star break.

FILE -South Africa's Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the gold medal in the final of the Women's 800m during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Aug. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Caster Semenya's sex eligibility battle has confounded sports for 16 years and still isn't over

Read full article: Caster Semenya's sex eligibility battle has confounded sports for 16 years and still isn't over

The sex eligibility case of champion runner Caster Semenya has been one of the most contentious and most complex that sports has seen.

FILE - South Africa's Caster Semenya competes in the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif., June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

A ruling this week in the Caster Semenya case could reignite the issue of sex eligibility in sports

Read full article: A ruling this week in the Caster Semenya case could reignite the issue of sex eligibility in sports

A ruling expected this week by the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights could reignite champion runner Caster Semenya’s yearslong legal battle against sports authorities over sex eligibility rules.

Beatrice Chebet, of Kenya, celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the women 5000 meters at the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 5,000 meters

Read full article: Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 5,000 meters

Kenyan Beatrice Chebet set a world record in the 5,000 meters, winning the event in 13 minutes, 58.06 seconds Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic.

Head coach Kara Lawson directs players during a USA Basketball women's Americup Trials practice Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at the USA Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Kara Lawson has always been a basketball trailblazer and has a legit chance to lead USA squad in LA

Read full article: Kara Lawson has always been a basketball trailblazer and has a legit chance to lead USA squad in LA

Kara Lawson has always been a basketball trailblazer and now the Duke women's coach has a legit chance to lead USA to another gold medal.

FILE - A San Jose State Spartans player prepares to serve against the Air Force Falcons during the fifth set of an NCAA college volleyball match Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard, File)

Funding of Olympic sports a bargaining chip as NCAA seeks antitrust help, AP sources say

Read full article: Funding of Olympic sports a bargaining chip as NCAA seeks antitrust help, AP sources say

College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: School assurances that they will provide funding for their increasingly imperiled Olympic programs, by far the biggest pipeline of talent for Team USA.

The outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach, right, and the new IOC President Kirsty Coventry talk during the handover ceremony of the IOC Presidency at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

IOC's Coventry pauses 2036 Olympics hosting contest in 1st big decision of her presidency

Read full article: IOC's Coventry pauses 2036 Olympics hosting contest in 1st big decision of her presidency

India’s push toward winning the 2036 Olympics hosting contest has seemed to stall a little in the first big decision of Kirsty Coventry’s IOC presidency.

Faith Kipyegon, from Kenya, lies on the track after crossing the finish line in her attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes, at Stade Charlety in Paris, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon falls short in her attempt to break 4-minute mile

Read full article: Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon falls short in her attempt to break 4-minute mile

Three-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon has failed in her bid to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes.

FILE -Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis), File)

Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC and challenges for Los Angeles Games

Read full article: Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC and challenges for Los Angeles Games

The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago.

The helium ballon that was used during the 2024 Olympic Games as the Olympic cauldron is launched in the Tuileries Gardens of Paris on Saturday, June 21, 2025, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Paris' iconic cauldron from the Olympic Games returns to light up summer nights

Read full article: Paris' iconic cauldron from the Olympic Games returns to light up summer nights

The iconic helium-powered balloon that attracted myriads of tourists during the Paris Olympic Games came back to light up the French capital’s skyline.

Florida Panthers fans celebrate a goal by center Sam Reinhart during the second period of Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Hockey rides into offseason with full-on buzz, a threepeat bid and Olympic-size showdowns ahead

Read full article: Hockey rides into offseason with full-on buzz, a threepeat bid and Olympic-size showdowns ahead

Hockey is seeing a surge in popularity and buzz, fed by the 4 Nations tournament, Alex Ovechkin’s stirring run to the NHL career goals record and the Florida Panthers repeating as Stanley Cup champions.

FILE - Viktoriia Demchenko of Russia competes during the women's race at the Luge World Cup, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Yanqing National Sliding Center in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

Russian athletes excluded from luge at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics

Read full article: Russian athletes excluded from luge at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics

Russian luge athletes have been excluded from competing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics even as individuals with neutral status.

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) drives past Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)

Haliburton's status is a great unknown for Pacers going into Game 6 of NBA Finals

Read full article: Haliburton's status is a great unknown for Pacers going into Game 6 of NBA Finals

The Indiana Pacers are preparing for the possibility of not having Tyrese Haliburton available to play in Thursday's Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

FILE - Atlantic Division's Brady Tkachuk, of the Ottawa Senators (7) and Matthew Tkachuk, of the Florida Panthers (19) watch the rerun of a goal by Matthew assisted by Brady during the NHL All Star hockey game, Feb. 4, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

US hockey announces initial 6 players for 2026 Milan Olympics

Read full article: US hockey announces initial 6 players for 2026 Milan Olympics

The U.S. named Brady and Matthew Tkachuk, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy as its first six players for the 2026 Olympics.

Kayla Harrison, left, talks to Amanda Nunes after her women's bantamweight bout against Julianna Pea at the UFC 316 mixed martial arts event Sunday, June 8, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Kayla Harrison survived sex abuse to win Olympic gold. She's now a UFC champ with a mega fight ahead

Read full article: Kayla Harrison survived sex abuse to win Olympic gold. She's now a UFC champ with a mega fight ahead

Around her neck or around her waist, Kayla Harrison has a knack for winning gold.

Georgia's Merab Dvalishvili, left, celebrates after winning his bantamweight title bout against Sean O'Malley at the UFC 316 mixed martial arts event Sunday, June 8, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Harrison, Dvalishvili celebrate as 135-pound champions at UFC 316 with President Trump looking on

Read full article: Harrison, Dvalishvili celebrate as 135-pound champions at UFC 316 with President Trump looking on

Merab Dvalishvili retained his 135-pound championship when he tapped out Sean O’Malley in the third round in the main event of UFC 316 at the Prudential Center.