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Former Team U.S.A. Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is making “truly remarkable” progress after “fighting for her life” against a rare form of pneumonia last week, her daughter says. 

The NFL’s ongoing push for worldwide exposure got another boost Monday when organizers for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics delivered a proposal to put flag football on the program when the Summer Games return to the United States for the first time in 32 years.

Bedbugs have plagued France for decades. They get around easily as people travel from city to city and have become resistant to insecticides.

Former Canadian Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul died in a multi-car accident in Ontario on Tuesday. She was 31.

Paris Olympics organizers canceled a swimming test event Saturday in the Seine River because of new concerns about water quality.

Former Olympic swimmer Helen Smart, who represented Britain during the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, has died at the age of 43.

Heavy rains in Paris have led to the cancellation of a swimming event in the Seine River that was to be a test for next year’s Olympics.

Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller was blasted on social media after he shared a post showing his son running up a hill after the pre-teen quit on his soccer team.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the addition of Fortnite to the Olympic Esports Finals, with a special sharpshooting competition to take place on a Fortnite Creative Island.

Neighbors of former Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie claim that she appeared “heavily pregnant” before authorities found her dead.

Brazil’s Olympic Committee (COB) issued a five-year ban to volleyball champion Wallace de Souza on Tuesday in response to a post on his Instagram account in January in which he asked followers if they would “shoot Lula in the face.”

Top Olympian calls an experienced marathon runner who now self-identifies as a woman competing in the women’s division “wrong and unfair”.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued an impassioned condemnation on Monday of remarks by a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who accused the institution of being a “promoter of war, murder, and destruction” for ruling in favor of allowing Russian and Belarusian people to compete in its events.

Officials in Australia have confirmed that the nation’s first openly gay Olympic bobsledder, Simon Dunn, has died suddenly at the age of 35.

Rulon Gardner the American wrestler who shocked the world by defeating the most dominant wrestler in history, wants to compete again at 51.

The world’s most prestigious sporting institutions dove headfirst into a return to normal following two years of pandemic rules in 2022 – with the help of some of the planet’s most egregious human rights abusers.

Any prospect of Russia’s athletes returning to the international spotlight at the 2024 Summer Olympics was flatly rejected Wednesday by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.

American Paralympic gold medalist Robert Griswold has been accused of sexually assaulting a mentally challenged teammate.

Jim Redmond, the father who helped his injured son, Derek, finish his race during the 1992 Olympic 400m semifinal has died at 81.

Olympic sprinter Shavez Hart was shot and killed outside a bar in the Bahamas as he tried to break up a fight on Saturday.

Olympic hurdler and media sensation Michelle Jenneke has faced injury setbacks in recent years, but is back on track after competing in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this month.

Flag football will be played at an international, multi-sport event for the first time next week during the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.

Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey posted a warning to be careful after she says she was slipped drugs as the World Aquatics Championships.

No criminal charges will be brought against the two FBI agents who allegedly mishandled the sex abuse allegations against Larry Nassar. 

President Joe Biden could be heard saying “don’t jump” when snapping photos with Paralympic athletes on Wednesday.

Simone Biles is as famous for the Olympic events she quit than the ones she won, and now she is now saying that quitting was her biggest win.

The NFL’s plan to make football a genuinely international sport reportedly includes making flag football an Olympic sport.

British cyclist Nicole Cooke has announced her opposition to transgenders in women’s sports despite being a fan of cyclist Pippa York.

Russian Gymnast Ivan Kuliak earned condemnation Sunday by wearing a “Z” on his uniform in apparent support of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian biathlete Yevhen Malyshev lost his life in combat against the Russian invaders this week, according to sources.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended that international sporting competitions ban Russian and Belarusian athletes.

The Chinese government propaganda outlet Global Times claimed on Sunday that the Chinese Communist Party “could use” the upcoming Beijing Paralympic Games as a “chance to play a bigger role” in the Russia-Ukraine war.

HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher slammed U.S.-born Olympic skier Eileen Gu for competing for communist China rather than the United States.

Uyghur cross-country ski Olympian Dinigeer ­Yilamujiang resurfaced in an interview with the Chinese government propaganda outlet Global Times on Friday, denying the ongoing genocide of her people in East Turkistan and claiming reports of her disappearance were untrue.

China’s state-run Global Times on Monday celebrated the 2022 Winter Olympics’ first day without a new positive Chinese coronavirus infection since the Games began on February 4 in Beijing.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Monday to allow Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics after a urine sample she submitted in December 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine, an anti-angina drug the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibits athletes from using both in and out of competition.