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Lina Hurtig, second right, of Sweden celebrate with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the women's international friendly soccer match between Sweden and USA at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (Janerik Henriksson/TT via AP)
Rapinoe's penalty kick gives US 1-1 draw with Sweden
Apr. 10, 2021 04:55 PM EDT
Leah Smith competes in the women's 200-meter final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Friday, April 9, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Chasing Ledecky: Leah Smith keeps coming after US star
By Beth Harris
Apr. 10, 2021 02:53 AM EDT
Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia
Apr. 10, 2021 02:51 AM EDT
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Defending World Surf League champion Italo Ferreira won an all-Brazilian men’s final Saturday over Gabriel Medina at the Newcastle...
Alana Cook, left, Carli Lloyd and Megan Megan Rapinoe, right, attend a training session at Friends arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday April 9, 2021, ahead of the friendly international soccer match against Sweden on Saturday. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)
US women face Sweden as they prepare for Olympics
By Anne M. Peterson
Apr. 09, 2021 05:21 PM EDT
FILE - John Roethlisberger, of Falcon Heights, Minn., hugs his dad Fred after his final event in the men's 2000 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in Boston, in this Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000, file photo. Roethlisberger was chosen for the U.S. Olympic team. The cutback in NCAA athletic programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt acutely in men's gymnastics. For decades Division I programs have produced an overwhelming majority of the US Olympic team. The number of Division I programs, however, is shrinking. The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering it as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. That will drop the number of Division I schools to 11. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Olympic Gold: Men's gymnastics struggling to survive
By Will Graves
Apr. 09, 2021 04:29 PM EDT
Katie Ledecky competes in the women's 200-meter final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Friday, April 9, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Ledecky won the final. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Katie Ledecky wins 200 free with world's fastest time
Apr. 09, 2021 03:14 PM EDT
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, next to the mascots of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, speaks to media after a government task force meeting for the new virus measures, at the prime minister's office Friday, April 9, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
By Mari Yamaguchi
Apr. 09, 2021 10:45 AM EDT
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing in Shibuya district in Tokyo on April 7, 2021. Japan is set to strengthen anti-virus measures in Tokyo on Friday, April 9, 2021 to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant just three months before the Olympics begin in the capital where most people are not yet vaccinated. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japan to raise virus steps in Tokyo, 3 months ahead of Games
By Mari Yamaguchi
Apr. 08, 2021 11:53 PM EDT
FILE - Stanford's Shane Griffith, right, takes on Pittsburgh's Jake Wentzel during their 165-pound match in the finals of the NCAA wrestling championships in St. Louis, in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. Shane Griffith recently captured the 165-pound title at the NCAA wrestling championships wearing a black singlet minus the Stanford logo. This was his way -- his entire team’s way -- of making a statement after the school announced in July that wrestling and 10 other sports, most of them that produce athletes for the U.S. Olympic team, would be dropped to save money.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, Filr)
Olympic gold: 'Keep Stanford Wrestling' aims to save program
By Pat Graham
Apr. 08, 2021 06:55 PM EDT
Aussie field hockey teams face lack of games before Olympics
Apr. 08, 2021 12:44 AM EDT
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia's traditionally strong Olympic field hockey teams are having trouble playing competitive matches ahead of the Tokyo Games,...
In this photo provided by Sail GP are Nina Curtis, left, and Lisa Darmanin, right, posing with helmsman and CEO Tom Slingsby at Sydney Harbour Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Australia. Four years ago, the closest Australian Olympic sailing medalists Darmanin and Curtis could get to the America's Cup was by taking jobs in a hospitality lounge on site in Bermuda. They'll be back in Bermuda in just a few days, this time with the defending champion Australian team in SailGP as part of a developmental program designed to fast-track the inclusion of women into the global league. (SailGP via AP)
Darmanin, Curtis chosen to try to make Aussie SailGP team
By Bernie Wilson
Apr. 07, 2021 07:17 PM EDT
This undated photo provided by Kameron Jones shows Kameron Jones at an American Track League athletics event in Fayetteville, Ark. Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track program may not have anything to do with the times he turns in or the medals he brings home. Jones has a gold-medal mindset when it comes to saving the men’s track and field program — along with cross country — from being cut by the school for budgetary reasons. (Kameron Jones via AP)
Olympic gold: Clemson men's track tries to save its program
By Pat Graham
Apr. 07, 2021 02:29 PM EDT
Chinese attendants dressed in winter costumes rehearse the award ceremony of the men's 500-meters race during a test event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The organizers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has started 10 days of testing for several sport events in five different indoor venues from April 1-10, becoming the first city to hold both the Winter and Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China warns Washington not to boycott Winter Olympics
Apr. 07, 2021 02:06 PM EDT
People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Osaka, western Japan, Monday, April 5, 2021. Osaka prefecture issued a special warning Wednesday, April 7, 2021 over the rapid upsurge of the coronavirus cases that has put the area's medical systems on the brink of collapse, requesting the cancellation of the Olympic torch relay on public roads. (Juntaro Yokoyama/Kyodo News via AP)
Osaka issues virus spike warning, wants torch relay rerouted
By Mari Yamaguchi
Apr. 07, 2021 10:08 AM EDT
Russian Olympic champions Silnov, Antyukh banned for doping
Apr. 07, 2021 09:43 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian Olympic champions Andrei Silnov and Natalya Antyukh have each been banned for four years for doping offenses, the Court of...
Slovakia's Petra Vlhova kisses the trophy of the alpine ski, women's World Cup overall title, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Overall ski champion Vlhova parts ways with coach Magoni
By Eric Willemsen
Apr. 07, 2021 08:15 AM EDT
A protester from the Uyghur community living in Turkey holds up an anti-China placard during a protest against the visit of China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Turkey, in Istanbul, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Hundreds protested against the Chinese official visit and what they allege is oppression by the Chinese government to Muslim Uyghurs in the far-western Xinjiang province. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
EXPLAINER: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and some options
By Stephen Wade
Apr. 07, 2021 06:38 AM EDT
FILE - In this March 25, 2021, file photo, the celebration cauldron is seen lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. The governor of Osaka prefecture said on Thursday that he wants to cancel the Olympic torch relay legs going through Osaka later this month. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka
By Stephen Wade
Apr. 07, 2021 06:10 AM EDT
Local teams compete in a curling competition during a test event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at the National Aquatic Center, also known as the "Water Cube" in Beijing, Saturday, April 3, 2021. The organizers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has started 10 days of testing for several sport events in five different indoor venues from April 1-10, becoming the first city to hold both the Winter and Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
US weighs joint approach to Beijing Olympics with allies
By Matthew Lee
Apr. 06, 2021 06:49 PM EDT
Scioscia to manage US in Olympic baseball qualifying
By Ronald Blum
Apr. 06, 2021 02:17 PM EDT
Mike Scioscia has the tough task of reaching the Olympic baseball tournament with a U.S. roster likely to include players cut during spring training and...