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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge crosses the line to win the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has bettered his own world record in the Berlin Marathon. Kipchoge clocked 2:01:09 on Sunday to shave 30 seconds off his previous best-mark of 2:01:39 from the same course in 2018. (AP Photo/Christoph Soeder)

Kipchoge clocks 2:01:09 for world record in Berlin Marathon

By Ciarán Fahey Sep. 25, 2022 05:33 AM EDT

FILE - Silver medalist Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal poses during the medal ceremony for the men's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, on Feb. 9, 2019. Two-time Olympic skiing champion Svindal underwent surgery after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, the Norwegian said on Saturday Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)

Skiing champion Svindal has surgery for testicular cancer

Sep. 24, 2022 01:30 PM EDT

Commuters wearing face masks walk along a street in the central business district in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Track's world indoors in China postponed again to 2025

Sep. 01, 2022 06:55 AM EDT

Paris Olympics cut costs with fewer cars, more subway rides

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 31, 2022 12:53 PM EDT
Looking to cut costs in a tough economy, organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics said Wednesday they want officials to use fewer courtesy cars and take more trips on...

Sportlight-Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 4 1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for...

Steve Stricker reacts as his tee shot lands in a fairway bunker on the ninth hole during the second round of the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship golf tournament at Firestone Country Club, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Akron, Ohio. (Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal via AP)

Shanshan Feng got everything from golf but a proper farewell

By Doug Ferguson Aug. 02, 2022 04:28 PM EDT

FILE - International Olympic Committee's President Thomas Bach and Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games make the sign of a heart with their hands during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Olympics survived the COVID-19 postponement, soaring expenses and some public opposition. A year later, the costs and benefits are as difficult to untangle as the Games were to pull off. (Dan Mullen/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

By Stephen Wade Jul. 21, 2022 01:16 AM EDT

From left, England's players Jill Scott, Chloe Kelly, Lauren Hemp, and and Ellen White cheer during a training session ahead of the Women Euro 2022 quarter final soccer match between England and Spain, at the Lensbury training center in Teddington, London, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

England soars as Euro 2022 deals with heatwave

Jul. 19, 2022 06:59 AM EDT

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe speaks during a news conference before the World Athletics Championships Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Tokyo chosen to host 2025 track world championships

Jul. 14, 2022 05:47 PM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix of the United States reacts after winning the gold medal in the final of the Women's 200m during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Felix, retiring after the 2022 world championships in Eugene, Oregon, is looking forward to a much slower pace. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Allyson Felix reflects on footprints she's leaving on track

By Pat Graham Jul. 14, 2022 02:26 PM EDT

FILE - Then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears as the Nintendo game character Super Mario during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 21, 2016. Despite his fame as a Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe might have had enjoyed his biggest moment at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Abe impersonated 'Super Mario' to promote Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Jul. 09, 2022 01:07 AM EDT

Olympic filmmaker needed 2 movies to cover Tokyo turmoil

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 17, 2022 09:50 AM EDT

FIFA bans player for 18 months for same substance as Valieva

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 13, 2022 10:52 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA banned Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo for 18 months on Monday in a doping case involving the same substance that Russian figure skater...

FILE - South African long distance athlete Caster Semenya (176) runs on her way to winning the 5,000 meters at the South African national championships in Pretoria, South Africa, April 15, 2021. A British newspaper has reported that double Olympic champion Semenya said she offered to show her body to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze/File)

Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body

By Gerald Imray May. 23, 2022 07:45 PM EDT

IOC reveals more talks with Peng Shuai, plans Europe visit

May. 20, 2022 12:02 PM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has continued to speak with Olympic officials since the Beijing Winter Games and wants to visit Europe...