1988 Seoul Olympic Games
FILE - Kamalpreet Kaur, of India, competes during the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. Olympic discus finalist Kamalpreet Kaur was banned for three years for doping with an anabolic steroid, track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Olympic discus finalist Kaur of India gets 3-year doping ban

Oct. 12, 2022 10:13 AM EDT

FILE - Kamalpreet Kaur, of India, competes during the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has tested positive test for an anabolic steroid. The case was announced Wednesday nine months after she placed sixth at the Tokyo Olympics. Kaur tested positive for stanozolol in a case the agency dated to March 29. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Indian Olympic athlete Kaur tests positive for steroid

May. 04, 2022 01:21 PM EDT

In this Sept. 17, 2011 file photo, Serbia's Head Coach Dusan Ivkovic reacts during the EuroBasket European Basketball Championship 7th to 8th position classification match against Slovenia, in Kaunas, Lithuania. Serbian Basketball Federation says famous coach Dusan Ivkovic has died at the age of 77. Serbian media said Ivkovic died in a Belgrade hospital after a lung failure on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. During his 46-year coaching career, Ivkovic led teams such as Partizan Belgrade, CSKA Moscow as well as Greek teams Aris, PAOK, Panionios, Olympiacos, AEK, as well as the Yugoslav and Serbian national teams. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
Dusan Ivkovic, Serbian basketball coach, dies at 77

Sep. 16, 2021 06:36 AM EDT

Elaine Thompson-Herah, of Jamaica, wins the gold during the finals of the women's 100-meter at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo's Olympic record in women's 100

By Eddie Pells Jul. 30, 2021 09:55 PM EDT

China's Chen Meng, top, competes against countrywoman Sun Yingsha during the gold medal match of the table tennis women's singles at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Chen beats Chinese teammate for gold in women's table tennis

Jul. 29, 2021 10:02 AM EDT

From left first placed South Korea's An San, Jang Minhee, and Kang Chaeyoung celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony of the women's team competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
South Korea's female archers wrap up 9th straight team gold

By Pat Graham Jul. 25, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 1988, file photo, Matt Biondi, of the United States, wears his Olympic gold medal during awarding ceremonies after the men's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. Bitter at the resistance he faced for trying to transform the sport of swimming, Biondi turned his back on the sport in the early 1990s. Now, he is back at the pool, leading a new organization that hopes to improve the state of swimmers who have long been mere afterthoughts to those who make all the important decisions and cash in on their efforts. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Matt Biondi picks up where he left off nearly 3 decades ago

By Paul Newberry Jun. 08, 2021 05:00 AM EDT

Japan's Kaori Yamaguchi, an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, on May 19, 2021. Yamaguchi, one of Japan's best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee says Tokyo has been “cornered” into holding the games in seven weeks in the middle of a pandemic. In an outspoken editorial published Friday, June 4, by Japan's Kyodo news agency, Yamaguchi said the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government, and local organizers, are ignoring widespread opposition — 50-80% depending on the poll — to the Olympics from the Japanese public. (Kyodo News via AP)
Olympian Yamaguchi says Japan 'cornered' into holding games

By Stephen Wade Jun. 04, 2021 02:46 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2008, file photo, Team Canada's Rheal Cormier pitches during the team's win over China in preliminary action at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China. Cormier, the durable left-hander who spent 16 seasons in the majors and remarkably pitched in the Olympics before and after his time in the big leagues, has died. He was 53. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
MLB lefty Cormier, pitched in 1988, '08 Olympics, dies at 53

Mar. 08, 2021 07:31 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 1977, file photo, Japan's Miyako Tanaka, right, and Mikako Kotani perform during women's synchronized swimming duet competition at the Olympic Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea. The organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics announced Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, it has named Kotani as its new sports director. Kotani won two bronze medals in synchronized swimming - now called artistic swimming - at the the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Tokyo Olympics name Mikako Kotani as new sports director

Sep. 30, 2020 03:46 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1988, file photo, South Korea's Park Si-hun, left, delivers a left jab to America's Roy Jones, and goes on to win the gold medal in the gold medal bout of the light middleweight division at the summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ron Kutz, File)
Evictions, drugs, boxing rows: reliving '88 Games in Seoul

By Kim Tong-Hyung Aug. 11, 2020 03:12 PM EDT

Former Olympic gold medalist Park Si-hun wearing boxing gloves punches a bag for photos after an interview on Jeju Island, South Korea, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The last South Korean boxer to win an Olympic gold has spent the past 32 years wishing it was a silver. Park's 3-2 decision win over Roy Jones Jr. in the light-middleweight final at the 1988 Seoul Olympics remains one of the controversial moments in boxing history. Jones had seemed to dominate. (AP Photo/Kim Tong-hyung)
Three decades after Jones fight, gold still stings for Park

By Kim Tong-Hyung Aug. 11, 2020 02:19 AM EDT

FILE - Bob Costas attends the Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award ceremony honoring Billy Crystal in New York on Nov. 12, 2018. CNN announced that Costas will join their network as an on-air contributor. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Costas joins CNN to talk on intersection of news and sports

By David Bauder Jul. 24, 2020 12:49 PM EDT