Athletics-Davis-Woodhall opens up on mental health struggles after Eugene victory
July 5 (Reuters) - Olympic and world champion Tara Davis-Woodhall spoke about her mental health struggles, describing her week as "really difficult" going into the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, where she won the long jump.
Rugby-Australian game benefiting from format crossovers, Sevens players say
BENGALURU, July 4 (Reuters) - Sevens stalwarts Henry Hutchison and Maurice Longbottom believe the growing crossover between the shorter game and the Wallabies is strengthening Australian rugby as players move between the formats around Olympic and World Cup cycles.
Athletics-World body extends ban on Russia and Belarus over Ukraine invasion
NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - The World Athletics Council reaffirmed its decision to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competition on Friday, four years after it initially imposed sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.
Figure skating-Russian two-time Olympic pairs champion Dmitriev dies
June 29 (Reuters) - Russian figure skater Artur Dmitriev, the only male pairs skater to win Olympic gold twice with different partners, has died in Moscow at the age of 58, one of his former partners told TASS news agency on Monday.
Cricket-US men's team to play in LA Games but women set to miss home Olympics
NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) - Reigning world champions India, Britain, South Africa and hosts United States are set to feature in the men's Twenty20 competition when cricket returns to the Olympics at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles following a qualification pathway approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Swimming-Steenbergen breaks women's 100 metres freestyle world record
June 28 (Reuters) - Marrit Steenbergen broke the women's 100 metres freestyle world record on Saturday, clocking 51.68 seconds at the Sette Colli International Trophy in Rome.
Cycling-Deignan becomes sports director for British Cycling road team
LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Former world champion and Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Deignan is returning to British Cycling as a sports director to help prepare the road team for the 2028 Olympics.
Ice hockey-Canada captain Poulin to undergo knee surgery for torn ACL and meniscus
June 25 (Reuters) - Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin, widely considered the best women's ice hockey player in the world, will undergo surgery on her torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn meniscus, her PWHL club Montreal Victoire announced on Thursday.
IOC official says charter changes on sports neutrality vital in 'complicated' world
LAUSANNE, June 25 (Reuters) - A senior International Olympic Committee official said on Thursday that Olympic Charter changes aimed at reinforcing sport's political neutrality were vital for maintaining IOC independence in what he called an increasingly complicated world.
IOC accepts charter change on sports neutrality and sports programme
GENEVA, June 24 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday accepted changes to the Olympic Charter proposed by the executive board to reinforce the political neutrality of sport.
