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Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Record win for Jepchirchir in World Half Marathon; King streak reaches 18 straight races in ISL opener; just two fighting for Giro d’Italia...

2020 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: The IOC’s new balancing act: sometimes being “athlete-centered” isn’t enough

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: IOC “very worried” about weightlifting coup d’etat; FIS dismisses long-time Sec. Gen. Lewis; Minnesota saves outdoor track

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: World Mountain Bike wins for Sarrou and Ferrand-Prevot; Nadal and Swiatek make history at French Open; Gray wins fifth 76 kg title

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Get our 526-event Int’l Sports Calendar; how Tokyo will save $283 million; USATF gets $8 million pledge; more Russian weightlifters banned!

Athletics

HIGHLIGHTS: Kosgei defends, but Kipchoge eighth in London Marathon as Kitata wins; Ulissi takes Giro d’Italia stage 2

1948 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: USOPC chief calls S. 2330 “a big win,” Paris 2024 cuts costs; London Marathon Sunday; Operation Aderlass doping doctor confesses

1988 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Tokyo 2020 announces “simplification” measures; IOC concerns mount on Italian government meddling; more time for Russia on re-entry plan

Cycling

CYCLING: Van der Breggen & Alaphilippe score historic Worlds road wins in Imola

Athletics

HIGHLIGHTS: World leaders for Kipyegon and Obiri in Doha Diamond League; Ganna overpowers field for World Time Trial title in Italy

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Bach has “cautious optimism” on Tokyo; more Mondo in final Diamond League meet Friday; van der Breggen wins women’s time trial as...

2020 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: German athletes barely care about Rule 50; Canadian athletes split on podium protests; a FIFA Women’s World Cup every two years?...

Cycling

CYCLING: Pogacar’s stunning time trial earns him the Tour de France as a rookie at age 21

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Duplantis clears outdoor-best 6.15 m (20-2) in Rome; Diack gets two years in prison; Roglic set to take Tour de France

5-Ring Circus

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Crouser awesome again in Zagreb; Lake Placid loses IBSF 2021 Worlds; WADA still concerned by U.S. noise & Rodchenkov Act

5-Ring Circus

LANE ONE: Navid Afkari executed in Iran; lots of regrets, but is any action coming?

Alpine Skiing

HIGHLIGHTS: Warholm sensational again (47.08) at ISTAF; Pogacar & Roglic break defending champ Bernal in Tour de France

2020 Olympic Games

THE TICKER: Swiss Tribunal dismisses Semenya appeal; Warholm, Crouser, Kiplimo, Taylor star in Ostrava; Tokyo 2020 “at any cost”?

1972 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: WR watch for Warholm & Crouser in Ostrava tomorrow; Roglic leads Tour de France; Luis & Taylor-Brown win Triathlon Worlds

5-Ring Circus

THE TICKER: Three “world records”: for Farah, Abdi and Hassan in Brussels; another win for van Aert at Le Tour; double death for Iranian...

Aquatics

HIGHLIGHTS: Crouser explodes to 22.72 m (74-6 1/2) in Des Moines; Tour de France starts with wins by Kristoff and Alaphilippe!

1924 Olympic Games

HEARD AT HALFTIME: Gymnastics case judge considers settlement conference, while World Rowing faces hard choice on LA ‘28 site

Athletics

HIGHLIGHTS: Norway’s Warholm scares WR with 46.87 over 400 m H, then wins flat 400 m at Stockholm Diamond League! Wow!

5-Ring Circus

THE TICKER: Athletics Diamond League moves to Stockholm; Lyles wins two; USA Gymnastics and Nassar survivors at impasse in mediation

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