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LEXINGTON, KY - APRIL 27: Heath Ryan from Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia atop Flame competes in the Dressage Phase of the 2007 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park April 27, 2007 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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Australian Olympic dressage rider suspended after video appears to show him repeatedly whipping horse
Karsten Warholm wins the 300m Hurdles Men race in a New World Record time of 32:67 during the Bislett Games, part of the 2025 Diamond League in Oslo, Norway, on June 12, 2025.
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Karsten Warholm breaks his own world best 300-meter hurdles time
Canada's Summer McIntosh pictured celebrating during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh smashes 400m freestyle world record
The 2026 men's FIFA World Cup trophy is visible behind US President Donald Trump as he speaks with reporters before signing two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4.
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Trump’s travel ban allows athletes from affected nations into US for the World Cup and Olympics. Fans may be stuck at home
Gabby Thomas during the Grand Slam Track in Philadelphia on Saturday.
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Betting site bans individual over heckling incident with Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas
Imane Khelif poses after winning gold in the Women's 66kg Final boxing match in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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World Boxing apologizes after naming Imane Khelif in mandatory sex testing announcement
Former Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis receives suspended sentence over wife’s death
Josaia Raisuqe, Olympic rugby silver medalist from Paris 2024, dies at age 30 in road accident
Olympic swim great Gary Hall Jr. awarded 10 medals to replace those destroyed in LA fires
Katie Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle world record almost a decade after last setting it
Breaking records, Olympic gold and a music debut: Mondo Duplantis talks exclusively with CNN about ‘life-changing’ year
Olympic gold medalist Rebeca Andrade says viral podium moment with Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles still ‘gives me goosebumps’
Simone Biles, Mondo Duplantis win big at 25th Anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards
Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will feature mixed-gender golf event, as new venues confirmed for Games
Trinity Rodman proves star credentials on goalscoring return to US women’s team
Grant Fisher: American runner on his ‘super, super rare’ back-to-back world records

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<p>A new LEGO game and 'Final Fantasy'-themed 'Magic: The Gathering' cards were among games featured at the annual video game event. Rick Damigella reports.</p>
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<p>It's been just over a month since Lindsey Vonn made history. A second-place finish in a super-G race in Idaho saw her become the oldest female Alpine skier – by six years – to make the podium of a World Cup race. It was a deeply emotional moment as she ended her comeback season following her dramatic decision to come out of retirement. Vonn had originally called time on her career in 2019 but a partial knee replacement gave the 40-year-old a new lease of life on the slopes with eyes now firmly focused on next year's Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. Vonn, appearing alongside fellow Olympians Eileen Gu and Maria Höfl-Riesch at a CNN panel at the Laureus World Sports Awards, has been telling CNN's Amanda Davies that the journey to get back to the top was one of the most challenging of her career.</p>
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FILE - In this April 20, 1991, file photo, heavyweight challenger George Foreman, center, is tended by veteran trainer Angelo Dundee, left, and former light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore during a title fight against Evander Holyfield in Atlantic City. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
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<p>Thomas Bach, the outgoing President of the International Olympic Committee, speaks exclusively to CNN Sports' Amanda Davies about the Russian doping scandal and his relationship with Vladimir Putin.</p>
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Paris 2024 Olympics - Ceremonies - Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 11, 2024. General view of fireworks above the stadium during the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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Gallery In pictures: The closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics
Simone Biles performs on the balance beam during the individual all-around competition at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, August 1.
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Gallery In pictures: Simone Biles wins Olympic all-around

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Podcast A golden Olympic opportunity in Paris
The participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes has been one of the major talking points leading up to this year's Olympic Games.
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Can Russians and Belarusians compete at the Paris Olympics? Individual Neutral Athletes explained
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‘The eyes of the world are on this race’. Paris Olympics’ triathlon hangs in the balance over E. Coli levels in the Seine
BELGRADE, SERBIA - MARCH 19: Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine UKR looks on prior to the Women's High Jump on Day Two of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 at Belgrade Arena on March 19, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images for World Athletics)
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‘When I see Russian athletes … I see every city destroyed,’ says Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh
India's Neeraj Chopra competes in the men's javelin throw final during the Diamond League athletics meeting at Stadion Letzigrund stadium in Zurich on August 31, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Neeraj Chopra has gained unlikely stardom in India. If he wins another Olympic gold, he will be ‘treated like God’
B-boy Menno of the Netherlands performs at Passerelle Debilly during the Red Bull BC One All Stars Paris take-over in Paris, France on August 9, 2023. // Dean Treml / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202308170046 // Usage for editorial use only //
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‘Breaking has total freedom for me,’ says Menno van Gorp, a medal hopeful in the newest Olympic sport
Bill May, of the United States, walks along the pool deck at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Saturday, July 15, 2023. Largely unnoticed by the general public, men have been participating in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, for decades. (AP Photo/Nick Didlick)
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Excluded from the Olympics for his whole career, artistic swimmer Bill May set for ‘beautiful’ debut at this year’s Games
Armand Duplantis of Team Sweden competes in the Men's Pole Vault Final on Day Three of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2024 at Emirates Arena on March 03, 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Mondo Duplantis aims for ‘dominance’ in ‘freaky sport’ of pole vault after breaking the world record multiple times

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Adam Scott of Australia acknowledges the crowd on the 18th green during the third round of the 125th US Open at Oakmont Country Club on June 14 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
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The stage is set for Sunday drama at the US Open as Sam Burns leads Adam Scott and J.J. Spaun by one stroke
Caitlin Clark put up 32 points, eight rebounds and nine assists against the New York Liberty on Saturday.
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Caitlin Clark explodes for 32 points in return from injury as Indiana Fever hand New York Liberty first loss of season
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the seventh tee during the third round of the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club on June 14 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
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Rory McIlroy is pretty much over this edition of the US Open
Eetu Luostarinen of the Florida Panthers celebrates a goal against the Edmonton Oilers with teammates Brad Marchand, Gustav Forsling and Anton Lundell of the Florida Panthers during the third period in Game Five of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place on June 14, 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Florida Panthers rebound from a bitter defeat to take pivotal Game 5 against Edmonton Oilers in Stanley Cup Final
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 17: Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever celebrates a win over the Chicago Sky in the Fever's home opener at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 17, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
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Fever dream: Caitlin Clark and her teammates are still shocked – and inspired – by the circus following their team
OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 14: Philip Barbaree Jr. of the United States plays his shot from the 15th tee during the third round of the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club on June 14, 2025 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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Amid the frustration at Oakmont, one golfer and his caddie wife are having the time of their lives
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Bruce the Bat Dog sits on the bench in the Washington Nationals dugout before a game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park on June 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images)
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Washington Nationals’ ‘top paw-spect’ makes MLB debut… Bruce the Bat Dog
Sam Burns of the United States plays a shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club.
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Sam Burns is playing free at Oakmont’s treacherous course. It’s put him atop the US Open leaderboard going into the weekend