2024 Paris Olympic Games

U.S. Center for SafeSport CEO Ju'Riese Colón testifies during The Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

SafeSport Center flew investigator to training, after-hours socials despite knowing of his arrest

Less than a week after the U.S. Center for SafeSport learned an investigator had been arrested once for theft and again for harassment, it flew him to agency headquarters for an all-staff training session that included after-hours socials where the center provided vouchers for drinks.
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President-elect Kirsty Coventry reacts during the handover ceremony of the IOC Presidency at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Brisbane Olympics 2032 main stadium gets major funding boost from federal, state governments

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Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, speaks during a media tour at the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Tokyo 2020 Games, constructed in the Harumi waterfront district of Tokyo, Sunday, June 20, 2021. (Akio Kon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Veteran politician Seiko Hashimoto elected first female president of the Japanese Olympic Committee

June 27
Switzerland's head coach Pia Sundhage talks to the media during a press conference Monday, June 2, 2025, ahead of a the UEFA Women's Nations League soccer match against Norway in Sion, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Sundhage faces her ‘biggest challenge’ as she prepares host nation Switzerland for Euro 2025

June 27
A San Jose State Spartans player prepares to serve against the Air Force Falcons during the fifth set of an NCAA college volleyball match Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard, File)

Funding of Olympic sports a bargaining chip as NCAA seeks antitrust help, AP sources say

June 26

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High jumper Oleh Doroshchuk holds a gold medal he won during a competition in Bakhmut, Ukraine, during an interview in his house, in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2024. Russia occupied Bakhmut in spring of 2023 after the city was reduced to rubble in months-long grinding battle. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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High jumper Oleh Doroshchuk holds a gold medal he won during a competition in Bakhmut, Ukraine, during an interview in his house, in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, Friday, April 19, 2024. Russia occupied Bakhmut in spring of 2023 after the city was reduced to rubble in months-long grinding battle. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Paris Olympic Games, Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Leon Marchand, of France, competes in the men's 200-meter individual medley at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Leon Marchand, of France, competes in the men’s 200-meter individual medley at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the opening of the executive board meeting of the IOC, at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

IOC’s Coventry pauses 2036 Olympics hosting contest in 1st big decision of her presidency

June 26

  1. Buonfiglio the new Italian Olympic Committee boss ahead of Milan-Cortina Games

    June 26
    Luciano Buonfiglio listens during the CONI National Elective Council at the multipurpose sports hall of the "Giulio Onesti" Olympic Training Centre in Rome, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Fabrizio Corradetti/LaPresse via AP)

  2. USA Surfing gets new financial backing in a bid to be recertified for its hometown Olympics

    June 25
    Caroline Marks, of the United States, surfs during a training day ahead the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition, July 24, 2024, in Teahupo'o, Tahiti. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

  3. An 85-year-old known as ‘Presidentissimo’ is the key candidate in Italian sports election

    June 25
    Italy's soccer federation president Franco Carraro gestures during a press conference at "Casa Azzurri" Italian media headquarters in Sendai, Japan, Monday, June 10, 2002. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

  4. Olympics’ champion: New IOC president Kirsty Coventry inaugurated to start 8-year leadership

    June 23
    President-elect Kirsty Coventry speaks during the handover ceremony of the IOC Presidency at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Duke basketball coach leads USA players at AmeriCup

Duke coach Kara Lawson has always been a basketball trailblazer and has a legit chance to lead USA squad in LA Olympics. But first, she is coaching the top college players at the AmeriCup in Chile. (AP video by Brittany Peterson).
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The Games flame rises again in Paris — but it’s no longer ‘Olympic’

Testing begins at Cortina’s controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton

SafeSport annual report outlines progress in wide-ranging changes that went into play last year

The U.S. Center for SafeSport’s annual report updates progress on changes it has made in several areas.
June 30
Passengers in the back of a taxi film themselves as they leave the Eiffel Tower, decorated with the Olympic rings ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, on July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

France’s court of auditors estimates $6.8 billion public spending for 2024 Paris Olympics

France’s court of auditors has provided the first official estimate of public spending tied to the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics, with the global public expenditure estimated at nearly six billion euros ($6.8 billion).
June 23
Erriyon Knighton, of the United States, reacts following his men's 200-meter semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Olympic sprint finalist Knighton at sports court for appeals in doping contamination case

United States sprinter Erriyon Knighton went to court Monday to defend his claim he was contaminated in a positive doping test. The case risks leading to a ban for Knighton from the next world championships.
June 23
Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant gestures during the second half of an NBA basketball game on March 9, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Kevin Durant is going from the Suns to the Rockets in a blockbuster trade, AP source says

The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.
June 22
FILE -Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis), File)

Olympic president Kirsty Coventry starts work with strong IOC and challenges for Los Angeles Games

The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago. Take Los Angeles.
June 21
The helium ballon that was used during the 2024 Olympic Games as the Olympic cauldron is launched in the Tuileries Gardens of Paris on Saturday, June 21, 2025, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Paris’ iconic cauldron from the Olympic Games returns to light up summer nights

The iconic helium-powered balloon that attracted myriads of tourists during the Paris Olympic Games came back to light up the French capital’s skyline.
June 23
This undated photo provided by USA Football shows Team USA quarteback Darrell “Housh” Doucette as he runs down the field with the football at the 2024 IFAF Flag Football World Championships in Lahti, Finland. (Lester Barnes/USA Football via AP)

USA Football’s ‘Summer Series’ in Los Angeles showcases flag football ahead of the 2028 Olympics

Three summers from now, flag football will make its Olympic debut at the 2028 LA Games. What that final roster will look like, how many NFL players may be on it, is still being sorted out.
June 20
IOC President Thomas Bach, right, greets Kirsty Coventry after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Olympic leader Bach’s $350,000 pay package in 2024 trails far behind soccer’s elected leaders

The International Olympic Committee says it paid its president Thomas Bach’s income and expenses of $350,000 in 2024. It included a salary-like payment payment, or “indemnity” in Olympic language, 275,000 euros ($317,000).
June 20
The national office of the NCAA in Indianapolis is shown on March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Cal Poly’s swimming and diving programs won’t be reinstated despite fundraising efforts

A fundraising campaign to attempt to save the recently eliminated Cal Poly men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs has come up short. The school president says the programs will not be reinstated.
June 19
Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk, front. and defenseman Gustav Forsling pour beer from the Stanley Cup onto fans at the Elbo Room, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the morning after defeating Edmonton in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Hockey rides into offseason with full-on buzz, a threepeat bid and Olympic-size showdowns ahead

Hockey is seeing a surge in popularity and buzz, fed by the 4 Nations tournament, Alex Ovechkin’s stirring run to the NHL career goals record and the Florida Panthers repeating as Stanley Cup champions. to set up a threepeat bid next season.
June 19