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FILE - Sunisa Lee, of United States, reacts as she poses for a picture after winning the gold medal in the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. The 2020 women's all-around gymnastics champion announced Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, that she will return to training at the elite level following the end of her sophomore season at Auburn next spring. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
2020 Olympic champ Sunisa Lee to make a run at Paris 2024

Nov. 15, 2022 02:31 PM EST

FILE - Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen calls out to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets on Jan. 31, 2020, in New York. Boylen and USA Basketball can clinch a spot in the 2023 World Cup by beating Brazil in a qualifying game on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
US holds off Colombia in World Cup qualifying, France wins

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 14, 2022 11:20 PM EST

FILE - Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen calls out to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets on Jan. 31, 2020, in New York. Boylen and USA Basketball can clinch a spot in the 2023 World Cup by beating Brazil in a qualifying game on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
USA on brink of clinching spot in 2023 Basketball World Cup

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 10, 2022 12:59 PM EST

Gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates during a medal ceremony for the Women's All-Around Final during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Brazil's Andrade makes history, wins world gymnastics title

Nov. 03, 2022 05:27 PM EDT

U.S. women earn record sixth straight world gymnastics title

Nov. 01, 2022 05:26 PM EDT
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A pair of falls on the balance beam in qualifying cost Jordan Chiles a shot at the world all-around gymnastics title. She's...

Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson warms up for Game 3 of the basketball team's WNBA Finals against the Connecticut Sun, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
No Bird, Griner, Taurasi: US still favorite to win World Cup

By Doug Feinberg Sep. 20, 2022 10:50 AM EDT

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25

By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 19 1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five...

Sportlight-The Dream Team picks up its gold medal

By The Associated Press Aug. 07, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 8 1902 — The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup. 1903 — Britain wins...

Kazakhstan's Norah Jeruto wins the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Thompson-Herah edges Richardson in the Prefontaine 100

By Anne M. Peterson May. 28, 2022 07:17 PM EDT

Barcelona's Gerard Pique leaves the field during the Europa League quarter final, first leg soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Barcelona at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
In leaked audio, Piqué asks for help to play at Olympics

By Tales Azzoni Apr. 20, 2022 07:59 AM EDT

FILE - Yarimar Mercado Martinez, of Puerto Rico, competes during the women's 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions qualification, at the Olympic Shooting Center, during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 11, 2016. Mercado Martinez's mother, Mabel Martinez, 56, was killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home over the weekend, authorities announced Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Puerto Rico Olympian's mother killed at home by stray bullet

By Dave Collins Apr. 11, 2022 05:51 PM EDT

Lloyd among newcomers for U.S. women's pro volleyball league

Mar. 15, 2022 10:57 AM EDT
DALLAS (AP) — Volleyball players Carli Lloyd and Alisha Glass Childress, who helped the U.S. women win bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, are among the newcomers for...

Alexander Zverev of Germany returns the ball to Thiago Monteiro of Brazil during their Davis Cup tennis singles match in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Zverev put on 1-year probation for outburst in Acapulco

By Howard Fendrich Mar. 07, 2022 09:45 PM EST

FILE - A USA basketball fan holds up the Stars & Stripes as the American Olympic team play Angola, July 26, 1992, Barcelona, Spain. The "Dream Team" with the first U.S. Olympic men's basketball team to field active NBA players rolls past Croatia 117-85 for the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games. The Americans demolish the field. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)
AP Was There: Dream Team rolls in Barcelona to Olympic gold

By The Associated Press Feb. 23, 2022 01:39 PM EST

FILE - A Russian short track speed skater Pavel Sitnikova wears an Olympic uniform with the logo OAR - Olympic Athlete from Russia, during a training session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea on Feb. 3, 2018. Doping and other controversies involving Russian athletes have played a significant role at the Games for over a decade. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Recent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics

Feb. 18, 2022 09:07 AM EST

Joe Johnson set to play for US in World Cup qualifiers

Feb. 15, 2022 12:09 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Joe Johnson answered USA Basketball’s call again. A year removed from his last playing experience with the national team...

Florida forward Emanuely de Oliveira (11) tries for the ball against South Carolina forward Laeticia Amihere (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Youngblood)
No. 1 Gamecocks' top reserves out, playing in FIBA tourney

Feb. 09, 2022 05:22 PM EST

Donovan Carrillo, of Mexico, reacts after the men's short program figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Mexican skater is a rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

By Sally Ho Feb. 08, 2022 09:36 PM EST

Brazilian skier out of Olympics after car crash in Italy

Jan. 28, 2022 07:33 AM EST
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian cross-country skier Bruna Moura will miss the Beijing Olympics after sustaining multiple fractures in a car crash in Italy. ...

CORRECTS CADDIE'S SURNAME - A boy helps a girl into a proper golf stance on the grounds of the Nusacquilombo cultural center where children are learning the basics from caddie Marcelo Modesto, in Cidade de Deus or City of God favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Modesto from one of Rio's poorest neighborhoods works at one of the seaside city's most exclusive golf courses, earning a comfortable living guiding wealthy patrons around the fairways and greens of the course. Now he is sharing his golf skills with kids from his favela. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Rio favela seeks to improve kids' lives through golf

By Diarlei Rodrigues And Mauricio Savarese Dec. 13, 2021 07:39 PM EST