Sebastian Coe
World Athletics: 'Disturbing' level of abuse on social media

By Eddie Pells Nov. 25, 2021 11:45 AM EST
Nearly three out of every 20 track and field athletes whose social media feeds were monitored in a study at the Tokyo Olympics were subject to abusive posts,...

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 file photo, Italian sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs poses with his Olympic gold medals before the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, at Monza racetrack, in Monza, Italy. The Italian Olympic movement is outraged over the exclusion of sprinter Marcell Jacobs from the nominees list for male athlete of the year by World Athletics. The sport’s governing body on Friday, Oct. 22 announced a list of 10 nominees for the prestigious award but found no room for the only man to win two golds on the track at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)
Italy outraged after Jacobs excluded from award nominees

By Andrew Dampf Oct. 22, 2021 05:58 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 12, 2021 12:07 PM EDT
Aug. 13 1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red’s only loss in 21...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 11 1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat. 1948 — Demon Hanover,...

Daniil Medvedev, of the Russian Olympic Committee, pauses during a third round men's tennis match against Fabio Fognini, of Italy, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Coe says climate change could affect sports calendars

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 08, 2021 07:50 AM EDT

Players from the United States react after defeating Brazil to win the gold medal in women's volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Olympic Latest: Bach declares Tokyo Olympics officially over

Aug. 07, 2021 08:30 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 05, 2021 11:35 AM EDT
Aug. 10 1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0. 1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks...

FILE - In this June 1, 2021, file photo, Paris 2024 president, and three-time Olympic champion, Tony Estanguet poses for a photo outside Paris. The 2024 Paris Olympics emerges fully on Sunday, Aug. 8 from its unexpected extra year in the shadows with a formal handover from Tokyo. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga, File)
Paris Olympics moves up with two presidents on center stage

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 05, 2021 06:29 AM EDT

Federica Pellegrini of Italy swims in a heat during the women's 200-meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Pau Gasol elected by Olympic athletes to be an IOC member

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 04, 2021 04:09 AM EDT

Karsten Warholm, of Norway celebrates as he wins the gold medal in the final of the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Best race ever? Warholm wins record-setting hurdles race

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 12:37 AM EDT

Shin Jeahwan, of South Korea, performs on the vault during the men's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Latest: Krajewski wins individual eventing gold

Aug. 01, 2021 08:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2021, file photo, Trayvon Bromell wins the second heat of the men's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. The man positioned to take over the sprint game in the post-Usain Bolt world is Bromell. He's a 26-year-old American who is as unassuming as he is fast. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
In post-Bolt Olympics, Bromell takes humble road in 100

By Eddie Pells Jul. 30, 2021 04:47 AM EDT

Norway's Karsten Warholm celebrates after running 46.70 seconds to set a new men's 400m hurdles world record at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo, Norway Thursday July 1, 2021. (Fredrik Hagen, NTB via AP)
Coe sees track and field healthy ahead of Olympic program

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 27, 2021 12:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2021, photo, Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semis finals in women's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. From doping, to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their share of off-the-field scandals and controversies that keep the Games in the headlines long after the torch goes out. Only weeks before the start of the Olympics, the ban of American sprinter Richardson for a positive marijuana test fueled a debate about whether that drug — not considered a performance enhancer and now legal in some parts of the globe — should be forbidden anymore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Sebastian Coe backs reviewing marijuana rules in doping

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 27, 2021 03:41 AM EDT

Ricarda Funk of Germany competes in the Women's K1 heats of the Canoe Slalom at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Olympics Latest: Funk wins surprise kayak slalom gold

Jul. 26, 2021 08:17 PM EDT

Megan Rapinoe, second right, and her teammates warm up at a training session of United States women's soccer team at Prince Takamado Memorial JFA YUME Field Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Chiba, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Long-banned athlete protest acts expected at Tokyo Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 20, 2021 11:02 AM EDT

FILE - United States' Colleen Quigley looks at her time from heat two of the women's 3000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, in this Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, file photo. Quigley left Nike after what they've described as discriminatory or insulting business practices. "Nike was trying to offer me less than what they offered me when I came out of college,” Quigley said in a recent podcast. “To me, it was just a slap in the face.” (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
More than shoes: Nike navigates complicated twists in track

By Eddie Pells Jun. 23, 2021 01:01 PM EDT

A man walks past the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Monday, June 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Coe urges persuading Japan that Tokyo Olympics will be safe

Jun. 08, 2021 07:04 AM EDT

Japanese woman athletes compete during their 100 meter race at an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Two Tokyo Olympics: Inside and outside the National Stadium

By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama May. 09, 2021 06:54 AM EDT

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, speaks during a press conference Friday, May 7, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Hashimoto said Friday that a planned visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended by the government to Tokyo and other areas until May 31.(Kyodo News via AP)
Tokyo Olympic head says Bach visit to Japan could be 'tough'

By Stephen Wade May. 07, 2021 05:31 AM EDT