Olympics Sports News

WADA is launching an independent review over its handling of a case that allowed 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance to avoid punishment.

USA Track & Field unveiled a program Thursday that expands an existing maternity support system to give athletes more time to work their way back.

Team GB long jumper Jazmine Sawyers will miss this summer's Olympic Games in Paris through injury.

The second retractable roof at Roland Garros will be inaugurated on the opening day of the French Open next month, a project planned with the Paris Olympics in mind.

Venezuela's first Olympic gold medaist -- boxer Francisco "Morochito" Rodríguez -- has died at the age of 78.

Eight-time overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher is planning to return to ski racing next season after five years in retirement. And he is going to compete for the Netherlands -- his mother's country -- instead of his native Austria.

Olympic champion Adam Peaty calls for greater anti-doping transparency in sport after it emerged 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo 2020 Games.

UCI said Wednesday that the Track Cycling World Championships in 2025 will now be held in Chile instead of Argentina as previously announced.