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1960 Olympic 5,000-meter champion Murray Halberg dead at 89

Dec. 01, 2022 12:15 AM EST
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Murray Halberg, who overcame serious injury to win the 5,000-meter gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and later devoted his life to...

FILE - Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen calls out to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets on Jan. 31, 2020, in New York. Boylen and USA Basketball can clinch a spot in the 2023 World Cup by beating Brazil in a qualifying game on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
US holds off Colombia in World Cup qualifying, France wins

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 14, 2022 11:20 PM EST

Ellia Green with his partner Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts and their daughter Waitui pose in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Green, one of the stars of Australia's gold medal-winning women's rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics, has transitioned to male. The 29-year-old, Fiji-born Green is going public in a video at an international summit aimed at ending transphobia and homophobia in sport. The summit is being hosted in Ottawa as part of the Bingham Cup rugby tournament. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Olympic champion Ellia Green finds liberation in transition

By Dennis Passa Aug. 16, 2022 06:02 AM EDT

India's Smriti Mandhana, back, hugs teammate Jemimah Rodrigues after India won the women's cricket T20 preliminary round match against Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Sunday, July 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Jack Laugher defends diving gold at Commonwealth Games

By Courtney Walsh Aug. 04, 2022 04:06 PM EDT

Laura Kenny of England celebrates during the women's 10km scratch race final during the Commonwealth Games track cycling at Lee Valley VeloPark in London, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Aussies change handlebars at Commonwealths and keep winning

By Courtney Walsh Aug. 01, 2022 10:20 AM EDT

In this photo provided by SailGP, Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby sails closely alongside France SailGP Team helmed by Quentin Delapierre during a practice session in Bermuda on May 12, 2022. The Champagne showers from Team Australia's Season 2 championship have barely dried and it's already time for SailGP to start another dash for $1 million in cash. The third season of tech tycoon Larry Ellison's global league starts this weekend on the turquoise water of Bermuda's Great Sound, where, to no one's surprise, Tom Slingsby's juggernaut Aussie crew remains the one to beat. (Thomas Lovelock/SailGP via AP)
Slingsby's Aussies aim for SailGP 3-peat, another $1M check

By Bernie Wilson May. 13, 2022 07:33 PM EDT

United States's Alex Ferreira reacts during the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Freezing cold to Olympic gold, New Zealand wins on halfpipe

By Eddie Pells Feb. 18, 2022 10:29 PM EST

A medical worker walks into a COVID testing booth after disinfecting the window in the parking lot of the Shangri-La Hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Olympics Live: Kamila Valieva's falls leave her in 4th place

Feb. 16, 2022 10:02 PM EST

Anna Gasser of Austria competes during the women's snowboard big air finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Gasser jumps past Sadowski Synnott for Olympic big air gold

By Jake Seiner Feb. 14, 2022 10:01 PM EST

Jamie Anderson of the United States competes during the women's snowboard big air qualifications of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
No Anderson, Marino for US in finals at Olympic big air

By Jake Seiner Feb. 13, 2022 09:39 PM EST

CORRECTS TO THIRD INDIVIDUAL FROM SECOND - FILE - Winter Vinecki reacts while competing in the World Cup women's freestyle aerials skiing event, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, in Deer Valley, Utah. Vinecki ran a marathon on all seven continents -- before she turned 15. Now, she's trying to make more history: Become only the third female from America to take home Olympic gold in the individual aerials event. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Well-seasoned: Aerials skier named Winter to fly at Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 11, 2022 06:30 AM EST

New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott, United States's Julia Marino, and Australia's Tess Coady celebrate after the women's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Sadowski Synnott is 1st Kiwi Winter Olympics gold medalist

By Bernie Wilson Feb. 06, 2022 06:41 AM EST

United States's Julia Marino (9), New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott and Australia's Tess Coady (5) celebrate after competing in the women's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Snowboarding shines, New Zealand gets 1st Winter Games win

By Eddie Pells Feb. 05, 2022 10:20 PM EST

FILE - Finland's Leo Komarov speaks with referees during the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Russia and Finland in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Leo Komarov is expected to play for Finland at the Olympics after the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing. Komarov played in the NHL as recently as October, and he and the New York Islanders agreed to mutually terminate his contract in November.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Olympics Live: US diplomat says human rights should be focus

Feb. 05, 2022 09:23 PM EST

FILE - United States' gold medalist Shaun White reacts during the men's halfpipe medal ceremony at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. The Beijing Olympics will be the fifth Olympics for the three-time gold medalist. And the last Olympics for the 35-year-old — get this — elder-statesman who is now more than double the age of some of the riders he goes against. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Olympic Updates: China's first gold draws cheers downtown

Feb. 04, 2022 08:11 PM EST

FILE - Scotty James, of Australia, rides during the men's snowboard halfpipe at the Phoenix Snow Park at he Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. James has come a long way since his dad bought him a $10 snowboard from a shop that was using it as a doorstop. He’s won three world championship titles, six World Cup races and six Winter X medals, including three gold. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
3 flips for Hirano but a 4th win for James at Winter X

By Eddie Pells Jan. 22, 2022 12:31 AM EST

Shaun White, of the United States, after his third run in the snowboarding halfpipe finals, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, during the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey)
Snowboard star Shaun White's Olympic status still uncertain

By Will Graves Jan. 09, 2022 02:53 AM 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 10:51 AM 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 06:05 PM EST

A visitor to the Shougang Park walks past the a sculpture for the Beijing Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. China on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, threatened to take "firm countermeasures" if the U.S. proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China dismisses UK, Canada Olympic boycott as 'farce'

Dec. 09, 2021 06:05 AM EST