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Who is returning to play for the U.S. water polo teams in Paris?

Find out which athletes will represent the U.S. men's and women's teams in water polo at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Durban hosts the SA National Water Polo Championships for under-16 and under-18 athletes

Durban is hosting the Bombela Concession Company SA National Water Polo Championships this weekend, showcasing under-16 and under-18 athletes eager to impress national selectors ahead of major ...
Opinion

Female athletes get less respect and less reward — many earn under $25,000. But that 'outrage' may be prime for change

Growing investment and attention in professional women's sports could alter the landscape.

Iranian women's team not the first athletes to seek asylum while competing overseas

The choice for some Iranian women's soccer team members to stay in Australia is not the first time athletes have travelled ...

For Some Athletes, Major Sports Events Can Be an Opportunity to Defect

Members of the Iranian soccer team who chose to remain in Australia this week are far from the first to travel to a competition and stay there.

For new fans of women’s hockey, PWHL offers drama, storylines to follow post-Olympics

The PWHL is back after its Olympic break with more eyes on the sport than ever before. Here's everything you need to know ...

Eighty-six years before the Iranian women’s team, footballers from the Middle East sought asylum in Australia

War, as the Iranian women have had impressed upon them, brings desperately fraught times far from home for all manner of performers.

Tom Brady and Fanatics Flag Football Classic moving to LA from Saudi Arabia

The venue swap for the March 21 competition comes on the heels of the Iran war and travel advisories in the Middle East.