Morocco Olympic Team
FILE - Morocco's Halima Hachlaf reacts after winning the women's 800 meters event during the IAAF Diamond League Golden Gala athletics meeting at Rome's Olympic stadium, June 10, 2010. Moroccan 800-meter runner Halima Hachlaf has been banned for six years for the second doping conviction of her career, it was announced Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Hachlaf tested positive for a synthetic steroid hormone at a race in Rabat in January. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, file)
Former Olympian Hachlaf banned 6 years for 2nd doping case

Nov. 30, 2021 10:54 AM EST

Shin Jeahwan, of South Korea, performs on the vault during the men's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Latest: Krajewski wins individual eventing gold

Aug. 01, 2021 08:49 PM EDT

Brackcides Khadambi, of Kenya, returns a shot during a women's beach volleyball match against Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Beach volleyball bosses hope for spike in participation

By Jimmy Golen Jul. 30, 2021 04:50 AM EDT

Freestyle wrestler Fatoumata Yarie Camara, of Guinea, walks in Rome, Italy, where she is training Saturday, July 3, 2021. A West African wrestler's dream of competing in the Olympics has come down to a plane ticket. Fatoumata Yarie Camara is the only Guinean athlete to qualify for these Games. She was ready for Tokyo, but confusion over travel reigned for weeks. The 25-year-old and her family can't afford it. Guinean officials promised a ticket, but at the last minute announced a withdrawal from the Olympics over COVID-19 concerns. Under international pressure, Guinea reversed its decision. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Denied ticket over COVID, Guinean Olympian clings to dream

By Gerald Imray, Boubacar Diallo And Trisha Thomas Jul. 29, 2021 02:46 AM EDT

Freestyle wrestler Fatoumata Yarie Camara, of Guinea, walks in Rome, Italy, where she is training Saturday, July 3, 2021. A West African wrestler's dream of competing in the Olympics has come down to a plane ticket. Fatoumata Yarie Camara is the only Guinean athlete to qualify for these Games. She was ready for Tokyo, but confusion over travel reigned for weeks. The 25-year-old and her family can't afford it. Guinean officials promised a ticket, but at the last minute announced a withdrawal from the Olympics over COVID-19 concerns. Under international pressure, Guinea reversed its decision. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Denied ticket over COVID, Guinean Olympian clings to dream

By Gerald Imray, Boubacar Diallo And Trisha Thomas Jul. 29, 2021 02:34 AM EDT

New Zealand's David Nyika, right, lands a punch to Youness Baalla, of Morocco, during their heavy weight (91kg) preliminary boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/ Frank Franklin II)
Moroccan Olympic boxer tries to take a bite out of opponent

By Greg Beacham Jul. 27, 2021 07:35 AM EDT

France's Fantine Lesaffre adjusts her cap during a training session at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre venue for the swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
AP PHOTOS: Taboo in Tokyo, tattoos on display at Olympics

Jul. 26, 2021 08:17 AM EDT

This is a Feb. 5, 2019 photo provided by Olympic swimmer Erin Gallagher of her swimming under water in Durban, South Africa. Gallagher got COVID-19 late last year and went from elite Olympic athlete in peak condition to lying flat on a bed concentrating on just breathing. And yet she's one of the lucky ones. She recovered and is going to Tokyo. Other African hopefuls have not been so fortunate as the coronavirus surges again across the continent just as the Olympics approach. (Erin Gallagher via AP)
In Africa, virus ruins Olympic dreams and tests dedication

By Gerald Imray Jul. 08, 2021 03:55 PM EDT

Inbee Park of South Korea tees off on the sixth hole during the third round of play in the KPMG Women's PGA Championship golf tournament Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Johns Creek, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Korda sisters lead 4 Americans to Japan for Olympics

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 29, 2021 12:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, Bahrain's Hassan Chani celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men's 10,000m final during the athletics competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Chani has been banned for four years on Thursday, Sept.17, 2020 for blood doping and stripped of his 2018 Asian Games gold medal. The Athletics Integrity Unit says Chani’s doping was shown by changes in the blood values in his biological passport. He was disqualified from all of his results since August 2017. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Asian Games gold medalist runner banned 4 years for doping

Sep. 17, 2020 11:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2004, file photo, Japan's Mizuki Noguchi takes the final lap inside the Panathinaiko Stadium as she wins the gold medal in the women's marathon in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Olympics return to antiquity at the 2004 Athens Games

By Chris Lehourites Aug. 15, 2020 09:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 1988, file photo, Jackie Joyner-Kersee of East St. Louis, Ill., makes her javelin throw during heptathlon competition at the Seoul Olympics in South Korea. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
AP WAS THERE: 1988 Seoul Olympics

By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 1960, file photo, the medalists in the women's 200-meter event, from left, bronze medalist Dorothy Hyman, of Great Britain; gold medalist Wilma Rudolph, of the United States, and silver medalist Jutta Heine, of Germany, pose with their medals at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy. The 1960 Rome Summer Olympics set the standard for every Olympiad to follow. These Games were the first televised in the United States, even if film of events had to be flown from Rome to New York where Jim McKay did the voice-overs the next day. (AP Photo/File)
TV, big names make 1960 Rome Games 1st modern Olympics

By Teresa M. Walker Aug. 04, 2020 05:56 PM EDT

A TV cameraman films in the empty stadium as a part of precaution against the new coronavirus during the pre-season baseball game between Doosan Bears and LG Twins in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. South Korea's professional baseball league has decided to begin its new season on May 5, initially without fans, following a postponement over the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The Latest: Track body sets up fund to help athletes

Apr. 28, 2020 07:12 AM EDT