The Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, capital of Senegal, draw Friday to an end.  For those who did not know this thing was even ...

PARIS – The athlete who has ignited a worldwide controversy in Olympic women’s boxing was disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Assn. world championships in New Delhi after two tests, one in ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Kirsty Coventry clearly has ambition. And some real political talent. She was elected president of the International Olympic Committee in the first round of balloting in March ...

The female category in sport is for women and girls – individuals with XX chromosomes. Identity is not biology. To pretend otherwise is not only to make a mockery of any notion of fairness but, in the ...

PARIS – By any measure, landlocked Moldova, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans, is one of the poorest countries in Europe. Bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and ...

The story of Imane Khelif, the Algerian athlete who won gold in the women’s boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is filled with layers of complication. The question confronting all of ...

There’s an obvious point that seemingly no one else wants to say about Shelby Houlihan, the American middle-distance runner who has been suspended for four years. So it’s coming at you right here.

Most everyone knows there are nine movies in the core Star Wars canon. Then there is the 2016 prequel Rogue One, arguably the best in the anthology. It’s about a band at the outskirts of the galaxy in ...

PARIS – If they had been running the tournament here at the Paris Games, International Boxing Assn. officials said Monday, the Algerian and Chinese Taipei fighters now in the medal rounds in women’s ...

EUGENE, Oregon – As part of the official schedule of the 2024 Trials, USATF, the United States track and field federation, dutifully staged 20-kilometer race walks for both men and women Saturday ...

Toyota is the world’s top-selling carmaker. In 2015, it committed to a 10-year deal to become one of the International Olympic Committee’s top-tier sponsors. In September 2024, shortly after the Paris ...

PARIS – On the way to the rowing venue last Saturday, the bus broke down. On board, among others, was 24-year-old Yauheni Zalaty of Belarus. He was on his way to race what in rowing is called the ...