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Zakia Khudadadi of Afghanistan stands after fighting against Viktoriia Marchuk Ukraine in the Women's 49kg Taekwondo Repecharge at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Makuhari, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (Joe Toth for OIS via AP)

Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi gets her chance in taekwondo

By Stephen Wade

Sep. 02, 2021 05:44 AM EDT

Lora Webster with the U.S. women's sitting volleyball team, sets the ball during practice in Edmond, Okla., on July 24, 2021. She's five months pregnant and expecting her fourth child. This is the second Paralympics in which she's been pregnant, and the third time during a competition. She and her American teammates face Brazil on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in the semifinals as Webster tries for her fifth Paralympic medal. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman via AP)

American Lora Webster: 5 months pregnant and after 5th medal

By Stephen Wade

Sep. 02, 2021 03:44 AM EDT

Bianbian Sun of China is behind Oksana Masters of the U.S. in the women's H5 road cycling race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Oyama, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (Thomas Lovelock for OIS via AP)

Oksana Masters picks up 2nd gold medal at Tokyo Paralympics

By Stephen Wade And Pat Graham

Sep. 01, 2021 06:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli of Malaysia reacts after competing in the men's shot put F20 final during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Zolkefli appeared to have won gold in the shot put in the F20 class. But after the victory on Tuesday, he was disqualified because he had shown up late for the competition. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Malaysian shot putter disqualified after winning gold medal

By Stephen Wade

Sep. 01, 2021 04:31 AM EDT

Maxime Cressy, of the United States, returns a shot to Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Djokovic tops teen "Ruuune!" at US Open in calendar Slam bid

By Howard Fendrich

Sep. 01, 2021 12:58 AM EDT

Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, serves to Catherine McNally, of the United States, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The Latest: Andreescu stays unbeaten at US Open with victory

Sep. 01, 2021 12:53 AM EDT

Rays expected to add David Robertson to roster Wednesday

Aug. 31, 2021 06:04 PM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays have added veteran reliever David Robertson to their taxi squad and are expected to recall him from Triple-A...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) delivers a speech during the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo. The trial opened Monday, Aug, 30, 2021 of an influential Olympic official accused of forgery in an alleged plot that implicated political rivals in Kuwait in a coup attempt. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has been publicly sidelined as an IOC member and president of the global group of national Olympic bodies by the pending case. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, file)

Olympic official quizzed for 5 hours in Geneva forgery trial

By Graham Dunbar

Aug. 31, 2021 04:36 PM EDT

USA's Sam Grewe competes in the Men's High Jump T63 Athletics Final during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (Simon Bruty for OIS via AP)

High jumper Sam Grewe wins gold, heads to medical school

By Stephen Wade

Aug. 31, 2021 03:34 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2021, file photo, Jacob Gibb, of the United States, returns a shot against Germany during a men's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Chicago stop of the AVP beach volleyball tour is turning into a farewell for four-time Olympian Gibb. Gibb says that the Chicago Open on Lake Michigan’s Oak Street Beach this weekend will be the last domestic stop for him. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Beach volleyball to send off 4-time Olympian Gibb in Chicago

By Jimmy Golen

Aug. 31, 2021 12:34 PM EDT

United States' players celebrate after their win in the men's basketball gold medal game against France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

US draws Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico for World Cup qualifying

By Tim Reynolds

Aug. 31, 2021 08:32 AM EDT

FILE - Tucker West, of the United States, celebrates his second place finish after his second run of a men's World Cup luge event in Lake Placid, N.Y., in this Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, file photo. Luge’s governing body took upcoming World Cup races away from the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, citing ongoing difficulties in getting foreign athletes into and out of the North American countries during the pandemic. The planned World Cup stops in Whistler, British Columbia, and Lake Placid, New York, will now both be held at the 2014 Sochi Olympic track in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Luge moves Lake Placid, Whistler World Cup races to Russia

By Tim Reynolds

Aug. 31, 2021 07:29 AM EDT

FILE - Oksana Masters, of the United States, on her way to a silver medal in the Biathlon Women's 12.5km Sitting event during the 2018 Winter Paralympics at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea, March 16, 2018. Masters credits resiliency, determination and being headstrong for what she is today -- an eight-time Paralympic medalist. Masters persevered through 7 1/2 years in Ukrainian orphanages and with birth defects believed to be the aftermath of Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident. That malnourished orphan eventually was adopted by her American mom. She will compete at the Paralympics in Tokyo in road cycling this week. In six months, she also plans to defend her cross-country skiing Paralympic titles in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)

Masters cruises to Paralympic gold in hand-cycle time trial

By Pat Graham

Aug. 31, 2021 02:32 AM EDT

Afghanistan's Hossain Rasouli competes in the men's T47 long jump during the 2020 Paralympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Afghan Hossain Rasouli gets his chance in the Paralympics

By Stephen Wade

Aug. 31, 2021 12:28 AM EDT

Trial of Olympic sheikh on forgery charges opens in Geneva

By Graham Dunbar

Aug. 30, 2021 04:48 PM EDT

2-time US champion Alysa Liu competing at Olympic qualifier

By The Associated Press

Aug. 30, 2021 02:12 PM EDT

Two-time U.S. figure skating champion Alysa Liu will compete at the Nebelhorn Trophy next month in the final qualifying competition for the Winter Olympics. ...