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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 file photo, Romanian fans display a banner commemorating the anti-communist revolt that started 30 years ago before the Europa League group E soccer match between CFR Cluj and Celtic, at the Constantin Radulescu stadium, in Cluj, Romania. In the Europe-wide race to finish this soccer season before the next one starts, Romania’s league aims to beat a UEFA target for completion by resuming in two weeks' time. On Thursday, May 28, 2020 public authorities were agreeing protocols to keep players and officials safe for a June 13 restart in Liga 1. (AP Photo/Cristian Cosma, File)
Romania joining European soccer's race to complete season
By Graham Dunbar
21 hrs ago
FILE - In this April 8, 2020, file photo, an empty Parkview Field minor league baseball stadium is shown in downtown Fort Wayne, Ind. Unlike the NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball that can run on television revenue, it's impossible for some minor sports leagues in North America to go on in empty stadiums and arenas in light of the coronavirus pandemic. These attendance-driven leagues might not play again at all in 2020, putting some teams in danger of surviving at all and potentially changing the landscape of minor league sports in the future. (Mike Moore/The Journal-Gazette via AP, File)
The Latest: NBA being sued for missed rent payments
By The Associated Press
May. 27, 2020 06:12 PM EDT
Luge Canada hires former US slider Duncan Kennedy as coach
May. 26, 2020 03:05 PM EDT
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Duncan Kennedy, one of the top sliders in USA Luge history and a three-time qualifier for the Olympics, has been hired as an assistant...
FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2016 file photo, Brazil's coach Oswaldo Alvarez Vadao, looks on prior to a quarter-final match at the women's Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Australia at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Oswaldo Alvarez, who coached Brazil's women's soccer team in the latest two World Cups, died Monday, May 25, 2020 in a hospital in Sao Paulo, according to the Brazilian soccer confederation. Alvarez Vadao recently said he was getting treatment for a liver cancer. (AP Photo/Eugenio Savio, File)
Former Brazil women's soccer coach Alvarez dies at 63
By Mauricio Savarese
May. 25, 2020 02:58 PM EDT
People gather to look at the Frecce Tricolori aerobatic squad of the Italian Air Force fly over Milan's Duomo cathedral, northern Italy, Monday, May 25, 2020 on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic on June 2, 1946. This year the acrobatic squad will fly over several Italian cities to bring a message of unity and solidarity during the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Cortina request postponing ski worlds from 2021 to 2022
By Andrew Dampf
May. 25, 2020 01:09 PM EDT
FILE - This May 27, 2015, file photo shows the center court at Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, as France's Gael Monfils plays his second round match against Argentina's Diego Schwarztman during the French Open tennis tournament. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
The Latest: NWSL moves to allow training in small groups
By The Associated Press
May. 25, 2020 12:31 PM EDT
List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 23, 2020 05:11 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. SAILING ...
List 2/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 23, 2020 05:10 PM EDT
CURLING Women’s world championships in Prince George, Canada from March 14-22 canceled. Men’s world championships in...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 23, 2020 05:06 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2017, file photo, Austria's Anna Veith smiles in the finish area at the women's World Cup super-G ski race in Val d'Isere, France. Veith, who twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries but called it a career a year after blowing out her knee for the third time, announced her retirement Saturday, May 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca, File)
'Achieved my dream': Olympic ski champion Anna Veith retires
By Eric Willemsen
May. 23, 2020 04:51 PM EDT
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Chinese performers dance during a ceremony to mark the arrival of the Olympic flag and start of the flag tour for the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 at a section of the Great Wall of China on the outskirts of Beijing. Uncertainty surrounds how the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be held next year in the midst of the coronavirus. The same questions permeate three mega-events that will be staged in China within a year after the Tokyo Games close. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Tokyo Olympics followed up by 3 mega-events -- all in China
By Stephen Wade
May. 22, 2020 02:31 AM EDT
FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Muto talked Thursday, May 21, about the need to take “countermeasures” to combat COVID-19 at next year's postponed games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
USOPC eliminates 51 in response to COVID-related shortfall
By Eddie Pells
May. 21, 2020 10:45 PM EDT
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 21, 2020 12:10 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...
List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 21, 2020 12:04 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. SAILING ...
List 2/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 21, 2020 12:03 PM EDT
CURLING Women’s world championships in Prince George, Canada from March 14-22 canceled. Men’s world championships in...
The cover design of Number 1 Shimbun is seen in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Tokyo Olympics officials are incensed that their games emblem has been used in the cover design of the local magazine that combines the logo with the novel coronavirus. The “look-alike”emblem, which had “COVID-19” written underneath, was published on the cover the the April issue of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan's magazine. It also appeared in an online edition. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Drawing that parodies Tokyo Olympic logo pulled from website
By Stephen Wade
May. 21, 2020 02:50 AM EDT
FILE - In this May 6, 2015, file photo , LPGA commissioner Mike Whan speaks during a press conference at The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The LPGA Tour is pushing back the restart of its season at least another month. The target now is a tournament in Michigan on July 15-18, and that depends on whether it's safe to return. Even three months away, LPGA commissioner Whan took note that next on the LPGA schedule were events in Michigan, Ohio and New Jersey, and said there would need to be improvement in the coronavirus situation for those tournaments to be played. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
No Q-school and no changes to rosters of LPGA-run circuits
By Doug Ferguson
May. 20, 2020 04:36 PM EDT
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, United States bobsledder Carlo Valdes poses for a portrait at the 2017 Team USA Media Summit in Park City, Utah. Valdes, a member of the 2018 U.S. Olympic team, has announced that he is returning to the sport with hopes of making the team for the 2022 Beijing Games. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
US Olympic bobsledder Carlo Valdes announces his return
May. 20, 2020 10:41 AM EDT
List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 19, 2020 12:03 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. SAILING ...
List 2/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press
May. 19, 2020 12:01 PM EDT
CURLING Women’s world championships in Prince George, Canada from March 14-22 canceled. Men’s world championships in...