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FILE - Eeli Tolvanen (20), of Finland, scores a goal against goalie Lars Haugen (30), of Norway, during the second period of the preliminary round of the men's hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The 2018 Olympics without NHL talent offered a glimpse of things to come for players who hadn't yet reached the best hockey league in the world. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Olympics in 2018 showed glimpses of future NHL stars

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Feb. 16, 2023 06:02 AM EST
Two teams play water polo during an Awatu Winton Water Polo Club competition at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Ghana water polo grows as sport looks for more diversity

By Jay Cohen
Feb. 03, 2023 11:57 AM EST
FILE - Alex Hall of the United States, checks the score following his run in the slopestyle finals, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, during the Dew Tour freestyle skiing event at Copper Mountain, Colo. There's a legion of freestyle skiers and snowboarders at the action park who refuse to subscribe to the “spin to win” theory. It's the idea that maxing out flips and twists is the only way for them to score big with the judges.(AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)

Winter X daredevils ride fine line between height, happiness

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Germany's Stephan Leyhe soars through the air during the third stage of the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Participants perform during the opening ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Olympic workers in protective clothing help travelers at Beijing Capital International Airport after the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Nana Takagi of Team Japan is comforted by teammates after falling during the speedskating women's team pursuit finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Vanessa James and Eric Radford, of Canada, compete in the pairs short program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Gold medal winner Japan's Ayumu Hirano ties Japnes flag as he celebrates during the venue award ceremony for the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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FILE - Fencers compete in the men's individual semifinal Sabre competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 24, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. Four national fencing federations say the International Fencing Federation has voted to allow athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus to resume competing in international events. They have been excluded for more than a year because of the invasion of Ukraine. The decision appears to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete for qualifying spots for next year’s Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hundreds of fencers protest against letting Russians compete

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BERLIN (AP) — More than 300 fencers, including nine medalists from the last Olympics in Tokyo, signed an open letter published Tuesday urging the sport's governing body and the Inter

FILE - A display of the Olympic rings is set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. A proposed French law for the 2024 Paris Olympics that critics contend will open the door for privacy busting video surveillance technology in France and elsewhere in Europe faces an important hurdle Tuesday March 28, 2023 with lawmakers set to vote on it. The bill would legalize the temporary use of so-called "intelligent" surveillance systems to safeguard the Games and Paralympics. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Lawmakers vote on Paris Olympic law with surveillance fears

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PARIS (AP) — A proposed French law for the 2024 Paris Olympics that critics contend will open the door for privacy-busti

FILE - Mariya Lasitskene, of Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after winning the women's high jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo. Track and field leaders signaled Thursday, March 23, 2023, that it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics

By Graham Dunbar 24 hrs ago

GENEVA (AP) — Russian athletes who have actively served in the military invasion of Ukraine should be allowed to return to international sports if they did not take part in war crime

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain returns to Tommy Paul during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 26, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Andreescu, Paul advance to 4th round at Miami Open

Mar. 26, 2023 07:34 PM EDT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Bianca Andreescu of Canada — the 2019 U.S.