Lauren Doyle co-captains USA Rugby at Paris Olympics in her third quest for a medal
After being a major player on two Olympic Rugby Sevens squads, Doyle sees her leadership rewarded going into the 2024 Paris Games.
By Ken Schultz | June 27, 2024After being a major player on two Olympic Rugby Sevens squads, Doyle sees her leadership rewarded going into the 2024 Paris Games.
By Ken Schultz | June 27, 2024'Tournaments such as the Olympics, for example, are so visible — they can shape political movements,' Sarah Jones says.
By Brian C. Bell | June 26, 2024CeCe Telfer was an NCAA Division II track and field champion as a trans woman. She is now banned from the Paris Summer Olympics.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 26, 2024Sanne van Dijke, an out lesbian, is ranked fifth in the world in her weight class and eyes another Olympics medal in Paris.
By Jim Buzinski | June 25, 2024Hannah Roberts is one of three out BMX Freestyle athletes to qualify for the Paris Olympics, including Perris Benegas and Natalya Diehm.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 24, 2024Three years after qualifying for the Olympics only to then get banned, U.S. sprint queen Sha'Carri Richardson's hard work pays off.
By Jon Holmes | June 23, 2024Fatherhood and an increasingly fierce commitment to LGBTQ advocacy are firmly part of Tom Daley's athlete story heading into another Games.
By Jon Holmes | June 23, 2024After a solid 2023 season, German sport shooter Jolyn Beer aims for the podium at the Paris Summer Olympics.
By Brian C. Bell | June 22, 2024Nico Young came out as gay in 2022. On Friday, he earned a spot in the men's 10,000 meters for Team USA at the Olympic trials.
By Jim Buzinski | June 21, 2024After ending 2023 as a world number one in her weight class, Alice Bellandi of Italy is ready for more at the Paris Olympics.
By Brian C. Bell | June 21, 2024Haleigh Washington has won an NCAA title and Olympic gold. Now with Team USA headed to Paris, she's hoping for another medal.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 20, 2024After failing to advance past the group stage in Rio and Tokyo, Kirsty Gilmour returns to the Olympic stage prepared to play more freely.
By Brian C. Bell | June 19, 2024Michael Walsh is an out boxer who wants to be just like her younger brother: an Olympic boxing medalist for Ireland.
By Karleigh Webb | June 18, 2024It was a six-year international medal drought for Robbie Manson, and four years for Jordan Parry. Now they head to Paris as medal-winners.
By Cyd Zeigler | June 18, 2024Marc Tur hasn’t made the Spain team, fellow racewalker Tom Bosworth has retired and Dutch sprinter Ramsey Angela is off the pace.
By Jon Holmes | June 17, 2024Trans boxer Hergie Bacyadan is set for an historic Olympic debut in Paris, as he competes in the women's boxing division.
By Brian C. Bell | June 17, 2024The Cameroon-born middleweight could be the first athlete to get the IOC Refugee Team in the Olympic medal count ever
By Karleigh Webb | June 16, 2024Kellie Harrington won boxing gold at the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2021. Now she aims to repeat as Olympic champion, in Paris.
By Shelby Weldon | June 15, 2024It's gold or bust for Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio. She plans to retire after the Paris Summer Olympics no matter what.
By Karleigh Webb | June 14, 2024Irma Testa, known as the "Butterfly," floats toward the Paris Olympics holding a world amateur title amidst wide-open field.
By Karleigh Webb | June 13, 2024