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United States' Mikaela Shiffrin gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Shiffrin and Swiatek keep learning to win from each other
By Andrew Dampf
Jan. 20, 2023 11:44 AM EST
FILE - Peter Bol, of Australia, wins a men's 800-meter semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. Australian Olympic middle-distance runner and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol has tested positive to a banned performance-enhancing drug, according to Athletics Australia on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Australian Olympic runner Bol tests positive for EPO
Jan. 20, 2023 02:35 AM EST
Chicago Bulls Partrick Williams, centre, dunks during the NBA basketball game between Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons at the Accor Arena in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Silver, Macron meet to discuss goals with NBA back in Paris
By Tim Reynolds
Jan. 19, 2023 04:18 PM EST
FILE - Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, July 30, 2021. The Belarusian track coach who tried to force the sprinter out of the Tokyo Olympics and back to Belarus after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport's integrity standards. The Athletics Integrity Unit announced the charges against Yury Maisevich on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Belarus coach who removed sprinter from Olympics charged
By Eddie Pells
Jan. 19, 2023 11:48 AM EST
Ice dancers Hawayek and Baker withdraw from nationals
Jan. 17, 2023 12:32 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Olympic ice dancers Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker withdrew Tuesday from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships because of a series...
Olympic triple jumper Ana José Tima suspended in doping case
Jan. 16, 2023 01:22 PM EST
MONACO (AP) — Two-time Olympic athlete Ana José Tima was provisionally suspended for two positive tests for doping substances, track and field’s Athletics Integrity...
European state broadcasters back in business for Olympics
Jan. 16, 2023 07:50 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — European state broadcasters were brought back into the heart of Olympic business on Monday when the IOC announced a rights deal through...
First placed Kaillie Humphries from the USA speeds down the track during the women's monobob Bobsleigh World Cup race in Altenberg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)
Kaillie Humphries of US wins 100th major bobsled medal
Jan. 14, 2023 11:07 AM EST
2024 US Olympic diving trials coming to Knoxville, Tennessee
Jan. 12, 2023 05:42 PM EST
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. diving trials for the 2024 Olympics will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee. USA Diving awarded the competition to the...
Portland Thorns promote assistant Mike Norris to head coach
By Anne M. Peterson
Jan. 09, 2023 05:22 PM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Thorns assistant Mike Norris has been promoted to head coach of the National Women's Soccer League club to replace Rhian Wilkinson,...
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin is overcome by emotion as she stands on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Shiffrin matched Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win Sunday. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Shiffrin shows her emotions after matching Vonn's record
By Andrew Dampf
Jan. 08, 2023 12:17 PM EST
Norway's Lucas Braathen, right, winner of an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom race, celebrates with second-placed Norway's Atle Lie McGrath, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Braathen beats boyhood buddy McGrath to win World Cup slalom
Jan. 08, 2023 11:57 AM EST
A aerial view of the race track before the first run of the men's giant slalom race at the Alpine Skiing FIS Ski World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
Swiss ace Marco Odermatt wins World Cup giant slalom
Jan. 07, 2023 08:52 AM EST
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Shiffrin focusing on the process as she nears Vonn's record
By Andrew Dampf
Jan. 06, 2023 06:02 AM EST
Luc Tardif, IIHF President, answers questions from reporters during a press conference at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)
IIHF would like NHL 2026 Olympics decision by spring 2024
By Stephen Whyno
Jan. 05, 2023 04:44 PM EST
FILE - German alpine ski racer Rosi Mittermaier shows two gold medals and one silver, she won at the Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic village in Innsbruck, Austria, February 15, 1976. Rosi Mittermaier, who won downhill and slalom gold medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics and narrowly missed a sweep of all three women's Alpine skiing events at the Games, has died. She was 72. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)
Olympic skiing champion Rosi Mittermaier dies at 72
Jan. 05, 2023 08:40 AM EST
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom race, in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Norwegian skier Kristoffersen holds big lead in WCup slalom
Jan. 04, 2023 11:44 AM EST
Austria's Matthias Mayer, right, speaks to a member of the Austria team after a course inspection ahead of an alpine ski, men's World Cup Super G race, in Bormio, Italy, Thursday, Dec.29, 2022. Mayer, who won gold at three consecutive Olympics, announced his retirement with immediate effect Thursday. Mayer surprisingly made the announcement shortly before a men's World Cup super-G in an interview with Austrian TV after he returned from the course inspection and said he would not compete in the race. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Austrian 3-time Olympic ski champion Matthias Mayer retires
Dec. 29, 2022 08:52 AM EST
FILE - Katie Ledecky, of the United States, competes in the women's 1500-meter freestyle at the FINA Swimming World Cup meet in Toronto, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. The American swimmer turned in another stellar performance at the world championships, set a pair of world records, and capped 2022 as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets across the country. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Katie Ledecky earns AP female athlete of year for 2nd time
By Paul Newberry
Dec. 28, 2022 09:28 AM EST
Germany's Stephan Leyhe soars through the air during the third stage of the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
AP Photos: In 2022, sports brought every imaginable emotion
By The Associated Press
Dec. 23, 2022 04:00 PM EST