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Indigenous chief Awa Tenondegua from the Tupi Guarani ethnicity competes in a log carrying relay race event at Peruibe beach during the Indigenous Games, near the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Indigenous competitors celebrate culture and sport in Brazil

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FILE - Eeli Tolvanen (20), of Finland, scores a goal against goalie Lars Haugen (30), of Norway, during the second period of the preliminary round of the men's hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. The 2018 Olympics without NHL talent offered a glimpse of things to come for players who hadn't yet reached the best hockey league in the world. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Olympics in 2018 showed glimpses of future NHL stars

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Two teams play water polo during an Awatu Winton Water Polo Club competition at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Ghana water polo grows as sport looks for more diversity

By Jay Cohen
Feb. 03, 2023 11:57 AM EST
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Germany's Stephan Leyhe soars through the air during the third stage of the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Participants perform during the opening ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Olympic workers in protective clothing help travelers at Beijing Capital International Airport after the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Vanessa James and Eric Radford, of Canada, 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)

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Gold medal winner Japan's Ayumu Hirano ties Japnes flag as he celebrates during the venue award ceremony for the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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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

AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — Two Russian track cyclists who won medals at the Tokyo Olympics were ruled ineligible to race Wednesday for breaching rules monitoring their neutrality duri

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

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Complex questions about if — and how — Russian athletes could return to their competitions ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics looked far from being resolve

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 Hungary.

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

PARIS (AP) — The president of France's Olympic Committee resigned unexpectedly on Thursday, the latest leadership shake up of French sports amid preparations for the Summer Olympics