Women's track and field
Dani Stevens competes in the women's discus at the Australian Track and Field Championships in Sydney, Sunday, April 18, 2021. Former world champion Stevens has been selected to the Australian team for her fourth Olympics less than a year after fearing she'd miss the Tokyo Games because of a career-threatening neck injury. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)
No masks, no worries — for now; Aussies preparing for Tokyo

By John Pye 12 hrs ago

South African long distance athlete Caster Semenya on her way to winning the 5,000 meters at the South African national championships in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Semenya said she's likely to focus on long-distance events for the rest of her career. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze)
'Distance makes sense:' Semenya pins Olympic hopes on 5,000

Apr. 15, 2021 05:40 AM EDT

This undated photo provided by Kameron Jones shows Kameron Jones at an American Track League athletics event in Fayetteville, Ark. Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track program may not have anything to do with the times he turns in or the medals he brings home. Jones has a gold-medal mindset when it comes to saving the men’s track and field program — along with cross country — from being cut by the school for budgetary reasons. (Kameron Jones via AP)
Olympic gold: Clemson men's track tries to save its program

By Pat Graham Apr. 07, 2021 02:26 PM EDT

Russian Olympic champions Silnov, Antyukh banned for doping

Apr. 07, 2021 09:42 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian Olympic champions Andrei Silnov and Natalya Antyukh have each been banned for four years for doping offenses, the Court of...

Graphic looks at the college sports that have been cut by school due to the pandemic; 2c x 5 inches
Olympic gold: Colleges, Team USA search for new ways to win

By Eddie Pells Apr. 06, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - Aliphine Tuliamuk crosses the finish line to win the women's U.S. Olympic marathon trials, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Atlanta. When the Tokyo Summer Games were postponed, U.S. Olympic marathon trials champion Aliphine Tuliamuk decided with her fiance last year to have a baby instead of waiting. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
With sports paused, life altered, athletes make do, make new

By Dave Campbell Mar. 14, 2021 04:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif. USA. Caster Semenya's lawyer said Tuesday Nov. 17, 2020, they will take her case against the world track and field federation to the European Court of Human Rights in what's likely to be a last-ditch legal challenge against regulations that require the South African and some other female athletes to artificially lower their natural testosterone levels to compete. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights

By Gerald Imray Feb. 25, 2021 07:15 AM EST

Kaillie Humphries and Lolo Jones of the United States celebrate after winning the two women's bobsleigh race at the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Humphries, Jones win historic world bobsled title for US

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 06, 2021 12:13 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 file photo, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain, celebrates after winning gold in the women's 400 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. World champion runner Salwa Eid Naser has avoided being banned for a doping rules violation because of a technicality, according to a ruling published Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020. Naser will keep her 2019 world title and can compete for Bahrain at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
100-meter world champion Coleman appeals doping ban to CAS

Nov. 26, 2020 12:16 PM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif. USA. Caster Semenya's lawyer said Tuesday Nov. 17, 2020, they will take her case against the world track and field federation to the European Court of Human Rights in what's likely to be a last-ditch legal challenge against regulations that require the South African and some other female athletes to artificially lower their natural testosterone levels to compete. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Lawyer: Semenya to go to European Court of Human Rights

By Gerald Imray Nov. 17, 2020 01:25 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 file photo, Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain, celebrates after winning gold in the women's 400 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. World champion runner Salwa Eid Naser has avoided being banned for a doping rules violation because of a technicality, according to a ruling published Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020. Naser will keep her 2019 world title and can compete for Bahrain at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
World champion runner Naser faces appeal in doping case

Nov. 12, 2020 02:59 PM EST

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...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Oct. 29, 2020 11:42 AM EDT
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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2019, file photo, Salwa Eid Naser, of Bahrain, celebrates after winning gold in the women's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. There have been a few high-profile names in track and field making a mess of what is supposed to be a simple process of letting drug testers know where they will be for one hour each day. World champions Christian Coleman and Naser could miss the Tokyo Games for what are known in the anti-doping world as whereabouts failures. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, FILE)
World champion runner Naser wins doping case on technicality

By Graham Dunbar Oct. 20, 2020 08:48 AM EDT

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 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...

In this image issued by London Marathon Events, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge registers at the official hotel and biosecure bubble in London, Monday Sept. 28, 2020, ahead of the elite-only 2020 London Marathon on Sunday Oct. 4. The 40th Race will take place on a closed-loop circuit around St James's Park in central London. (Bob Martin/London Marathon Events via AP)
Elite women cite training limits in London Marathon buildup

By Ken Maguire Oct. 01, 2020 11:55 AM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Sep. 28, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 29 1923 — Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagen 1 up to capture the PGA championship. 1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Lou...

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, Bahrain's Hassan Chani celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in the men's 10,000m final during the athletics competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Chani has been banned for four years on Thursday, Sept.17, 2020 for blood doping and stripped of his 2018 Asian Games gold medal. The Athletics Integrity Unit says Chani’s doping was shown by changes in the blood values in his biological passport. He was disqualified from all of his results since August 2017. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Asian Games gold medalist runner banned 4 years for doping

Sep. 17, 2020 11:40 AM EDT

Karsten Warholm of Norway competes in 400 meters hurdles at the Golden Spike athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Warholm wins 400 hurdles at Golden Spike meet in Ostrava

Sep. 08, 2020 03:46 PM EDT