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Olympic gold medalist Madison Wilson hospitalized for COVID
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NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Olympic gold medal swimmer Madison Wilson of Australia has been hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19. Wilson, who is...
Netherlands' Ellen Van Dijk competes during the Women Elite individual time trial race at the World Road Cycling Championships in Bruges, Belgium, Monday Sept. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Ellen van Dijk claims 2nd time trial title at cycling worlds
By Samuel Petrequin
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Jin Young Ko, of South Korea, lines up a putt on the 13th hole during the final round of the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic golf tournament in West Linn, Ore., Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)
Jin Young Ko wins rain-shortened Cambia Portland Classic
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United States' Martin Iosefo (12) vies for the ball against Canada's Andrew Coe, right, and Josiah Morra, back, during an HSBC Canada Sevens rugby game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
US, South Africa through to final 8 at Vancouver Sevens
Sep. 19, 2021 04:46 AM EDT
CORRECTS TO JIN YOUNG KO NOT JIN YUNG KO - Jin Young Ko, of South Korea, watches her tee shot on the second hole during the first round of the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic golf tournament in West Linn, Ore., Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola)
Jin Young Ko shoots 5-under 67 to take Portland Classic lead
Sep. 17, 2021 10:35 PM EDT
Participants wearing face masks pose for a group photo after a launch ceremony to reveal the motto for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Organizers on Friday announced "Together for a Shared Future" as the motto of the next Olympics, which is scheduled to begin on Feb. 4 of next year. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
IOC urges Olympic teams to ask for more vaccines
Sep. 17, 2021 11:20 AM EDT
This combo of file photos shows the 2020 United States Ryder Cup golf team. Top row, from left, Daniel Berger, Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, Tony Finau and Dustin Johnson. Bottom row, from left, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. The pandemic-delayed 2020 Ryder Cup returns the United States next week at Whistling Straits along the Wisconsin shores of Lake Michigan. (AP Photo/File)
RYDER CUP '21: A capsule look at the American team
By Doug Ferguson
Sep. 17, 2021 11:13 AM EDT
U.S. forward Carli Lloyd, right, and Paraguay forward Ramona Martinez (18) vie for the ball during the second half of an international friendly soccer match Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, in Cleveland. The U.S. team won 9-0. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Carli Lloyd scores 5 goals, US women rout Paraguay 9-0
Sep. 16, 2021 10:33 PM EDT
Court ruling clears Australian swimmer Jack to compete again
Sep. 16, 2021 09:54 PM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Australian swimmer Shayna Jack was cleared Thursday to resume her competitive career after a doping case that forced her to miss...
CONCACAF under-20s instead of 23s to determine Olympic spots
Sep. 16, 2021 09:45 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — CONCACAF took an unusual decision to eliminate its men's Olympic qualifying tournament and will instead have under-20 teams determine its...
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2021, file photo, Jade Carey, of the United States, poses after winning the gold medal for the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Carey is finally embarking on her freshman year at Oregon State, after taking a somewhat winding route to Corvallis. Then again, the 21-year-old Olympic gold medalist is used to taking the non-traditional path. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Jade Carey goes from winning gold to hitting the books
By Anne M. Peterson
Sep. 16, 2021 05:43 PM EDT
Ex-Kenya sports minister guilty of corruption pays $32K fine
By Mutwiri Mutuota
Sep. 16, 2021 02:11 PM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's former sports minister paid a fine of just over $32,000 on Thursday to avoid a six-year jail sentence after being convicted of...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press
Sep. 16, 2021 11:41 AM EDT
Sept. 17 1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill. ...
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, file photo, Umar Kremlev, General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation and member of the Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. The boundary between amateur and professional boxing has blurred further as the International Boxing Association is offering prize money of up to $100,000 for the first time at the historically amateur men’s world championships. AIBA said on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 a total prize fund of $2.6 million is in place to award medalists in each category. The men’s championships are in Belgrade, Serbia, from Oct. 24 through Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Once-amateur boxing world championships to offer prize money
Sep. 16, 2021 08:34 AM EDT
In this Sept. 17, 2011 file photo, Serbia's Head Coach Dusan Ivkovic reacts during the EuroBasket European Basketball Championship 7th to 8th position classification match against Slovenia, in Kaunas, Lithuania. Serbian Basketball Federation says famous coach Dusan Ivkovic has died at the age of 77. Serbian media said Ivkovic died in a Belgrade hospital after a lung failure on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. During his 46-year coaching career, Ivkovic led teams such as Partizan Belgrade, CSKA Moscow as well as Greek teams Aris, PAOK, Panionios, Olympiacos, AEK, as well as the Yugoslav and Serbian national teams. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
Dusan Ivkovic, Serbian basketball coach, dies at 77
Sep. 16, 2021 06:37 AM EDT
United States gymnasts from left, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisman testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington. Nassar was charged in 2016 with federal child pornography offenses and sexual abuse charges in Michigan. He is now serving decades in prison after hundreds of girls and women said he sexually abused them under the guise of medical treatment when he worked for Michigan State and Indiana-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Biles: FBI turned 'blind eye' to reports of gymnasts' abuse
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Will Graves And Michael Balsamo
Sep. 15, 2021 08:04 PM EDT
Ex-Kenya sports minister guilty in Olympic corruption case
Sep. 15, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's former sports minister was convicted Wednesday of corruption and abuse of office relating to the misuse of more than $800,000...
WADA warns Russia not to interfere in anti-doping work
Sep. 15, 2021 10:57 AM EDT
ISTANBUL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency warned Russia not to interfere in drug-testing in the country and asked Wednesday that a year-old vacancy at the...
FILE - In this July 31, 1980 file photo, Yuriy Sedykh of the Soviet Union prepares to throw the hammer to win the gold medal and set new world and Olympic records at the Moscow Olympics. Two-time Olympic champion in the hammer throw and world record holder Yuriy Sedykh has died. He was 66. The Russian track and field federation says Sedykh died early Tuesday Sept. 14, 2021, following a heart attack. (AP Photo/File)
Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66
Sep. 14, 2021 10:04 AM EDT
LA28 committee chooses marketing chief Carter as new CEO
By Eddie Pells
Sep. 14, 2021 08:01 AM EDT
The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics elevated its top marketing officer, Kathy Carter, to CEO on Tuesday as it ramps up preparations for...