Belgium and some spots in Germany are just a short distance away from the 2024 Summer games that start this week.

Maria Escano graduated from Seoul American in 2019 and currently attends university in Japan.

Kyle Larson left Indianapolis in May in the middle of one of the most agonizing days of his racing career. In his return Sunday, Larson finished one of the most memorable races of his career with one of sports’ more revered celebrations — kissing the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton were pegged as athletic phenoms from a young age and all three lived up to expectations with their induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.

Xander Schauffele won the British Open on Sunday for his second major of the year, delivering a masterpiece at Royal Troon with a 6-under 65 to overcome a two-shot deficit and give the Americans a sweep of the majors for the first time since 1982.

France’s vast police and military operation is in large part because the July 26-Aug. 11 Games face unprecedented security challenges. The city has repeatedly suffered deadly extremist attacks and international tensions are high because of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Members of the military and honorably discharged veterans have free access to coverage of the summer’s Olympic games in Paris, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service said Thursday.

For centuries the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks, which tower over the high desert of northern Arizona, have held sacred meaning for more than a dozen Native American tribes.

U.S. Navy SEALs showed off their skills for New Zealand’s national rugby team — the All Blacks — ahead of a Friday night exhibition in San Diego. The three-time Rugby World Cup winners stopped by the Naval Special Warfare Center this week for a leadership discussion and tour of its basic training compound.

A half-dozen times during the baseball season, Nationals Park is home to a different kind of activity: high intensity interval training for members of the military on the field, in bullpens and on stadium stairs. The program the Nationals began in 2022 has attracted more than 750 participants over four workouts this year, including 150 this week. Those behind it and involved in Base HIIT find it the perfect way for servicemembers to train and use the field for a unique experience.