STEVE DOUGLAS
Rugby Australia President David Codey speaks during a media event ahead of the final vote for the hosting of the Rugby World Cups in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, May 12, 2022. World Rugby will announce the host nations for the men's and women's World Cups for the period 2025-2033 with Australia heavily favored to host the men's 2027 and women's tournaments in 2029. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
US to host men's and women's Rugby World Cups for first time

By Steve Douglas May. 12, 2022 01:58 PM EDT
Rugby’s biggest tournament is finally heading to the United States. Now

United States expected to be named host of Rugby World Cups

By Steve Douglas May. 11, 2022 07:12 AM EDT
With the full support of the White House, an American bid to stage the men's and

FILE - British lightweight boxer Amir Khan works out during a training session at Dekeleia boxing facility in Athens Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004. Amir Khan and Kell Brook will meet for an all-British fight at Manchester Arena on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer, File)
Boxing rivals Khan, Brook to settle score 18 years in making

By Steve Douglas Feb. 17, 2022 06:02 AM EST
The feud was born in a pre-Olympic sparring session 18 years ago, when two feisty

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 04:23 AM EDT
Anthony Joshua’s seemingly inexorable journey to being undisputed heavyweight

FILE - In this July 7, 2019, file photo, United States' Alex Morgan controls the ball during the Women's World Cup final soccer match against The Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France. Tottenham secured the biggest signing yet in a summer of high-profile acquisitions in the Women’s Super League by bringing in United States striker Alex Morgan on a one-season deal. The 31-year-old Morgan will play in England for the first time and moves four months after giving birth to her first child. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
Alex Morgan joins influx of top Americans in English league

By Steve Douglas Sep. 12, 2020 11:01 AM EDT
Alex Morgan once famously celebrated a goal against England by pretending to

FILE - In this is undated file photo, Jim Thorpe poses in a baseball uniform. Thorpe was on top of the world after winning gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics with mind-blowing performances that went unmatched for decades. They so impressed the King of Sweden that he told Thorpe he was "the greatest athlete in the world.” The Native American was later stripped of the gold medals for breaching Olympic amateurism rules in what has been described as the first major international sports scandal. (AP Photo/File)
Thorpe's scandal-tainted 1912 golds still resonate, amaze

By Steve Douglas Jul. 26, 2020 03:16 PM EDT
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — It has been described as the first major international

FILE - In this 1912 file photo, Albert Gutterson, of the United States, competes in the long jump at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Gutterson went on to win the gold. (Pressens Bild/TT via AP)
3 sporting trailblazers light up Stockholm Olympics in 1912

By Steve Douglas Jul. 26, 2020 01:55 PM EDT
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Hannes Kolehmainen was the first of the “Flying Finns.

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 file photo, the US team sing their national anthem ahead of the Rugby World Cup Pool C game at Kobe Misaki Stadium, between England and the United States in Kobe, Japan. Being forced to file for bankruptcy during the coronavirus outbreak has not stopped American rugby leaders from retaining their long-held ambition of hosting an upcoming World Cup. A Rugby World Cup in 2027 would slot right between the soccer World Cup lined up for 2026 in the U.S, Canada and Mexico and the Los Angeles Olympics two years later. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
US retains Rugby World Cup vision despite financial peril

By Steve Douglas Jun. 02, 2020 05:45 AM EDT
With the soccer World Cup lined up for 2026 and the Los Angeles Olympics two