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Dominik Dvorak and Jakub Nosek of Czech Republic speed down the track during their first run of the two man Bobsled World Cup race in Sigulda, Latvia, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
Olympic test event in China called off amid travel concerns
By Tim Reynolds
6 hrs ago
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, file photo, Lolo Jones, of the United States, right, and Sally McLellan, from Australia, clear a hurdle in the women's 100-meter hurdles race at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany. Jones hasn’t returned to China since 2008, since one bad step in what was then the biggest race of her life cost her an Olympic gold medal. Her stance might change in 2022. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
Lolo Jones back in bobsledding, seeks elusive Olympic medal
By Tim Reynolds
Nov. 27, 2020 11:45 AM EST
FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 3, 2005 file photo, The Golden State Warriors first round draft pick, Ike Diogu from Arizona State, poses for the team photographer at Media Day at their headquarters in downtown Oakland, Calif. USA. The 2005 NBA Draft had its share of international players, but Ike Diogu was the lone Nigerian-American, but now fifteen years later, Nigerians are setting records. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas, File)
Former NBA lottery pick saw wave of Nigerian players coming
By Ken Maguire
Nov. 27, 2020 11:08 AM EST
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, Minnesota Timberwolves' Luol Deng in action suring an NBA basketball game, in Minneapolis, USA. The two-time NBA All Star, who became president of the South Sudan basketball federation after retiring as a player last year, Luol Deng wants to build up basketball in his native South Sudan that may mean him coaching the national team himself, as they prepare to play against Mali upcoming Saturday Nov. 28 2020. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, FILE)
Retired NBA player Deng coaches South Sudan at tournament
Nov. 27, 2020 10:49 AM EST
Rikako Fukase, left, and Eichu Cho of Japan perform during a rhythm dance of an ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating competition in Kadoma near Osaka, Japan, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Sakamoto dominates women's short program at NHK Trophy
Nov. 27, 2020 08:27 AM EST
FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo, a man is seen through the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020 announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to host 18 test events
By Stephen Wade
Nov. 27, 2020 05:43 AM EST
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 file photo, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain, celebrates after winning gold in the women's 400 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. World champion runner Salwa Eid Naser has avoided being banned for a doping rules violation because of a technicality, according to a ruling published Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020. Naser will keep her 2019 world title and can compete for Bahrain at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
100-meter world champion Coleman appeals doping ban to CAS
Nov. 26, 2020 12:17 PM EST
Belarusian pensioners wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus attend an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Large crowds of retirees have protested in the Belarusian capital to demand the resignation of the country's authoritarian leader who won his sixth term in office in a disputed election. Over 2,000 pensioners marched down a central avenue in Minsk in what has turned into a regular Monday rally. (AP Photo)
Belarus' Olympic body faces IOC punishment amid protests
Nov. 25, 2020 03:11 PM EST
Michael Vogt and Sandro Michel of Switzerland finish their second run of the two man Bobsled World Cup race in Sigulda, Latvia, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
Luge federation calls off plans to race in China this season
By Tim Reynolds
Nov. 25, 2020 01:15 PM EST
NWHL season to last 2 weeks and played in Lake Placid bubble
By John Wawrow
Nov. 25, 2020 12:11 PM EST
The National Women’s Hockey League season will be limited to a two-week run and played in a bubble in Lake Placid, New York, as a result of COVID-19...
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 31, 2012 file photo, Razvan Constantin Martin of Romania competes during the men's 69-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. Two Romanian weightlifters have been stripped of their 2012 London Olympics medals for positive tests for steroids. It brings London's record total of doping cases at any Summer or Winter Games to 77. The International Olympic Committee says silver medalist Roxana Cocos and bronze medalist Razvan Martin tested positive for multiple steroids in reanalysis of their samples. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
2 weightlifters lose London Olympic medals because of doping
Nov. 25, 2020 09:46 AM EST
This 2008 file photo shows Simon Haydon, former Associated Press international sports editor. Haydon, who shaped The Associated Press’ coverage of World Cups and Olympics as international sports editor and reported on landmark news events while traveling the world as a correspondent, including the downfall of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, died early Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 in a hospice in southern England, according to his wife Barbara. (AP Photo, File)
Simon Haydon, ex-AP international sports editor, dies at 64
By Rob Harris
Nov. 24, 2020 03:48 PM EST
Diamond League track series plans for 14 meets in 2021
Nov. 24, 2020 05:49 AM EST
MONACO (AP) — The Diamond League track and field series will visit 14 cities in 2021 to rebound after the coronavirus pandemic limited the traditional meets...
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Koike remains firm about being able to safely hold the Olympics next year despite growing concerns about Japan's recent resurgence of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Tokyo governor: Japan can host Olympics despite virus spike
By Mari Yamaguchi
Nov. 24, 2020 04:11 AM EST
Billy Evans, 88, member of 1956 gold medal U.S. team, dies
Nov. 23, 2020 09:05 PM EST
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Billy Evans, a member of the 1956 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and Kentucky Hall of Famer who helped the Wildcats go 25-0 in 1953...
Lolo Jones returns to USA bobsled national team
Nov. 21, 2020 10:37 PM EST
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Lolo Jones is back on the USA Bobsled women’s national team, the three-time Olympian making the 10-person roster announced Saturday...
John Daly, Megan Henry lead US skeleton national team
Nov. 21, 2020 08:35 PM EST
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — John Daly is a step closer to another Olympic berth. The two-time Olympian is back on the USA Skeleton national...
Swimmer Caeleb Dressel sets 2 world records in Hungary
Nov. 21, 2020 12:49 PM EST
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Caeleb Dressel set a pair of short-course world records Saturday at the International Swimming League final in Budapest, Hungary. ...
FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 file photo, Malaika Mihambo, of Germany, celebrates her gold medal in the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. World long jump champion Mihambo wants to double up with the 100 meters at the Tokyo Olympics next summer. “That's definitely the plan for next year. I've noticed that I really like sprinting,” Mihambo told German news magazine Der Spiegel in an interview published Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 but said it would be tough to establish herself as a sprinter. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, file)
Long jump champ Mihambo targets 100 meters at Olympics
Nov. 21, 2020 08:15 AM EST
John Daly returns to skeleton, wins Day 1 of US team trials
By Tim Reynolds
Nov. 20, 2020 05:05 PM EST
John Daly had not been in a skeleton race for nearly three years. He wasn’t rusty. The two-time U.S. Olympian won the first USA Skeleton...