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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The NCAA on Friday ruled Kentucky’s football and swimming programs committed violations. The football violations centered on impermissible benefits, while the swimming infractions involved countable athletically related activities. The university reached an agreement with…

PARIS — The U.S. men’s soccer team is leaving the Olympics without a medal, missing out on what the Americans believed was a reachable goal. At least they got here. Not in a rah-rah, “Go…

NANTERRE, France — The title of fastest swimmer in the world now belongs to Australia’s Cameron McEvoy, Friday’s Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 50-meter freestyle, the shortest and fastest event in the pool.  McEvoy…

Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Dominik Hašek is calling on NHL team owners to not let Russian players compete in the league. Hašek, a two-time Stanley Cup winner, said today NHL owners should ‘not let…

PARIS — They started chanting his name several minutes before he even entered the arena Friday night. They waved French flags and took out their phones, some clapping their hands, some clutching cardboard cutouts of…

WWE’s premier event of the summer is ready to begin the party. SummerSlam 2024 has arrived and it’s shaping up to be an extraordinary event fit to be held in an NFL stadium. Arguably the…

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – BMX racer Kye Whyte of Great Britain was taken off the course on a stretcher after crashing in the second run of men’s semifinals Friday at the Paris Olympics. Whyte was injured…

Sharon Firisua’s 2024 Paris Olympics were a sprint. She probably would have preferred a marathon.  The Solomon Islands’ top marathon runner tackled her first sprint race in the women’s 100-meter on Friday on track and…

NANTERRE, France — Australian star Kaylee McKeown swept the women’s backstroke events at the Olympics for the second straight Games, winning Friday’s 200-meter backstroke final with a time of 2:03.73, an Olympic record. She also…

Authorities in Paris have launched a hate speech investigation after the Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly filed a complaint, alleging he was the subject of death threats. Jolly filed the complaint with the…