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Hansle Parchment, of Jamaica, left, runs ahead of Devon Allen, of the United States, to win the men's 110 meters hurdles during the Meeting de Paris Diamond League athletics meet at Stade Charlety in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Olympic 100 champion Thompson-Herah wins in 10.72 at Paris

Aug. 28, 2021 02:56 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2021 file photo, Canada's Victoria Hayward holds her helmet aloft during the softball game between Mexico and Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Fukushima , Japan. Hayward will be back on the field this weekend as a softball player — and as an owner. After hitting .300 at the Tokyo Olympics, the Canadian outfielder heads one of four teams that start play Saturday, Aug. 28, at Athletes Unlimited outside Chicago.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

League of their own: Softball players are part-owners

By Ronald Blum

Aug. 28, 2021 12:46 PM EDT

2 Afghan athletes arrive in Tokyo to compete in Paralympics

By Stephen Wade

Aug. 28, 2021 12:24 PM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Two athletes from Afghanistan have arrived in Tokyo to compete in the Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee said Saturday. ...

United States' Charles Aoki compete during a semifinal wheelchair rugby match against Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Wheelchair rugby smashes stereotypes at the Paralympics

By Stephen Wade

Aug. 28, 2021 10:15 AM EDT

Jessica Long of the U.S. sits on the side of the pool after the Women's 100m Backstroke - S8 Final Swimming, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (Thomas Lovelock for OIS via AP)

Paralympic coverage airs on NBC for the first time on Sunday

By Joe Reedy

Aug. 28, 2021 03:24 AM EDT

FILE - Alexander Zverev, of Germany, serves to Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the men's single final of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament in Mason, Ohio, in this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, file photo. Zverev is seeded for the U.S. Open, the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament. Play in the main draw begins in New York on Monday, Aug. 30. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)

Zverev denies allegations, backs ATP domestic violence rules

By Brian Mahoney

Aug. 27, 2021 07:40 PM EDT

Canada's Melodie Daoust, right, celebrates her goal against the United States with Natalie Spooner, left, and Blayre Turnbull during the first period of an IIHF women’s world hockey championships game Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

U.S. women to play 2 hockey games vs Canada in October

Aug. 27, 2021 02:48 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2021, file photo, Kaillie Humphries celebrates after winning with Lolo Jones the two-women's bobsled race at the Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. Reigning women’s world bobsled champion and three-time Olympic medalist Humphries of the U.S. has asked the International Olympic Committee for a solution that would allow her to compete in this winter’s Beijing Games even though her American citizenship will not be finalized. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries seeks path to Beijing Olympics

By Tim Reynolds

Aug. 27, 2021 01:26 PM EDT

PolandÅfsÅf Marcin Polak, left, and his pilot Michal Ladosz pose with their bronze medal during the victory ceremony for the Cycling Track menÅfs B 4000m Individual Pursuit, at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, in Izu, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Paralympics cycling medalist tests positive for doping

Aug. 27, 2021 06:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2021, file photo, Natalia Partyka of Poland serves against Nozomi Takeuchi of Japan in Class 10, Group A of women's table tennis competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. There are 4,403 Paralympic athletes competing in Tokyo, each with unique differences that have to be classified. Lines have to be draw, in the quest for fairness, to group similar impairments, or impairments that yield similar results.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Paralympic Classes: A confusing maze in search of fairness

By Stephen Wade

Aug. 27, 2021 04:40 AM EDT

Rangel of Kuopio PS, left, fights for the ball against Berlin's Christopher Trimmel during the Europa Conference League second leg play-offs soccer match between Union Berlin and Kuopio PS, at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Thursday, Aug, 26, 2021. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)

Union Berlin reaches Europe as city rival Hertha looks on

By Ciarán Fahey

Aug. 26, 2021 05:24 PM EDT

Real Sociedad's Mikel Merino vies for the ball with Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong, right, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Real Sociedad at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Luis Enrique names Spain squad with 7 changes from Euro 2020

By Tales Azzoni

Aug. 26, 2021 08:54 AM EDT

FILE - United States' Lex Gillette, right, jumps as his escort, left, looks on during the men's Triple Jump F11 at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, in this Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, file photo. Blind long jumper Lex Gillette is chasing after Paralympic gold after four straight silver medals. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Blind long jumper envisions Paralympic gold after 4 silvers

By Pat Graham

Aug. 26, 2021 02:35 AM EDT

Dong Lu, from China, competes at Women's 100m Freestyle - S5 Heat 2 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

IOC's Bach defended over return to Tokyo for Paralympics

By Stephen Wade

Aug. 26, 2021 01:16 AM EDT

Katerina Siniakova advances to Cleveland quarterfinals

By Brian Dulik

Aug. 25, 2021 06:38 PM EDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Olympic doubles champion Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic cruised into the quarterfinals at Tennis in the Land with a 6-0, 6-0 victory...