Monaco Olympic Team
FILE - Shaun White poses in the halfpipe course after the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Shaun White's first full season in retirement also marks the beginning of his first year as a full-fledged business owner. The brand he introduced with a soft open in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics earlier this year is now fully operational. The name is Whitespace(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Shaun White's next mountain: businessman, snowboard maker

By Eddie Pells Oct. 17, 2022 09:51 AM EDT

Rudy Rinaldi, of Monaco, looks down after the 2-man heat 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Monaco gets its best Olympic sport finish, 6th in bobsled

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 10:14 AM EST

Peng Shuai of China wipes her face during the women's singles match against Samantha Stosur of Australia on the second day at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on July 3, 2018. China's Foreign Ministry is sticking to its line that it isn't aware of the controversy surrounding tennis professional Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing a former top official of sexually assaulting her. A ministry spokesperson said Friday that the matter was not a diplomatic question and that he was not aware of the situation. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)
Column: Where is Peng Shuai? Why isn't the IOC speaking out?

By Paul Newberry Nov. 19, 2021 03:27 PM EST

FILE - Annika Schleu of Germany cries after she couldn't control her horse to compete in the equestrian portion of the women's modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 6, 2021. Amid a bitter divide with Olympic athletes over the removal of horse riding from modern pentathlon, the sport’s governing body on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, invited them to talks this week to consult athletes on which sport will replace riding following a horse abuse incident at the Tokyo Olympics. The horse that refused to compete in jumping for the German leader of the women’s competition was hit by a team coach, who was ordered to take lessons on animal welfare. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Olympic sport to talk with athletes amid anger over changes

By Graham Dunbar Nov. 08, 2021 06:44 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2020, file photo, Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, reacts after winning the women's 5,000-meters race at the Golden Spike athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Double world champion Hassan is considering doing a crazy distance-running triple at the Olympics. Hassan says she's possibly going to add the 1,500 meters to her Tokyo schedule having already decided on pursuing a 5,000-10,000 double at Olympic Stadium. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Craziness: Hassan considers running triple at Olympics

By Gerald Imray Jul. 29, 2021 03:20 AM EDT

Taiwan's Chen Szu-yu reacts during the table tennis women's singles third round match against Lily Zhang of the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
WTA 125K Charleston, USA Women Singles

Jul. 27, 2021 12:47 AM EDT

Singapore's Yu Mengyu reacts during the table tennis women's singles second round match against Portugal's Shao Jieni at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Olympic Tournament Women Singles

Jul. 25, 2021 03:59 AM EDT

Blue Impulse of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force flies over the main National Stadium, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Tokyo. The National Stadium will host host the many of the events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics that start July 23. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Investigators reveal work to weed out pre-Olympics cheating

Jul. 22, 2021 06:48 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan crosses the finish line of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 27.2 kilometers (16.9 miles) with start in Change and finish in Laval Espace Mayenne, France, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Sagan, Haig withdraw from Olympic road race with injuries

By Dave Skretta Jul. 13, 2021 06:03 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan rides with the pack during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 150.4 kilometers (93.5 miles) with start in Redon and finish in Fougeres, France, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Sagan has surgery less than 2 weeks before Olympic road race

By Dave Skretta Jul. 12, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

A guard, lower right, walks around a park being prepared for the Olympics and Paralympics Games in Tokyo on Thursday, July 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
3 Samoan weightlifters to miss Olympics over virus concerns

By Steve Mcmorran Jul. 01, 2021 08:19 PM EDT

Ireland secures final spot for Tokyo Olympics men's rugby 7s

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2021 07:23 PM EDT
MONACO (AP) — Ireland secured its place at the Tokyo Olympics with a 28-19 win over France in the men's rugby sevens qualifier final on Sunday. ...

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 file photo, Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya, gold medal winner in the the men's 3000 meter steeplechase final, celebrates at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya has been charged with having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl and was released on bail Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 after pleading not guilty. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Olympic champ Kipruto charged with having sex with minor

Nov. 16, 2020 09:52 AM EST

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:29 PM EST
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 19, 2020 03:55 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:20 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:29 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:07 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2020 04:55 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Latest: PGA Tour Series-China canceled due to virus

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2020 06:39 AM EDT