A few weeks ago, American boxing writer and poet Andrew Rihn mused on Twitter about the number of boxers who took the names of former boxers as their ring names. It might be an outright full name, a first name or a combination of first and last ...

By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has suggested that instead of offering prize money for Olympic gold medallists in Paris, World Athletics should focus its funding on supporting athletes ...

(Reuters) - World number three Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Italian Open as he continues to recover from an arm injury, the twice Grand Slam champion said on Friday. Having successfully defended his Indian Wells title in March and reached ...

By Manuel Ausloos and Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - British Triathlon has a been-there, done-that attitude when it comes to water quality issues in the leadup to big competitions and trusts French authorities to deliver a safe Olympics amid ...

The Miramichi Timberwolves capped a storybook run to the Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) championship on May 2. The Timberwolves scored three unanswered third-period goals to defeat the Summerside D. Alex MacDonald Ford Western Capitals 5-4 to ...

Brad Gushue and his crew’s offseason is only a couple of weeks old, so you wouldn’t think he’s spent any time looking ahead to next season yet.  However, with a Grand Slam of Curling event scheduled for the Mary Brown’s Centre in St. John’s, Gushue ...

The Maple Leafs are shipping up to Boston. They couldn’t be more thrilled than to be heading back to Massachusetts again. Given up for dead earlier this week — at least, in the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs — by many, the Leafs beat the Bruins 2-1 on ...

There’s been a steady drip of negative talk about Evander Kane in Edmonton this past hockey season, with the dam bursting at season’s end when Kane admitted he’d been playing hurt with a sports hernia. But Kane is now sticking to his many critics, ...

Connor Hellebuyck woke up on the morning of Game 4, intending to steal a game. There was a laser-focus, he said Thursday, as the Winnipeg Jets went through their latest rounds of post-season medicals and exit interviews. His mindset was similar ...

With an NHL-leading seven goals in five playoff games, Zach Hyman has been playing like he’s seven feet tall. And he’s apparently not the only one. The Edmonton Oilers forward might have some competition in that department when it comes to ...