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Trump banned travel from 12 countries, but included some exceptions to avoid legal battles
Read full article: Trump banned travel from 12 countries, but included some exceptions to avoid legal battlesThe new travel ban on citizens of 12 countries that restricted access to people from seven others includes some exceptions.
LA28 organizers confident Trump's latest travel ban won't affect Los Angeles Olympics
Read full article: LA28 organizers confident Trump's latest travel ban won't affect Los Angeles OlympicsPlanning and preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has made “significant progress” and organizers say they're confident that President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban won’t prevent games participants from entering the U.S. LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman says the federal government already recognizes that the Olympics require special consideration.
Olympic champ Imane Khelif skips Eindhoven event after World Boxing introduces mandatory sex testing
Read full article: Olympic champ Imane Khelif skips Eindhoven event after World Boxing introduces mandatory sex testingOlympic champion Imane Khelif is skipping the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands less than a week after World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes.
What the Trump travel ban means for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games
Read full article: What the Trump travel ban means for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic GamesU.S. President Donald Trump often says the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are among the events he is most excited about in his second term.
FanDuel bans bettor over heckling incident with Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas
Read full article: FanDuel bans bettor over heckling incident with Olympic champion sprinter Gabby ThomasA sports bettor who heckled Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas during a Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia has been banned by the betting site FanDuel Sportsbook.
French Open: Lorenzo Musetti beats Frances Tiafoe and faces Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals
Read full article: French Open: Lorenzo Musetti beats Frances Tiafoe and faces Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinalsLorenzo Musetti has reached his first semifinal at the French Open and second at a Grand Slam tournament.
World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policy
Read full article: World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policyThe president of World Boxing has apologized after Olympic champion Imane Khelif was singled out in the governing body’s announcement to make sex testing mandatory.
French Open: Iga Swiatek to face No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals. Alcaraz and Musetti win
Read full article: French Open: Iga Swiatek to face No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals. Alcaraz and Musetti winFour-time champion Iga Swiatek has posted a 26th successive win at Roland-Garros and set up a French Open semifinal clash against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.
US defender Naomi Girma returns to the USWNT after an eventful year
Read full article: US defender Naomi Girma returns to the USWNT after an eventful yearIt’s been an eventful year for defender Naomi Girma, who not only moved to a new country but also dealt with an injury before winning a pair of trophies with Chelsea.
Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to fight for new governing body
Read full article: Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to fight for new governing bodyOlympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to participate in upcoming events with the sport’s new governing body.
French Open 2025: Casper Ruud is bothered by a painful knee and loses to Nuno Borges
Read full article: French Open 2025: Casper Ruud is bothered by a painful knee and loses to Nuno BorgesTwo-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud has dropped 13 of the last 14 games and lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 to Nuno Borges in the second round at Roland-Garros while bothered by a bad left knee.
A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France
Read full article: A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in FranceThousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance.
Shelton joins Musetti and Sabalenka in French Open second round, tournament honors Nadal
Read full article: Shelton joins Musetti and Sabalenka in French Open second round, tournament honors NadalBen Shelton beat Lorenzo Sonego for the second straight time at a Grand Slam this year, winning 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 under floodlights to reach the second round of the French Open.
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PWHL plans further expansion, and eyes 2026 Olympics to broaden reach in Europe, Kasten tells AP
Read full article: PWHL plans further expansion, and eyes 2026 Olympics to broaden reach in Europe, Kasten tells APPWHL advisory board member Stan Kasten is laying out an ambitious vision of the league's future that includes further expansion and broadening its reach to Europe.
After NFL approval, LA28's Wasserman is optimistic MLB players will also find a path to the Olympics
Read full article: After NFL approval, LA28's Wasserman is optimistic MLB players will also find a path to the OlympicsThe organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics remain optimistic that Major League Baseball will find a way to join the NFL in sending the world’s best athletes in their respective sports to the 2028 Games.
A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs
Read full article: A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugsThe Enhanced Games is a sports festival that bills itself as better than the Olympics because it allows athletes to benefit from using performance-enhancing drugs.
NFL owners unanimously approve player participation in Olympic flag football for 2028
Read full article: NFL owners unanimously approve player participation in Olympic flag football for 2028NFL owners unanimously approved player participation in flag football for the 2028 Olympics at their spring meetings on Tuesday.
Wrestling gold medalist Kyle Snyder pleads to lesser charge after arrest in prostitution sting
Read full article: Wrestling gold medalist Kyle Snyder pleads to lesser charge after arrest in prostitution stingFormer Olympic wresting gold medalist Kyle Snyder has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being arrested in a prostitution sting.
NFL owners set to discuss tush push again, along with playoff and flag football proposals
Read full article: NFL owners set to discuss tush push again, along with playoff and flag football proposalsThe fate of the tush push will be up for discussion again along with the NFL’s history of giving division champions with mediocre records home field in the playoffs.
NFL owners to consider resolution allowing players to participate in flag football at the Olympics
Read full article: NFL owners to consider resolution allowing players to participate in flag football at the OlympicsNFL owners will discuss a proposal to allow players under contract to participate in flag football when the sport makes its Olympic debut in 2028 in Los Angeles.
Olympic great Sue Bird to be first managing director of USA Basketball women's national team
Read full article: Olympic great Sue Bird to be first managing director of USA Basketball women's national teamSue Bird is giving another assist to USA Basketball, becoming the managing director of the women’s national team.
'Hands tied': Athletes left in dark as NCAA settlement leaves murky future for nonrevenue sports
Read full article: 'Hands tied': Athletes left in dark as NCAA settlement leaves murky future for nonrevenue sportsPending approval, the $2.8 billion House settlement will allow schools to share revenue with athletes directly for use of their name, image and likeness.
Champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin joins NWSL Denver's ownership group
Read full article: Champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin joins NWSL Denver's ownership groupOlympic gold medal-winning skier Mikaela Shiffrin has joined the ownership group of the National Women’s Soccer League expansion team in Denver, set to launch next year.
Serena, Allyson Felix, Coach K among US Olympic Paralympic 2025 HoF class
Read full article: Serena, Allyson Felix, Coach K among US Olympic Paralympic 2025 HoF classSeven-time gold-medal sprinter Allyson Felix, four-time Olympic tennis champion Serena Williams and Mike Krzyzewski, who coached the U.S. to three basketball gold medals, are part of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame’s class of 2025.
Olympic swim great Gary Hall Jr awarded 10 medals to replace those destroyed in LA fires
Read full article: Olympic swim great Gary Hall Jr awarded 10 medals to replace those destroyed in LA firesAfter all of swimming great Gary Hall Jr.'s Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires he set an unexpected record replacing them at IOC headquarters.
US ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani return to competition with an eye on 2026 Olympics
Read full article: US ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani return to competition with an eye on 2026 OlympicsAlex and Maia Shibutani are making a comeback with an eye on competing for the U.S. figure skating team at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Ray Romano and Sebastian Maniscalco share banter while atop Italian Alps in Winter Olympics promo
Read full article: Ray Romano and Sebastian Maniscalco share banter while atop Italian Alps in Winter Olympics promoNBC is continuing its strategy of infusing the Olympics with pop culture and celebrity appeal to generate momentum ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games in Italy next year.
Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese's return to college for WNBA preseason games to be shown on national TV
Read full article: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese's return to college for WNBA preseason games to be shown on national TVCaitlin Clark and Angel Reese’s return to college for WNBA preseason games will be two of a record four exhibition games shown on national TV.
Wyden asks Trump administration officials to reconsider travel policies ahead of the World Cup
Read full article: Wyden asks Trump administration officials to reconsider travel policies ahead of the World CupSen. Ron Wyden of Oregon has asked top Trump administration officials to reconsider policies that are impacting travelers arriving in the United States, citing upcoming sporting events like the 2026 World Cup.
Rory McIlroy wouldn't let a cold or Masters fatigue keep him from a Zurich Classic title defense
Read full article: Rory McIlroy wouldn't let a cold or Masters fatigue keep him from a Zurich Classic title defenseRory McIlroy says he wasn't going to let a cold or post-Masters fatigue stop him from joining friend Shane Lowry to defend their title at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Jimmer Fredette, AP college player of the year in 2011 and 2024 US Olympian, retires from basketball
Read full article: Jimmer Fredette, AP college player of the year in 2011 and 2024 US Olympian, retires from basketballJimmer Fredette, the 2011 Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the year who went on to become an NBA lottery pick and then played for the U.S. in 3x3 at last year’s Paris Olympics, has announced his retirement.
Women's soccer star Almuth Schult says clubs didn't want to sign a player with kids
Read full article: Women's soccer star Almuth Schult says clubs didn't want to sign a player with kidsAs an Olympic gold medalist and Champions League winner, Almuth Schult was one of the top goalkeepers in women’s soccer.
Gregg Popovich has medical incident in restaurant, is resting at home, AP source says
Read full article: Gregg Popovich has medical incident in restaurant, is resting at home, AP source saysSan Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is doing well at home after needing medical attention earlier this week following an incident at a restaurant.