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FILE - Nils van der Poel of Sweden reacts after breaking his own world record in the men's speedskating 10,000-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 11, 2022, in Beijing. For an ailing search for a 2030 Olympics host now to have Sweden emerge as frontrunner is a surprise in Stockholm as elsewhere. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Sweden emerges as sudden front-runner to host 2030 Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 15, 2023 01:30 PM EST

FILE - Big Jim Thorpe, famed American athlete and former U.S. Olympic great, center, sets a fast pace for some girls during a "junior olympics" event on Chicago's south side June 6, 1948 sponsored by a V.F.W. post. Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. The International Olympic Committee confirmed that an announcement was planned later Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner for 1912 Olympic golds

Jul. 15, 2022 06:54 AM EDT

Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics

By The Associated Press Jul. 14, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 15 1912 — Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics and, in the closing ceremony, Sweden’s King Gustav proclaims Thorpe the world’s...

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Court cites lab delay in ruling allowing Valieva to skate

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 17, 2022 10:55 PM EST

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, leaves the ice after a training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Russian doping case: How did we get here?

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 13, 2022 09:58 AM EST

Former AP sports writer Stephan Nasstrom dead at age 70

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2021 05:10 PM EDT
Stephan Nasstrom, who spent nearly 40 years covering sports for The Associated Press, has died. He was 70. Nasstrom's family confirmed that...

H&M says sales up 75% as more people get vaccinated

Jun. 15, 2021 04:28 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB said Tuesday sales had increased 75% in Q2 and early June, affecting both online purchases and...

Euro 2020: Two Sweden players test positive for coronavirus

Jun. 08, 2021 02:21 PM EDT
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Two players in Sweden's squad for the European Championship have tested positive for the coronavirus, the team said Tuesday, three...

H&M swings to loss, affirms commitment to China market

Mar. 31, 2021 07:09 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday reported an expected loss in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the pandemic-hit...

Nathan Chen of the USA performs during the Men Free Skating Program at the Figure Skating World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Chen wins 3rd straight worlds, beating Olympic champ Hanyu

Mar. 27, 2021 10:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, March 23, 2019 file photo, Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu and Nathan Chen from the United States display their silver and gold medals respectively during the men's free skating routine during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, north of Tokyo. As Nathan Chen seeks a third straight World Figure Skating Championships title, something no American has achieved since Scott Hamilton got his fourth in a row in 1984, he has two major challenges in front of him. One is two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, who Chen calls “the benchmark." The other is idleness in major competitions forced by the coronavirus pandemic. ((AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Chen has 2 major challenges as he seeks 3rd straight worlds

By Barry Wilner Mar. 22, 2021 12:01 PM EDT

Watchdog: Mideast arms imports grew by a quarter in a decade

Mar. 15, 2021 08:25 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Arms imports to the Middle East rose by a quarter in the decade to 2020 even though arms sales globally remained stable over the same period,...

H&M sales drop a fifth during winter but improve in March

Mar. 15, 2021 05:53 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB said Monday its sales dropped 21% during the December through February period as an increase in...

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia light candles during a Memorial service at Drottningholm Palace Church in Stockholm, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia held a church ceremony on Thursday to honour the victims of the coronavirus, on the one-year anniversary of the first death of the pandemic in the Scandinavian nation. The royal couple participated, but Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel could not attend as they both tested positive for covid-19 earlier in the day. (Jonas Borg/Royal Court of Sweden via AP)
Sweden royals hold church service for COVID-19 victims

Mar. 11, 2021 07:38 PM EST

Anti-lockdown protesters face police as they demonstrate against coronavirus restrictions in Stockholm Saturday March 6, 2021. The protest was disbanded by police due to lack of permit for the public gathering. (Henrik Montgomery / TT via AP)
Hundreds in Stockholm protest Sweden's virus restrictions

Mar. 06, 2021 03:07 PM EST

Cain-Gribble and LeDuc added to US team for worlds

By The Associated Press Mar. 01, 2021 04:49 PM EST
Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc have been added to the U.S. team for the World Figure Skating Championships, replacing Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson...

Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg appears on a postal stamp in her native Sweden that is part of a series focusing on the environment, in Stockholm, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. One of the stamps features teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg in her trademark yellow raincoat with her braid blowing in the wind and standing a top a hill. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
Climate activist Thunberg to appear on Swedish postal stamp

Jan. 13, 2021 11:43 AM EST

Virus resurgence hits H&M sales, cuts promising recovery

Dec. 15, 2020 05:45 AM EST
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish fashion retailer H&M says its sales fell 10% in the fourth quarter as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic stalled consumer...

Nobel Committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen makes a statement at the Nobel Institute as part of the digital award ceremony for this year's Peace Prize winner, the World Food Program (WFP), in Oslo, Norway, Thursday Dec. 10, 2020. Reiss-Andersen makes a statement in Oslo as part of the Nobel Peace Prize digital award ceremony and an acceptance speech will be made by WFP Executive Director David Beasley in Rome, Italy. (Heiko Junge / NTB via AP)
U.N. food agency receives Nobel prize in online event

By Frances D'emilio And Jan M. Olsen Dec. 10, 2020 05:01 AM EST

In this Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, photo provided by Nobel Prize Outreach, Louise Glück stands beside the medal awarded to her for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature outside her home in Cambridge, Mass. The pomp and ceremony of the Nobel prize ceremonies were altered this year amid measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Instead, the laureates' achievements are being rewarded at low-key ceremonies where they live or work. (Daniel Ebersole/ Nobel Prize Outreach via AP)
Nobel ceremonies go low-key this year because of coronavirus

Dec. 07, 2020 06:29 AM EST