Danish swimmer Glaesner stripped of 2 medals
Danish swimmer Mads Glaesner will be stripped of gold and bronze medals from last year's world short-course championships because of a positive drug ...
Report: Jukic to skip worlds following dispute
Austrian swimmer Dinko Jukic will reportedly skip the world championships in July and August at Barcelona following an ongoing dispute with his ...

Murofushi loses appeal at CAS in IOC election case
Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi lost his appeal Wednesday against disqualification from an election to become an IOC member representing ...

'I'm gay': NBA player Jason Collins breaks barrier
Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade
Turkey enlists Michael Phelps' coach
Turkey has signed Michael Phelps' coach as a consultant on their swimming program for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Games that ...

NBA veteran center Jason Collins comes out as gay
With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of four major ...

Gay athletes have come out while active or retired
Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement. From Martina ...
Biedermann to skip swim worlds after long illness
World 400-meter freestyle record-holder Paul Biedermann is skipping the world swimming championships in July in Barcelona. Biedermann says he is ...
IOC mulls requests for new events at 2016 Olympics
Three years out from the Rio Games, 3-on-3 basketball and BMX freestyle are competing in an alternative Olympic contest — trying to win selection to ...
Russian swimmer suspended for 2.5 years
A Russian swimmer who took part in the London Olympics has been banned from competition for doping. A statement Saturday from the Russian anti-doping ...
Russian swimmer Moskvina banned for 6 years
Russian swimmer Ksenia Moskvina has been suspended for six years for a second doping violation. Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA says the European ...
British swimmer Rebecca Adlington retires at 23
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has retired from competitive swimming at the age of 23. The Briton won in the 400 and 800 meters at the 2008 ...
Pregnant Laure Manaudou retires for 2nd time
Former Olympic swimming champion Laure Manaudou says she is quitting for good after announcing her retirement for the second time on Wednesday.
Chinese swimmer Li Zhesi banned 2 years for doping
Swimming's governing body says former world record-holder Li Zhesi of China is serving a two-year doping ban after testing positive for EPO. FINA says ...
Italian swimming federation signs with Arena again
The Italian swimming federation has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with Arena, ending a four-year arrangement with Jaked that began during the ...

Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...

Douglas wins AP female athlete of the year honor
Gabby Douglas, the first African-American to win the all-around Olympic gymnastics title in London, was chosen The Associated Press female athlete of ...