Caleb Dressl (USA), 27, the next "swimming emperor" after Michael Phelps, was reduced to tears as he crashed out of two individual events in one day. Dressl finished sixth in the men's 50-meter freestyle final in 21.61 seconds at the Paris 2024 Olympic Aquatics Management event at the La Défense swimming pool in Paris, France, on Wednesday (Aug. 3). He followed that up with a time of...

Italy's Angela Carini, 26, who was disqualified from the women's boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by an athlete with an "XY chromosome," will receive a grant from the International Boxing Association (IBA) equal to the value of an Olympic gold medal. "The IBA will award Carini, who abandoned her bout with Imane Khelif (26-Algeria) at the Paris Olympics after 46 seconds of the...

The U.S. 3×3 basketball team won its second straight game after four straight losses to keep its play-in dreams alive. The United States won 21-19 against France at 1:35 a.m. ET on Wednesday at Place de la Concorde in Paris, France, in the fifth game of the men's 3×3 basketball preliminary round at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They followed that up with a 21-17 win over China at...

Asia's strongest vaulters will face off for the first time in Paris. Jakarta gold medalist Yeo Seo-jung (Jecheon City, South Korea) and North Korea's Ahn Chang-ok (Hangzhou gold medalist) will compete for a medal in the challah at 11:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France. World Championship bronze medalist Yeo Seo-jung and Hangzhou Asian Games gold medalist Ahn Chang-ok...

"Still, we got more points than we expected early on." Suwon FC head coach Choi Soon-ho, a "white elder statesman," spoke calmly after the 0-2 loss to FC Seoul, who were looking for a dream fourth straight win after three straight wins against Daejeon, Jeju, and Gwangju. Kim Eun-joong, a first-time 'professional manager', smiled in response to the public's assessment that Suwon FC is building...

Incheon United pulled off a three-peat by beating 'giant' Jeonbuk Hyundai. But captain Lee Myung-joo was injured. Incheon coach Cho Sung-hwan lamented that the injury was "irreplaceable" and cost the team too much. After undergoing surgery, Lee was ruled out for an extended period of time. Lee Myung-joo was substituted out in the 33rd minute of the first half against Jeonbuk in the 10th round...

Bucheon FC1995 will look to chase down the top spot and turn things around against Gimpo. Bucheon will travel to the Saltar Football Stadium on Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m. to face Gimpo FC in the 10th round of the Hana Bank K League 2 2024 for the first time this season. In their last match against Chungbuk Cheongju in the ninth round, Bucheon played well and kept a clean sheet against Chungbuk...

Shin Tae-yong's Indonesia have failed to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Indonesia fell 1-2 to Iraq after extra time in the third-place playoff at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup 2024 at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday (Feb. 3). The top three finishers in the tournament, which doubles as an Asian qualifier for the Olympics, will...

South Korean national soccer player Hwang In-Beom (27, Zvezda), who plays in the Serbian league, recorded his fifth assist of the season to help his team win the league early. Hwang assisted on the opening goal in the 33rd round of the 2023-2024 Serbian Professional Soccer Superliga against Vakka Topola at Stadion Raiko Mitic in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 3. The team went on to win 2-1. Hwang...

Happy to draw. Harry Kane, 30, Bayern Munich, is enjoying his time away from Tottenham Hotspur. "Kane is relishing the UEFA Champions League (UCL) match at the Santiago Bernabeu," The Athletic reported on Jan. 1 (below). He said he wants to play in such a big game," the publication quoted Kane as saying. Bayern Munich drew 2-2 with Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2023-2024 UCL...