USOPC moves to decertify USA Badminton
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has moved to decertify badminton’s national governing body, citing repeated U.S. Center for Safe Sport compliance, athlete safety, financial, governance and...
View ArticleSanta Margarita High football players allegedly sexually assaulted by teammates
On the afternoon of Sept. 24, a 15-year-old sophomore Santa Margarita Catholic High School varsity football player tried to enter the team’s locker room to get dressed for practice. For update, see:...
View ArticleTrump election won’t impact Olympics, LA28 officials say
LOS ANGELES — Officials organizing the 2028 Olympic Games said on Thursday that they do not expect the election of Donald Trump as president to impact the funding of Los Angeles’ third Olympics. LA28...
View ArticleHiea-Yoon Kang, subject of SafeSport abuse probe, continues to coach at...
FULLERTON — Hiea-Yoon Kang, suspended from coaching the U.S. Olympic and national artistic swimming teams, continues to coach young athletes at Fullerton College, a location she has tried to keep...
View ArticleSuspended artistic swimming coach Hiea-Yoon Kang ‘found joy in making us scream’
Shortly before the U.S. Championships in the spring of 2017, U.S. artistic swimming national team and La Mirada Aquabelles coach Hiea-Yoon Kang observed a group of swimmers she was coaching do the...
View ArticleAnna Li, Jiani Wu suspended by U.S. Center for SafeSport for abusing athletes
Anna Li, a former U.S. national team member and eight-time UCLA All-American, and her mother Jiani Wu, an Olympic medalist for China and former USA Gymnastics national team coach, have been suspended...
View ArticleDespite arrest, no-contact order, court admission, water polo star continues...
CORRECTION: This story is updated to remove a sentence about an incident committed in the Harvard-Westlake locker room against Player Z. Although the incident removed from the story is alleged to have...
View ArticleIn Thursday’s election for IOC president, Sebastian Coe’s once close friend...
Once upon a time, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach and Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, track and field’s global governing body, were the closest of friends. “Best...
View ArticleKirsty Coventry becomes first woman, African to lead IOC
For all the historical significance of the election Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe as International Olympic Committee president Thursday, making the Olympic swimming champion the first woman and first...
View ArticleAndrew Torgashev’s fairytale arrives at World Figure Skating Championships
Andrew Torgashev, the boy wonder now a scarred and seasoned 23, will step to center ice at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston Saturday night for the free skate and a hard-earned moment...
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