[ad_1] Jun 26, 2024, 11:02 AM ETAlex Morgan has been left off the United States women's national team's 2024 Olympic roster, marking the team's first major tournament without the star forward since the 2008 Olympics, before she debuted for the team.USWNT head coach Emma Hayes named her 18-player roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, calling upon 10 players who participated in last year's World Cup.Morgan, who turns 35
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 10:26 AM ETBRUSSELS -- Spanish Vuelta champion Sepp Kuss has not sufficiently recovered from a COVID-19 infection and won't take part in the Tour de France, his team said Tuesday.The American was set to compete in a support role for Team Visma-Lease a Bike leader Jonas Vingegaard but fell ill during the Criterium Du Dauphine warmup race and is not fit enough.He has been replaced in
[ad_1] Jun 26, 2024, 06:46 AM ETIndia have only ever won three Olympic medals in boxing. Two of them are household names and you know them well - Mary Kom and Vijender Singh. The other really isn't, she's not one for the limelight and she doesn't really want attention.Given her list of accomplishments, though, she really should be: Olympic medalist in 2021, World champion in 2023, Asian Games silver medalist
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 12:22 PM ETWith an estimated 4 billion fans worldwide, soccer's global appeal and popularity are undeniable.It's no wonder the sport will serve as the opening act of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.Matches for the men's and women's Olympic soccer competitions will kick off before the opening ceremony.Here's everything you need to know about soccer at the Summer Games.Editor's Picks2 RelatedWhat is the format of soccer at
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 01:50 PM ETLAUSANNE, Switzerland -- World champion steeplechase runner Norah Jeruto is on course to race at the Paris Olympics after track and field's world governing body failed in an attempt to have her banned in a doping case.Jeruto, who was born in Kenya and won the world title for Kazakhstan two years ago, was initially cleared last year by a different disciplinary tribunal after blaming
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 03:38 PM ETCALGARY, Alberta -- Jon Cooper has been named Canada's coach for upcoming international play, including the 2026 Olympics in Milan.Hockey Canada announced Tuesday the two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning also will be behind the bench for the NHL's Four Nations Face-Off in February, a prep tournament of sorts for the Olympics.Cooper, who is from Prince George, British Columbia, was selected
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 11:08 AM ETEUGENE, Ore. -- Track officials denied an appeal by 800-meter Olympic champion Athing Mu, who got tangled in a pack of runners and fell at the U.S. trials, denying her a chance to defend her title.Coach Bobby Kersee said Mu got clipped by another runner on the backstretch of the first lap, which caused her to veer to her left and tumble to the
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 07:53 PM ETWASHINGTON -- U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month's Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists said Tuesday in prepared testimony before a House subcommittee.The comments by Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt followed revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned heart medication ahead of the
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 11:28 AM ETCenter Kristaps Porzingis, who played through a rare left leg injury as the Boston Celtics claimed their record-setting 18th NBA championship, will have surgery "in the coming days" and will miss the Olympics, it was announced Tuesday.Porzingis suffered a torn retinaculum and dislocated posterior tibialis tendon in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on June 9. He missed Games 3 and 4, but he
[ad_1] Jun 25, 2024, 04:02 PM ETWhen Marianna Tolo arrives in Bendigo for WNBL pre-season she hopes to have some extra, precious cargo in tow.The dual Olympian, on the verge of a third Games in Paris, wants to win an Olympic medal with the Opals before resuming her national league career with the Spirit who's she signed on with for season 2024-25.The 196cm forward/centre, who turns 35 next week, has
