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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 06:29 AM EDT

Roglic on brink of 3rd straight Spanish Vuelta title

Sep. 04, 2021 11:59 AM EDT
MOS, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic has only the decisive stage’s time trial left to win his third consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after finishing the rugged 20th...

Judge asked to order arrest of witnesses in triple-slaying

Jun. 12, 2021 02:39 PM EDT
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for three witnesses sought in the retrial of the brother of Olympic gymnastics...

Mistrial declared in murder trial of Simone Biles’ brother

May. 25, 2021 12:11 PM EDT
CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge in Ohio declared a mistrial in the murder trial of the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles after jurors said they had...

Water polo player Marko Vavic speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at MWR Aquatic Training Center in Los Alamitos, Calif., Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Two years after his father, Jovan, was arrested as part of a college admissions investigation dubbed Operation Varsity Blues, Vavic is pushing for a spot on the U.S. men's Olympic water polo team. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Vavic gets ready for Tokyo in water polo as dad awaits trial

By Jay Cohen May. 13, 2021 03:19 PM EDT

Death of 'Miracle on Ice' standout Pavelich ruled suicide

Apr. 05, 2021 02:44 PM EDT
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — Last month's death of "Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey standout Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide, a Minnesota medical examiner said Monday....

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, left, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), and IOC President Thomas Bach talk prior to the opening of the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah will go on trial in Switzerland this month accused of forgery in a case linked to political rivalry in Kuwait’s royal family. Lawyers for the sheikh say he will attend the hearing listed by a criminal court in Geneva to run from Feb. 22-26, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, fle)
Olympic powerbroker to go on trial in Geneva in forgery case

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 12, 2021 11:54 AM EST

Former president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Lamine Diack arrives with his lawyer William Bourdon, right, at the Paris courthouse, Monday, June 8, 2020. A sweeping sports corruption trial opened Monday in Paris involving allegations of a massive doping cover-up that reached to the top of world track and field's governing body. Lamine Diack, 87, who served as president of the body for nearly 16 years, is among those accused of receiving money from Russian athletes to hide their suspected doping so they could compete at the Olympics in 2012 and other competitions. His son Papa Massata Diack is also charged in the case. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Trial of Diacks exposes dark backdrop of track golden era

By John Leicester And Jerome Pugmire Jun. 18, 2020 06:21 AM EDT

Former president of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Lamine Diack, center, arrives at the Paris courthouse, Monday, June 8, 2020. A sweeping sports corruption trial opened Monday in Paris involving allegations of a massive doping cover-up that reached to the top of world track and field's governing body. Lamine Diack, 87, who served as president of the body for nearly 16 years, is among those accused of receiving money from Russian athletes to hide their suspected doping so they could compete at the Olympics in 2012 and other competitions. His son Papa Massata Diack is also charged in the case. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Massive sports corruption case finally heard at Paris trial

By John Leicester Jun. 08, 2020 11:17 AM EDT

Man charged in slaying of pregnant teen who spoke at trial

Apr. 02, 2020 06:10 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — A young man told friends that he was paid $5,000 for killing a pregnant Chicago teenager who was a key witness in a murder trial, prosecutors...