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CONCACAF resets men's Olympic qualifying for March 18-30

Jan. 14, 2021 02:49 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Men’s Olympic soccer qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean was rescheduled Thursday for March 18-30 in Guadalajara, Mexico,...

Kathleen Heddle, Canadian Olympic rowing champ, dies at 55

Jan. 14, 2021 12:01 PM EST

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Kathleen Heddle, a three-time Olympic rowing champion for Canada, has died. She was 55. She died Monday...

Russia's rebranded handball team gives hint at Olympic look

By James Ellingworth

Jan. 14, 2021 11:23 AM EST

Goodbye, Russia handball team. Hello, Russian Handball Federation Team. Even a small semantic difference at the men's world handball...

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Gold medal winner Brianna Rollins from the United States shows off her medal during the medal ceremony for the women's 100-meter hurdles final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rollins-McNeal has been provisionally suspended for a suspected doping rules violation it was reported on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Rollins-McNeal won Olympic gold in the women’s 100-meter hurdles for the United States at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Olympic champion Rollins-McNeal suspended in doping case

Jan. 14, 2021 11:13 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. In the report detailing its decision to shorten Russia's ban from the Olympics, the highest court in sports blasted that country's leaders for engaging in “a cover up of the cover-up” in a desperate attempt to deny their culpability, but reduced the punishment nonetheless, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)

'Cover up of cover-up' still led to downsized Russian ban

By Eddie Pells

Jan. 14, 2021 09:16 AM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 file photo, United States' relay swimmer Klete Keller reacts after a men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay heat during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller was charged Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building last week. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)

Olympian Keller charged with taking part in US Capitol riot

By Paul Newberry

Jan. 13, 2021 09:06 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. Opposition to the Tokyo Olympics is growing with calls for a cancellation as virus cases rise in Japan. The International Olympic Committee and local organizers have already said another postponement is impossible, leaving cancellation, or going ahead, as the only options. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

To cancel or not?: IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Games

By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama

Jan. 13, 2021 05:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2019, file photo, Stanford's Catarina Macario celebrates after scoring a penalty kick against North Carolina during a soccer match in San Jose, Calif. Macario, a promising prospect for the U.S. women's national team, has announced that she will forgo her senior season for a professional career. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)

Stanford's Catarina Macario turns pro with Lyon

Jan. 12, 2021 06:47 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2020, file photo, Orlando City midfielder Andrés Perea makes a penalty kick during overtime of an MLS soccer playoff match against New York City FC in Orlando, Fla. Perea is among several dual nationals at American training camp this week ahead of a Dec. 9 exhibition against El Salvador in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter will try to persuade them to commit to the U.S. program. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Andrés Perea approved for switch to US from Colombia by FIFA

By Ronald Blum

Jan. 12, 2021 04:59 PM EST

Canada loses appeal to regain Olympic equestrian place

Jan. 12, 2021 01:49 PM EST

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Canada’s equestrian team lost its appeal to regain a place in the Tokyo Olympics jumping lineup on Tuesday in a doping case...