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What's big, glowing and no longer Olympic? Paris has the answer
Thomas Adamson, Associated Press | Updated June 13 - 7:07 a.m. | Save Story
just don't call it Olympic.
Anti-doping watchdog urges US authorities to shut down planned drug-fueled event in Las Vegas
Graham Dunbar, Associated Press | Posted June 11 - 8:52 a.m. | Save Story
The global watchdog of doping in sports said Wednesday it will urge public authorities to shut down the drug-fueled Enhanced Games planned in Las Vegas next year.
Kayla Harrison survived sex abuse to win Olympic gold. She's now a UFC champ with a mega fight ahead
Dan Gelston, Associated Press | Posted June 8 - 9:38 a.m. | Save Story
Around her neck or around her waist, Kayla Harrison has a knack for winning gold.
Harrison, Dvalishvili celebrate as 135-pound champions at UFC 316 with President Trump looking on
Dan Gelston, Associated Press | Updated June 8 - 1:00 a.m. | Save Story
and still clutched the title belt when she bumped into Merab Dvalishvili backstage.
Will supporting athlete mental health be the legacy of Utah's 2034 Winter Games?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted June 6 - 4:34 p.m. | Save Story
For Huntsman Family Foundation CEO David Huntsman, hosting the 2034 Winter Games in Utah is an opportunity to improve the support available to athletes for their mental health.
Olympic champ Imane Khelif skips Eindhoven event after World Boxing introduces mandatory sex testing
The Associated Press | Posted June 5 - 12:41 p.m. | Save Story
Olympic 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.
FanDuel bans bettor over heckling incident with Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas
Pat Graham, Associated Press | Posted June 4 - 12:46 p.m. | Save Story
A sports bettor who heckled Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas during a Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia over the weekend has been banned by the betting site FanDuel Sportsbook.
World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policy
James Robson, Associated Press | Updated June 3 - 1:31 p.m. | Save Story
The 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.
Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to fight for new governing body
Greg Beacham, Associated Press | Posted May 30 - 11:22 a.m. | Save Story
Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to participate in upcoming events with the sport's new governing body.
Can 2034 Winter Games help preserve Utah's quality of life? Here's what a former governor says
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 29 - 12:04 p.m. | Save Story
Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt has a long list of ways the 2002 Winter Games moved Utah forward, including the rapid rebuilding of I-15, and wants to see the same from the next Olympics.
Have You Seen This? Conner Mantz hits unreal final kick for 3rd straight Boulder 10K title
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted May 27 - 3:31 p.m. | Save Story
The former BYU star and U.S. Olympian used an incredible final kick to pin down world silver medalist Daniel Ebenyo and win his third consecutive Boulder Boulder 10,000-meter title.
A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France
Samuel Petrequin And Alex Turnbull, Associated Press | Posted May 25 - 11:03 p.m. | Save Story
Salimata Sylla was about to lead her team onto the basketball court, as she had done many times before.
US wins 1st world hockey title since 1933 with 1-0 OT victory over Switzerland
The Associated Press | Updated May 25 - 6:36 p.m. | Save Story
Tage Thompson scored at 2:02 of overtime to the give the United States a 1-0 victory over Switzerland on Sunday for its second world hockey championship and first since 1933.
PWHL plans further expansion, and eyes 2026 Olympics to broaden reach in Europe, Kasten tells AP
John Wawrow, Associated Press | Updated May 23 - 9:09 a.m. | Save Story
As impressive as the PWHL's growth has been less than two years since its launch, with the league blowing past initial attendance and revenue projections, and already into its first phase of expansion, Stan Kasten says you've seen nothing yet.
A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs
Mark Anderson, Associated Press | Posted May 21 - 2:01 p.m. | Save Story
The Enhanced Games, a sports festival that bills itself as better than the Olympics because it allows athletes to benefit from using performance-enhancing drugs, will kick off next year in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend.
'Embracing the Olympics': Ogden leaders prepping for 2034 Winter Games tout potential upshot
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted May 19 - 9:05 p.m. | Save Story
Ogden leaders, who met Monday with 2034 Olympic organizers, are planning for the Winter Games and the potential upshot in and around Weber County.
Wrestling gold medalist Kyle Snyder pleads to lesser charge after arrest in prostitution sting
The Associated Press | Posted May 19 - 1:59 p.m. | Save Story
Former Olympic wresting gold medalist Kyle Snyder pleaded guilty Monday to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct after being arrested in a prostitution sting.
What's the timeline for organizing Utah's 2034 Winter Games?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 14 - 10:06 p.m. | Save Story
There's a timeline for organizers of Utah's 2034 Winter Games. Here's what it entails.
Utah's Olympic organizers want to raise more money for the 2034 Winter Games. Here's why
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 13 - 5:07 p.m. | Save Story
The amount of money organizers of Utah's 2034 Winter Games are counting on raising from private donations to help cover the $4 billion price tag for hosting another Olympics has nearly doubled, to $300 million.
Wrestling gold medalist Kyle Snyder charged in prostitution sting
The Associated Press | Updated May 13 - 10:58 a.m. | Save Story
Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder, one of the most successful wrestlers in U.S. history, was arrested in a prostitution sting, according to police in Columbus.
Why it's going to take 2 stadiums to hold LA's Olympic ceremonies
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 11 - 8:22 a.m. | Save Story
Organizers announced both the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will host the events that begin and end the California city's third Olympics. The 2028 Summer Games will be the first to use two venues for the opening and closing ceremonies.
Serena, Allyson Felix, Coach K among US Olympic Paralympic 2025 HoF class
The Associated Press | Updated May 6 - 10:53 a.m. | Save Story
Seven-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.
Will London host another Olympics after Utah's 2034 Winter Games?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 6 - 7:21 a.m. | Save Story
London wants to be the first city to host an Olympics four times.
What more than $3B in federal funding would do to make LA's 2028 Summer Games 'car free'
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted May 5 - 7:01 p.m. | Save Story
Planning to attend events at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles? Better hope a request for $3.2 billion in federal funding comes through.
Olympic swim great Gary Hall Jr awarded 10 medals to replace those destroyed in LA fires
The Associated Press | Updated May 5 - 2:22 p.m. | Save Story
After all his Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires, swimming great Gary Hall Jr. set an unexpected record replacing them at IOC headquarters Monday.
Olympian charged in Florida with battery on female fellow athlete
The Associated Press | Posted May 3 - 10:34 a.m. | Save Story
An Olympic track medalist is charged in Florida with punching a woman, a hurdler who also competed in the Olympics.
US ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani return to competition with an eye on 2026 Olympics
Dave Skretta, Associated Press | Updated May 1 - 10:45 a.m. | Save Story
The Shib Sibs are making a comeback with an eye on more Olympic figure skating medals.
Ray Romano and Sebastian Maniscalco share banter while atop Italian Alps in Winter Olympics promo
Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press | Posted April 30 - 1:00 p.m. | Save Story
NBC 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.
Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette has a new job in basketball
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Posted April 28 - 12:57 p.m. | Save Story
The former Naismith Player of the Year at BYU won't be sipping drinks on the beach in retirement, accepting a job as USA Basketball's managing director of 3x3 hoops Monday.
Simone Biles undecided on competing at LA Olympics, says 2028 'seems so far away'
The Associated Press | Updated April 22 - 12:54 p.m. | Save Story
Simone Biles is unsure whether she will compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
How Pope Francis inspired the Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 21 - 9:31 p.m. | Save Story
Pope Francis is credited with inspiring the creation of the International Olympic Committee's refugee team.
Conner Mantz just misses podium at Boston Marathon, finishing 4th
Sean Walker, KSL.com | Updated April 21 - 10:32 a.m. | Save Story
Mantz finished fourth, while fellow Utah distance running alums Clayton Young and Rory Linkletter each finished in the top 10 of the acclaimed American road race.
Utah's first Olympic gold medalist subject of new film
Carole Mikita, KSL-TV | Posted April 21 - 8:05 a.m. | Save Story
A prominent Utah director's new film is about a young man who became the first gold medalist from Utah.
Will Trump's travel and transgender athlete bans impact LA's 2028 Summer Games?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 17 - 8:20 p.m. | Save Story
A top U.S. Olympic official said he's been given "significant reassurances" that President Donald Trump's proposed travel restrictions won't keep athletes from attending the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Dodger Stadium to host baseball, with surfing and cricket outside Los Angeles at 2028 Olympics
Beth Harris, Associated Press | Updated April 15 - 1:36 p.m. | Save Story
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will feature baseball at Dodger Stadium in its return to the program with surfing and cricket held outside the city as part of an updated venue plan released Tuesday by the organizing committee.
Organizers unveil sleek metallic torches for Milan-Cortina Olympics and Paralympics
The Associated Press | Posted April 14 - 8:21 a.m. | Save Story
Organizers for the Milan-Cortina Olympics on Monday unveiled a sleek and minimalistic metallic design for the torches that will be used in the traditional relay ahead of next year's Winter Games.
Will Utah's 2034 Winter Games make the state greener?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 14 - 6:16 a.m. | Save Story
Utah's 2034 Winter Games can be a big boost to efforts to bolster the state's sustainability, according to participants in a discussion on climate resilience and the Olympics.
Lithuanian and Cal Bears star Mykolas Alekna sets world record with a 247-plus feet throw
The Associated Press | Updated April 13 - 4:49 p.m. | Save Story
Mykolas Alekna surpassed his world record in the discus twice on Sunday.
What's the impact of Trump tariffs, travel restrictions on the Olympics?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 10 - 7:22 a.m. | Save Story
A top International Olympic Committee executive expressed confidence about overcoming any concerns about President Donald Trump's trade and travel policies ahead of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Overall ski champion Brignone discharged from the hospital after breaking her leg
The Associated Press | Posted April 8 - 8:29 a.m. | Save Story
Overall World Cup skiing champion Federica Brignone was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, five days after breaking multiple bones in her left leg in a giant slalom crash and undergoing surgery.
The 2028 Summer Games in ... Oklahoma? Olympic events being held outside California
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted April 8 - 6:18 a.m. | Save Story
Los Angeles has made it official — several 2028 Summer Games events will be held in Oklahoma City.
Overall ski champion Brignone breaks leg in crash with home Olympics approaching
Andrew Dampf, Associated Press | Updated April 3 - 12:19 p.m. | Save Story
It was meant to be a celebratory final week of competition in the best season of her career.
US Olympic and Paralympic officials fire coach and director after AP report on sexual abuse
Martha Bellisle, Associated Press | Updated April 2 - 5:59 a.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has fired a coach and a director after The Associated Press reported that the coach was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide.
US-Canada-Mexico joint World Cup goes from unity to acrimony thanks to tariffs and '51st state' talk
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Updated April 1 - 7:54 a.m. | Save Story
As the United States prepares to welcome the world for FIFA's Club World Cup this June, golf's Ryder Cup in September, the World Cup next year and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, the question becomes: Will the world want to come? And will the world be able to? President Donald Trump's tariff wars with neighbors Canada and Mexico and other countries, as well as other current geopolitical fissures, set a backdrop for the soccer showcase being jointly hosted by the three North American neighbors. But it's hard to know exactly how the organization and coordination, fans' travel plans and more for the 2026 World Cup will be altered.
The US dominated figure skating's world championships. It may face the Russians at the Olympics
Dave Skretta, Associated Press | Posted March 30 - 7:40 a.m. | Save Story
It's hard to imagine a better world championships for the American figure skating team, which captured gold in three of the four disciplines over the weekend for the first time in its history, and will take all of that momentum into an Olympic year.
Luge officials predict 2026 Olympic sliding races will be in Italy, a good sign for Milan-Cortina
Tim Reynolds, Associated Press | Posted March 29 - 2:50 p.m. | Save Story
Next year's Olympic sliding races will be in Italy after all, international luge officials predicted Saturday in another ringing endorsement of the newly rebuilt track in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The International Luge Federation followed its bobsled and skeleton counterpart in declaring the testing of the track that Italy hopes to use at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics a success. That's another sign that the sliding community fully expects the Olympic races to be in the Italian Alps and not at the Plan B site in Lake Placid, New York, next winter.
Reigning champ Ilia Malinin of US leads Japan's Yuma Kagiyama at figure skating world championships
Dave Skretta, Associated Press | Updated March 27 - 8:19 p.m. | Save Story
American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin sheepishly grinned when his closest rival, Japanese star Yuma Kagiyama, said what seems to be on everyone's minds these days: "I'm starting to think he's invincible."
American figure skater Alysa Liu takes the lead on the opening night of the world championships
Dave Skretta, Associated Press | Updated March 26 - 8:40 p.m. | Save Story
Alysa Liu rarely wavers when it comes to anything, whether it be her abrupt decision to retire after the 2022 Winter Olympics, or the American figure skater's similarly stunning decision to announce her comeback early last year.
Utah Olympic organizer Lindsey Vonn's comeback ski season ends with a medal
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 26 - 6:04 p.m. | Save Story
When Lindsey Vonn secured a podium finish at the Sun Valley Super G finals on Sunday, her first since returning to ski racing nearly six years after retiring, she became the oldest woman to medal in a skiing World Cup at 40.
Testing begins at Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton
Andrew Dampf, Associated Press | Updated March 26 - 2:34 a.m. | Save Story
When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for next year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, he did so in a sort of tunnel under a temporary roof built of wooden beams and white plastic paper.
With a new international Olympic president, will Russia compete in the next Games?
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 25 - 12:11 p.m. | Save Story
Russian President Vladimir Putin was quick to send congratulations to the newly elected leader of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, as Moscow pushes for a full return to the Games.
A new Olympic stadium and a crocodile-inhabited rowing course unveiled in Brisbane 2032 overhaul
John Pye, Associated Press | Updated March 25 - 1:26 a.m. | Save Story
Sailing the Whitsunday islands. Surfing an iconic Gold Coast break. Rowing in a crocodile-inhabited river in Rockhampton.
Shiffrin steadily overcoming PTSD in giant slalom after crash, focus on slalom at World Cup finals
Pat Graham, Associated Press | Posted March 25 - 12:33 a.m. | Save Story
Mikaela Shiffrin's flashbacks to her November crash in the giant slalom are happening less and less when she's training. For her, as she deals with post-traumatic stress disorder in the discipline, that's major progress. While other racers compete in the GS on Tuesday at World Cup finals in Sun Valley, the American standout plans to squeeze in some training in the slalom. It will be Shiffrin's only event of the weeklong finals after not qualifying in giant slalom. The two-time Olympic champion revealed last month that she's suffering from PTSD after falling in the GS on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont. In the crash, something punctured her side and caused severe trauma to her oblique muscles.
Newly elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry celebrated on return home to Zimbabwe
Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press | Updated March 23 - 9:47 p.m. | Save Story
Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero's welcome as her victory is celebrated as a national milestone. The southern African country has faced years of isolation and sanctions by the United States and other Western nations. The 41-year-old Coventry, who is also Zimbabwe's sports minister, was the only female candidate in the IOC presidency race. She became the first woman and first African to be elected head of the global Olympic movement. She told Zimbabweans who had gathered to welcome her Sunday that "we broke down barriers."
US runner Shelby Houlihan earns silver medal in return to big stage after 4-year burrito ban
Eddie Pells, Associated Press | Posted March 23 - 8:57 a.m. | Save Story
American runner Shelby Houlihan returned to the big stage after a much-debated four-year doping ban and won a silver medal in the 3,000 meters at the world indoor championships. The U.S. record holder at 1,500 meters and former record holder in the 5,000 sat out the Paris Olympics because she tested positive after eating a burrito she claimed was tainted with a performance-enhancing drug. The 32-year-old runner said she was flooded with a range of emotions after her second-place finish Saturday, saying it's been a long journey but she's glad she stuck with it.
What the outgoing IOC president says about diversity, climate change and the Olympics
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted March 22 - 10:46 a.m. | Save Story
Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach touted the progress made on diversity, climate change and other issues he put front and center during his 12 years as a world sport leader but said there's still much work to be done.
After historic Olympic election comes leadership issues for IOC president Kirsty Coventry
Graham Dunbar, Associated Press | Posted March 21 - 1:54 p.m. | Save Story
After the stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry. The first woman president elected in the IOC's 131-year history began Friday in a breakfast meeting with Thomas Bach in Greece to start their transition. The formal handover is on Olympic Day, June 23. They agreed Coventry will take precedence in major IOC decisions in the next three months. The 41-year-old sports minister of Zimbabwe will soon resign her government position. She plans to move with her family in April to the Olympic home city, Lausanne in Switzerland. Here's a look at some of the issues ahead.
Olympic champions win big with gold medals at freestyle ski and snowboard worlds
The Associated Press | Posted March 21 - 10:46 a.m. | Save Story
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is among five Olympic gold medalists who won events at the world freestyle skiing and snowboard championships in Switzerland, less than a year out from the Winter Games. It was a busy Friday with eight finals after several events were rescheduled to avoid poor weather forecast for the weekend. New Zealander Sadowski-Synnott added a third world gold medal to the Olympic snowboard slopestyle title she won in Beijing in 2022.
