Rafael Nadal announces his retirement: ‘A thousand thanks to everyone’
The 22-time Grand Slam champion hangs up his racket after 23 years as a professional as one of the sport’s greatest historical competitors
The 22-time Grand Slam champion hangs up his racket after 23 years as a professional as one of the sport’s greatest historical competitors
As the 2024-2025 NBA season approaches, the father-and-son duo embark on a six-game preseason, with the official season tipping off on October 22
Australian tycoon Aron D’Souza wants to organize the controversial Enhanced Games, a competition that still has no date or location, which sets out to test the limits of the human body by allowing performance-enhancing drugs
The Golden State Warriors and Team USA coach talks politics, leadership and the synergies between soccer and basketball during a visit to Mallorca
A group of amateur players falsely posed as the official national team at a tournament held in Perm. They were discovered after being trounced and now the question is how they were able to hoodwink the Russian and Colombian federations, and why
The team that’s accompanying the Spanish trail runner in his attempt to cross the Alps speaks with EL PAÍS. They discuss the logistics involved and the athlete’s special diet as he climbs 59 mountains in just two weeks. ‘He hasn’t lost any weight!’
The events begin on August 22 with a preliminary regatta, but the official competition starts on August 29. This year, Team New Zealand is the Defender
One of the greatest sailors in history is looking to finally bring the America’s Cup to the United Kingdom and complete a unique list of achievements
Body-shaming against female Olympians and other sportswomen is rife. Water polo player Paula Leitón is the latest to be subjected to intense physical scrutiny
The Argentine president’s spokesman excluded the soccer idol in a list of outstanding ‘lefties’ from sports and the arts, drawing criticism from relatives and former footballers, among others
A number of Caribbean countries achieved extraordinary results, considering their size and GDP, while France has once again proved the ‘host effect’
The killing of the soccer player’s sister, Paola Salcedo, has placed a turbulent family relationship in the spotlight. Mother accused son of the crime, while the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office accuses the mother and sister of another murder at the beginning of the year
The instrument, reserved for gold medalists to sound at the Stade de France, has become a symbol of victory ahead of its installation in the renovated Notre-Dame cathedral
Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen has gone viral at the Paris Games, not for winning a medal, but rather for his love of a chocolate treat
It is amazing to see how Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade, who do not speak the same language, admire each other and in such a public way
EL PAÍS has matched 13 photos from the Games with artworks that capture their essence and feeling, from Munch’s ‘The Scream’ to Michelangelo’s ‘David’
The Paris Games saw two different Cuban wrestlers compete for the gold: the fighter who remained on the island and his compatriot who defected
A new essay reconstructs the literary competition of the VIII Olympiad, which brought together Nobel Prize winners on the jury and participants such as Robert Graves and Henry de Montherlant to praise sporting heroism
Amid the Olympic Games in Paris, the deaths of Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima on K2 sheds light on the wild essence of an activity in which mistakes are paid for with lives
The team collected eight gold medals out of the 34 at stake in Paris, the lowest haul of a tournament since the Melbourne Games in 1956
The planet’s most Parisian lodgings turns 100 years old amid the world’s biggest sporting event and has been sold out for months. Refuge for the powerful, its well-earned fame as a secure place with good hot chocolate has attracted guests such as David Beckham and Woody Allen
Originally from Guerrero, the Mexican surfer is an ambassador for a Philippines project that seeks to give visibility to women in surfing around the world
The gymnast is once again the star of the U.S. team and of the Olympic Games. She is back and will end her journey in the world of sports only when she decides to
As a young boy, he was forced to flee his home in South Sudan before going on to compete in the first Refugee Olympic Team, and now uses his experiences to offer hope to others
Problems with the Mexican Swimming Federation and other sports institutions lead athletes to seek alternative nationalities to fulfill their dreams
The free solo is not a recent trend, but a historical mountaineering tradition that modern psychology regards with amazement
Technology, diet, and investment in elite sport are key for humans to continue breaking their physiological limits. However, it is unlikely that we will see many new records in Paris as the Olympic Games are more given to emotion