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President Trump plans to announce a new federal task force on Tuesday, which will oversee the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Variety has confirmed. The unveiling will feature several Olympic athletes and members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committees in attendance. The task force is set to be an intergovernmental initiative, comprising law enforcement and government agencies at …

EUGENE, OREGON – AUGUST 03: Noah Lyles is pushed by Kenny Bednarek following the Xfinity Men’s 200m final during the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field on August 03, 2025 in Eugene.Getty Images EUGENE – Noah Lyles came from behind to edge two-time Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek in the 200-meter final Sunday at the USATF Outdoor Track & …

article EUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 22: Sha’Carri Richardson reacts after competing in the women’s 100 meter dash semi-final on Day Two of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 22, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patric Sha’Carri Richardson, a Dallas native and Olympic gold medalist, was arrested earlier this week at SeaTac …

EUGENE, Ore. — Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested Sunday at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport after an incident with her boyfriend, fellow sprinter Christian Coleman, per a police report obtained by The Athletic from the Port of Seattle Police Department. The case has since been cleared, per the same police report. The incident, first reported by LetsRun.com, landed Richardson in custody for …

Olympic and world champion in biathlon Laura Dahlmeier has passed away at the age of 31, according to her management company. The German athlete was on a trip in the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan when she suffered severe injuries in an accident. An experienced and certified mountaineer, Dahlmeier was caught in a rockfall around noon on 28 July at an …

German Olympic champion Dahlmeier seriously injured in Pakistan mountaineering accident  Reuters Laura Dahlmeier: Olympic star injured in climbing accident  BBC Rescuers race to reach injured German Olympian stranded on a northern Pakistan mountain  AP News Pakistani rescuers will try again to reach an injured German climber stranded on a mountain  ABC News International team attempting mountain rescue of former Olympic champ  upi.com Source link

Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect Olympic Sports, Restrict Some NIL Deals  SwimSwam SAVING COLLEGE SPORTS  The White House (.gov) Trump issues executive order for college sports  ESPN President Trump’s executive order on college sports: Here’s what it actually means  Yahoo Sports President Trump takes aim at college sports with a new executive order  NPR Source link

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. The new policy, announced Monday with a quiet change on the USOPC’s website and confirmed …

U.S. Olympic committee bans trans women from competing in women’s sports  Axios USOPC bans trans women from women’s events  ESPN U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee will comply with Trump’s ban on trans women in women’s sports  NBC News US Olympics officials quietly bar trans women from competing in women’s sports  The Guardian US Olympic team to comply with Trump’s ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s …

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee updated its policies to say it would comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports. The committee made the change in an updated “Athlete Safety Policy,” posted to their website Monday, which does not mention the word transgender in any of its 27 pages. But the document …