Women's sports

FILE - Kenyan athletes train together just after dawn on a dusty track in Kaptagat Forest in western Kenya, on Jan. 30, 2016. The threat of an imminent ban by track and field governing body World Athletics, which would likely have repercussions for a number of medal contenders at next year's world championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics was conceded by the Kenyan sports ministry in a statement issued on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Kenya faces threat of athletics ban for doping 'crisis'

By Gerald Imray Nov. 25, 2022 03:44 AM EST

FILE - Emily Sweeney, of the United States, stretches prior the luge women's singles run 2 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney have been USA Luge teammates for years. They’ve traveled together, they’ve competed together, they’ve gone to the Olympics together, they’ve stood on World Cup podiums together. Being on a sled together was not part of the plan.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Britcher, Sweeney giving women's doubles luge a try for US

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 23, 2022 10:26 AM EST

FILE - Mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, right, and Paralympics Games, a Phrygian cap, jump during a preview in Saint Denis, outside Paris, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Izzy, the much-hated blob that represented the 1996 Atlanta Games has been supplanted by the mascot for the Paris Olympics — a Phrygian cap. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Column: Izzy's long run as worst Olympic mascot is over

By Paul Newberry Nov. 15, 2022 06:24 PM EST

FILE - Sunisa Lee, of United States, reacts as she poses for a picture after winning the gold medal in the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo. The 2020 women's all-around gymnastics champion announced Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, that she will return to training at the elite level following the end of her sophomore season at Auburn next spring. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

2020 Olympic champ Sunisa Lee to make a run at Paris 2024

Nov. 15, 2022 02:31 PM EST

This photo provided by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in California shows three Olympic Games medals stolen during the course of a home burglary in Laguna Hills, Calif. On Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, authorities said they were seeking the public's help and are looking for the medals belonging to a member of the U.S. women's volleyball team. (Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff’s Department via AP)

3 Olympic volleyball medals stolen from California home

Nov. 10, 2022 11:17 PM EST

US marathon trials for 2024 Olympics will be run in Orlando

Nov. 08, 2022 12:15 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 2024 United States Olympic marathon trials will be held along the streets in Orlando, Florida. USA Track and Field announced...

Shilese Jones of the U.S. competes in the uneven bars finals during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Jade Carey adds to medal haul at worlds with vault gold

Nov. 05, 2022 03:52 PM EDT

Boxx appointed vice chair of US Soccer safety task force

Nov. 04, 2022 08:30 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Shannon Boxx, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and member of the 2015 World Cup championship team, was appointed Friday as a vice chair of the U.S....

Gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil celebrates during a medal ceremony for the Women's All-Around Final during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Brazil's Andrade makes history, wins world gymnastics title

Nov. 03, 2022 05:27 PM EDT

Jimmer Fredette speaks during an interview after practice for the USA Basketball 3x3 national team, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Miami Lakes, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Jimmer's new goal: The U.S. Olympic team, in 3x3 basketball

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 03, 2022 04:22 PM EDT

FILE - Galen Rupp, of the United States, finishes the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. It's been 13 years since an American man won the New York City Marathon. Rupp might provide the best chance for the Americans to end that drought when he runs the New York race for the first time on Sunday, Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

NYC Marathon champion Albert Korir looks to defend title

By Doug Feinberg Nov. 03, 2022 03:11 PM EDT

FILE - Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve calls out to players during the team's WNBA basketball game against the Las Vegas Aces in Las Vegas, Thursday, May 19, 2022. The Minnesota Lynx signed coach Cheryl Reeve to a multi-year contract extension Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, and elevated her front office title from general manager to president of basketball operations. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

Lynx extend coach Cheryl Reeve, bump GM title to president

Nov. 03, 2022 02:02 PM EDT

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Nov. 4-10

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Nov. 4 1934 — The Detroit Lions rush for an NFL-record 426 yards in a 40-7 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The only bright spot for the Pirates is...

U.S. women earn record sixth straight world gymnastics title

Nov. 01, 2022 05:26 PM EDT
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A pair of falls on the balance beam in qualifying cost Jordan Chiles a shot at the world all-around gymnastics title. She's...

FILE - USA Curling CEO Jeff Plush applauds a presentation by a member of the U.S. Wheelchair Curling Team prior to evening competition at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 18, 2021. A majority of USA Curling's diversity task force has called for the removal of Plush as the national governing body’s CEO, accusing him of failing to act when confronted with allegations of sexual abuse and other misconduct while serving as the commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)

Curling CEO resigns in wake of soccer abuse investigation

By Eddie Pells And Jimmy Golen Oct. 28, 2022 07:55 PM EDT

FILE - Russia's Natalya Antyukh, right, powers ahead of United States' Lashinda Demus to win gold in the women's 400-meter hurdles final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Russian runner Natalya Antyukh was disqualified on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 from her 400-meter hurdles win at the 2012 London Olympics for doping, and Lashinda Demus of the United States is set to be upgraded to the gold medal. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza, File)

Russian runner stripped of 2012 Olympics title for doping

Oct. 24, 2022 12:35 PM EDT

US speed skier Cochran-Siegle rediscovering his love for GS

By Eric Willemsen Oct. 22, 2022 07:18 PM EDT
SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — American skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle is coming off his career best World Cup season, earning more points than ever before in both downhill and...

American ice dancers Chock and Bates lead Skate America

Oct. 22, 2022 06:20 PM EDT
NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates along with Japan's Kaori Sakamoto, the women's world champion, took the lead after their...