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Ng Yan Yee and Sabri Nur Dhabitah of Malaysia dive during the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard preliminary at the FINA Diving World Cup Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Olympic torch relay detour; diving test event opens in Tokyo

By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade May. 01, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

PSG's Neymar smiles during the Champions League, second leg, quarterfinal soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
US women to face Sweden in group stage in Olympic soccer

Apr. 21, 2021 12:46 PM EDT

Ledecky wins 800 free, finishes 4-for-4 in Texas meet

Mar. 06, 2021 10:40 PM EST
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Katie Ledecky won the 800-meter freestyle in Texas on Saturday night for her fourth title in her first national competition in a year...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 file photo, Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, sets a world record with a lift of 214kg during the men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rahimov has been charged with swapping his urine samples in a doping case that could threaten his gold medal. The International Testing Agency says it charged Rahimov with “an anti-doping rule violation for ‘Urine Substitution’ which would have occurred over a period of time in 2016.” It is unclear if the allegations span the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Rahimov took gold with a world record lift in the men’s 77-kilogram class. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Olympic weightlifting champion charged in doping case

Jan. 19, 2021 04:28 AM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 30, 2020 11:47 AM EDT
Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. ...

USA Olympic modern pentathlon team members Amro ElGeziry and his wife, Isabella Isaksen run along a trail in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, April 24, 2020. He’s a unit supply specialist in the U.S. Army. She’s a multiple launch rocket systems crew member. They met through the modern pentathlon. They constantly train together for the modern pentathlon. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Modern love: Pentathlon couple balances training, military

By Pat Graham May. 04, 2020 04:01 PM EDT