The dire existence of young athletes in Madison, Ind.: “You just can’t believe this is all happening in one small community.”

Rachael Denhollander, the first former gymnast to go public about abuse by Dr. Nassar, received a standing ovation as the last person to speak at his sentencing hearing.

Men were granted up-close access to photo shoots on the beach when the women were nude, the cheerleaders said.

An emergency room doctor in Elmhurst, Queens, gives a rare look inside a hospital at the center of the coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t have the tools that we need.”

Bianca Smith, recently hired by the Boston Red Sox, learned the language of the game from her mother.

Her tirade may be long remembered and the umpire who penalized her could have acted differently, but the meltdown tarnished the sport and sportsmanship.

Catlin was lining up for a shot at Olympic gold. And an elite mathematical mind would open opportunities off the track. But torment lurked behind the success.

Rebecca Cummings and Allison Cassidy were among five former Washington Redskins cheerleaders whose accounts of harassment on the job led to change. But, they say, not enough.

“People should know that this is not just happening in Hollywood,” McKayla Maroney, a former Olympic gymnast, wrote in a brave Twitter post. “This is happening everywhere.”

As more victims read statements about abuse at the hands of Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar, top officials for the federation’s board announced they would step down.

Jamain Stephens was known as a big man on campus. His death raised questions about how his university is handling the coronavirus and prompted athletes to think about their own risks.

Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, apologized for “inexcusable” failures in the investigation of Lawrence G. Nassar, who sexually abused hundreds of women and girls.

Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time, who has used her influence to speak out against injustices, arrives at her second Olympics prepared to soar above the sport’s devastating recent...

A (sculpted) arms race has erupted as athletes in the ice sport with the brooms seek any competitive advantage. Oh, and there is a Men of Curling calendar now.

U.S.A. Gymnastics told Olympic committee officials it had found documents that law enforcement had been seeking for months. The committee decided enough was enough.

It’s hard to be surprised by the news that cycling’s most dominant rider has tested positive for a banned drug.

The only black driver in NASCAR’s top tier, he has emerged as an impassioned activist who got the flag banned at races in the largely white sport after years of putting up with it.

At the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials in St. Louis, the athletes vying for places on the team tested the limits of their ability, and of gravity.

One of the oldest players in N.C.A.A tournament history helped Oregon advance to the national semifinals for the first time in 78 years.

Sunisa Lee, 17, had stellar showings at the national and world championships, and her sights on making the U.S. women’s Olympic team. Those plans are now up in the air.

The country’s national Olympics organization so far has chosen not to decertify the gymnastics federation, despite sexual-abuse claims from more than 150 young women.

The Afghan women’s national team fled to Australia when the Taliban took over. FIFA, yielding to Afghanistan’s soccer federation, no longer recognizes the team.

“I’m literally bear-hugging another creature on the other side of the ball every single play,” Leo Koloamatangi, a Jets offensive lineman, said. “If that guy has any symptoms, I’m going to get them.”

The country’s national Olympics organization so far has chosen not to decertify the gymnastics federation, despite sexual-abuse claims from more than 150 young women.

Laurie Hernandez won medals at the 2016 Games. But she said her love of the sport was tainted under training with Maggie Haney, who is now suspended by the sport’s American federation.

Noncheering cheerleaders are hired on looks and dressed like cheerleaders, but their primary job is to charm the team’s fans.

Nadezhda Sergeeva is the second Russian athlete at the Games to test positive for a banned substance. Will Russia get its flag back now?

Like Muhammad Ali, Summitt, a tough leader as Tennessee’s basketball coach, brought the world along on her journey while fighting a progressive disease with no known cure.

On Instagram and other social networks, gymnasts have tagged posts with #GymnastAlliance to share their own experiences in the wake of a new documentary that highlights verbal and physical abuse by...

The decision comes as she had skipped three other apparatus finals and the individual all-around.

Inspired by a phrase shouted by the team coxswain — “This is the U.S. women’s eight!” — the Americans won their third straight Olympic gold medal and 11th consecutive major title.

The dire existence of young athletes in Madison, Ind.: “You just can’t believe this is all happening in one small community.”

When Maggie Haney, the prominent coach of an Olympian, was barred for eight years after being accused of emotional abuse, gymnasts saw an opening to press for other cases to go forward and to demand...

That goal, Sebastiana Lopez says, is worth the grind of six days a week leading her crew team. “I know this will help me get there.”

Excerpts from Juliet Macur’s new book, “Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong,” examine the people closest to him and those involved in his clandestine doping.

How an Afghan soccer player and her teammates fled their homes, outran a murderous regime and forged the uncertain beginnings of a new life.

Lee, 18, is making her Olympic debut after a challenging year. Her versatility is crucial to Team USA’s shot at a third consecutive gold.

The country’s national Olympics organization so far has chosen not to decertify the gymnastics federation, despite sexual-abuse claims from more than 150 young women.

Women have long blended motherhood and elite sports. But as soccer expands its support systems, it is also demanding ever more of its players.

Women have long blended motherhood and elite sports. But as soccer expands its support systems, it is also demanding ever more of its players.

Coach John Geddert drove young gymnasts to the point of injury, then sent them to Lawrence G. Nassar, the doctor who abused them sexually. Geddert killed himself on Thursday in the face of criminal...

Khalida Popal helped save Afghan female soccer players from the Taliban. Now she is demanding that world soccer officials let them play for their country again.

Whenever the Tour de France climbs a mountain, it rides into a party that has been raging, sometimes for days.

Men were granted up-close access to photo shoots on the beach when the women were nude, the cheerleaders said.

A physical therapist brought the virus to rowers who were training to make the U.S. Olympic team, and one gold medalist said it “knocked us down pretty hard.”

Former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Charean Williams has won the Dick McCann Award from the Professional Football Writers of America and will be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in...

If Iran cannot follow international standards for equality, then it should not be awarded international sporting events, like the one this week on Kish Island.