Authorities have confirmed the death of a guard at construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The big surprise of the World Cup slalom season scored his second win Sunday adding to his fast-rising reputation before the Winter Olympics.
Ilia Malinin has won his fourth consecutive U.S. Figure Skating title, showcasing his flair despite a scaled-back routine.
Amber Glenn wins her third consecutive U.S. Figure Skating title with a stunning free skate performance.
As Milan prepares to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, the city’s Catholic archdiocese launched a multi-year program that uses sport to promote values such as inclusion and solidarity among children and adolescents.
Ilia Malinin delivers a flawless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, setting him on track for a fourth straight title.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim says she dislocated her shoulder in training and doesn’t know whether she’ll be able to compete at the Winter Games in Italy next month.
Alisa Efimova hopes to represent the United States at the Milan Cortina Olympics, but she needs to become a citizen first.
Two-time defending champion Amber Glenn has set the record for a women’s short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
The U.S. Center for SafeSport announced Benita Fitzgerald Mosley as its new CEO, placing the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in charge of rebooting an agency that has been plagued with problems over most of its nearly nine-year history.
Star speedskater Jordan Stolz shockingly stumbled to the ice at the start of the men's 1,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials for long track speedskating.
Casey Dawson has secured a spot in the men’s 5,000 meters in long track speedskating at the Milan Cortina Winter Games by winning that event at the U.S. Olympic trials.
The U.S. unveiled its roster for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with the vast majority of it comprised of players who took part in the 4 Nations Face-Off early last year.
Marco Odermatt found moments of clarity on a foggy day in the Italian Dolomites to race to victory in a World Cup downhill at Val Gardena.
Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics.
The International Luge Federation has withdrawn the eligibility of three Russian athletes who intended to compete in Lake Placid, New York, this weekend.
A wildlife photographer has discovered one of the oldest and largest collections of dinosaur footprints in an Italian national park.
Mariah Carey is going to add some American pop-star pedigree to the opening ceremony for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Swiss skier Loic Meillard leads the opening run of a World Cup slalom and is in position to claim his second victory of the Olympic season in two days.
Russian athletes have informed the International Luge Federation that they have obtained visas to compete in a World Cup race in Lake Placid, New York, next weekend.
Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri started off the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday marking exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ceremony.
A preliminary cauldron has been lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approaches the two-months-to-go mark.
The Trump administration has instructed U.S. embassies and consulates around the world to prioritize visa applications from foreigners wishing to visit the United States to either invest in America or attend the 2026 World Cup, 2028 Olympics and other major sporting events.
The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games has landed in Rome following a handover in Greece.
A new wave of peptides, often banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, is easily available online, raising concerns about potential Olympic doping scandals.
Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov says the country’s skiers and snowboarders have won a court ruling to get the chance to apply to compete as neutral athletes for qualification events to the Winter Olympics.
There is no backup plan if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time.
Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt has started the World Cup super-G season with a Thanksgiving win at Copper Mountain and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde reduced fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin to tears by making his comeback after nearly two years out.
The Enhanced Games is going public in two ways — with a new listing on the Nadsaq stock exchange and also by offering a direct-to-consumer business focused on performance products.
The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games after bad weather forced officials to move the traditional lighting from ancient Olympia to a nearby museum.
The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games will be lit at Ancient Olympia, continuing a tradition that uses the sun’s rays to symbolize continuity with the original Greek competitions.
The Intuit Dome will be called just that for the Los Angeles Olympics, after organizers struck a deal with the makers of tax and business software as part of a groundbreaking arrangement to sell naming rights for venues at the upcoming Summer Games.
The first official test race on the controversial sliding track being rebuilt for the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by skeleton world champion Matt Weston of Britain.
If you’re an older swimmer or returning to the pool after years away, few are more qualified than Rowdy Gaines to guide your workouts.
As part of a seismic schedule change for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, track and field, and not swimming, will lead off the Olympics.
Organizers of traditional snow and ice sports said Wednesday they do not want events from summer federations added to their Winter Olympics program.
Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann has warned that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc need to “focus on driving and talk less” after both drivers failed to finish the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto performed a near-flawless free skate to defend her title in what she says will be her final NHK Trophy.
Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris has prepared a video to show his players in case they need to get up to speed on Jesse Owens’ accomplishments at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
The stakes for all these U.S. skiers, skaters, snowboarders and sliders over the next 100 days could not be more clear.
With 100 days to go until the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has begun the complicated and expensive task of identifying female skiers and snowboarders who need to take gender tests before they arrive in Italy.
Flavor Flav, the iconic rapper and reality star, has become the official hype man for the USA Bobsled and Skeleton team.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is increasingly confident big league players will participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The all-time winningest World Cup ski racer and two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is launching a podcast next week.
The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic organizing committee has unveiled two official posters for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Mikaela Shiffrin has already ruled out competing in the downhill at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee says it recommends no international sporting events be held in Indonesia after the country barred Israeli athletes from the gymnastics world championships in Jakarta.
The U.S. track team overhauled its struggling relay strategy to start this Olympic cycle and won four of five possible gold medals at the world championships in Tokyo last month.
Ukraine's top Olympic sliding contender is frustrated with the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation's potential decision to allow Russian athletes to compete in the Milan-Cortina Games.
Construction on the main hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Games is going down to the wire with NHL players preparing to return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade.
USA Basketball has announced Erik Spoelstra as the new coach for the men's team for the 2027 World Cup in Qatar and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team for the 2027 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending her seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league plans to launch women’s and men’s professional flag football leagues “in the next couple of years."
World figure skating champion Alysa Liu is changing her short program for this season.
Kara Lawson helped the U.S. women’s basketball team win an Olympic gold medal as a player 17 years ago.
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Russian athletes will compete as Individual Neutral Athletes at next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
Elena Delle Donne has taken on a new role as USA Basketball's first managing director of the 3-on-3 women's national team.
Former Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen failed to advance out of the first round of the 1,500 meters at the world championships, denying one of the meet’s most competitive races of one of its most dramatic characters.
When he closes the book on 2025, Ryan Crouser will have six official shot put attempts on the books.
Russian bobsled and skeleton athletes will not compete at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Shaun White and Nina Dobrev have called off their engagement and brought an end to their five-year relationship, a person close to the couple tells The Associated Press.
Japan’s National Stadium was fanless four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
American-born Chinese skier and Olympic freestyle gold medalist Eileen Gu has suffered an injury while training in New Zealand.
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.
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.
A new wave of gymnasts are ready to step into the spotlight at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
Stephen Nedoroscik, known as "Pommel Horse Guy," remains dedicated to gymnastics despite his newfound fame.
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 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.”.
Wyatt Hendrickson will face Mostafa Aly Elsayed Gabr Elders in Real American Freestyle wrestling's main event on Aug. 30.