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NSW wins toss, bats 1st in Australian domestic cricket final

Apr. 14, 2021 08:22 PM EDT
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion New South Wales won the toss on Thursday and decided to bat first in the domestic first-class Sheffield Shield...

File - In this Oct. 10, 2020, file photo, Sofia Kenin, of the United States, plays a shot against Poland's Iga Swiatek in the final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. Kenin is the top-seeded woman in Abu Dhabi, where the first women’s tour-level tennis event of 2021 begins main-draw play on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
TENNIS '21: COVID questions key; Nadal, Djokovic eye records

By Howard Fendrich Jan. 05, 2021 12:04 PM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Nov. 06, 2020 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 7 1943 — The Detroit Lions and New York Giants play the last scoreless tie in the NFL. 1968 — Red Berenson scores...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Oct. 29, 2020 11:42 AM EDT
Nov. 5 1927 — Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to capture the PGA Championship for the fourth consecutive year and fifth overall. ...

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are on display, in Tokyo. The unprecedented postponement of the Tokyo Olympics until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic, has left buyers of millions of tickets in a quandary. Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee say the Games will take place, but they have offered few details about how. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Tokyo Games postponement presents quandary for ticket buyers

By Stephen Wade Aug. 20, 2020 01:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 1956, file photo, German inside right Rolf K. Geiger, right, gets the ball past a Soviet defender during the Germany vs Russia Olympic Association Football match on the Olympic Park football field in Melbourne, Australia on. Russia won 2-1. (AP Photo/Stuart Heydinger, File)
1956 Melbourne Olympics: 1st Games in southern hemisphere

By Dennis Passa Aug. 03, 2020 11:48 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 29, 1928, file photo, American sprinters and Olympic champions Jackson Scholz, left, and Charles "Charley" Paddock pose together in their starting positions at New York's Columbia University. (AP Photo/File)
1928 Amsterdam: Women's track, gymnastics debut at Olympics

By Howard Fendrich Jul. 29, 2020 11:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 1920, file photo, the Olympics are held at the Antwerp Stadium, showing the U.S. contingent leading all the athletes in the procession around the field on, after which they proceeded to lead all competition in the athletic events. (AP Photo/File)
Antwerp 1920 Olympics haunted by war and flu pandemic

By James Ellingworth Jul. 27, 2020 03:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this is undated file photo, Jim Thorpe poses in a baseball uniform. Thorpe was on top of the world after winning gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics with mind-blowing performances that went unmatched for decades. They so impressed the King of Sweden that he told Thorpe he was "the greatest athlete in the world.” The Native American was later stripped of the gold medals for breaching Olympic amateurism rules in what has been described as the first major international sports scandal. (AP Photo/File)
Thorpe's scandal-tainted 1912 golds still resonate, amaze

By Steve Douglas Jul. 26, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this is undated file photo, Jim Thorpe poses in a baseball uniform. Thorpe was on top of the world after winning gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics with mind-blowing performances that went unmatched for decades. They so impressed the King of Sweden that he told Thorpe he was "the greatest athlete in the world.” The Native American was later stripped of the gold medals for breaching Olympic amateurism rules in what has been described as the first major international sports scandal. (AP Photo/File)
AP WAS THERE: 1912 Stockholm Olympics

Jul. 26, 2020 03:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this 1912 file photo, Albert Gutterson, of the United States, competes in the long jump at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Gutterson went on to win the gold. (Pressens Bild/TT via AP)
3 sporting trailblazers light up Stockholm Olympics in 1912

By Steve Douglas Jul. 26, 2020 01:55 PM EDT

FILE - This 1900 file photo shows the eastern part of a busy boulevard in Paris, France in the year 1900. No opening ceremony. No closing ceremony. And many of the athletes at the 1900 Paris Games had no idea they even competed at the Olympics. But the second edition of the Olympics had female athletes competing for the first time. (AP Photo/File)
AP WAS THERE: 1900 Paris Olympics

Jul. 23, 2020 03:17 PM EDT

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 02:36 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 30, 2020 12:16 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2020 11:57 AM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2020 01:02 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. From June 11 restarted, no spectators. ...

List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 12, 2020 03:08 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. From June 11 restarted, no spectators. ...

List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2020 12:11 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. SAILING ...

List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 05, 2020 03:26 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. SAILING ...

List 3/3 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press May. 29, 2020 02:12 PM EDT
AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. SAILING ...