After the British team enjoyed it’s most impressive medal haul in a century at its recent hometown Games, they’ll attempt to out-do themselves on foreign soil in Rio four years from now.
Whether it’s the views, the weather, or the facilities, figure skaters from around the world are singing the praises of Sochi after the first test event was held in the 2014 Olympic Park over the weekend.
While we’ve already seen track and wrestling athletes stripped of their medals from London (and somehow Greece), we’ve got some good news from the folks in the pool: of the 518 doping tests administered to aquatic athletes at the Summer Games, exactly zero came back positive.
After more than 18 months away from figure skating, Vancouver gold medalist Yuna Kim marked her triumphant return to the sport by winning the NRW trophy in Germany over the weekend.
Similar to how wrestling’s semifinals match losers don’t square-off against one another, tennis officials are considering eliminating bronze medal matches for Rio to lighten the load on the world’s best pros.
After he was unceremoniously left off the British taekwondo team for his hometown London Games, world No. 1 fighter Aaron Cook is making good on his threat to switch national allegiances.
And the hits just keep on coming… The Indian Amateur Boxing Federation has been suspended by the AIBA - sport’s governing body - because of “possible manipulation” of the same Indian Olympic Association elections that led to the country being banned by the IOC earlier this week.
Beijing doubles gold medalist Roger Federer, 31, said he’ll begin ratcheting back his schedule over the next few years, but hopes to have enough energy for one more go at the singles gold medal in 2016.
It seems every famous person in the whole of Great Britain (save for David Beckham) joined two-time London Olympics gold medalist Mo Farah in doing the Mobot for his new music video.
The fact that former long track coach Guy Thibault will is taking the reins of the U.S. short track team following Octobers resignation of Jae Su Chun has caused yet another rift among U.S. athletes.
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin recently revealed to ESPN that heartthrob Justin Bieber nearly ruined her amateur status with a care package he sent her during the Olympics.
The Premier League’s West Ham football (read: soccer) club has been selected as the “first bidder” to become the main tenant of the new Olympic Stadium, and will enter into negations on a 99-year lease with the London Legacy Development Corporation headed by mayor Boris Johnson.
The morning after having the Indian Olympic Association suspended by the IOC because it failed to comply with the Olympic charter, Indian sports minister Jitendra Singh is prepared to do whatever he can to ensure that the ban is lifted and the country’s athletes can compete in the Games.
Following in the footsteps of Lolo Jones (and the many that came before her) Australian hurdling world champ Jana Pittman is hopping in a bobsled and aiming for the Sochi Winter Games.
Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin responded Monday to a Twitter campaign from high schoolers hoping that she and Jets quarterback Tim Tebow would call two teens who were involved in a near fatal car wreck in upstate New York.
The IOC is expected to suspend the Indian Olympic Association Tuesday because of government interference with committee elections that could result in corrupt official Lalit Bhanot taking over as secretary-general, according to Reuters.
Utah Governor Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker announced Monday that the last American Olympic host the Games will pursue another Olympic bid in 2026.
In what we’re calling an small upset, two-time Olympic gold medalist LeBron James earned this SI’s 2012 ‘Sportsman of the Year’ award for becoming the first playing since Michael Jordan in 1992 to win the NBA MVP, NBA championship, Finals MVP, and Olympic gold in the same year.
South Korean midfielder Park Jong-woo has been banned two games by FIFA for holding up a sign of protest while celebrating his team’s 2-0 bronze medal game victory over rival Japan in London.
