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LA28 logos decorate a backdrop a reception to celebrate the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games, to be held in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Track to open LA Olympics, with women’s 100-meter sprinters lining up three times in the same day

It will be a busy opening day of action at the Los Angeles Olympics for the fastest women in the world.

Olympic Track and Field legend Carl Lewis presents during the Team USA Awards presented by Dow, Best of the Games at McDonough Gymnasium on September 28, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nick Wass/Getty Images for USOC)

Enhanced Games destined to fail, says sprint great Lewis

Sprint great Carl Lewis says he does not think the controversial Enhanced Games will be successful and the American is not keen to lend it any oxygen either.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: U.S. President Donald Trump joined by women athletes signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room at the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. The executive order, which Trump signed on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s sports and is the third order he has signed that targets transgender people. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump admin restricts sports visas for transgender athletes

Prompted by President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is updating visa policies to prevent biological male athletes who identify as female from entering the U.S. to compete in women’s sporting events.

Manny Machado #13 and Fernando Tatis Jr. #23 of the San Diego Padres at loanDepot park on July 24, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)

Trade deadline winners & losers: Padres, M’s serious about Series push

Neither the Seattle Mariners nor San Diego Padres have won it all, and both acted as if they were ready to part with decades of futility this past week.

General view during the women's 3000m final REUTERS/Issei Kato/ File Photo

World Athletics mandates gene test for female category eligibility

Athletes will be eligible to compete in the female category for world ranking competitions such as the World Championships only if they clear a one-time gene test in a bid to protect the integrity of women’s sport.

Kyle Schwarber #12 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates after winning the Most Valuable Player of the MLB All-Star Game at Truist Park on July 15, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Kyle Schwarber powers NL to first ‘swing-off’ win at All-Star Game

Albeit in unique — and maybe even bizarre — fashion, Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber was the National League’s hero and All-Star Game MVP.