National Sports

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Swimming superstar Katie Ledecky is still only 27 and has many more years of racing ahead of her. But, inevitably, her reign of dominance will have to end one day. It’s hard to imagine given how brilliant she was at this year’s Paris Olympics, where she won four medals

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Amit Elor runs around the wrestling ring holding aloft a US flag, jumping with joy every so often. She may only be 20 years old, but she has the world at her feet. Elor has just won Olympic gold in the women’s freestyle 68kg wrestling event, beating Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim

By Chris Liakos and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Belgian triathlete who fell ill after swimming in the women’s race says that she did not contract E.coli. In a post on her Instagram page Tuesday, Claire Michel said she felt the need to “clarify a few things” following “conflicting information.” “Blood tests showed

By Lex Harvey and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN (CNN) — An Olympic story of hope and perseverance quickly turned to one of heartbreak after an Indian wrestler known for her role in anti-sexual harassment protests was disqualified from the gold medal match of the women’s 50kg freestyle category. Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman to

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Tuesday finally made its way to Paris after touring through northern France for the early part of the Games. Three of the four games at Bercy Arena were fun contests that came down to the final quarter – or the final seconds.

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — The men’s 1,500-meter final always promised to deliver drama, but perhaps not quite like this. This was supposed to be a showdown between Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic champion, and Josh Kerr, the world champion. So it was a shock to everyone inside the Stade de France when

By Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Sports are everything. A ball entering a net, a perfect floor routine or a car crossing a line first cause the greatest of emotions in every spectator or participant: joy and ecstasy, sadness and anger, amazement and awe. The Olympic Games are perhaps the biggest stage of them all

CNN By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals and a silver to add to her extraordinary collection. But the road to get to Paris wasn’t easy. At Tokyo 2020, Biles suddenly started suffering from the

By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals and a silver to add to her extraordinary collection. But the road to get to Paris wasn’t easy. At Tokyo 2020, Biles suddenly started suffering from the “twisties,”

By George Ramsay, CNN Le Bourget, Paris (CNN) — As of Tuesday, an 18-year-old from Texas can lay claim to being the fastest-ever Olympian – at least when it comes to traveling vertically. When Sam Watson set a speed climbing world record of 4.75 seconds in the Parisian suburbs, where a temporary climbing wall has

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago White Sox made the wrong kind of history on Monday, falling to the Oakland Athletics 5-1 to tie an American League record with their 21st consecutive loss. Chicago’s losing streak is the longest since the Baltimore Orioles opened the 1988 season with 21 straight losses.

By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN Paris (CNN) — What have you been up to so far in the summer? Exploring the world? Learning a new language? Taking in the sights and sounds of music festivals? How about rewriting the history books to become your country’s first ever triple champion at a single Olympic

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The greatest American gymnast to ever live – and one with a strong case to call herself the greatest of all time – came to Paris last week in a strange spot. She’s the most decorated gymnast ever. She’s a world-famous superstar. She’s changed the profile of her

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — As a DJ spins music, the athletes twist, whirl and leap — each move a dizzying mix of fancy footwork and contorted limbs. It might seem more like an artform than a sport, but breakdancing — known professionally as breaking — is making its Olympics debut this month in

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s a rare moment that a crowd can feel an athlete becoming a major player on the Olympic stage. It’s even rarer for a crowd to feel a sport itself rising to that level. In just its second ever Olympics, 3×3 basketball was more of a curiosity than