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U.S. forward Carli Lloyd, right, and Paraguay forward Ramona Martinez (18) vie for the ball during the second half of an international friendly soccer match Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, in Cleveland. The U.S. team won 9-0. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Carli Lloyd scores 5 goals, US women rout Paraguay 9-0
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Court ruling clears Australian swimmer Jack to compete again
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Australian swimmer Shayna Jack was cleared Thursday to resume her competitive career after a doping case that forced her to miss...
CONCACAF under-20s instead of 23s to determine Olympic spots
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MIAMI (AP) — CONCACAF took an unusual decision to eliminate its men's Olympic qualifying tournament and will instead have under-20 teams determine its...
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2021, file photo, Jade Carey, of the United States, poses after winning the gold medal for the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Carey is finally embarking on her freshman year at Oregon State, after taking a somewhat winding route to Corvallis. Then again, the 21-year-old Olympic gold medalist is used to taking the non-traditional path. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Jade Carey goes from winning gold to hitting the books
By Anne M. Peterson
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Ex-Kenya sports minister guilty of corruption pays $32K fine
By Mutwiri Mutuota
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's former sports minister paid a fine of just over $32,000 on Thursday to avoid a six-year jail sentence after being convicted of...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press
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Sept. 17 1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill. ...
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, file photo, Umar Kremlev, General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation and member of the Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. The boundary between amateur and professional boxing has blurred further as the International Boxing Association is offering prize money of up to $100,000 for the first time at the historically amateur men’s world championships. AIBA said on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 a total prize fund of $2.6 million is in place to award medalists in each category. The men’s championships are in Belgrade, Serbia, from Oct. 24 through Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Once-amateur boxing world championships to offer prize money
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In this Sept. 17, 2011 file photo, Serbia's Head Coach Dusan Ivkovic reacts during the EuroBasket European Basketball Championship 7th to 8th position classification match against Slovenia, in Kaunas, Lithuania. Serbian Basketball Federation says famous coach Dusan Ivkovic has died at the age of 77. Serbian media said Ivkovic died in a Belgrade hospital after a lung failure on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. During his 46-year coaching career, Ivkovic led teams such as Partizan Belgrade, CSKA Moscow as well as Greek teams Aris, PAOK, Panionios, Olympiacos, AEK, as well as the Yugoslav and Serbian national teams. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
Dusan Ivkovic, Serbian basketball coach, dies at 77
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United States gymnasts from left, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisman testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington. Nassar was charged in 2016 with federal child pornography offenses and sexual abuse charges in Michigan. He is now serving decades in prison after hundreds of girls and women said he sexually abused them under the guise of medical treatment when he worked for Michigan State and Indiana-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Biles: FBI turned 'blind eye' to reports of gymnasts' abuse
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Will Graves And Michael Balsamo
Sep. 15, 2021 08:04 PM EDT
Ex-Kenya sports minister guilty in Olympic corruption case
Sep. 15, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's former sports minister was convicted Wednesday of corruption and abuse of office relating to the misuse of more than $800,000...
WADA warns Russia not to interfere in anti-doping work
Sep. 15, 2021 10:57 AM EDT
ISTANBUL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency warned Russia not to interfere in drug-testing in the country and asked Wednesday that a year-old vacancy at the...
FILE - In this July 31, 1980 file photo, Yuriy Sedykh of the Soviet Union prepares to throw the hammer to win the gold medal and set new world and Olympic records at the Moscow Olympics. Two-time Olympic champion in the hammer throw and world record holder Yuriy Sedykh has died. He was 66. The Russian track and field federation says Sedykh died early Tuesday Sept. 14, 2021, following a heart attack. (AP Photo/File)
Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66
Sep. 14, 2021 10:04 AM EDT
LA28 committee chooses marketing chief Carter as new CEO
By Eddie Pells
Sep. 14, 2021 08:01 AM EDT
The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics elevated its top marketing officer, Kathy Carter, to CEO on Tuesday as it ramps up preparations for...
Algerian judoka banned 10 years for refusing Olympic bout
By Greg Beacham
Sep. 13, 2021 04:05 PM EDT
Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has been banned from competition for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics...
ISU seeking host for 4 Continents 2022 event in January
Sep. 13, 2021 11:05 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Skating Union is seeking a replacement host for the 2022 Four Continents event after Tianjin, China bowed out. ...
Ukraine wants to prepare a bid to host a Winter Olympics
Sep. 13, 2021 06:07 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine wants to enter formal talks about hosting the Winter Olympics, the IOC said Monday. Ukrainian...
Tom Davis, with his wife, Jamie, and their kids, offers a blessing before dinner at their home in Fremont, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. “I can’t continue to be that guy that got blown up in Ramadi,” the city outside Baghdad where a hidden bomb threw his armored vehicle high into the air, costing the soldier much of his left leg. A tattoo on his forearm reads, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics
By Tim Sullivan
Sep. 11, 2021 10:25 AM EDT
Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, center, arrives at a Geneva's courthouse ahead of the verdict for a trial for forgery in connection with arbitration, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad found guilty of forgery
By Graham Dunbar
Sep. 10, 2021 11:33 PM EDT
Slingsby's Aussies go for SailGP hat trick at Saint-Tropez
By Bernie Wilson
Sep. 10, 2021 05:37 PM EDT
Tom Slingsby’s Team Australia will go for a hat trick this weekend in the SailGP global league's regatta in Saint-Tropez, France. The...
Olympic official Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait found guilty of forgery in Geneva court
Sep. 10, 2021 08:51 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — Olympic official Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait found guilty of forgery in Geneva court. ...