In 2021, Russia sent 335 athletes to the Tokyo Summer Olympics. This year? The number of competitors is just 15. Doping scandals and the Ukraine war have taken a toll on the Olympic powerhouse.
Pogačar also won the sport’s other major race, the Giro D’Italia, earlier this year, making him the first man to win both majors in a season since 1998.
Taylor Townsend wasn’t supposed to play Sunday night, but when Venus Williams withdrew from the Atlanta Open Sunday Showdown due to injury, Townsend was invited to come back to a place she calls home and fill Williams’ shoes.
An Olympics anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine seals off a miles-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.
Delta Air Lines is celebrating members of Team USA as the athletes head off to Paris for the Summer Olympic Games. The airline organized a send-off Wednesday for archers, fencers and other U.S. athletes at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
After Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the river, she said the Olympics were "a kind of magnet that attracted all our energies towards a single date, July 26, and we did it.”
Macon holds its indoor pickleball facility in high regard, and it was packed with players over the weekend for national championships. Rhythm and Rally Sports and Events hosted hundreds of people 50 and over, who turned out for the second day of the U.S. Senior Indoor Pickleball National Championships in hopes of winning a national title.
The former NFL player says the “traumatizing experience” took place when the plane landed on Saturday. He says six FBI and other law enforcement agents boarded the plane and placed him in handcuffs.
Bryant played in the NBA for eight seasons, before taking his playing career overseas. He later coached at a his alma mater, La Salle University, as well as the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.
Jarren Duran hit a tie-breaking two-run homer for the American League and was named the most valuable player. Pittsburgh rookie Paul Skenes pitched a hitless first inning for the National League.
Just in time for the All-Star Game, pop culture critic and Phillies fan Linda Holmes is here to persuade you to turn on some baseball. If you don't have a team, just borrow hers; they're doing pretty well.
Six years ago, USA Gymnastics was on the brink of collapse amid a sex abuse scandal that had cost it sponsorships and piled up lawsuits. Now, the organization hopes it has turned the page.
