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A man with a mask walks past a countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by the spreading coronavirus. Organizers and the International Olympic Committee have repeatedly said the games will open on July 24 as planned, with the Paralympics opening on Aug. 25. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Doping testers stay up close with athletes despite virus
By James Ellingworth
Mar. 13, 2020 04:15 AM EDT
The national office of the NCAA in Indianapolis is shown Thursday, March 12, 2020. The NCAA canceled the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments amid coronavirus fears on Thursday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
America’s Cup champ calls for cancellation of prelim regatta
Mar. 13, 2020 04:03 AM EDT
Olympiakos' goalkeeper Jose Sa, right, makes a save in front of Wolverhampton Wanderers' Daniel Podence, center, during the Europa League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Olympiakos and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece, Thursday, March 12, 2020. The match is being played in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Scrubbed: March Madness leads long list of canceled sports
By Eddie Pells
Mar. 13, 2020 02:15 AM EDT
Alexandra Louis Marie, right, of France wins against Sera Song of South Korea in the final of women's epee fencing WestEnd Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, March 8, 2020. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)
Olympic qualifying in fencing suspended indefinitely
Mar. 13, 2020 02:00 AM EDT
Nathan Chen performs his men's free skate program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Lynn Hey)
Figure skating governing body mulls switching worlds to fall
By Barry Wilner
Mar. 13, 2020 02:00 AM EDT
El presidente Donald Trump habla durante una reunión con el primer ministro irlandés Leo Varadkar en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, el jueves 12 de marzo de 2020. (AP Foto/Evan Vucci)
Trump "postpone" idea shot down by Japanese Olympic minister
By Stephen Wade
Mar. 13, 2020 01:00 AM EDT
Two women take a selfie with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a "pandemic," a decision almost certain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Russia restricted to 10 athletes in track at Tokyo Olympics
Mar. 12, 2020 06:55 PM EDT
A man with a mask walks past a countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by the spreading coronavirus. Organizers and the International Olympic Committee have repeatedly said the games will open on July 24 as planned, with the Paralympics opening on Aug. 25. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Q&A: Will WHO's 'pandemic' ruling impact the Tokyo Olympics?
By Stephen Wade
Mar. 12, 2020 12:51 PM EDT
Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights up the torch during the flame lighting ceremony at the closed Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Greek Olympic officials are holding a pared-down flame-lighting ceremony for the Tokyo Games due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Both Wednesday's dress rehearsal and Thursday's lighting ceremony are closed to the public, while organizers have slashed the number of officials from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo Organizing Committee, as well as journalists at the flame-lighting. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Amid virus precautions, Tokyo Olympic flame is lit in Greece
Mar. 12, 2020 12:06 PM EDT
Top British athletes get more commercial freedom at Olympics
Mar. 12, 2020 10:59 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — The British Olympic Association has reached an agreement with leading athletes including Mo Farah over sponsorship regulations placed on them for...
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, United States' Allyson Felix speaks during a press conference of the U.S. team prior to the World Athletics Championships in London. Early in her career, Allyson Felix would shy away from speaking on controversial subjects. The nine-time Olympic medalist stayed in her lane. Not anymore. Not since the birth of her daughter, Camryn. Felix wants her legacy to be improving maternity rights for athletes over her times and gold medals. "I feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be," Felix said. "I feel stronger than ever, just with everything I've been through.”(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Allyson Felix finds voice, new legacy through motherhood
By Pat Graham
Mar. 12, 2020 03:59 AM EDT
Japan-Australia softball game to open Olympics
By The Associated Press
Mar. 12, 2020 01:59 AM EDT
The softball team of host Japan is scheduled to play the first game of the Olympics when it meets Australia on July 22 at Fukushima, about 180 miles northeast...
Japan-Australia softball game to open Olympics
By The Associated Press
Mar. 12, 2020 12:59 AM EDT
The softball team of host Japan is scheduled to play the first game of the Olympics when it meets Australia on July 22 at Fukushima, about 180 miles northeast...
USA Cycling brings back Miller to head Tokyo Olympics effort
By Dave Skretta
Mar. 11, 2020 07:54 PM EDT
USA Cycling will have a familiar face directing its efforts at the Tokyo Olympics this year. The national governing body announced...
Bill to criminalize doping schemes passes Senate committee
By Eddie Pells
Mar. 11, 2020 05:58 PM EDT
A bill that calls for prison time for those who participate in international doping schemes moved one step closer to becoming law Wednesday when it passed a...
San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto warms up during spring training baseball workouts for pitchers and catchers Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
The Latest: International tennis officials postpone Fed Cup
By The Associated Press
Mar. 11, 2020 03:58 PM EDT
The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee's Toshiro Muto, center left, and Yoshiro Mori, center right, listen to questions from the media during a news conference in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Olympic Games are under threat from a spreading virus from China that has reached the pandemic stage. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Tokyo Olympic head shoots down comments about delaying games
By Stephen Wade
Mar. 11, 2020 12:46 PM EDT
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 23, 2019 file photo, gold medalist China's Sun Yang, centre, gestures to Britain's bronze medalists Duncan Scott, left, following the medal ceremony in the men's 200m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has been banned for eight years for breaking anti-doping rules and will miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Doping survey: National agencies more transparent than WADA
By Eddie Pells
Mar. 11, 2020 11:57 AM EDT