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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Aug. 01, 2020 11:15 AM EDT
Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. ...
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1936, file photo, America's Jesse Owens, center, salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump, after defeating Nazi Germany's Lutz Long, right, during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Naoto Tajima of Japan, left, placed third. The performance of Jesse Owens will be honored in the stadium where he won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games when the world championships are held in Berlin this month. (AP Photo/File)
Fast friends: Unlikely ally aids Owens at '36 Berlin Games
By Pat Graham
Jul. 31, 2020 01:13 PM EDT
FILE - In this Aug. 8, 1936 file photo, John Woodruff, a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh, wins the 800-meter race at the Olympic Games in Berlin. (AP Photo/File)
AP WAS THERE: The 1936 Berlin Olympics
By The Associated Press
Jul. 31, 2020 12:53 PM EDT
FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1936, file photo, American sprint star Jesse Owens is shown in action during one of the heats of the 200-meter run in Berlin. He won the final with a new Olympic record of 20.7 seconds. (AP Photo/File)
Black Americans star in front of Hitler at Berlin Olympics
By Pat Graham
Jul. 31, 2020 10:59 AM EDT
FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo, Japanese swimming athlete Rikako Ikee holding the lantern containing Olympic flame poses during a photo session at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Friday, July 31, would have been the seventh full day of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics; almost the halfway point. The focus is now entirely on how to pull off the games next year, in what still might be the middle of a pandemic. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Heat! What heat? Tokyo Olympics would have been on cool side
By Stephen Wade
Jul. 31, 2020 01:33 AM EDT
AP WAS THERE: 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
By The Associated Press
Jul. 30, 2020 02:37 PM EDT
EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games...
FILE - In this Aug. 7, 1932, file photo, American athlete Jean Shiley, from Philadelphia and captain of the U.S. Women's track and field team, clears the bar at 5 feet, 5 ¼ inches to break the Olympic and world record during at Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, during the Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/File)
Los Angeles' first Olympics set template for future Games
By Joe Reedy
Jul. 30, 2020 02:35 PM EDT
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press
Jul. 30, 2020 11:53 AM EDT
Aug. 6 1926 — Nineteen-year-old Gertrude Ederle of New York City becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel as she crosses the...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press
Jul. 30, 2020 11:49 AM EDT
Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. ...
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2020, file photo, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch laughs before the NFC Championship NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Santa Clara, Calif. Lynch has agreed to a new five-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers that will keep him locked up through the 2024 season. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
AP Source: 49ers GM John Lynch agrees to new 5-year deal
By Josh Dubow
Jul. 29, 2020 02:35 PM EDT
Dutch gymnastics federation halts training over abuse probe
By Mike Corder And Sam Petrequin
Jul. 29, 2020 02:13 PM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch gymnastics federation suspended its women’s top training program Wednesday with immediate effect while it carries out...
FILE - In this March 29, 1928, file photo, American sprinters and Olympic champions Jackson Scholz, left, and Charles "Charley" Paddock pose together in their starting positions at New York's Columbia University. (AP Photo/File)
AP Was There: 16-year-old American wins 1st women's 100 dash
By The Associated Press
Jul. 29, 2020 11:11 AM EDT
FILE - In this March 29, 1928, file photo, American sprinters and Olympic champions Jackson Scholz, left, and Charles "Charley" Paddock pose together in their starting positions at New York's Columbia University. (AP Photo/File)
1928 Amsterdam: Women's track, gymnastics debut at Olympics
By Howard Fendrich
Jul. 29, 2020 11:03 AM EDT
Fans wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus take a selfie before the KBO league game between Doosan Bears and LG Twins in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 27, 2020. Masked fans hopped, sang and shouted cheering slogans in baseball stadiums in South Korea on Sunday as authorities began bringing back spectators in professional sports games amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The Latest: 2 World Sevens rugby events for next year off
By The Associated Press
Jul. 29, 2020 04:35 AM EDT
FILE - In this 1924 file photo, American diver Elizabeth Becker competes during the women's springboard competition at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. She went on to win the gold medal. (AP Photo/File)
AP WAS THERE: 1924 Paris Olympics
Jul. 28, 2020 01:23 PM EDT
FILE - This July 15, 1924 file photo shows the opening of the 1924 Olympics at Colombes Stadium, Paris, as competing athletes lined up on the field and the flags of all the competing nations formed a semi-circle around the veteran French athlete, G. Andre, taking the Olympic oath. (AP Photo/Filr)
Paris Olympics in 1924 set stage for Hollywood endings
By Chris Lehourites
Jul. 28, 2020 01:21 PM EDT
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Jul. 28, 2020 10:23 AM EDT
July 29 1751 — The first International World Title Prize Fight takes place in Harlston, England. The champion, Jack Slack of England, beats...
Brazil sets Olympic camp in Portugal due to pandemic at home
By Mauricio Savarese
Jul. 27, 2020 06:09 PM EDT
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has set up its Olympic training camp in Rio ... Rio Maior that is, a relatively small Portuguese city of 21,000 residents outside...
List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jul. 27, 2020 05:05 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...
List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Jul. 27, 2020 05:03 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...