OLYMPICS

The World Athletics Council will ban transgender athletes from women's events and restrict the eligibility of athletes with sex development differences.

American skater Ilia Malinin, known for his spectacular quadruple jumps, nailed his short program at the world figure skating championships and is in position to medal.

The crowd in Mexico City laughed at first in 1968. At the end, Mr. Fosbury had a gold medal and changed the high jump forever.

A judge blasted the organization's plan for a mixed-gender division, ordering it to allow a transgender lifter to compete with women. The group plans to appeal.

Mikaela Shiffrin opens herself to unreasonable expectations because she so regularly accomplishes things no one else has — and then tries for more.

Mikaela Shiffin now has 87 World Cup wins after Saturday's victory, passing Ingemar Stenmark for the most by any Alpine skier.

After winning a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics, Ms. Andersen became the world’s greatest marathon swimmer, regularly trouncing men.

For Jessie Diggins, pressure is a privilege, and an unprecedented world championship gold medal is the result.

After winning two gold medals, the ordained minister became the first athlete to appear on a Wheaties box front.

Latest appeals dispute the Russian agency's ruling that the figure skater bore no fault for her positive test for a banned substance before the Beijing Olympics.

Mike Day had worked with Mikaela Shiffrin since 2016. Shiffrin's pursuit of the all-time number of World Cup victories resumes next month.

Ukrainian President Volyodymyr Zelenskiy urged representatives from 35 countries to push the IOC to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics.

The decision will not affect qualifying for Paris Olympics, as dispute over the leadership of the sport's governing body continues.

Jared Allen is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He's also competing at the U.S. curling national championships.

In a lawsuit, three former athletes say U.S. Ski and Snowboard and USOPC officials overlooked complaints about former coach Peter Foley.

“We cannot compromise on the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes,” Ukrainian Sports Minister Vadym Huttsait said of the 2024 Summer Games.

Teri McKeever coached 26 Olympic athletes at the University of California and in 2012 became the first woman to be a head coach for a U.S. Olympic swim team.

Kyle Smaine, a world champion in the halfpipe, was backcountry skiing when he was killed.