Five demonstrators were arrested on day four of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday in connection with a climate protest that also called out the sport governing body’s recent policy change that banned transgender athletes from women’s
Australian swimmer Cate Campbell took a swipe at the U.S. after their team topped the Americans in gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan. Australia finished with 15 goal medals while the U.S. finished with seven. The U.S. had more
Katie Ledecky is paving the road to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in gold. Ledecky tied American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, for the most individual world titles earlier this week with her victory in the
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medalist and four-time individual world champion, was disqualified from this year’s championships in Milan after she refused to shake hands with her Russian opponent Thursday. The decorated fencer defeated Russian Anna Smirnova, who was competing
Trans runner earns ninth medal with third place finish at women's Para Athletics World Championships
A transgender runner finished in third place at the World Para Athletics 400-meter race in Paris on Thursday. The bronze finisher was Valentina Petrillo’s ninth medal in women’s events. Petrillo finished the race in 58.24, seconds behind Omara Durand of Cuba (52.82)
Sha’Carri Richardson won the 100-meter title Friday night at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon, two years after being suspended for a positive marijuana test. She won with a time of 10.82 seconds, beating out Brittany Brown (10.90) and Tamari Davis (10.99).
Dilano van ‘t Hoff, an MP Motorsport driver, died on Saturday at 18 following a crash at the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine in Belgium. Many of his competitors, though, say the tragedy was easily avoidable. Aston Martin Formula One driver
Caeleb Dressel made it to the 50-meter butterfly final but again failed to qualify for the world championships, finishing third at the U.S. nationals on Wednesday night. Dressel touched the wall in 23.35 seconds in the non-Olympic event, which he won at
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., met with N.C. State swimming star Kylee Alons on Wednesday, and he wrote on social media that she told him a story from the 2022 NCAA Championships. Steube said Alons told him that she decided to change in
Riley Gaines appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday and gave an emotional opening statement to start the Senate hearing on “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans.” Gaines opened her testimony by recalling how she and transgender female Lia Thomas, who