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Obstacle racing set to replace horses in modern pentathlon

May. 02, 2022 04:36 PM EDT
MONACO (AP) — Under pressure to remove horse riding, modern pentathlon will test obstacle racing as a replacement in time for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. ...

Rudy Rinaldi, of Monaco, looks down after the 2-man heat 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Monaco gets its best Olympic sport finish, 6th in bobsled

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 10:14 AM EST

Taiwan's Chen Szu-yu reacts during the table tennis women's singles third round match against Lily Zhang of the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
WTA 125K Charleston, USA Women Singles

Jul. 27, 2021 12:47 AM EDT

Singapore's Yu Mengyu reacts during the table tennis women's singles second round match against Portugal's Shao Jieni at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Olympic Tournament Women Singles

Jul. 25, 2021 03:59 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan crosses the finish line of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 27.2 kilometers (16.9 miles) with start in Change and finish in Laval Espace Mayenne, France, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Sagan, Haig withdraw from Olympic road race with injuries

By Dave Skretta Jul. 13, 2021 06:03 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan rides with the pack during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 150.4 kilometers (93.5 miles) with start in Redon and finish in Fougeres, France, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Sagan has surgery less than 2 weeks before Olympic road race

By Dave Skretta Jul. 12, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

Ireland secures final spot for Tokyo Olympics men's rugby 7s

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2021 07:23 PM EDT
MONACO (AP) — Ireland secured its place at the Tokyo Olympics with a 28-19 win over France in the men's rugby sevens qualifier final on Sunday. ...

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 file photo, South Africa's Luvo Manyonga poses with his silver medal during the long jump medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Olympic long jump silver medalist Luvo Manyonga has been banned for four years over missed doping tests. He will miss the next two Olympic Games. Track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said on Friday, June 18, 2021 Manyonga had three violations of so-called whereabouts rules in a one-year period. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
Olympic silver medalist Luvo Manyonga banned for 4 years

Jun. 18, 2021 10:14 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Gold medal winner Brianna Rollins from the United States shows off her medal during the medal ceremony for the women's 100-meter hurdles final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brianna Rollins-McNeal has been banned for five years in a doping case it was reported on Friday, June 4, 2021. The decision rules her out of this year's Tokyo Games and the 2024 Paris Games. The Athletics Integrity Unit says the American’s second career ban was for “tampering within the results management process” of doping control samples. The 29-year-old hurdler's ban runs to August 2024. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
Olympic champ Rollins-McNeal banned 5 years in doping case

Jun. 04, 2021 09:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 file photo, IAAF President British Lord Sebastian Coe at the award ceremony during the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting in the stadium Letzigrund in Zurich, Switzerland. The Diamond League will hold its season opener in Britain for the first time with Gateshead replacing Rabat as the 2021 campaign’s first host city, it was announced Friday, April 16, 2021. Diamond League chairman Sebastian Coe says it’s an “incredibly important year” with track-and-field athletes preparing for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics as well as next year’s World Athletics Championships in Oregon. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, file)
Gateshead replaces Rabat for Diamond League season opener

Apr. 16, 2021 07:26 AM EDT

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:32 PM EST
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:29 PM EST
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 19, 2020 04:00 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 19, 2020 03:55 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:23 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:20 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:31 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:29 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:10 PM EDT
SOFTBALL Men’s World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand from Feb. 20-28, 2021 postponed to Feb. 19-27, 2022. SUMO ...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:07 PM EDT
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...