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The Olympic athletes' village construction site is pictured In Saint Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, March 18, 2023. Some Paris 2024 Olympic hopefuls have expressed concern over the lack of air conditioning units in the athletes' village that will be home for thousands of athletes and sports officials during next year's Summer Games.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners

By Barbara Surk And Samuel Petrequin Mar. 20, 2023 11:11 AM EDT

Archivo - Los anillos olímpicos en la Place du Trocadero de París el 13 de septiembre de 2017 tras una votación en Lima que otorgó los JJOO de 2024 a la capital francesa. El martes 14 de marzo del 2023, el presidente de Francia Emmanuel Macron lanza el conteo a 500 días del inicio de los Juegos. (AP Foto/Francois Mori , Archivo)
New ticket lottery launches for Paris 2024 Olympics

Mar. 15, 2023 06:29 PM EDT

FILE - The Olympic rings are seen on the Place du Trocadero that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Sept. 13, 2017. Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics promised Games with a relatively modest price tag and "egalitarian" access to events, thanks to an online draw meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to next year's Olympics with prices as low as 24 euros ($26). But as the first round of ticketing winds down, many "lucky" winners chosen for the draw are feeling frustrated, angry and cheated, as their only option during the 48-hour purchasing window was paying at least 200 euros per ticket for the few remaining events on offer. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Macron launches 500-day countdown to Paris Olympics

By The Associated Press Mar. 14, 2023 02:30 PM EDT

FILE - Canada's Alex Bilodeau celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's moguls final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 10, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. A group of 42 retired Canadian Olympians, including Bilodeau, urged the Canadian Olympic Committee Wednesday, March 8, 2023, to reject the idea of allowing Russians to participate in next year's Paris Games. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Canadian Olympians push for opposition to Russians in Paris

By Eddie Pells Mar. 08, 2023 09:10 PM EST

Amelie Beney checks ticket availability for the Paris 2024 Paris Olympic Games Thursday March 2, 2023 in Cergy, outside Paris. Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics promised Games with a relatively modest price tag and "egalitarian" access to events, thanks to an online draw meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to next year's Olympics with prices as low as 24 euros ($26). But as the first round of ticketing winds down, many "lucky" winners chosen for the draw are feeling frustrated, angry and cheated, as their only option during the 48-hour purchasing window was paying at least 200 euros per ticket for the few remaining events on offer. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
Olympic ticket sales for Paris Games get off to rocky start

By Nicolas Garriga And Barbara Surk Mar. 04, 2023 03:00 AM EST

Ukrainian sisters Maryna, left, and Vladyslava Aleksiiva speak during a practice session, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The path to the 2024 Paris Olympics for Ukrainian athletes is clouded by war, anger and pain. Russian bombardments have wrecked training venues. Air raids disrupt training sessions. Athletes have lost family members and friends. Or they worry that they will. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
War, anger cloud Ukrainian athletes' path to Paris Olympics

By John Leicester Mar. 02, 2023 02:33 AM EST

FILE - International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Director Christophe Dubi meets the press in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. The organising committee has admitted there have been delays because of the coronavirus pandemic and rising costs due in part to the war in Ukraine, but Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi warns that they will keep a close eye on matters to see that deadlines are met. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
Little sign of Olympics in Milan with only 3 years to go

By Daniella Matar Mar. 01, 2023 06:59 AM EST

FILE - Boats prepare to tow giant Olympic rings as they are removed from the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park after 2020 Summer Olympics came to an end on Aug. 8 in Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 11, 2021. The Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal widened Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, with Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies being charged by Tokyo district prosecutors. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Dentsu and others charged in Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging probe

By Yuri Kageyama Feb. 28, 2023 02:57 AM EST

FILE - Russian Kamila Valieva competes in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix, the Golden Skate of Moscow, at Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2022. The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and said Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023, it is seeking a four-year ban. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian agency also appeals in Valieva Olympic doping case

Feb. 24, 2023 07:55 AM EST

FILE - Ukraine supporters unfurl a "Stop War" banner on the stands during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Ukraine and Armenia, in Lodz, Poland, on June 11, 2022. One year after the invasion of Ukraine began, Russia's reintegration into the world of sports threatens to create the biggest rift in the Olympic movement since the Cold War. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
Russia's sports exile persists 1 year after invading Ukraine

By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2023 09:25 AM EST

FILE -- Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after competing in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. The International Skating Union said Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 it has joined the World Anti-Doping Agency in filing an appeal against the decision not to ban Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva over the doping case which overshadowed last year's Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Skating body joins appeal for Valieva doping ban

Feb. 22, 2023 06:29 AM EST

FILE - Russian Kamila Valieva competes in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix, the Golden Skate of Moscow, at Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2022. The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and said Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023, it is seeking a four-year ban. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian skater Valieva's doping case to go to sports court

Feb. 21, 2023 09:56 AM EST

IOC (International Olympic Committee) president Thomas Bach walks in the finish area of the alpine ski, men's World Championship downhill, in Courchevel, France, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Nations: No clarity on neutrality, no Olympics for Russia

By Eddie Pells Feb. 20, 2023 08:00 AM EST

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin poses with gold medal of the women's World Championship giant slalom, in Meribel, France, Thursday Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Shiffrin remembers her late father at gold-medal ceremony

By Andrew Dampf Feb. 17, 2023 11:37 AM EST

Lawmakers ask EU countries to pressure IOC for Russia's ban

Feb. 17, 2023 07:22 AM EST
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have condemned the International Olympic Committee's decision to set out a path for some athletes from Russia and Belarus to...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Queensland state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk view images of planned Olympic sites in Brisbane, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. The federal and the Queensland state government have agreed on an almost 50-50 funding split to build or remodel existing venues for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)
Australian governments agree funding split for 2032 Olympics

Feb. 16, 2023 10:21 PM EST

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts after taking gold in an alpine ski World Championships giant slalom, in Meribel, France, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
American skier Shiffrin wins gold in giant slalom at worlds

Feb. 16, 2023 08:51 AM EST

FILE - Eeli Tolvanen (20), of Finland, scores a goal against goalie Lars Haugen (30), of Norway, during the second period of the preliminary round of the men's hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The 2018 Olympics without NHL talent offered a glimpse of things to come for players who hadn't yet reached the best hockey league in the world. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Olympics in 2018 showed glimpses of future NHL stars

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 16, 2023 06:00 AM EST

FILE - Crown Princess Victoria from Sweden, member of the candidate for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 Stockholm-Are delegation, hugs Sweden's Olympic Committee President Mats Arjes, left, as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach from Germany announces that Milan-Cortina has won the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, during the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)
Sweden emerges as sudden front-runner to host 2030 Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 15, 2023 01:30 PM EST

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates taking second place in an alpine ski, women's World Championships super G, in Meribel, France, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
American skier Shiffrin splits with longtime coach at worlds

By Andrew Dampf Feb. 15, 2023 12:38 PM EST