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Masked spectators arrive for the first round matches at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)
Australian Open Men Singles

Jan. 16, 2022 09:30 PM EST

From left, Bethany Shriever of Britain, Saya Sakakibara of Australia, Lauren Reynolds of Australia, Manon Valentino of France, and Zoe Claessens of Switzerland compete in the women's BMX Racing quarterfinals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kimmann, Shriever win BMX racing gold; 2 stretchered off

By John Marshall Jul. 30, 2021 12:25 AM EDT

India's Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte after her women's flyweight 51-kg boxing match against Columbia's Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Boxer Mary Kom won't rule out Olympic future after loss

By Greg Beacham Jul. 29, 2021 08:01 AM EDT

A Colombian doubles team of Juan-Sebastian Cabal, right, and Robert Farah celebrate during the quarterfinals of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Olympic Tournament Men Double

Jul. 27, 2021 11:48 PM EDT

Juan-Sebastian Cabal, of Colombia, plays in a doubles match during the quarterfinals of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Olympic Tournament Men Double

Jul. 27, 2021 11:48 PM EDT

Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns to Daniel Elahi Galan, of Colombia, during second round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Olympic Tournament Men Singles

Jul. 26, 2021 01:10 AM EDT

Chen Lijun of China celebrates after winning the gold medal and setting an Olympic record in the men's 67kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
China keeps perfect record going in Olympic weightlifting

By James Ellingworth Jul. 25, 2021 07:02 AM EDT

South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Medal predictions for events at the Tokyo Olympics

Jul. 19, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

Leo Soto, who created this memorial with grocery stores donating flowers and candles, pauses in front of photos of some of the missing people that he put on a fence, near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the world

By Regina Garcia Cano, Roxana Hegeman And Jocelyn Gecker Jun. 26, 2021 01:05 AM EDT

Colombia's coach Reinaldo Rueda looks on prior to a Copa America soccer match against Peru at Olimpico stadium in Goiania, Brazil, Sunday, June 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Peru vs Colombia 6/20/2021

Jun. 25, 2021 07:06 PM EDT

Brazil's coach Tite stands in the pitch prior to a Copa America soccer match against Colombia at Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil vs Colombia 6/23/2021

Jun. 24, 2021 05:28 PM EDT

Brazil's coach Tite stands in the pitch prior to a Copa America soccer match against Colombia at Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil coach is fined for criticizing troubled Copa America

By Mauricio Savarese Jun. 24, 2021 05:26 PM EDT

A cat sits on a new coffin in a storage area of the Zipaquira's Park Cemetery in Zipaquira, Colombia, Friday, June 18, 2021. Funeral workers in Colombia are struggling to dispose of bodies as the country experiences a surge in deaths from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia reaches 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 as cases surge

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 23, 2021 12:04 AM EDT

A demonstrator shouts at police during an anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Ongoing protests have been triggered by proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Colombian protest leaders call off anti-government marches

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 15, 2021 03:11 PM EDT

Peru fitness coach for Copa America tests positive for COVID

Jun. 14, 2021 11:13 AM EDT
LIMA (AP) — One of Peru's fitness coaches for Copa America has COVID-19, the country's soccer federation said on Monday. Nestor Bonillo joins several...

Argentina's Lionel Messi gestures during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 against Colombia at the Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Miguel Borja scored an equalizer for Colombia in the last seconds of added time against Argentina in one of the best matches yet in South American qualifying. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Argentina vs Colombia 6/8/2021

Jun. 13, 2021 08:32 PM EDT

An aerial view of the Arena Pantanal stadium which will host Sunday's Copa America soccer match between Colombia and Ecuador, in Cuiaba, Brazil, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Colombia says 2 members of coaching staff test positive

By Mauricio Savarese Jun. 13, 2021 02:09 PM EDT

This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Jimmy Smits in a scene from "In the Heights." (Macall Polay/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)
‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough

By Sigal Ratner-Arias Jun. 09, 2021 09:30 AM EDT

Protesters drive their car with a sign reading in Portuguese "Copa No, Vaccines Now" to protest the holding of Copa America in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Brazil accepted hosting the South American soccer tournament after the original co-hosts were dropped: Colombia due to political protests and Argentina for rising of COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
America FC RN vs UDA AL 6/6/2021

Jun. 08, 2021 07:34 PM EDT

A man waves a banner representing Colombia's national colors during an anti-government protest triggered by proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Human rights ombudsman says 58 killed in Colombia protests

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 07, 2021 08:28 PM EDT