Serena Williams and the coming reckoning with GLP-1s and performance enhancement
Serena Williams is back. Teaming up with rising Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko for a straight-sets win over the…
Cricket and the rain: What happens when a day’s play is ruined by the weather?
The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. Day three of the first Test between England and…
Demi Vollering wins Giro d’Italia queen stage on Colle delle Finestre shortened by avalanche
Vollering brought herself 50 seconds away from race leader Van der Breggen Luc Claessen/Getty Images June 6, 2026…
Muhammad Ali died 10 years ago. His widow wants you to know why he still matters
There’s something Yolanda Ali wants you to know about her late husband. When someone reaches the levels of…
How the Indian Premier League final became a global event: ‘NFL and NBA are big, but cricket is right up there’
The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. There are two reasons to own an IPL team.…
English cricket’s complicated relationship with alcohol
The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. The room filled with laughter as the alcohol-related anecdotes…
Operación Puerto 20 years on: The doping investigation that tore cycling apart
Pat McQuaid had only been the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI) for eight months when the…
Joe Root on Tendulkar, McCullum and the art of batting: ‘If cricket is all about you, it’s a depressing sport to play’
The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. The first thing The Athletic notices upon meeting Joe…
Cyclist Jaume Guardeno moved to specialist neurological injury centre after training crash
Caja-Rural rider Jaume Guardeno has been transferred from intensive care to a specialist neurological injury care centre after…
MVP bans boxer Claressa Shields after Alycia Baumgardner altercation
Shields, 31, has yet to respond to the MVP statement Marleen Moise/Getty Images for WSF May 19, 2026Updated…
How Rousey and Carano fought ‘ring rust’ with saunas, red light therapy and brain scans
Usually, when ‘ring rust’ is mentioned around a fighter, it’s in reference to a year – two at…
Nigel Martyn. England footballer. England cricketer
The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. There was a time when some of the best…