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FILE - Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, listens to a reporter's question during a press conference as Coe visited an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, Sunday, May 9, 2021. With track and field adding another Diamond League event in China, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe addressed the human rights issues in the country during his state-of-the-sport talk Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
Coe discusses adding meet in China in state-of-track talk
By Pat Graham
Dec. 21, 2021 03:42 PM EST
Tyrrell Hatton, of England, watches his shot on the second tee on day three of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Players with Saudi releases have to decide if it's worth it
By Doug Ferguson
Dec. 21, 2021 01:28 PM EST
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr claps for this team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
USA Basketball announces Kerr as next Olympic men's coach
By Tim Reynolds
Dec. 20, 2021 03:21 PM EST
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, prepares to present the trophy to Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal midfielder Salman Al-Faraj, left, after winning the AFC Champions League final soccer match against South Korea's Pohang Steelers 2-0, at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
FIFA touts billions to be gained from biennial World Cups
By Rob Harris And Graham Dunbar
Dec. 20, 2021 02:33 PM EST
FILE - Kai Owens, center, celebrates after finishing first in the finals, between Hannah Soar, left, who finished second, and Tess Johnson, who placed third, in the World Cup women's dual moguls skiing competition Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Deer Valley, Utah. As an infant, she was abandoned at a town square in a province of China. Taken to an orphanage, she was adopted by a couple from Colorado at 16 months. Now 17, U.S. freestyle skier Kai Owens is on the verge of earning a spot in moguls for the Winter Games in Beijing. It's a return to China she's long thought about. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Adopted US moguls skier eyes return to China as Olympian
By Pat Graham
Dec. 20, 2021 01:48 PM EST
Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami grimaces in the finish area after crashing during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Skiers Robinson, Liensberger test positive for COVID-19
By The Associated Press
Dec. 20, 2021 10:52 AM EST
FILE - Peng Shuai of China reacts after scoring a point against Monica Niculescu of Romania during their women's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament at the Diamond Court in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. The head of the women’s professional tennis tour announced Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, that all WTA tournaments would be suspended in China because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Grand Slam doubles champion who accused a former high-ranking government official in that country of sexual assault.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
Dec. 20, 2021 10:37 AM EST
New Zealand's Alice Robinson speeds down the course during an alpine ski an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)
New Zealand skier Robinson tests positive for coronavirus
By The Associated Press
Dec. 20, 2021 03:22 AM EST
Ayumu Hirano, of Japan, executes a trick in the snowboarding halfpipe finals, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, during the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey)
Olympics nearing, Ayumu takes snowboarding's next big leap
By Eddie Pells
Dec. 19, 2021 05:33 PM EST
Alex Ferreira, of the United States, interacts with fans after his first-place finish in the halfpipe finals, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, during the Dew Tour freestyle skiing event at Copper Mountain, Colo. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey)
Ferreira takes ski halfpipe win, closing in on Beijing spot
By Pat Graham
Dec. 18, 2021 09:00 PM EST
United States' Nicole Hensley (29) makes a save against Canada's Brianne Jenner (19) during the second period of a women's exhibition hockey game ahead of the Beijing Olympics, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Maryland Heights, Mo. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
Canada beats US 3-2 in OT in Game 6 of women's hockey series
Dec. 18, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Montreal Canadiens players and coaching staff look on from the bench against a backdrop of empty seats during during second-period NHL hockey game action against the Philadelphia Flyers in Montreal, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
NHL shuts down 2 more teams for a week amid COVID surge
By Stephen Whyno
Dec. 17, 2021 11:09 PM EST
In this photo provided by Delta Air Lines, Delta Air Lines unveils its custom Team USA aircraft livery Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, at Delta TechOps facilities in Atlanta. This year, Delta began its sponsorship of the U.S. team that will make it the team's official airline through the LA Olympics in 2028. (Chris Rank/Delta Air Lines via AP)
Away we go: Delta to charter U.S. Olympians to Beijing
Dec. 17, 2021 09:17 PM EST
Gu takes halfpipe crown at Dew Tour, 2nd in slopestyle
Dec. 17, 2021 05:32 PM EST
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Eileen Gu won the halfpipe event and finished second in slopestyle at the Dew Tour on Friday to make clear she’s the freestyle skier to...
FILE - Young people pose behind the Olympic Rings during the Torch Tour ahead of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, in front of the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Instead of staking out a hardline position on the conflicts inherent in sending Olympic athletes to China, the leader of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee turned questions about the issues in the host country into a marketing pitch of sorts for America's own aspirations. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)
USOPC stays neutral on China, pushes Salt Lake City
By Eddie Pells
Dec. 17, 2021 04:34 PM EST
Nadal returns after 4-month layoff and loses to Murray
Dec. 17, 2021 02:04 PM EST
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A rusty Rafael Nadal played his first match in more than four months on Friday, losing in straight sets to Andy Murray at an...
Luge officials change qualifying formula for Beijing Games
By Tim Reynolds
Dec. 17, 2021 12:08 PM EST
The International Luge Federation has changed some of the qualifying rules for the upcoming Beijing Olympics, largely because many teams and sliders have been forced...
United States' Ryan Cochran Siegle crashes onto the safety net during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Cochran-Siegle poised to add to family legacy at Olympics
By Andrew Dampf
Dec. 16, 2021 11:44 AM EST
Visitors pose for a selfie with a statue containing the Olympic rings at a park near the headquarters for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. Beijing Winter Olympics organizers say measures to prevent cross-infections between athletes and the outside world are being extended to holding their garbage inside the bubble dividing the two. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Beijing Olympic athletes and their garbage face restrictions
Dec. 16, 2021 02:36 AM EST
Munich city council backs NFL games at home of Bayern
Dec. 15, 2021 10:32 AM EST
MUNICH (AP) — The Munich city council gave its backing Wednesday to a bid to host regular-season NFL games at the home of soccer club Bayern Munich. ...