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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2019 file photo, Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather speeds down the course as a banner advertising the ski world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo is seen in the background, during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy. The International Ski Federation governing body on Thursday July 2, 2020, has rejected a request by Italian organizers of the 2021 Alpine ski world championships to postpone the competition by one year amid uncertainty during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, file)
Ski worlds to be held in 2021 despite request to delay
By Graham Dunbar
Jul. 02, 2020 11:15 AM EDT
Bobsled, skeleton still planning for full World Cup season
Jul. 01, 2020 08:25 PM EDT
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Bobsled and skeleton officials indicated Wednesday that they are still planning for a full World Cup season, releasing detailed...
FILE - In this April 24, 2018, file photo, coach Dawn Staley talks with players and assistant coaches during a practice for the U.S. women's basketball team in Seattle. Staley would be prepping the U.S. women’s basketball team for the Tokyo Olympics this week if not for the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, she’ll hold a Zoom conference call with players who are vying for a spot on the roster in 2021, if the postponed Olympics are held next year. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Coach Dawn Staley awaits Olympics, focuses on South Carolina
By Melissa Murphy
Jul. 01, 2020 12:31 PM EDT
Chelsea's Ross Barkley celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the FA Cup sixth round soccer match between Leicester City and Chelsea at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Sunday, June 28, 2020. (Tim Keeton/Pool via AP)
MATCHDAY: Chelsea eyes Champions League qualification boost
By The Associated Press
Jun. 30, 2020 07:25 PM EDT
List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jun. 30, 2020 12:19 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...
List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jun. 30, 2020 12:17 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...
List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jun. 30, 2020 12:15 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jun. 30, 2020 12:15 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...
FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo, 1968 Olympic athlete John Carlos raises his fist as he speaks about his experience as Olympians who participated in Mexico City in 1968 during the 50th Anniversary of the Defining Moment in Sports Social Activism Historic Town Hall at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. Olympic protestor John Carlos co-authored a letter with an influential American athletes' group calling on the IOC to abolish the rule that bans protests at the Olympics and replace it with a policy written in collaboration with athletes. Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on the medals stand at the 1968 Olympics to protest racial inequality in the United States. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
Carlos, US athletes take stand to end Olympic protest rule
By Eddie Pells
Jun. 27, 2020 12:53 PM EDT
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated in support of Australia and New Zealand's joint bid to host the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, in Sydney, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Australia and New Zealand will co-host the Women's World Cup in 2023, with the following edition possibly set to take place just two years later. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)
Australia, New Zealand to co-host 2023 Women’s World Cup
By Graham Dunbar
Jun. 25, 2020 08:34 PM EDT
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Jun. 25, 2020 12:05 PM EDT
July 1 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Jun. 25, 2020 12:01 PM EDT
June 27 1903 — Willie Anderson captures the U.S. Open with a two-stroke victory over David Brown in a playoff. 1914 —...
FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 7, 2018, England head coach Phil Neville walks onto the field before a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match against the United States, in Orlando, USA. Neville will step down from coaching the England women's team when his contract expires next year, it is announced Friday April 24, 2020, missing out on leading the country at the rescheduled European Championship in 2022. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, FILE)
England unclear when Neville exits with successor hired soon
By Rob Harris
Jun. 25, 2020 09:31 AM EDT
FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Local Japanese sponsors have chipped in a record $3.3 billion to organize the postponed Tokyo Olympics. That's almost 60% of the income for the privately funded operating budget. With the games delayed for a year, sponsors will be asked to sign up again. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Tokyo Olympics must firm up $3.3 billion in sponsor income
By Stephen Wade
Jun. 25, 2020 02:49 AM EDT
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015, file photo, Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland addresses the media, in Detroit, to discuss the head coaching vacancy as coach Mike Babcock will now be the new head hockey coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Holland has been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Iginla headlines 2020 Hall class as 4th Black player elected
By Stephen Whyno
Jun. 25, 2020 12:27 AM EDT
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. A U.S. government study concludes that Americans do not get their money’s worth out of the $2.7 million that Congress sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency this year. The report from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy concludes that the U.S. is under-represented on WADA’s key policymaking committees. It says WADA has not moved quickly or far enough to reform itself in the wake of the Russian doping scandal. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
Study says US doesn't get value from WADA contribution
By Eddie Pells
Jun. 24, 2020 02:55 PM EDT
Osterman, teammates criticize softball team for anthem tweet
Jun. 23, 2020 09:09 PM EDT
VIERA, Fla. (AP) — A fast-pitch softball team was sharply criticized by U.S. star Cat Osterman and several of her teammates after it tweeted to President...
Before entering the field gates for football strength and conditioning camp at Arlington Martin High School, athletic Trainer Joey Pena, right, uses a thermometer on the forehead of sophomore running back Gervawn Neville for a temperature check Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. While states have been easing the economic and social lockdowns prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, some are now letting high school athletes return for summer workouts before teachers have even figured out how they are going to hold classroom instruction. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
The Latest: 2nd Tennessee men’s basketball player has virus
By The Associated Press
Jun. 23, 2020 06:46 PM EDT
List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jun. 23, 2020 12:01 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...
List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jun. 23, 2020 12:01 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...