Olympics

An Uzbekistani businessman with alleged links to organized crime resigned Monday as president of the International Boxing Association after his tenure played a role in the body being stripped of the right to organize the Olympic boxing events

Shakur Stevenson stamped his homecoming fight with a third-round knockout of Alberto Guevara, keeping the New Jersey native and 2016 Olympic silver medalist undefeated and in line for a title fight

Xie Siyi and Cao Yuan won the men's 3-meter springboard synchro on Saturday to complete a Chinese sweep of all three diving events on the opening day of the world championships

Two-time judo Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison is still in the hunt for the $1 million championship prize in Professional Fighters League

Vitaly Mutko, who was Russia's Sports Minister during the doping-tainted Winter Olympics in Sochi, has won an appeal against his lifetime ban from the games

Ultra-competitive Johnny Hooper key attacker for US water polo team heading into worlds

The Winter Games will return to Italy just 20 years after Turin hosted in 2006.

USA faces Sweden in the final match of the group stage, with both countries having qualified for the knockout stage of the WWC.

These athletes, who were either born on Long Island or went to high school here (in some cases, both), reached the pinnacle of international competition by winning an Olympic medal.