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Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita, from left, and Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto listen to International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, speak during a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 11, 2020. Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed, but not stopped, by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games. (Masashi Inoue/Kyodo News via AP)
Sapporo may delay Olympic bid to 2034 after Tokyo scandal

Apr. 10, 2023 08:22 PM EDT

FILE - Crown Princess Victoria from Sweden, member of the candidate for the Olympic Winter Games 2026 Stockholm-Are delegation, hugs Sweden's Olympic Committee President Mats Arjes, left, as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach from Germany announces that Milan-Cortina has won the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, during the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)
Sweden emerges as sudden front-runner to host 2030 Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 15, 2023 01:30 PM EST

FILE - This is an undated photo of Jim Thorpe in a baseball uniform. Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. The International Olympic Committee confirmed that an announcement was planned later Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds

Jul. 15, 2022 06:54 AM EDT

Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics

By The Associated Press Jul. 14, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 15 1912 — Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics and, in the closing ceremony, Sweden’s King Gustav proclaims Thorpe the world’s...

Court of Arbitration for Sport director general Matthieu Reeb addresses a press conference at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. The Court ruled after a hastily arranged hearing that lasted into early Monday morning that the 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the favorite for the women's individual gold, does not need to be provisionally suspended ahead of a full investigation. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Court cites lab delay in ruling allowing Valieva to skate

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 17, 2022 10:55 PM EST

Coach Eteri Tutberidze, left, talks to Kamila Valieva, center, of the Russian Olympic Committee, during a training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Russian doping case: How did we get here?

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 13, 2022 09:58 AM EST

Former AP sports writer Stephan Nasstrom dead at age 70

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2021 05:10 PM EDT
Stephan Nasstrom, who spent nearly 40 years covering sports for The Associated Press, has died. He was 70. Nasstrom's family confirmed that...

Alana Cook, left, Carli Lloyd and Megan Megan Rapinoe, right, attend a training session at Friends arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday April 9, 2021, ahead of the friendly international soccer match against Sweden on Saturday. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP)
US women face Sweden as they prepare for Olympics

By Anne M. Peterson Apr. 09, 2021 05:20 PM EDT

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan performs during the Men Free Skating Program at the Figure Skating World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Chen wins 3rd straight worlds, beating Olympic champ Hanyu

Mar. 27, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

United States players and coaches celebrate during the trophy presentation after a SheBelieves Cup women's soccer match against Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
US women's roster named for upcoming European matches

Mar. 23, 2021 09:46 PM EDT

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:20 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:30 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:08 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2020 04:56 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 1920, file photo, the Olympics are held at the Antwerp Stadium, showing the U.S. contingent leading all the athletes in the procession around the field on, after which they proceeded to lead all competition in the athletic events. (AP Photo/File)
AP WAS THERE: 1920 Olympics

Jul. 27, 2020 03:57 PM EDT

FILE - In this is undated file photo, Jim Thorpe poses in a baseball uniform. Thorpe was on top of the world after winning gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics with mind-blowing performances that went unmatched for decades. They so impressed the King of Sweden that he told Thorpe he was "the greatest athlete in the world.” The Native American was later stripped of the gold medals for breaching Olympic amateurism rules in what has been described as the first major international sports scandal. (AP Photo/File)
Thorpe's scandal-tainted 1912 golds still resonate, amaze

By Steve Douglas Jul. 26, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this is undated file photo, Jim Thorpe poses in a baseball uniform. Thorpe was on top of the world after winning gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics with mind-blowing performances that went unmatched for decades. They so impressed the King of Sweden that he told Thorpe he was "the greatest athlete in the world.” The Native American was later stripped of the gold medals for breaching Olympic amateurism rules in what has been described as the first major international sports scandal. (AP Photo/File)
AP WAS THERE: 1912 Stockholm Olympics

Jul. 26, 2020 03:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this 1912 file photo, Albert Gutterson, of the United States, competes in the long jump at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Gutterson went on to win the gold. (Pressens Bild/TT via AP)
3 sporting trailblazers light up Stockholm Olympics in 1912

By Steve Douglas Jul. 26, 2020 01:55 PM EDT

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 20, 2020 04:19 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 02:31 PM EDT
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...