Corruption
FILE - This photo shows the headquarters of Aoki Holdings Inc., a clothing company, in Yokohama, near Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. The first verdicts in the sprawling Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal were handed down Friday, April 21, 2023, in Tokyo District Court with defendants found guilt but avoiding jail time. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
First Tokyo Olympic bribery verdict ends with no jail time

By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade Apr. 21, 2023 12:44 AM EDT

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 - 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. A senior official with the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and three company executives were arrested Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in an ongoing bid-rigging scandal related to the Games. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Tokyo Olympic official, 3 others held in bid-rigging probe

By Yuri Kageyama Feb. 08, 2023 02:17 AM EST

Scandal hits another Olympic sport in France -- handball

By John Leicester Jan. 25, 2023 09:51 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — The head of France's professional handball league resigned Wednesday after pleading guilty to child corruption and child pornography charges — the...