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Watanabe re-elected as international gymnastics president

Nov. 06, 2021 06:04 AM EDT
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Morinari Watanabe was re-elected to a new three-year term as president of the International Gymnastics Federation on Saturday after...

Boxing bouts fixed at 2016 Olympics, investigation finds

Sep. 30, 2021 07:31 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Boxing bouts for medals at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by “complicit and compliant” referees and judges, an investigation...

FILE - In this Sunday Nov. 6, 2011 file photo, Boyanka Kostova from Azerbaidjan competes in the Women's 53kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships, in Paris. Former world champion weightlifter Boyanka Kostova was banned for eight years for doping on Thursday Sept. 30, 2021, after making her comeback from an earlier sanction for performance-enhancing drug use at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Weightlifter Kostova banned for doping again after comeback

Sep. 30, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

Tareg Hamedi of Saudi Arabia reacts after losing following an injury to Sajad Ganjzadeh of Iran in their men's kumite +75kg gold medal bout for karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Olympic karate finishes with cinematic kick, downer ending

By Greg Beacham Aug. 07, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

United States' David Morris Taylor III celebrates holding the US flag after winning the gold medal in the men's 86kg Freestyle wrestling event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
USA Wrestling makes statement, leads way with 9 medals

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 07, 2021 10:54 AM EDT

France's Nikola Karabatic makes a shot during the men's gold medal handball match between France and Denmark at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Olympic Latest: France earns gold for 1st volleyball medal

Aug. 06, 2021 07:41 PM EDT

Stephenie Mcpherson, right, of Jamaica, reacts after winning a women's 400-meter semifinal as Allyson Felix, of the United States, looks on, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Olympic Latest: Canada wins 1st gold in women's soccer

Aug. 05, 2021 08:36 PM EDT

Wojciech Nowicki, of Poland, competes in the final of the men's hammer throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympics Latest: World champ Dutch out in women's handball

Aug. 03, 2021 07:59 PM EDT

Daiki Hashimoto, of Japan, performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Olympics Latest: Women's semifinals set in beach volleyball

Aug. 02, 2021 08:59 PM EDT

Shohei Ono of Japan reacts after winning the men's -73kg judo final match against Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Shohei Ono: Judo's elusive star dominates another Olympics

By Greg Beacham Jul. 26, 2021 10:39 AM EDT

Hidilyn Diaz of Philippines celebrates as she competes and sets new world record and won the gold medal in the women's 55kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Olympics Latest: Japan upsets China in table tennis

Jul. 25, 2021 08:57 PM EDT

Karate will make long-awaited Olympic debut in Tokyo

By The Associated Press Jul. 02, 2021 12:59 PM EDT
WHAT'S NEW: After nearly a half-century of attempts to add karate to the Olympics, the Japanese martial art finally makes its debut on a temporary basis as one...

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. In a news conference, Monday, June 28, 2021, Kremlev said he is confident his beleaguered organization will be welcomed back into the Olympic family after the Tokyo Games. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Kremlev confident AIBA will return to Olympic role in Paris

By Greg Beacham Jun. 28, 2021 07:10 PM EDT

Almost empty stadium area around Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium, in Manchester, England, Saturday March 14, 2020, after all English soccer games were cancelled due to the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. For most people, the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
The Latest: Gymnastics seeking new host for championships

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2020 06:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016 file photo, Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina acknowledges the audience after her routine on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Chusovitina had considered retirement before but chose to carry on before qualifying for her eighth Olympics — breaking her own record in the sport. This time around, the 1992 gold medalist said Tokyo will be her last Olympics. “It's already good that they have postponed. Everything will calm down and everything will be fine, and I think then the Olympics will go ahead as normal,” said the 44-year-old Chusovitina, who is training in restricted. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file)
Record-setting Olympians stretch careers for games in 2021

By James Ellingworth Mar. 26, 2020 09:51 AM EDT