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A multimedia presentation is shown at a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the deadly attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by a Palestinian militant group, at the port of Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The head of the International Olympic Committee apologized for the organization's longtime failure to commemorate 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Thomas Bach said the Palestinian attack in Munich was one of "the darkest days in Olympic history" and an assault on the Olympic Games and its values. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
IOC chief sorry for not honoring 1972 Olympic attack victims

Sep. 21, 2022 01:15 PM EDT

FILE - U.S. player James Brewer is checked after a hard fall during the team's men's basketball final against the Soviet Union at the Olympics in Munich, Sept. 10, 1972. Russia won 51-50. Members of the 1972 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team have talked about finally retrieving those silver medals they vowed to never accept and left behind in Germany. No, they still don't want them for themselves. They believe the medals belong in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, but the latest attempt to get them from the International Olympic Committee has been thwarted. (AP Photo, File)
Efforts to put '72 Olympic medals in hoop Hall thwarted

By Brian Mahoney Sep. 09, 2022 01:31 AM EDT

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, second from right, his wife Elke Buedenbender, right, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, second left wit his wife Michal Herzog, left, attend a wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the victims of the attack by Palestinian militants on the 1972 Munich Olympics in Fuerstenfeldbruck near Munich, Germany, Monday, Sept. 5, 2002. The German and Israeli presidents are to join relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed in the attack by Palestinian militants on the commemoration event. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
German president apologizes for 1972 Olympic attack failures

By Geir Moulson Sep. 05, 2022 10:38 AM EDT

Team players and referees, right, stand during a minute of silence for the victims of the terrorist attack at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972, prior the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Eleven athletes from Israel and one German police officer were killed 50 years ago in the terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
TSG Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund 9/2/2022

Sep. 02, 2022 06:08 PM EDT

FILE - Ankie Spitzer holds a framed photo her husband Andre had made for the Munich Olympics before his death, as she poses in her home in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, on July 28, 2022. Andre was a fencing coach with the Israeli Olympic team who was killed in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by a Palestinian group. In a decision announced Thursday, Aug. 11, the families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the Olympics will not attend a 50-year anniversary ceremony organized by German authorities, saying they deserve more compensation and a fuller reckoning of the tragedy. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
Column: 50 years later, the pain from Munich lingers

By Paul Newberry Sep. 02, 2022 06:06 PM EDT

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, shake hands after a press conference after their talks in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug.16, 2022. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP)
Palestinian President Abbas skirts apology for Munich attack

By Frank Jordans Aug. 16, 2022 09:43 PM EDT

FILE - A member of the Arab Commando group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face stands on the balcony of the building where the commandos held members of the Israeli team hostage in Munich, Sept. 5, 1972. The German government indicated Wednesday that it is willing to pay further compensation for the families of the Israeli athletes killed in an attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics following decades-long criticism from relatives over how Germany handled the attack and its aftermath. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf, File)
Germany offers money to families of Olympic attack victims

By Kirsten Grieshaber And Ilan Ben Zion Jul. 27, 2022 07:25 AM EDT

Malik Tillman loaned to Glasgow Rangers from Bayern Munich

By The Associated Press Jul. 15, 2022 08:56 PM EDT
Defender Malik Tillman was loaned to Scotland's Glasgow Rangers from Bayern Munich for the 2022-23 season. Rangers says the agreement with Bayern...

South Africa's Luxolo Adams, left, leads the back to win the 200 meters men during the Diamond League athletics meeting at Charlety stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Track and field to leave multi-sport European Championships

Jun. 20, 2022 10:32 AM EDT

FILE - Bayern's players celebrate with the championship trophy after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and Stuttgart, at the Allianz Arena, in Munich, Germany, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Bayern Munich will start its bid for a record 11th consecutive Bundesliga title with a potentially tricky game away at Europa League winner Eintracht Frankfurt after the season schedule was published Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
VfB Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich 5/8/2022

Jun. 17, 2022 09:54 AM EDT

FILE - File Photo from Sept. 5, 1972 shows a member of the Arab Commando group which seized members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their quarters at the Munich Olympic Village appearing with a hood over his face on the balcony of the village building where the commandos held several members of the Israeli team hostage. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf, File)
Bavaria releases all files on Munich Olympic massacre

Jun. 02, 2022 06:48 AM EDT

Hertha fans during the Bundesliga soccer match between Hertha BSC and FSV Mainz at Olympiastadion, Berlin, Saturday May 7, 2022. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)
UEFA decides Euro 2024 opener in Munich and final in Berlin

May. 10, 2022 11:27 AM EDT

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak to each other during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 11, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia, Belarus banned from multi-sport Euro Championships

Mar. 16, 2022 05:42 PM EDT

FILE - Teams pay a minute of silence for the people in Ukraine during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich in Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt 2/26/2022

Feb. 27, 2022 01:04 AM EST

Munich city council backs NFL games at home of Bayern

Dec. 15, 2021 10:28 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. ...

"Keep your distance" is written on the scoreboard above the empty stands during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen, at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)
Germany slashes sports attendance to maximum 15,000

Dec. 02, 2021 10:16 AM EST

Members of the Refugee Paralympic Team listen to a message sent to them by Alphonso Davies who is a refugee playing professional football for Bayern Munich during a press conference ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Josh Toth for OIS via AP)
1. FC Cologne vs Bayern Munich 8/22/2021

Aug. 23, 2021 07:22 AM EDT

Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma celebrates during the Euro 2020 soccer championship round of 16 match between Italy and Austria at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, June 26, 2021. (Catherine Ivill/Pool via AP)
The Latest: Croatia forward Perišić positive for virus

By The Associated Press Jun. 26, 2021 07:54 AM EDT

Hungary's Loic Nego, left, and Germany's Robin Gosens challenge for the ball during the Euro 2020 soccer championship group F match between Germany and Hungary at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany,Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Lukas Barth/Pool Photo via AP)
Hungary vs Germany 6/23/2021

Jun. 24, 2021 06:18 AM EDT

German business sentiment rises as pandemic ebbs

Jun. 24, 2021 06:08 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's businesses are more optimistic than they've been in almost three years, according to a closely watched survey by Munich's Ifo institute...