Olympics News
Tony Parker helps kick off flame's Marseille to Paris journey
Torchbearers, including NBA Hall of Famer Tony Parker, carried the Olympic flame through the streets of France's southern port city of Marseille on Thursday, a day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for a welcoming ceremony.
Paralympic fencer loses medals, gear in Brazilian floods
Vanderson Chaves has faced many challenges in more than a decade as a Paralympic fencer, but none as fearsome as the massive floods in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state.
Shoma Uno, 2-time world champ, retiring from figure skating
Japan's Shoma Uno, a two-time world champion who won the silver medal at the 2018 Winter Games, announced on social media that he is retiring from figure skating.
Summer McIntosh opts out; Katie Ledecky's 800m gold odds boosted
Canadian wunderkind Summer McIntosh has opted out of the 800 meter freestyle at Olympic trials, boosting Katie Ledecky's chances of another gold.
Olympic swimming champ Ahmed Hafnaoui may miss Paris Games
Olympic 400-meter freestyle champion Ahmed Hafnaoui's status for Paris Games is uncertain, with Africa Aquatics saying the swimmer will not participate while his country's Olympic committee and family say he is recovering from injury.
USA Badminton leader's 5-year ban upheld in sexual abuse case
An arbitrator upheld the five-year suspension of USA Badminton's CEO, Linda French, for interfering in the reporting of misconduct in a long-running case about a coach accused of sexually abusing a teenager nearly a decade before the episode was reported.