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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 21, 2020, file photo, a child plays at the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. A staff member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Tokyo organizers in a statement released on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Tokyo Olympic staffer tests positive for coronavirus
Apr. 22, 2020 01:07 AM EDT
A woman takes images of decorated bicycles, or flower bikes, as sign warns for the risk of spreading the coronavirus in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, April 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The Latest: Bucks' Hill details family experience with virus
By The Associated Press
Apr. 21, 2020 06:05 PM EDT
USOPC to cut up to 20%, says no games would be 'devastating'
By Eddie Pells
Apr. 21, 2020 05:15 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is bracing for cuts of up to 20% because of the coronavirus pandemic and warning that a cancellation of...
USOPC to cut 10% to 20% due to coronavirus
By Eddie Pells
Apr. 21, 2020 03:10 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is bracing for cuts of 10% to 20% because of the coronavirus pandemic that has pushed the Olympics back...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Apr. 21, 2020 12:08 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. SAILING ...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Apr. 21, 2020 12:07 PM EDT
CURLING Women’s world championships in Prince George, Canada from March 14-22 canceled. Men’s world championships in...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Apr. 21, 2020 12:06 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...
USA Track and Field switches Olympic trials to June 2021
Apr. 21, 2020 11:20 AM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Track and Field has rescheduled its Olympic trials for June 18-27, 2021, at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The...
A woman wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks in front of the Japan Olympic Museum building in Tokyo Tuesday, April 21, 2020. An open conflict broke out Tuesday between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC over how much to divulge about who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Tokyo Olympics, IOC conflict over who pays for postponement
By Stephen Wade
Apr. 21, 2020 09:53 AM EDT
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Keyshawn Davis, right, of the United States, hits Andy Cruz, of Cuba, during their men's light welterweight final boxing bout at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. When the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, Davis took several weeks to choose his path to boxing stardom. Every member of the U.S. boxing team agrees so far. Even with an extra year to wait, Davis and his 12 teammates are all still focused on Tokyo and the rewards of the Olympic experience. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
Davis, US boxers choosing delayed Olympics over pro riches
By Greg Beacham
Apr. 20, 2020 06:54 PM EDT
In this screen shot image made from a video news conference by Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo, Japanese professor Kentaro Iwata speaks Monday, April 20, 2020. Iwata says he is “very pessimistic” the Olympics can be held next year in Japan. (FCCJ via AP)
Japan scientist 'very pessimistic' Olympics will happen
By Stephen Wade
Apr. 20, 2020 11:10 AM EDT
4-time Olympic biathlon medalist Landertinger retires
Apr. 20, 2020 07:17 AM EDT
VIENNA (AP) — Four-time Olympic biathlon medalist Dominik Landertinger of Austria retired Monday at the age of 32. Landertinger said on...
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2019, file photo, Andrew Bogut of Australia puts up a shot over Amath M'Baye, left, and Evan Fournier of France during their third placing match for the FIBA Basketball World Cup at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing. NBA veteran Bogut says players were “used like pawns" in the process that led to his Sydney Kings refusing to fly across the country for Game 4 of the Australian league's finals series because of the coronavirus pandemic, a decision that ultimately handed the championship to Perth. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Former NBA top pick Bogut unsure about playing future
By Dennis Passa
Apr. 19, 2020 12:49 AM EDT
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo, homeless people sleep on the concrete floor of Shinjuku Station, in Tokyo. A group representing the homeless is asking to use the Athletes Village for next year’s Tokyo Olympics as a shelter during the coronavirus pandemic. An online petition addressed to Tokyo Olympic organizers and the city government has drawn ten of thousands of signatures for permission to occupy the massive housing complex going up alongside Tokyo Bay. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Tokyo's homeless seek Olympic Athletes Village as shelter
By Yuri Kageyama
Apr. 17, 2020 11:12 PM EDT
USA Track and Field lays off 7; CEO takes 20% pay cut
Apr. 17, 2020 04:58 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Track and Field has laid off seven people from its 65-person staff and CEO Max Siegel is taking a 20% pay cut to offset lost revenue...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Apr. 17, 2020 03:29 PM EDT
ROWING Boat Race in London on March 29 canceled. Americas Olympic qualification regatta in Rio de Janeiro from April 2...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Apr. 17, 2020 03:28 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
Apr. 17, 2020 03:27 PM EDT
CRICKET India-South Africa 2nd ODI in Lucknow on March 15, 3rd ODI in Kolkata on March 18, postponed. Australia-New...
Olympic medalist Timmers to retire at the end of season
Apr. 17, 2020 08:18 AM EDT
BRUSSELS (AP) — Pieter Timmers, the silver medalist in the men’s 100 meters freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games, will retire from swimming...
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, and CEO Toshiro Muto, right, attend teleconference with International Olympic Committee member John Coates, who heads the inspection team for Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Thursday, April 16, 2020. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC said Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)
Tokyo Games won't provide much economic stimulus for Japan
By Stephen Wade
Apr. 17, 2020 07:43 AM EDT