Gable Steveson, super-heavyweight freestyle wrestling champion at the Tokyo Olympics, has signed a free agent contract with the USA’s National Football League team Buffalo Bills, the club announced on Friday. The 5-foot-11, 266-pound Olympian has reportedly not previously played football in his athletic career. 

Marcell Jacobs won his first 100 metres race in Europe this year in the build-up to his Olympic title defence in Paris. Italian Jacobs, who stunned the athletics world with two golds in the Tokyo 2020 Games, clocked a time of 10.07 seconds to win his race at the 'Sprint Festival' in Rome, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday. 

Marcell Jacobs is confident that he can dip under 10 seconds as he returns to Italy for Sprint Festival: his first European 100 metres race in the build up to his Olympic title defence in Paris this summer, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

Seven-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky has another medal to add to her collection. The Washington D.C.-native received the highest civilian honour in the United States - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - from Joe Biden last Friday.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA star Brittney Griner reflects on the costly mistake that landed her in a Russian prison in an exclusive interview. In a 20/20 special for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the 33-year-old Phoenix Mercury player sat down with TV host Robin Roberts to talk about her life, career, and her 2022 arrest and imprisonment in Russia.

The WNBA star Brittney Griner said she thought about suicide while she was at a Russian prison during her nine months there.

World Athletics has announced that it will make history by becoming the first International Federation to distribute prize money at the Olympic Games, starting with Paris 2024 in August.