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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, the Olympic Symbol is reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. U.S. athletes trying to make the Winter Olympics will have to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 under a groundbreaking new policy announced Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Tokyo Games CEO: Official costs known early next year
By Stephen Wade
Sep. 28, 2021 08:57 AM EDT
Sophie Goldschmidt taking over as US Ski & Snowboard CEO
Sep. 27, 2021 03:59 PM EDT
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Ski & Snowboard appointed Sophie Goldschmidt as president and CEO on Monday, replacing Tiger Shaw. ...
Spain's Mana Williams, left, is tackled by Mexico's Ricardo Ancira during an HSBC Canada Sevens quarterfinal rugby match in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
South Africa wins Edmonton Sevens and men's series title
Sep. 26, 2021 09:35 PM EDT
Team Europe's captain Bjorn Borg, left, chats with tennis great Rod Laver, middle, and Team World's captain John McEnroe and vice captain Patrick McEnroe, far right, after Laver Cup tennis competition, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
After loss, McEnroe says Laver Cup should get more respect
Sep. 26, 2021 05:28 PM EDT
FILE - In this July 27, 2021, file photo, United States' Cat Osterman pitches during the first inning of a softball game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Japan. Osterman is closing out a decorated career during which she won an Olympic gold medal and two silvers and last year became the first Athletes Unlimited individual softball champion. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Osterman retiring after strong Athletes Unlimited season
By Cliff Brunt
Sep. 26, 2021 12:33 PM EDT
Canada's Alysha Corrigan, front left, passes the ball as Britain's Megan Jones grabs her during a women's HSBC Canada Sevens rugby match in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
South Africa close in on Series title at Edmonton Sevens
Sep. 25, 2021 09:23 PM EDT
Liu wins Nebelhorn to give US 3rd entry for Beijing Olympics
Sep. 25, 2021 05:15 PM EDT
OBERSTDORF, Germany (AP) — Two-time national champion Alysa Liu won the Nebelhorn Trophy women's competition on Saturday, giving the U.S. a third qualifying...
FILE - In this June 28, 2016 file photo, Elizabeth Beisel competes in the women's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Beisel competed in three Olympics, but she's never taken on a challenge quite like this. Honoring her late father and raising money for cancer research, she's planning to swim more than 12 miles through cold ocean waters to a popular vacation island off the Rhode Island coast. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Beisel completes swim to Block Island to honor late father
Sep. 25, 2021 04:47 PM EDT
French hockey official Luc Tardif elected IIHF president
Sep. 25, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — French official Luc Tardif was elected president of the International Ice Hockey Federation on Saturday ahead of the return of...
In this image taken from video provided by UN Web TV, Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan, remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Friday Sept. 24, 2021, at UN headquarters. (UN Web TV via AP)
Japan's leader says Olympics were 'symbol of global unity'
By Jennifer Peltz
Sep. 24, 2021 04:09 PM EDT
Zhou secures 3rd figure skating Olympics men's spot for US
Sep. 24, 2021 02:05 PM EDT
OBERSTDORF, Germany (AP) — Vincent Zhou won the Nebelhorn Trophy men's competition Friday, which secured a third entry in the Beijing Olympics figure skating...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press
Sep. 23, 2021 03:43 PM EDT
Sept. 28 1920 — A Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series, known as...
FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 file photo, World Heavyweight boxing champion Britain's Anthony Joshua celebrates after beating challenger Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev to win their Heavyweight title fight at Wembley Arena in London. Anthony Joshua faces Oleksandr Usyk in the second defense of his second spell as world heavyweight champion on Saturday Sept. 25, 2021 in front of 60,000 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (Andrew Couldridge/Pool via AP, File)
Heavyweight champ Joshua back in ring and has plenty to lose
By Steve Douglas
Sep. 23, 2021 04:25 AM EDT
FILE - Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the women's 1500-meters freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in this Wednesday, July 28, 2021, file photo. Ledecky announced Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, that she is moving to the University of Florida to be closer to home and train under Anthony Nesty, a rising star coach who will oversee her preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ledecky, a seven-time Olympic gold medalist, spent the last five years at Stanford University, where she worked with U.S. national team coach Greg Meehan while earning a psychology degree. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Gator Chomp: Ledecky heads to Florida to work with Nesty
By Paul Newberry
Sep. 22, 2021 09:12 PM EDT
FILE - In this June 27, 2012 file photo, Elizabeth Beisel looks on after swimming in the women's 200-meter individual medley preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Beisel competed in three Olympics, but she's never taken on a challenge quite like this. Honoring her late father and raising money for cancer research, she's planning to swim more than 12 miles through cold ocean waters to a popular vacation island off the Rhode Island coast. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Olympic swimmer Beisel hits the ocean to honor her father
By Paul Newberry
Sep. 22, 2021 08:59 PM EDT
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 file photo, People stand under a set of Olympic Rings as they watch the sun set over the Black Sea a day after the close of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. U.S. athletes trying to make the Winter Olympics will have to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 under a groundbreaking new policy announced Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
USOPC: American hopefuls for Beijing Games must have vaccine
By Eddie Pells
Sep. 22, 2021 07:05 PM EDT
Simona Halep, of Romania, tosses her racket as she plays Elina Svitolina, of Ukraine, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
2-time major champ Simona Halep, coach Darren Cahill split
By The Associated Press
Sep. 22, 2021 06:17 PM EDT
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin listens to reporter's questions during a press conference at the end of the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome. Ceferin says he has “grave concerns” about FIFA’s plans to stage World Cups every two years and is astonished by the lack of consultation by Gianni Infantino’s governing body. The comments were made in a letter to Football Supporters Europe. Ceferin says he backed the group’s “extremely valid and important” concerns about the damage doubling the frequency of World Cups would cause to domestic and regional competitions. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
UEFA says FIFA snubs request for talks on World Cup concerns
By Rob Harris
Sep. 22, 2021 04:48 PM EDT
Team Europe captain Padraig Harrington talks to Team Europe's Shane Lowry during a practice day at the Ryder Cup at the Whistling Straits Golf Course Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Sheboygan, Wis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
The Latest: Fleetwood moves on after breakup of 'Moliwood'
By The Associated Press
Sep. 22, 2021 02:43 PM EDT
Residents wearing masks wait at a bus stop in Beijing Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. China's "zero tolerance" strategy of trying to isolate every case and stop transmission of the coronavirus has kept kept the country where the virus first was detected in late 2019 largely free of the disease. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China keeps virus at bay at high cost ahead of Olympics
By Joe Mcdonald And Huizhong Wu
Sep. 21, 2021 08:33 PM EDT