US Open 2024: Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic both face difficulties, but reigning champions win in straight sets

Coco Gauff, the reigning US Open champion, will now advance to the third round. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images) The 2024 US Open continued on Wednesday with a strong roster of tennis stars, including Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic among those vying for the title at Flushing Meadows. The defending women’s and men’s … Read more

IOC award winner Jane Figueiredo on coaching Tom Daley; Zimbabwe, Houston and Los Angeles Olympics

Longtime diving coach Jane Figueiredo received the International Olympic Committee’s Lifetime Achievement Coaching Award on Monday. Figueiredo was born in Zimbabwe, dove for Portugal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and spent three decades at the University of Houston, competing and then coaching. She is best known for coaching British diver Tom Daley for the … Read more

Daytona 500 weekend schedule released; additional Cup Series practice added

NASCAR officials released the weekend schedule for the annual Speedweek festivities at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday, revealing details on four season-opening races and an expanded practice schedule for the Daytona 500 main event on Sunday February 16. The schedule arrived at the same time as NASCAR officials announced adjustments to practice and qualifying procedures … Read more

Approved neutral athletes may participate in swimming relays, synchronized diving and artistic swimming.

Athletes from Russia and Belarus, if allowed to compete as neutral athletes, can now form swimming relays, synchronized diving pairs, and artistic swimming duets and teams at world aquatic events. This week, World Aquatics put into effect guidelines for the participation of neutral athletes from a “conflicting nation”, which now concerns two nations: Belarus and … Read more