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FILE - Johannes Ludwig, of Germany, competes during the luge men's single final run at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 6, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing.  Ludwig announced his retirement Monday, May 16, 2022, on social media. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
Olympic luge champion Johannes Ludwig of Germany retires
May. 17, 2022 02:54 PM EDT
FILE - General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation, member of the Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Umar Kremlev holds a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 27, 2020. The challenger to the Russian incumbent in the presidential election at the troubled International Boxing Association has been ruled ineligible a day before the vote. Umar Kremlev is standing for re-election amid sanctions on Russian sports and concern the IBA is financially dependent on Gazprom. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
IOC questions Olympic boxing leadership after IBA election
By Graham Dunbar
May. 14, 2022 01:30 PM EDT
FILE - China's fan holds national flag before the AFC Asian Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Iran and China at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Jan. 24, 2019. China withdrew as host of soccer's 2023 Asian Cup on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in the latest cancellation of the country's sports hosting duties during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
China cites pandemic and withdraws as host of 2023 Asian Cup
May. 14, 2022 05:10 AM EDT
FILE - Team Australia, with Tom Slingsby holding the trophy, celebrates after winning the $1 million, winner-take-all Season 2 finale of the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix, on March 27, 2022, in San Francisco. The Champagne showers from Team Australia's Season 2 championship have barely dried and it's already time for SailGP to start another dash for $1 million in cash. The third season of tech tycoon Larry Ellison's global league starts this weekend on the turquoise water of Bermuda's Great Sound, where, to no one's surprise, Tom Slingsby's juggernaut Aussie crew remains the one to beat. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Slingsby's Aussies aim for SailGP 3-peat, another $1M check
By Bernie Wilson
May. 13, 2022 07:36 PM EDT
FILE - South Africa's RG Snyman takes a restart during the Rugby World Cup semifinal at International Yokohama Stadium between Wales and South Africa in Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 27, 2019. The United States has landed another World Cup. The Rugby World Cup, in 2031. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Column: US lands 2031 Rugby World Cup, if anyone cares
By Paul Newberry
May. 13, 2022 04:14 PM EDT
Court refuses boxing candidate's bid to stop presidency vote
By Graham Dunbar
May. 13, 2022 11:16 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport refused to stop the International Boxing Association's delayed presidential election on Friday, a day after the...
Amir Khan is shown in a April 21, 2018 photo. Former unified light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan has retired from boxing after a career that also included a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. The 35-year-old Khan said on social media that “It’s time to hang up my gloves."  (Peter Byrne/PA Wire./PA via AP)
Former champion Amir Khan announces retirement from boxing
May. 13, 2022 09:24 AM EDT
Rugby Australia President David Codey speaks during a media event ahead of the final vote for the hosting of the Rugby World Cups in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, May 12, 2022. World Rugby will announce the host nations for the men's and women's World Cups for the period 2025-2033 with Australia heavily favored to host the men's 2027 and women's tournaments in 2029. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
US to host men's and women's Rugby World Cups for first time
By Steve Douglas
May. 12, 2022 07:20 PM EDT
FILE - General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation, member of the Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Umar Kremlev holds a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 27, 2020. The challenger to the Russian incumbent in the presidential election at the troubled International Boxing Association has been ruled ineligible a day before the vote. Umar Kremlev is standing for re-election amid sanctions on Russian sports and concern the IBA is financially dependent on Gazprom. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Vetting panel takes out candidate ahead of boxing election
By Graham Dunbar
May. 12, 2022 01:45 PM EDT
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic walks off the court after the team's loss in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The Warriors won the series. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Jokic's NBA MVP a win for hoops-crazed nations outside US
By Ken Maguire
May. 11, 2022 06:52 PM EDT
United States expected to be named host of Rugby World Cups
By Steve Douglas
May. 11, 2022 07:14 AM EDT
With the full support of the White House, an American bid to stage the men's and women's Rugby World Cups is expected to receive the green light on Thursday as the...
Hertha fans during the Bundesliga soccer match between Hertha BSC and FSV Mainz at Olympiastadion, Berlin, Saturday May 7, 2022. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)
UEFA decides Euro 2024 opener in Munich and final in Berlin
May. 10, 2022 11:31 AM EDT
Ukraine team members climb on the Olympic Rings to pose for photo in the Olympic Village at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Backers of Sapporo, Japan, to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics have gotten together to promote their bid. The Japanese city is competing with Salt Lake City, Vancouver, and a Spanish group that wants to return the Olympics to Barcelona. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
All-Japan committee meets to promote Sapporo Olympic bid
By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama
May. 10, 2022 02:44 AM EDT
FILE - Chad le Clos of South Africa looks up after his swim in a men's 200-meter butterfly semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Former Olympic champion Chad le Clos was named on South Africa's team on Monday, May 9, 2022, for his seventh swimming world championships. The 30-year-old le Clos is planning to compete in the 50, 100 and 200 meters butterfly at the worlds in Budapest, Hungary, which start on June 18, South Africa's swimming federation said.(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Le Clos makes South Africa team for his 7th world champs
By Gerald Imray
May. 09, 2022 03:02 PM EDT
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, center, speaks with young athletes at the Olympics Unleashed session at the Yeronga Park Sports Centre in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Bach was in Brisbane on Saturday for the first time since the Queensland state capital was awarded the 2032 Olympics. (Jason O'Brien/AAP Image via AP)
IOC head in Brisbane for 1st time since city awarded Games
May. 07, 2022 03:11 AM EDT
FILE - Traditional dancers perform during the unveiling of the logo of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sept. 9, 2015. Less than three months after Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, reports in China on Friday, May 6, 2022 said this year's Asian Games are being postponed because of concerns over the spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Asian Games in China postponed because of spread of COVID-19
By Stephen Wade
May. 06, 2022 08:36 AM EDT
FILE - Belgium's Emma Meesseman (11) drives to the basket between China's Siyu Wang, left, and Yueru Li, right, during a women's basketball preliminary game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. Meesseman, the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP, decided to join the league's reigning champion Chicago Sky as a free agent. Meesseman missed last season while helping Belgium prep for the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
China's 6-10 Han among international WNBA players to watch
By Doug Feinberg
May. 06, 2022 02:22 AM EDT
FILE - Kamalpreet Kaur, of India, competes during the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has tested positive test for an anabolic steroid. The case was announced Wednesday nine months after she placed sixth at the Tokyo Olympics. Kaur tested positive for stanozolol in a case the agency dated to March 29. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Indian Olympic athlete Kaur tests positive for steroid
May. 04, 2022 01:22 PM EDT
FILE - Australia SailGP CEO and driver Tom Slingsby is doused by Nina Curtis after winning the $1 million, winner-take-all Season 2 finale of the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in San Francisco. Former Olympic and America’s Cup champion Slingsby has joined New York Yacht Club American Magic in a bid to win back the most prestigious trophy in sailing, the team announced Tuesday, May 3. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Tom Slingsby joins American Magic for 37th America's Cup
May. 03, 2022 09:16 PM EDT
President Joe Biden speaks during a reception to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Bidens to host 2020, 2022 US Olympic Teams at White House
May. 02, 2022 07:45 PM EDT

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Olympic luge champion Johannes Ludwig of Germany retires

May. 17, 2022 02:54 PM EDT

IOC questions Olympic boxing leadership after IBA election

By Graham Dunbar May. 14, 2022 01:30 PM EDT

China cites pandemic and withdraws as host of 2023 Asian Cup

May. 14, 2022 05:10 AM EDT

Slingsby's Aussies aim for SailGP 3-peat, another $1M check

By Bernie Wilson May. 13, 2022 07:36 PM EDT

Column: US lands 2031 Rugby World Cup, if anyone cares

By Paul Newberry May. 13, 2022 04:14 PM EDT
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