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Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 12-18

By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 12 1876 — Madeleine wins two straight heats over Canada’s Countess of Dufferin to defend the America’s Cup. 1936 — Rosalind, driven...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 5-11

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 5 1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at...

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...

FILE - The United States' Ryan Crouser competes in the men's shot put during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet at Hayward Field Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. Among those who might break their own world records are hurdlers Sydney McLaughlin and Karsten Warholm and shot putter Ryan Crouser. Jamaican speedster Elaine Thompson-Herah could make a run at 100-meter record that Florence Griffith-Joyner has held since 1988. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman, File)
McLaughlin leads speedy group to 1st track worlds on US soil

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Jul. 13, 2022 02:24 PM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2022 08:45 PM EDT
June 28 1935 — Alf Perry ties a British Open scoring record with a 283 total at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Perry’s finishes five...

Jonny Nilsson, Olympic speedskating champ in '64, dies at 79

Jun. 22, 2022 08:34 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Jonny Nilsson, a Swedish speedskater who won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the Winter Olympics at Innsbruck in 1964, has died. He...

A screen shows support to Ukraine before the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Manchester City at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Russia ready again for urgent court case over World Cup ban

By Graham Dunbar Mar. 04, 2022 12:40 AM EST

FILE - The Russian national flag, right, flies after it is hoisted next to the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 23, 2014. The International Olympic Committee has made a sweeping move to isolate and condemn Russia over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Russia facing sports isolation over invasion of Ukraine

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 28, 2022 06:57 AM EST

FILE - A general view of the St. Petersburg Stadium prior to the Confederations Cup soccer match between New Zealand and Portugal, in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2017. The British government led calls Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 for the Champions League final to be taken off Russia by European football's governing body to punish its deepening intervention in Ukraine. The showpiece men's game is due to be played in St. Petersburg on May 28 for the biggest sporting event in Russia since the 2018 World Cup.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
Euro backlash as FIFA refuses to expel Russia from football

By Rob Harris Feb. 27, 2022 05:53 AM EST

A soldier's helmet with a bullet hole near debris of burning military trucks, in a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine's capital Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Poland, Sweden refuse to play Russia in World Cup playoffs

Feb. 26, 2022 11:43 AM EST

FILE- Nils van der Poel of Sweden reacts after breaking his own world record in the men's speedskating 10,000-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. Back in Sweden with his two gold medals in speedskating, the speedskater told the Aftonbladet newspaper that although he had “a very nice experience behind the scenes,” hosting the Games in China was “terrible.” He drew parallels with the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany and Russia hosting the Sochi Olympics before seizing control of the Crimean peninsula in 2014. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Swedish Olympic champion gives medal to man held in China

Feb. 25, 2022 08:41 AM EST

Finland's Atte Ohtamaa (55) and Ville Pokka (2) celebrate with goalkeeper Harri Sateri, right, after Finland defeated Russian Olympic Committee to win the men's gold medal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Finland beats Russians for its 1st Olympic hockey gold medal

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 20, 2022 01:29 AM EST

The Olympic Rings are seen during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Olympics Live: Flame extinguished to end Beijing Games

Feb. 19, 2022 10:09 PM EST

Gloves hang from a cabinet where COVID-19 tests are done outside an hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: US skaters lose appeal to get silver medals

Feb. 18, 2022 09:09 PM EST

Russian Olympic Committee goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov, right, celebrates with Nikita Nesterov (89) and Yegor Yakovlev, left, after defeating Sweden in a shootout during a men's semifinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Favored Russians back in final at Olympics, now face Finland

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 18, 2022 01:07 PM EST

Russian Olympic Committee's Sergei Plotnikov, right, controls the puck in front of Sweden's Pontus Holmberg (29) and Sweden goalkeeper Lars Johansson, left, during a men's semifinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Russia beats Sweden to set up final vs. Finland at Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 18, 2022 06:20 AM EST

Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway crosses the finish line in the men's 15-kilometer mass start biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Boe, Braisaz-Bouchet handle conditions, win Olympic golds

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 18, 2022 03:15 AM EST

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

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc, of the United States, compete in the pairs short program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: China pair breaks figure skating world record

Feb. 17, 2022 08:39 PM EST