Government programs

FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian competitor Kamila Valieva at this year's Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 11, 2022 02:23 PM EDT

FILE - Winner Nikolay Lipkin celebrate after winning the C1 relay men 200m final of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2014 with teammate Andrey Kraitor, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Three Russian canoeists including a gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics have been banned or being part of the state-backed doping program eight years ago. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges upheld appeals filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after the International Canoe Federation refused to prosecute individual cases. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian canoeists banned for being in state doping program

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 10, 2022 03:46 AM EDT

Graphic looks at the college sports that have been cut by school due to the pandemic; 2c x 5 inches

Olympic gold: Colleges, Team USA search for new ways to win

By Eddie Pells Apr. 06, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2020, file photo, Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, speaks during the joint press conference between IOC and Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) in Tokyo, Japan. The International Olympic Committee is pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled and will not open on July 23. The Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now their future appears threatened again.(Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC president until 2025

By Graham Dunbar Mar. 10, 2021 10:20 AM EST

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski reacts after his team turns the ball over during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in South Bend, Ind. Duke won 75-65. (AP Photo/Robert Franklin)

The Latest: Duke-Florida State basketball game postponed

By The Associated Press Jan. 01, 2021 04:03 PM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 file photo, Alexander Zubkov, Olympic champion and President of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation, speaks to the media at a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Russia’s flagbearer at the 2014 Sochi Olympics opening ceremony lost his appeal Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 against being banned for doping in a state-backed program to win a gold medal. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges upheld two-year bans imposed by bobsled’s governing body on four athletes including Alexander Zubkov. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Russian Olympic flagbearer loses appeal in Sochi doping case

Oct. 30, 2020 01:50 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 9, 2014 file photo, Russia's Olga Zaitseva celebrates her third place in the women's 12.5km mass start at the biathlon World Cup competition in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Olga Zaitseva lost her appeal Thursday Sept. 24, 2020, against disqualification from the 2014 Sochi Olympics for her part in Russia’s state-backed doping program. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Russian Olympic biathlon champion loses Sochi doping case

By Graham Dunbar Sep. 24, 2020 10:24 AM EDT

Russian doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov taken at an undisclosed location on Monday Aug. 3, 2020. Rodchenkov has spoken to The Associated Press from his hiding in the United States. Revealing his current identity is still too risky for the chemist turned whistleblower, even in a video interview from an undisclosed location. Rodchenkov says he has "physical threats to be assassinated." Rodchenkov was the brains behind the Duchess cocktail of anabolic steroids and cover-up that was turned Russia into a medal machine at the home Olympics in Sochi in 2014, topping the standings with 13 gold medals. (AP Photo)

AP Interview: Rodchenkov lives in fear after exposing doping

By Rob Harris Aug. 10, 2020 03:12 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Los Angeles 2028 organizers in Beverly Hills, Calif. At least 70% of U.S. Olympic sports organizations have applied for government loans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a chilling figure that underscores the frailties embedded within the world’s most dominant Olympic sports system. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

AP Exclusive: 70% of US Olympic sports applied for PPP funds

By Eddie Pells May. 08, 2020 12:09 PM EDT

FILE - This Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, shows a view of the building of Russia's national drug-testing laboratory in Moscow, Russia. Another wave of Russian athletes could face new doping charges after the World Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday April 30, 2020, it completed its investigation of a vast trove of evidence. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FIFA expects to get evidence in May of Russian doping cases

May. 05, 2020 09:26 AM EDT

USOPC to cut up to 20%, says no games would be 'devastating'

By Eddie Pells Apr. 21, 2020 03:41 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...

New York demands more federal funds to bolster state budget

By Marina Villeneuve Apr. 02, 2020 08:58 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers on Thursday delayed immediate decisions on how to find $10 billion in potential spending cuts in an elastic state budget...