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Alexander Zverev of Germany plays a backhand return to Michael Mmoh of the U.S. during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
ATP abuse probe finds 'insufficient evidence' against Zverev

Jan. 31, 2023 07:23 AM EST

FILE - Dallas Wings guard Allisha Gray handles the ball during a WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 10, 2022. In a deal announced Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, the Atlanta Dream have acquired Olympic gold-medalist Gray in a trade that sent a pair of first-round picks to the Dallas Wings. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Dream acquires G Allisha Gray from Wings for 1st-round picks

Jan. 21, 2023 02:41 PM EST

FILE - Peter Bol, of Australia, wins a men's 800-meter semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. Australian Olympic middle-distance runner and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol has tested positive to a banned performance-enhancing drug, according to Athletics Australia on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Australian Olympic runner Bol tests positive for EPO

Jan. 20, 2023 02:05 AM EST

FILE - Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, July 30, 2021. The Belarusian track coach who tried to force the sprinter out of the Tokyo Olympics and back to Belarus after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport's integrity standards. The Athletics Integrity Unit announced the charges against Yury Maisevich on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Belarus coach who removed sprinter from Olympics charged

By Eddie Pells Jan. 19, 2023 11:45 AM EST

Olympic triple jumper Ana José Tima suspended in doping case

Jan. 16, 2023 01:21 PM EST
MONACO (AP) — Two-time Olympic athlete Ana José Tima was provisionally suspended for two positive tests for doping substances, track and field’s Athletics Integrity...

FILE - Katie Ledecky, of the United States, celebrates after breaking the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle at the FINA Swimming World Cup meet in Toronto on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. The American swimmer turned in another stellar performance at the world championships, set a pair of world records, and capped 2022 as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets across the country. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Katie Ledecky earns AP female athlete of year for 2nd time

By Paul Newberry Dec. 28, 2022 09:26 AM EST

FILE - Lyu Xiaojun of China celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men's 81kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Three-time Olympic weightlifting champion Lyu Xiaojun has tested positive in a doping case. The International Testing Agency says Lyu tested positive for the endurance boosting hormone EPO on Oct. 30, 2022 while he was training. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)
Three-time Olympic champion Lyu tests positive for doping

Dec. 22, 2022 02:13 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, the Olympic rings are reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is encouraging individual sports to consider “category qualifiers” — classified in some sports as “open” categories — to ensure transgender athletes will have events to participate in once they reach puberty. The USOPC finalized its two-page “position paper” at its board meeting earlier this month and released it Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, addressing a proposed path forward for transgender participation in sports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Audit finds Tokyo Olympic costs 20% higher than announced

By Stephen Wade Dec. 22, 2022 05:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, the Olympic rings are reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is encouraging individual sports to consider “category qualifiers” — classified in some sports as “open” categories — to ensure transgender athletes will have events to participate in once they reach puberty. The USOPC finalized its two-page “position paper” at its board meeting earlier this month and released it Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, addressing a proposed path forward for transgender participation in sports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Sapporo mayor says Tokyo bid-rigging hurt its Olympic bid

By Stephen Wade Dec. 20, 2022 07:53 AM EST

Investigators enter the headquarters of major advertising company Dentsu in Tokyo Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Japanese prosecutors raided the headquarters of Dentsu Friday, as the investigation into corruption related to the Tokyo Olympics widened. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan investigators raid Dentsu in widening Olympic probe

By Yuri Kageyama Nov. 25, 2022 12:18 AM EST

Kadokawa Corp. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2022. Kadokawa was charged Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. (Kyodo News via AP)
Bribes scandal continues to sully Tokyo Olympic legacy

By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade Oct. 19, 2022 01:08 AM EDT

Kadokawa Corp. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2022. Kadokawa was charged Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. (Kyodo News via AP)
Publishing executive charged in Tokyo Olympic bribes scandal

By Yuri Kageyama Oct. 04, 2022 03:34 AM EDT

FILE - Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games attends the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo on March 30, 2020. Criminal allegations against a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member widened Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Takahashi in suspected payments from a publisher that became a sponsor for the Games. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Tokyo Olympics bribery arrests widens to third Japan sponsor

By Yuri Kageyama Sep. 27, 2022 04:30 AM EDT

FILE - China's Dongpeng Shi competes in a heat of the 110m Hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The governing body of track and field has acted against suspected systematic cheating in results from qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics and age manipulation of athletes up to 20 years ago. Chinese athlete Shi Dongpeng was stripped of his silver medal in 110-meter hurdles at the 2002 world junior championships. Shi went on to compete at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics but did not reach either final in his event. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
Track body acts on suspected systematic cheating in results

By Graham Dunbar Sep. 23, 2022 11:20 AM EDT

FILE - China's Dongpeng Shi competes in a heat of the 110m Hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011. The governing body of track and field has acted against suspected systematic cheating in results from qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics and age manipulation of athletes up to 20 years ago. Chinese athlete Shi Dongpeng was stripped of his silver medal in 110-meter hurdles at the 2002 world junior championships. Shi went on to compete at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics but did not reach either final in his event. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
South Korea Athletics Worlds 8/27/2011

Sep. 23, 2022 11:16 AM EDT

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

Isabella Shinikova of Bulgaria returns a shot against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during a singles match in the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
WTA Tokyo, Japan Women Singles

Sep. 20, 2022 03:16 AM EDT

Isabella Shinikova of Bulgaria returns a shot against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during a singles match in the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Karolina Pliskova advances at Pan Pacific Open

Sep. 20, 2022 03:14 AM EDT

Spain's Juancho Hernangomez, right, is challenged by Guerschon Yabusele of France, left, during the Eurobasket final basketball match between Spain and France in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Spain wins EuroBasket title, topping France 88-76 for gold

Sep. 18, 2022 05:08 PM EDT

FILE - Haruyuki Takahashi, executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games attends the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo on March 30, 2020. Criminal allegations against a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member widened Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Takahashi in suspected payments from a publisher that became a sponsor for the Games. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Tokyo Olympics sponsorship scandal widens with more arrests

By Yuri Kageyama Sep. 06, 2022 04:28 AM EDT