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Denmark's Christian Eriksen is in action during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Croatia and Denmark at the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Denmark vs Croatia 9/22/2022

Oct. 25, 2022 04:28 AM EDT

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin prepares to start of the alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race in Courchevel, France, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Shiffrin returns to World Cup after recovering from virus

Jan. 03, 2022 12:29 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2021, file photo, Clarendon Alternative Elementary School second grader Haruki Ishiyama works on his computer as students and parents attend distance learning Zoom classes at Midtown Terrace Playground in San Francisco. San Francisco Unified School District officials said in a statement that they reached the arrangement with the teachers union to "return as many students as possible in focal groups to nearly a full school day, 5 days a week," the Chronicle reported, Friday, March 5. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
The Latest: Arkansas Gov: end of mask mandate at month's end

By The Associated Press Mar. 21, 2021 03:03 AM EDT

Accountant Tercio Galdino and wife Alicea, dressed in their astronaut costumes, pose for a photo backdropped by Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 20, 2021. The Galdinos have come up with a unique way for protecting themselves and drawing awareness around COVID-19 protective measures – by dressing as astronauts. The pair first began to traverse the iconic beaches fully suited in mid 2020 at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in Brazil, now as cases surge once again they are taking their ‘astronaut walks’ back to the promenades. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
The Latest: UNLV now plans in-person spring graduation

By The Associated Press Mar. 20, 2021 06:52 AM EDT

Manchester United's manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, center, gives instructions from the side line during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United at the Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich, England, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Naomi Baker/Pool Photo via AP)
Man United to face AC Milan in last 16 of Europa League

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 26, 2021 08:11 AM EST

Several thousand owners of restaurants, bars and other businesses that have been shut down during the coronavirus pandemic rally against government measures in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The protests was organized by an association of entrepreneurs who are demanding that they be allowed to work while respecting the coronavirus safety rules. The placard reads: "Plenkovic, (prime minister) it is enough of scarifying us, kill us immediately." (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Thousands rally in Croatia as pandemic rules hurt businesses

By Darko Bandic Feb. 03, 2021 11:38 AM EST

Men search through the rubble of collapsed houses in Majska Poljana, Croatia, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. A series of tremors have jolted central Croatia a day after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake killed at least seven people, injured dozens and left several towns and villages in ruins. (AP Photo)
Quake aftershocks keep people out of homes in Croatia

By Sasa Kavic Dec. 30, 2020 06:09 AM EST

People move through remains of a building damaged in an earthquake, in Petrinja, Croatia, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia and caused major damage and at least one death in a town southeast of the capital. (AP Photo)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Croatia; 1 death reported

Dec. 29, 2020 08:22 AM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia perform during the gala exhibition at the ISU European figure skating championships in Graz, Austria. The European figure skating championships were canceled Thursday Dec. 10, 2020 for the first time in more than 70 years because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
European figure skating championships canceled due to virus

Dec. 10, 2020 01:53 PM EST

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 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 ...

Molde's goalkeeper Andreas Linde, center, celebrates with teammates at the end the Champions League third qualifying round soccer match between between Molde and Quarabag FK at the AEK Arena in Larnaca, Cyprus, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb lose in Champions League qualifiers

Sep. 16, 2020 04:47 PM EDT

Ferencvaros' Tokmac Nguen celebrates scoring his side's second goal of the game against Celtic, during their Champions League second qualifying round soccer match at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday Aug. 26, 2020. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Celtic, Legia, Cluj lose Champions League qualifiers at home

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 26, 2020 05:55 PM EDT

Soccer in Croatia reverts back to games in empty stadiums

Jul. 20, 2020 12:33 PM EDT
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s soccer federation reversed its policy on allowing fans into games and said on Monday it would complete the season in empty...

A woman walks past electoral posters of a new green-left coalition led by the Mozemo, or We Can group, in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Croatia is holding a parliamentary election on July 5, 2020, with no clear winner in sight as the ruling conservatives' bid for re-election faces a strong challenge from both liberal and right-wing groups. (AP Photo/Sasa Kavic)
Croatia to hold election amid virus, political uncertainty

Jul. 03, 2020 02:49 AM EDT

A woman holds a portrait of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito, as people attend an anti-Nazi protest outside the Sacred Heart Cathedral during a mass commemorating members of the pro-Nazi Croatian WWII Ustasha regime, responsible for sending tens of thousands of Serbs, Gypsies and Jews to their death in concentration camps, who were killed at the end of WWII by Yugoslav communist troops, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Saturday, May 16, 2020. Bosnian Catholic clerics along with Croatian state representatives and members of the Bosnian Croats community attended a religious service commemorating the massacre of Croatian pro-Nazis by victorious communists at the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)
Bosnians protest Mass in Sarajevo for Nazi-allied soldiers

By Sabina Niksic May. 16, 2020 11:09 AM EDT

In this photo provided by FC Barcelona, Barcelona's coach Quique Setien watches his players doing a training session in Barcelona, Spain on Friday May 8, 2020. Soccer players in Spanish player returned to train for the first time since the country entered a lockdown nearly two months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Miguel Ruiz/FC Barcelona via AP)
Soccer executive warns of "100 clubs" going bankrupt

By Graham Dunbar May. 14, 2020 01:17 AM EDT

A Croatian parliament member wearing a mask with national colors attends a session at a hotel in Zagreb, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Croatian lawmakers have met at a conference hall in a Zagreb hotel after the parliament building was damaged in a recent earthquake. The members of parliament on Tuesday were sitting individually on chairs, away from each other as part of measures designed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo)
Croatian lawmakers meet in hotel after earthquake damage

Apr. 07, 2020 08:47 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, workers shovel papers and debris off the top of the rubble of a building that collapsed in last week's 7.1 magnitude earthquake, at the corner of Gabriel Mancera and Escocia streets in the Del Valle neighborhood of Mexico City. The virus outbreak is compromising the ability of nations to prepare for natural disasters and deal with the aftermath. Every year, the world contends with devastating typhoons, wildfires, tsunamis and earthquakes. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Pandemic hurts ability of nations to face natural disasters

By Nick Perry Apr. 03, 2020 11:49 PM EDT