Kenya sweeps the men's and women's titles at the Berlin Marathon, with Sabastian Sawe winning the men's title (2:02:15) and Rosemary Wanjiru winning the women's title (2:21:05) www.dw.com/en/berlin-ma...

Door to Winter Olympics could be opened to sports not played on snow or ice open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...

Novak Djokovic optimized his mind and body for tennis. At the U.S Open, he found his mojo www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...

A tennis superstar heals old Italian wounds --how Jannik Sinner, born into a German-speaking family in South Tyrol, is helping bridge deep cultural divides in Italy www.politico.eu/article/jann...

U.S. Open predictions www.espn.com/tennis/story...

Laura Dahlmeier, Gold Medal-Winning German Biathlete, Dies in Rockfall www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...

ON THIS DAY in World Cup history Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the 1930 Final . . . and England beat West Germany by the same score in 1966

ON THIS DAY in 1932 the Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles

Olympic biathlon gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier seriously injured in a mountaineering accident www.bbc.com/sport/articl...

Science is Winning the Tour de France www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Pogocar dominates Tour de France time trial to extend overall lead www.france24.com/en/sport/202...

Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s strongman-loving boss www.economist.com/internationa... From The Economist

The ski resort Olympians flock to each summer www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

Reports from The Zeus Files on the controversial election for International Table Tennis Federation president as well as the election for the International Weightlifting Federation president open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...

A pro-doping sporting contest is coming to Las Vegas www.economist.com/science-and-... From The Economist

Diego Dedura-Palomero becomes first 2008-born tennis player to win ATP tour main-draw match www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...

How a billionaire Russian 'sugar daddy' took over an iconic Olympic sport www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Kirsty Coventry elected as IOC President. The 41-year old Coventry, who won gold medals in swimming at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and is currently the sports minister of Zimbabwe, will be the first woman to hold the post. www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...

The Race to Olympia #3: The Zeus Files profile of IOC President candidate Kirsty Coventry open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...

2026 Winter Olympics: What to watch with one year to go www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

The Race to Olympia Part 2 --the second profile of the IOC President candidates by The Zeus File on Substack of International Cycling Union President David Lappartient. open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...

Dick Button, 95, Figure Skating Champion and TV Commentator, Dies www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/s...

The first of a series of profiles by The Zeus Files on Substack on the candidates for IOC President (the election will be held March 20 in Athens, Greece. First up is Johan Eliasch, President of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...

Figure Skaters on airplane that crashed in Washington, D.C. www.espn.co.uk/olympics/sto...

Jannik Sinner just won his 20th consecutive match… which makes this his longest win streak ever. 🦊🍕

Joao Fonseca: Brazilian tennis starlet who plays beyond his years but still gets homesick www.nytimes.com/athletic/598...

FIFA Bends Own Rules to Give Saudi Arabia Coveted 2034 World Cup www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/w...

The competition schedules for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics has been announced. olympics.com/ioc/news/mil...

News: Alexis Holmes has signed on to join @grandslamtrack.bsky.social as a Racer for 2025 following a season where she took 6th in the Olympic final and anchored Team USA to gold in the women's 4x400m. She will be part of the 200m/400m group. citiusmag.com/articles/ale...

IOC presidential candidate Watanabe wants new marketing plan for the Olympics, broader involvement in IOC decisions. here's my interview: www.reuters.com/sports/olymp...

News: Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet, who ran the second-fastest 5000m in history with a 12:36.72 in May, has signed on to join @grandslamtrack.bsky.social. A look at what his signing means for the 3000m/5000m group ft. Grant Fisher, Luis Grijalva and Ronald Kwemoi. citiusmag.com/articles/hag...

The 2034 World Cup is going to Saudi Arabia. Let us know your thoughts 💭 ◾️ @david-ornstein.bsky.social

Current Badminton World Federation Deputy President, KhunyingPatama Leeswadtrakul of Thailand is set to replace Paul-Erik Høyer as President when the world governing body holds its AGM in Xiamen, China, on April 26 next year.

Nearly six years after her retirement, American alpine skiing legend Lindsey Vonn returned to competition Saturday in a pair of downhill races. The 40-year-old Vonn finished 24th and 27th, respectively, out of 45 skiers in the FIS Fall Festival runs. More ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/597...

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana was named World Male Athlete of the Year and Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands World Female Athlete of the Year at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco on Sunday. olympics.com/en/news/lets...

Avg of 10 fastest women's marathon times by country so far this year: world: 2:15:44 ETH 2:16:52 KEN 2:17:06 JPN 2:21:52 USA 2:23:31 BRN 2:24:03 MAR 2:26:01 GER 2:27:15 AUS 2:27:36 CHN 2:27:48 GBR 2:29:18 PER 2:29:36 RSA 2:30:19 NED 2:31:22 CAN 2:32:15 ESP 2:32:37 MGL 2:33:03 MEX 2:33:07

Avg of 10 fastest men's marathon times by country so far this year: world 2:03:18 KEN 2:03:46 ETH 2:04:24 JPN 2:06:40 ERI 2:07:41 MAR 2:08:13 GER 2:08:40 CHN 2:08:52 USA 2:09:05 UGA 2:09:36 GBR 2:09:49 ITA 2:10:19 NED 2:10:38 RSA 2:10:43 FRA 2:11:03 ESP 2:11:06 ISR 2:11:29 CAN 2:11:40 AUS 2:11:44

After six weeks of competition our 2024 #GPFigure Final skaters have been decided! Men 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇯🇵🇫🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹 Women 🇯🇵🇺🇸🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵 Pairs 🇨🇦🇯🇵🇩🇪🇮🇹🇬🇪🇺🇸 Ice Dance 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇦 Which event in Grenoble are you looking forward to most? #FigureSkating | #フィギュアスケート

Photos from Cup of China are up on our website: figureskatersonline.com/news/2024/11... Photos by Robin Ritoss #GPCoC #GPFigure #CupofChina

Sibling Rivalry?! Skating talent so strong it comes in duplicate ✌️👀

A few thoughts on the rather busy 2025 track and field schedule for @citiusmag.bsky.social, inspired by a great youtube breakdown by @andersonemerole.bsky.social citiusmag.com/articles/202...

Interesting that Sebastian Coe is visiting India as his campaign for IOC President begins to gather momentum. Coe has strong links with the country as his maternal grandfather was from the Punjab. @worldathletics.org

🏀 Posiciones del #GrupoC tras esta ventana de los #AmeriCupQualifiers. Febrero será clave. ¡Vamos con todo, RD! 💪🇩🇴

Nigel Avery is the first Chef de Mission I have seen appointed for Commonwealth Games at @glasgow2026.bsky.social or Olympics at @la28games.bsky.social. New Zealand showing faith in former weightlifter who led them at Birmingham 2022 and Paris 2024

📌 Media invitation for a busy week: IOC EB will meet from Tuesday 3/12 to Thursday 5/12 in Lausanne. Two remote press briefings planned: 🔹 Tuesday 5.30 p.m. CET 🔹 Thursday 3 p.m. CET ✅ Among other items, the final report of Paris 2024 will be discussed ➡️Media invitation: tinyurl.com/yza38a42

Here is the full list of qualifiers for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Jan. 20-26 in Wichita. info.usfigureskating.org/2025-prevage...

It seems like it’s not only on the battle field where relations between Russia and North Korea are growing closer. Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev, who will next month be elected as President of the Russian Olympic Committee, has held talks in Pyongyang with North Korean counterpart Kim Il Guk.

There is also a proposal to hold Russia-Korean Summer Games in alternate years starting in 2025 and featuring at least 10 sports.

Russia and North Korea have agreed to work particularly closely together in boxing, wrestling, artistic swimming, rhythmic gymnastics and figure skating, while the countries female football teams will play each other in friendly matches next year.

Sinner leads way as Italy defends Davis Cup title www.espn.com/tennis/story...