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FILE - The Olympic rings are set up in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital. An IOC inspection team has given a resounding thumbs-up to Paris’ preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games. The IOC said Wednesday that Paris organizers are where they should be in their planning with 415 days to go before the opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
IOC gives resounding thumbs-up to Paris' Olympic plans, as organizers chase LVMH deal
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Russia's Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, red, fights with Italia's Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine during the men's heavyweight final of the IBA Boxing World Championships, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo)
IOC recommends terminating boxing body's Olympic status
By Graham Dunbar
19 hrs ago
FILE - Athletes compete at the World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, near Linz, Austria, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. The governing body of rowing says it will allow a “limited number” of athletes from Russia and Belarus to return to competition for the world championships in September. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Rowing to allow 'limited number' of Russians to compete in key Olympic qualifier
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FILE - Yasir Al-Rumayyan attends the champion's ceremony at the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago tournament Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Sugar Hill, Ill. The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday, June 6, 2023, when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world. Al-Rumayyan, the governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, will join the board of the PGA Tour, which continues to operates its tournaments. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger reignites not-so-clean debate over sportswashing
By Eddie Pells
Jun. 06, 2023 06:02 PM EDT
FiILE - The Olympic rings are seen in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. French security experts have expressed misgivings about size and complexity of the security operation that will be needed to safeguard Paris' ambitions for the unprecedented opening gala along the River Seine (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
Future of Olympic boxing body on agenda at IOC meeting on Wednesday
Jun. 06, 2023 03:04 PM EDT
Jim Hines, 1968 Olympic 100-meter champion who became NFL receiver, dies at 76
By The Associated Press
Jun. 05, 2023 08:56 PM EDT
Jim Hines, the 1968 Olympic 100-meter champion who later went on to be an NFL wide receiver, has died. He was 76. USA Track and Field announced that...
USA Basketball wins women's gold, men's silver at 3x3 World Cup in Austria
Jun. 04, 2023 01:34 PM EDT
VIENNA, Austria (AP) — The U.S. beat France 16-12 to win the gold medal at the 3-on-3 women’s World Cup on Sunday, while Serbia prevented an American sweep by...
FILE - Russian track cyclist Anastasiia Voinova holds her third place medal in the women's 500m time trial at the World Track Cycling championships in Hong Kong, Saturday, April 15, 2017. Voinova and Mariya Novolodskaya who won medals at the Tokyo Olympics have been ruled ineligible to race for beaching rules monitoring their neutrality during the war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Russian Olympic cycling medalists barred from races for lack of neutrality during war in Ukraine
May. 31, 2023 05:46 PM EDT
FiILE - The Olympic rings are seen in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. French security experts have expressed misgivings about size and complexity of the security operation that will be needed to safeguard Paris' ambitions for the unprecedented opening gala along the River Seine (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
Olympic sports leaders meet amid uncertainty over Russians competing at 2024 Paris Games
By Graham Dunbar
May. 31, 2023 01:08 PM EDT
World swim body looks to move from Olympic home city in Switzerland to Hungary
May. 26, 2023 02:42 PM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The governing body of swimming said on Friday it is looking to leave the Olympics' home city in Switzerland and move its headquarters to...
FILE - Brigitte Henriques, French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) president delivers her speech during a press conference in Paris, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. The president of France's Olympic committee resigned unexpectedly Thursday May 25, 2023, the latest shake-up for French sports and the country's preparations to host the Summer Olympics in Paris next year. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
France's first female Olympic president resigns
May. 25, 2023 10:25 AM EDT
Olympic beach volleyball champion April Ross expecting a baby
May. 23, 2023 01:08 PM EDT
Reigning Olympic beach volleyball champion April Ross is pregnant. The gold, silver and bronze medalist announced Monday on Instagram that she is...
FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. A new-round ticketing sale kicked off Thursday for Paris Olympics next year. Only the lucky winners of a lottery will be able to buy about 1.5 million seats for the most prestigious competitions, as well as the opening and closure ceremonies. (AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)
Organizers of Paris Olympics say 6.8 million tickets sold so far, defend pricing
By Samuel Petrequin
May. 23, 2023 01:06 PM EDT
FILE - Andrew Kurka of the United States competes in the men's downhill, sitting, at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, March 5, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. U.S. Ski & Snowboard will add the Paralympic Alpine skiing and snowboard teams back under its umbrella. The two Paralympic teams have been under the management of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee since 2010. The switch allows the association to provide more support and resources to Paralympians, including coaching, sports science and psychology, along with educational opportunities. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)
US Ski & Snowboard bring Paralympic Alpine and snowboard teams back under umbrella
By Pat Graham
May. 23, 2023 12:22 PM EDT
French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, watches head of Paris 2024 Olympics Tony Estanguet delivering a speech during a meeting on the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, Tuesday, May 23, 2023 in Paris. French security experts have expressed misgivings about size and complexity of the security operation that will be needed to safeguard Paris' ambitions for the unprecedented opening gala along the River Seine. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Fans will need to pre-register for free tickets to Paris' gargantuan 2024 Olympic opening ceremony
By John Leicester
May. 23, 2023 12:14 PM EDT
FILE - Terry McDermott, 23, who won the first gold medal for the U.S. in the ninth Winter Olympic games, is hoisted to the shoulders of teammates after his triumph at Innsbruck, Feb. 4, 1964. McDermott, who won the only gold medal for the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, died on Saturday, May 20, 2023, U.S. Speedskating said. He was 82. (AP Photo/Hans Von Nolde, File)
Terry McDermott, Olympic speedskating gold medalist in 1964, dies at 82
By Paul Newberry
May. 22, 2023 06:26 PM EDT
Dionne Koller, co-chair of the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics & Paralympics, speaks at a conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 18, 2023. Koller says the commission has begun work on a report that will be released next spring and could include proposals for radical changes in the way the Olympics work in America. (AP Photo/Eddie Pells)
Olympic reform panel starts work: 'Opportunity to think big'
By Eddie Pells
May. 18, 2023 04:48 PM EDT
FILE - Winner Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland skis during the ladies skiathlon 7.5 km classic and 7.5 km free event of the FIS Cross Country World Cup in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Poland's Alpinism authorities say that climber Kacper Tekieli, husband of Justyna Kowalczyk, Polish multiple Olympic and World champion in cross-country skiing, has died tragically in Swiss Alps. The body of 38-year-old Tekieli was found Thursday, May 18, 2021 under an avalanche. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
Husband of 2-time Olympic champion Justyna Kowalczyk killed in avalanche
May. 18, 2023 10:18 AM EDT
Paris Organising Committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games President Tony Estanguet gives a press conference, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. "The French capital detailed plans for a Pride House that will celebrate LGBTQ people during the Olympics and Paralympics next year and the chief Paris Games organizer pledged that Olympians and campaigners will be given "plenty of opportunities" to speak for LGBTQ rights at the sports showcase. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Paris Olympics vows to carry the torch for LGBTQ rights after watershed of Tokyo
By John Leicester
May. 17, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
FILE - Joshua Cheptegei, of Uganda, right, competes to win ahead of second placed, Yomif Kejelcha, of Ethiopia, left, and third placed, Rhonex Kipruto, of Kenya, second right, in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Oct. 6, 2019. Kipruto, who won a bronze medal in the 10,000-meter race at the 2019 world championships, has been suspended for suspected doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Wednesday May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Kenyan distance runner Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping
May. 17, 2023 06:08 AM EDT