World Athletics' (WA) plan to offer prize money to Olympic gold medallists is a much needed step in the right direction, said American track and field athletes, with the high costs of training and competition weighing on competitors.
Backstroke queen Kaylee McKeown marked herself a major threat for the 200 metres individual medley gold at the Paris Olympics as she shattered a national record at the Australian Open Championships this Wednesday.
The last three men's 400 metres freestyle world champions will battle for the Australian Open Championships title on the Gold Coast yesterday as Kim Woo-min, Elijah Winnington and Sam Short look to make a statement ahead of the Paris Olympics.
A United States (US) Federal Appeals Court yesterday ruled that a transgender middle-school girl in West Virginia can compete in her school's girls' track and cross-country teams, blocking enforcement of a state law against her.
The United States (US) will top the medals table for the fourth straight Summer Games in Paris, while France will get a major host-nation bump from eighth to third, according to a forecast 100 days out from the opening ceremony.
Rafa Nadal's hopes of winning the Barcelona Open for a 13th time were dashed this Wednesday following a 7-5 6-1 second round defeat by Australian fourth seed Alex de Minaur.
The former British Open champion says Sweden's Henrik Stenson is happy to sit back and wait for the DP World Tour to make a decision on his Ryder Cup future.
Australia's Chef de Mission Anna Meares said this Wednesday that while security was the first subject athletes raised with her about the Olympics, she had full confidence that Paris would put on a safe Games in 100 day's time.
World number three, Coco Gauff, is full of optimism heading into the claycourt season as she targets a first French Open crown but the American said her immediate focus was on ending her trophy drought on the surface over the coming weeks.
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return to the match court with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Flavio Cobolli in the first round of the Barcelona Open.