PARIS, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics need to finalize their security plans for the Games, France’s top audit body said on Tuesday, warning that the opening ceremony on the River Seine posed a major challenge and would likely need police support. In a report presented to the French parliament, the Court of Auditors made 15 recommendations to the organizing committee, highlighting concerns around a reliance on[Read More…]

COVID-19 restrictions in China caused the PGA Tour to cancel the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament scheduled for Oct. 27-30. The event began in 2005 but was last contested in 2019 due to the pandemic. “We have worked with all Tours, as well as the China Golf Association, on the viability of[Read More…]

Chi Ike doesn’t let his disability stop him while pursuing his dreams. He is a track and field athlete, faster than anyone on the Austin High School team, and has competed in regional track events. He was injured in an electrical accident in 2014 while he was living with his[Read More…]

March 21 (Reuters) – World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said the state of women’s sports is “very fragile” and sports federations need to get it right when writing rules for transgender female athletes. Coe’s comments come after University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas became the first transgender NCAA champion in Division I[Read More…]

March 2 (Reuters) – Russia continued to attract sporting sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine but Russian and Belarusian athletes who have gathered in Beijing for the Winter Paralympics earned a reprieve on Wednesday as they have been allowed to compete — albeit as neutrals. The Winter Paralympics begin on Friday and[Read More…]

Dec 18 (Reuters) – The National Football League (NFL) has agreed to introduce a new set of COVID-19 protocols including a more targeted testing plan for players amid the emergence of the Omicron variant, it said on Saturday. The NFL on Friday postponed games for the first time all season[Read More…]

“Friendship first, competition second, that same thing still resonates and has great meaning in 2021,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Tuesday night while Houston hosted the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships and commemorated the 50th anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy. “As the nation’s most diverse and welcoming city, Houston[Read More…]

Zinedine Zidane took aim at his former club Real Madrid and team president Florentino Perez in an open letter, refuting claims that he was tired of coaching and citing a lack of trust for his decision to resign as head coach. Zidane’s comments in an open letter published Monday in[Read More…]

Roger Federer will kickstart his claycourt campaign at next month’s Geneva Open as he steps up his preparations for the French Open, the 39-year-old Swiss wrote on Twitter on Sunday. After missing more than a year following two knee operations, Federer returned on Tour at last month’s Qatar Open, where[Read More…]

World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from this month’s ATP Player Council elections citing the governing body’s new rule that would make it a “conflict of interest” because of his role in the Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA). The Serb set up the breakaway PTPA on the eve of[Read More…]