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South Africa's Luxolo Adams, left, leads the back to win the 200 meters men during the Diamond League athletics meeting at Charlety stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Track and field to leave multi-sport European Championships

Jun. 20, 2022 10:32 AM EDT

FILE - Bayern's players celebrate with the championship trophy after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Stuttgart, at the Allianz Arena, in Munich, Germany, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Bayern Munich will start its bid for a record 11th consecutive Bundesliga title with a potentially tricky game away at Europa League winner Eintracht Frankfurt after the season schedule was published Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich 5/8/2022

Jun. 17, 2022 09:54 AM EDT

Germany's Alexander Zverev grimaces in pain after twisting his ankle during the semifinal match against Spain's Rafael Nadal at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
French Open Men Singles

Jun. 07, 2022 07:22 PM EDT

Germany's Alexander Zverev grimaces in pain after twisting his ankle during the semifinal match against Spain's Rafael Nadal at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Zverev has surgery to repair torn ligaments in ankle

Jun. 07, 2022 07:21 PM EDT

FILE - File Photo from Sept. 5, 1972 shows a member of the Arab Commando group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Munich Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face on the balcony of the village building where the commandos held several members of the Israeli team hostage. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf, File)
Bavaria releases all files on Munich Olympic massacre

Jun. 02, 2022 06:48 AM EDT

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)
FSV Mainz vs Hertha BSC 5/7/2022

May. 10, 2022 11:28 AM EDT

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 11:27 AM EDT

Barcelona's Gerard Pique leaves the field during the Europa League quarter final, first leg soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Barcelona at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
FC Barcelona vs Eintracht Frankfurt 4/7/2022

Apr. 20, 2022 08:02 AM EDT

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak to each other during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 11, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia, Belarus banned from multi-sport Euro Championships

Mar. 16, 2022 05:42 PM EDT

Alexander Zverev of Germany returns the ball to Thiago Monteiro of Brazil during their Davis Cup tennis singles match in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Davis Cup

Mar. 07, 2022 09:46 PM EST

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the launch of a new ferry via a conference call at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 4, 2022. (Andrei Gorshkov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Column: Russian sports ban unlikely to stop Putin's war

By Paul Newberry Mar. 04, 2022 05:03 PM EST

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons, right, and spokesman Craig Spence listen to a question from a member of the media during a press conference at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Thursday, March 3, 2022, in Beijing. In a stunning reversal, Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from the Winter Paralympic Games for their countries' roles in the war in Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee said Thursday in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
EXPLAINER: Paralympic U-turn on Russians may see more twists

Mar. 03, 2022 11:22 AM EST

FILE - The Bundesliga soccer team of FC Schalke 04 team stands together before the start of the 2. Bundesliga match against Karlsruher SC in Karlsruhe, Germany, during a minute's silence for the war in Ukraine on Feb. 26, 2022. The Schalke team played for the first time without the logo of main sponsor Gazprom on the jerseys. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP, File)
Schalke 04 vs Karlsruher SC 2/26/2022

Feb. 28, 2022 11:38 AM EST

FILE - Teams pay a minute of silence for the people in Ukraine during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt 2/26/2022

Feb. 27, 2022 01:04 AM EST

The Olympic Rings are seen during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Olympics Live: Flame extinguished to end Beijing Games

Feb. 19, 2022 10:09 PM EST

Mikaela Shiffrin of United States races during the mixed team parallel skiing event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Shiffrin, US 4th in mixed team Olympic event; Austria wins

Feb. 19, 2022 10:09 PM EST

Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman, of the United States, celebrate winning the bronze medal in the women's bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
More gold for Germany, more Olympic history by Meyers Taylor

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 19, 2022 09:44 AM EST

Gloves hang from a cabinet where COVID-19 tests are done outside an hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: US skaters lose appeal to get silver medals

Feb. 18, 2022 09:09 PM EST

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc, of the United States, compete in the pairs short program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Live: China pair breaks figure skating world record

Feb. 17, 2022 08:39 PM EST

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, right, celebrates a gold medal finish with Erik Valnes, of Norway, left, during the men's team sprint classic cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Norwegian men, German women win Olympic gold in team sprint

By Martha Bellisle Feb. 16, 2022 05:00 AM EST