Top 130 Best Sports News, Reviews and Resources

• 7 MOST COMMON SPORTS INJURIES [INFOGRAPHIC]
• 10 things no one tells you before you become a professional MMA fighter - The Telegraph.
• 48 Athletes to Watch at the Tokyo Olympics - TIME Magazine.
• 50 photographs that reshaped sport - "Pain, triumph, disaster - and a pair of tightly squeezed testicles. Here are some of the images that changed the way we see sport for ever."
• 2024 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR | F1 Schedule 2024 - "Formula 1 has announced the calendar for the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship, approved by the World Motor Sport Council. The calendar features 24 races and begins in Bahrain on March 2 and finishes in Abu Dhabi on December 8. Click on any Formula 1 race from the 2024 season Grand Prix calendar today for results, reports and highlights, plus full details of the F1 schedule, with dates, times and the full weekend program."
• 2024 Forbes World's Highest-Paid Athletes List - "In total, the world’s 50 highest-paid athletes hauled in an estimated $3.88 billion over the last 12 months before taxes and agents’ fees, up 13% from last year’s record mark of $3.44 billion. Roughly 76%, or $2.94 billion, came from on-field earnings (salaries, bonuses and prize money) partly because of the Middle Eastern money continuing to flow into sports. The other 24%, or $936 million, is attributable to their endorsements, appearances, licensing and memorabilia income, and other business endeavors, which is down 13% year-over-year from $1.08 billion."
• From cutting curfews to grid penalties - 10 rule changes you need to know about for the 2023 F1 season - "While F1’s rules are remaining largely the same in 2023 following last year’s major reset, there are still technical and sporting changes of note for the campaign ahead, as we explain in our pre-season rundown..." Formula 1.
• ‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out - "After so many other Olympic sites ended up left to rot, London 2012 was supposed to be different. But who has really benefited from this orgy of development?"
• A rookie's guide to Super Bowl LIV - "The world's biggest show is clattering into Miami this weekend, as the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers battle to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy in the National Football League's 100th season."
• Adventure racing - a combination of two or more endurance disciplines, including orienteering (if an orienteering map is used) and/or navigation (when non-orienteering maps are used), cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing and related rope skills.
• AEG WORLDWIDE - one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world.
• ARENA365 - helps you, your team and your friends plan, communicate and reach goals within sport and active living.
• At the Paris Olympics, Sex Testing Will Be in Full Force. How Did We Get Here? - "The requirements for female athletes have shifted over the eras, from crude strip searching to chromosome testing to hormone testing."
• Athleisure - a hybrid style of athletic clothing typically worn as everyday wear. Athleisure outfits can include yoga pants, tights, sneakers, leggings and shorts that look like athletic wear, characterized as "fashionable, dressed-up sweats and exercise clothing". Since the 2010s, it has become more common to wear gym clothes outside the gym, whether the wearer is exercising or not. Athleisure can be considered a fashion industry movement, enabled by improved textile materials which allow sportswear to be more versatile, comfortable, and fashionable.
• Athletes with the Most Olympic Medals, Ranked - "Phelps is Oceans Ahead. In this graphic, we show the top nine athletes by the total number of Olympic medals won, including one who medaled at Paris 2024."
• BASE JUMPING - Wikipedia.
• BASEJUMPER.COM - base jumping resource and community.
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award
• beginner's guide to... the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend - "As the fastest, most technically advanced motorsport on the planet, Formula 1 can seem extremely complex. But if you’re a new fan of the sport, there’s absolutely nothing to fear as we can explain it all in our beginner’s guide. Here’s everything you need to know about the Formula 1 race weekend..." Formula 1.
• BRUCE LEE FOUNDATION
• BUNGEE JUMPING - Wikipedia.
• CANADA GOOSE - for over 50 years, Canada Goose has been committed to producing the best expedition parkas, arctic gear, extreme cold weather down jackets and high quality.
• CARL ZEISS SPORTS OPTICS - world's best binoculars.
• CAS | COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT - international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sport.
• Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics 2024 over allegedly ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’ - "Dujardin was bidding to become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian in Paris but was filmed ‘engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare’."
• Cinema's greatest sporting contests - The Telegraph.
• CONDOR - outdoor gear.
• Dabbing - Performing the dance move characterized by raising an elbow and tucking one's head toward that elbow while raising and extending the opposite arm behind.
• Do Lefties Have an Advantage in Sports? - The New York Times.
• Enhanced Games: drug-friendly sports competition gains prominence even as the backlash grows - "Swimmer James Magnussen says he would 'come on board as their first athlete', but others view the proposed event as 'scary and dangerous'."
• ESPN - the world leader in sports.
• ESPY AWARDS | Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award - since 1993. An annual accolade presented by the American cable television network ESPN to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony.
• Everything you wanted to know (& more!) about pickleball - "Nobody quite knows why pickleball is called pickleball. Complete with its quirky name, this eccentric sport has begun to enter American mainstream culture and become the new thing. Dubbed as America's unofficial pandemic pastime, more than one million Americans have picked up a paddle in the last two years."
• EXTREME SPORT - definition & explanation.
• Extreme sport - Wikipedia.
• EXTREMITY GAMES - official site.
• Fake News Reports & Videos Seek to Undermine the Paris Olympics - "Russian propagandists are spoofing broadcasters and mimicking French and U.S. intelligence agencies to stoke fear about security at the Games."
• FREE RUNNING - Wikipedia.
• FRISBEE | FLYING DISC - Wikipedia.
• GOLDEN LEAGUE - IAAF athletics.
• 'Greenest ever Games': how the Paris Olympics hopes to inspire a new era of global sporting events - "Organisers say they are setting a precedent by using existing or temporary venues for most events and focusing on low-carbon building for the rest."
• HALL OF FAME - FIA Formula One World Drivers Champions 1950 - 2009.
• Hosting the Olympics Costs Billions. What Does a City Get Back? - "What Does a City Get Back From Hosting the Olympics? Every couple of years, when another Olympics rolls around, a familiar story is recycled: The Games are a way for host cities to fast-track infrastructure and urban-redevelopment projects. But there is surprisingly little evidence to back this story up and examples galore suggesting the reverse."
• How much are Olympic medals worth? - "Each of the gold, silver and bronze medals are 85 millimeters in diameter and range in thickness from 7.7 mm to 12.1 mm. The gold medal is in fact made from gold-plated pure silver, with around 6 grams of gold out of a total weight of 556 grams."
• How to Float - The New York Times.
• IAAF | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS FEDERATIONS - home of world athletics.
• Ice rink opens 100 floors above New York - "Where to go ice skating 100 floors above New York City streets. Edge at Hudson Yards, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, is opening up an ice skating rink on Tuesday. A 1,024 square foot rink has been placed in the indoor portion of the sky deck, but skaters will still be able to take in the New York City skyline as they make their way around the rink."
• If the Ironman World Championship Doesn’t Happen in Kona, Did It Even Happen? - "The iconic one-day world championship event has outgrown the small town on the island of Hawaii. But will triathletes follow the race outside of Kona?"
• IFBB | INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BODYBUILDERS
• IHF | INTERNATIONAL HANDBALL FEDERATION
• INTERNATIONAL MASTERS GAMES ASSOCIATION
• IOC | INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
• IPC | INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE
• IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - since 1978. For triathletes (Kona, Hawaii, U.S.A.).
• ISPO - since 1970. International Trade Show for Sports Equipment and Fashion: The Universe of Sports with eleven Worlds of Sports at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. Twice a year. Trade visitors only.
• IVY LEAGUE SPORTS - the official home for Ivy League athletics.
• JEET KUNE DO - hybrid martial arts system and life philosophy founded by Bruce Lee.
• Jim Brown: a life in pictures - "The NFL legend, actor and social activist has died aged 87. In a football career spanning 1957 through 1965 he led the Cleveland Browns to their last NFL title and shattered league records before retiring to become an actor, appearing in more than 30 films. Here we look back at his life and career."
• KRAV MAGA - essentially a tactical defense skill. Its philosophy emphasizes threat neutralization, simultaneous defensive and offensive maneuvers, and aggressive endurance in a 'him-or-me' context.
• Laureus World Sports Awards - since 1999. Annual award ceremony honoring remarkable individuals from the world of sports along with the greatest sporting achievements throughout the year.
• LEN FOWLER TROPHIES - "Len Fowler Trophies is an established supplier of all trophy awards. We have been in business for over 50 years and pride ourselves on our excellent service."
• LIPIZZANER HORSE - breed of horse closely associated with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria.
• LULULEMON ATHLETICA - yoga clothes & running gear for sweaty workouts.
• MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - "The World's Most Famous Arena. MSG is located on Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd streets in New York City, and is home to the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Liberty, and the best concerts and family events in the Tri-State area."
• MASTER ATHLETICS - world rankings.
• Michael Jordan Is Now Worth $3 Billion & Joins The Forbes 400 - "Thanks to his sale of the Charlotte Hornets, the NBA legend is in rare air—becoming the first professional athlete to rank among America’s 400 wealthiest people."
• MMA | MIXED MARTIAL ARTS - get the latest MMA news, results, analysis and commentary with live coverage of all UFC, Strikeforce, WEC and other events.
• MULLOCK'S, U.K. - Europe's no.1 sporting auction house.
• NABBA USA | NATIONAL AMATEUR BODYBUILDERS ASSOCIATION & MS. FIGURE
• NCAA | NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION - a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
• NRA | NATIONAL RIFFLE ASSOCIATION
• NEMO 33 (BRUSSELS) - the world's deepest diving pool.
• Novak Djokovic: rise of padel is putting tennis at risk - "Wimbledon star calls for the ‘king of racket games’ to be more accessible at club level to ensure its survival. Novak Djokovic has warned that grassroots tennis is 'endangered' by the rise of more accessible options such as padel. Padel is easier to master and is already played by 200,000 amateurs in the UK. It is also more profitable for tennis clubs."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: 5 takeaways from an extremely memorable Olympics closing ceremony - "It was a party in the Stade de France as an electric two-and-a-half weeks of the Summer Olympics wrapped up on Sunday with a celebration of the athletes, the people who made the Games happen and a preview of what to expect in four years."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: After Tokyo’s Covid Olympics, Paris has been reframed as the Conflict Games - "Any relief at moving back to normality has disappeared but at least there will be fans (and no bears) this time."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: best photos of the Paris Olympics - "The Paris Olympics wrapped up Sunday with the closing ceremony at the Stade de France, and the baton was passed to Los Angeles, which will be hosting the Games in 2028. The United States won the most medals in Paris (126) and tied China for the most gold medals (40)."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics 2024 over allegedly ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’ - "Dujardin was bidding to become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian in Paris but was filmed ‘engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare’."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: How is France preparing for the Olympics & Paralympics? - "The Olympic torch is being lit in Greece on Tuesday, ahead of its journey to Paris for the start of the Games on 26 July. Security has become a major concern for the French government, and plans for the opening ceremony are being reconsidered. The summer Olympics are from 26 July to 11 August, with 10,500 athletes competing in 329 events."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: In pictures: The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics - "For the first time in the history of the Summer Olympics, the opening ceremony took place outside of a stadium."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: McDonald's has been BANNED for athletes as the Paris Olympics goes for vegetarian 'not dogs' instead - "Usain Bolt claimed he gorged on 1000 McDonald's chicken nuggets when he won Olympic gold in 2008, but today's Olympians will get none after the Paris Games banned the fast food giant as part of a health kick."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: Meet Dominika BaneviČ, teenage breaking superstar who wants to ‘write history’ in the Olympics’ newest sport - "She was exposed to the newest Olympic sport while watching cartoons online, and now the Lithuanian prepares for her debut at the Paris Games as the defending world champion after beating more than 90 other B-girls in Belgium in 2023."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: Olympic flag raised upside down at end of rain-soaked opening ceremony - "A spectacular ceremony on the River Seine produced an embarrassing moment at the very start of the Olympics."
• Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony review - soaring ambition deflated by patchy delivery - "This ceremony's creative director, Thomas Jolly, had the inspired idea to lean into Paris's famed romance by using the city itself as a stage. River, roads and rooftops were in play on rain sodden night that lacked usual class of French capital."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: Recycled bottle tops & tables made from shuttlecocks - the greenest Olympics? - "The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: The Olympic Flame Isn’t a Flame at All - "Two torches may have lit it to open the Paris Games, but that’s not a fire in the cauldron."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: The tech that showed Noah Lyles winning gold - "When judges needed to determine who won Sunday's Olympic 100-meter race, they drew on some fancy new technology - a camera from Omega that shoots 40,000 frames per second, aimed right at the race's last few millimeters."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: These Olympic uniforms have gone viral - "‘They just won the Olympics’: Internet goes wild for Mongolia’s Paris 2024 outfits. Move over Lululemon, Berluti and Ralph Lauren. The internet has chosen its new favorite national uniform at the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympics: Mongolia’s."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: ‘They just won the Olympics’: Internet goes wild for Mongolia’s Paris 2024 outfits - "Move over Lululemon, Berluti and Ralph Lauren. The internet has chosen its new favorite national uniform at the forthcoming Paris 2024 Olympics: Mongolia’s. Featuring intricately embroidered vests, pleated robes and accessories inspired by traditional attire, the country’s opening and closing ceremony outfits have taken social media by storm since being unveiled earlier this month. The designs are the work of Michel&Amazonka, an Ulaanbaatar-based label producing couture and ready-to-wear garments that 'express the essence of Mongolian tradition and culture' in what the brand calls a 'contemporary light.'"
• Paris 2024 Olympics: What's the problem with swimming in the Seine? - "It should be a stunning set piece of Paris 2024 - triathletes competing in the River Seine, bringing swimming back to the centre of this city. But concerns about water quality mean the first event has had to be postponed for a day. France lags behind the European Union’s average score for top-quality bathing water conditions."
• Paris 2024 Olympics: Where every sport is being held at the Paris Olympic Games - "The Olympic Games are coming to the French capital and homes have been found for all 32 sporting disciplines. In a totally unique event, the Opening Ceremony will be held along the Seine River, marking the first time that the ceremony has not taken place inside a stadium."
• Paris mayor swims in Seine as river is cleaned up just in time for Olympics - "Anne Hidalgo fulfils pledge after cleanup operation makes water quality safe enough to host events at Games."
• Paris Olympics medals are made with pieces of the Eiffel Tower - "A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that follow."
• Paris Olympics: Super-rich spending up to $500,000 on exclusive Paris Olympics packages - "Third-party hospitality packages are outlawed, yet agency part-owned by associates of Rafael Nadal and LeBron James promises access to top events as well as to stars."
• Paris Olympics: Why people are threatening to poo in Paris' River Seine - "Sunday was supposed to be the date Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo would swim in the Seine to prove the water was clean enough for Olympic athletes."
• Paris Paralympics 2024 opening ceremony: ‘revolution of inclusion’ - in pictures - "Across three and a half hours of spectacle and speeches at the Place de la Concorde, the opening ceremony showcased 500 performers and a parade featuring 128 competing nations."
• photos of abandoned Olympic venues as they look today - The Telegraph.
• POLAR ELECTRO - listen to your body.
• PORSCHE DESIGN
• RED BULL AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - aka "Formula 1 of the Sky." Established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of air races in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the fastest time.
• Ronda Rousey breaks silence: 'I did a whole lot of crying' after UFC defeats - USA Today.
• Ronda Rousey: 'I never wanted to talk about concussion. It felt like a weakness' - "The former MMA fighter, once described as 'the world's most dominant athlete', reveals her fears for the future after a career riddled with glory and pain."
• SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
• SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL OF VIENNA
• SPECIAL OLYMPICS - the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries. Alternating between summer and winter, the Special Olympics World Games are held every two years.
• Spectacular opening ceremony ignites Paris Paralympics 2024 - "A spectacular opening ceremony marked the start of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as athletes paraded along the iconic Champs-Elysees to Place de la Concorde in glorious conditions."
• Spectator sport - sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its competitions.
• SPORTCENTRIC - delivers professional sports websites of the highest design and functionality standards, hosted on our fully redundant, load balanced hardware architecture.
• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - the 20 top-earning non-American athletes 2009.
• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - the 50 highest-earning American athletes 2009.
• Sports Illustrated 2024 celebrates 60 years of iconic swimsuit models - "Dozens of past Sports Illustrated cover models have returned for the 60th anniversary of the magazine's iconic 'Swimsuit Edition,' which released on newsstands on May 17."
• TAI CHI CHUAN - is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for health reasons.
• TEAM SPORT - Wikipedia.
• THE ROCK & ROLL POP ART AUCTION - the ultimate destination for fully authenticated Sports, Entertainment, Rock & Roll and Historical memorabilia.
• The strange 19th-Century sport that was cooler than football - "Pedestrianism was a sport of epic rivalries, eyewatering salaries, feverish nationalism, eccentric personalities and six-day, 450-mile walks."
• The Ultimate Gear for Watching the Olympics - Wired.
• TICKETS.COM - a leading business-to-business ticketing solutions provider for live events. Also a full service provider of integrated ticketing solutions designed to enable entertainment and sports organizations to sell tickets to consumers under the clients’ brand.
• Timeline of Summer Olympic Games that went on amid global conflict - "The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are unfolding against the backdrop of growing instability around the globe, as Russia pushes on with its yearslong invasion of Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas rages on in Gaza. Here’s a look at other times in modern Summer Olympics history where war and political unrest played out as the world’s greatest athletes took center stage, and how it impacted the Games."
• UBERSENSE - "A Personal Coach in the Palm of Your Hand. Ubersense helps you get better at sports, anytime, anywhere." Mobile app for iPad, iPhone, and iTouch that helps athletes and coaches raise their game, using video and collaboration.
• UFC | ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP - world's leading mixed martial arts sports association, formed in January, 2001.
• WADA | WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY - promotes, coordinates and monitors the fight against doping in sport in all its forms.
• Why Billionaires Are Buying Up Sports Teams - "Soaring team values, investment security, and extreme scarcity make franchise ownership a magnet for magnates, the rare investment capable of making even dumb money look smart. The economics of sports franchise ownership have exploded beyond imagination. The latest status symbol for owners: 80,000 seats and more toilets than you could dream of."
• WINGSUIT FLYING - Wikipedia.
• WORLD ATHLETICS TOUR
• WORLD FITNESS FEDERATION
• World Nomad Games - international sport competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia.
• WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
• WORLD'S 10 HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETES 2021 - "A record four athletes - including one quarterback and two soccer legends - each earned $100 million or more in the past year."
• WORLD'S BEST-PAID MALE ATHLETES - Forbes.
• World’s Most Valuable Sports Teams 2021 - "The pandemic has caused a world of chaos for the sports industry, but billionaire owners are thriving, with the average value of the world’s top teams jumping 9.9%, to $3.4 billion."
• World's top 20 highest-paid athletes - The Telegraph.
• YANKEE STADIUM - stadium located in the New York City borough of The Bronx. It serves as the home ballpark for the New York Yankees, replacing the previous Yankee Stadium, built in 1923.