2012 London Olympic Games

Former Olympic champ Agnel in custody in rape investigation

Dec. 09, 2021 11:46 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — Two-time Olympic swimming champion Yannick Agnel of France was arrested Thursday as part of an investigation into the rape of an underage girl,...

FILE - Morocco's Halima Hachlaf reacts after winning the women's 800 meters event during the IAAF Diamond League Golden Gala athletics meeting at Rome's Olympic stadium, June 10, 2010. Moroccan 800-meter runner Halima Hachlaf has been banned for six years for the second doping conviction of her career, it was announced Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Hachlaf tested positive for a synthetic steroid hormone at a race in Rabat in January. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, file)

Former Olympian Hachlaf banned 6 years for 2nd doping case

Nov. 30, 2021 10:54 AM EST

Women's wrestling star Clarissa Chun to be Iowa's 1st coach

Nov. 18, 2021 05:10 PM EST
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two-time Olympian Clarissa Chun has been named coach of the new Iowa women's wrestling program, athletic director Gary Barta announced...

Olympic gold medalist among 13 weightlifters in doping case

Nov. 18, 2021 08:50 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Oxana Slivenko of Russia is one of 13 European weightlifters facing new charges over doping in the run-up to...

FILE - Medalists in the men's high jump, from left, Canada's Derek Drouin, bronze, United States' Erik Kynard, silver, Russia's Ivan Ukhov, gold, Britain's Robert Grabarz , bronze, and Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, bronze, pose for the media during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. American high jumper Erik Kynard will finally get his gold medal from the 2012 London Olympics after the IOC on Friday Nov. 12, 2021 approved reallocating some results from those games because of doping cases. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

US high jumper to get 2012 Olympic gold from Russian doper

Nov. 12, 2021 02:50 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2019. file photo, Alex Quiñónez, of Ecuador, gestures after a men's 200 meter heat at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Olympic sprinter Alex Quiñónez was fatally shot in the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador on Friday night, Oct. 22, 2021, police said. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Olympic sprinter Alex Quiñónez fatally shot in Ecuador

Oct. 23, 2021 09:11 AM EDT

Russian volleyball gold medalist accepts doping ban

Oct. 20, 2021 10:16 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A Russian volleyball player who won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics has accepted a nine-month doping ban for a positive...

Boxing bouts fixed at 2016 Olympics, investigation finds

Sep. 30, 2021 07:31 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Boxing bouts for medals at the 2016 Olympics were fixed by “complicit and compliant” referees and judges, an investigation...

FILE - In this June 28, 2016 file photo, Elizabeth Beisel competes in the women's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Beisel competed in three Olympics, but she's never taken on a challenge quite like this. Honoring her late father and raising money for cancer research, she's planning to swim more than 12 miles through cold ocean waters to a popular vacation island off the Rhode Island coast. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Beisel completes swim to Block Island to honor late father

Sep. 25, 2021 04:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 file photo, Oleksandr Usyk, left, reacts after defeating Chazz Witherspoon during a heavyweight boxing bout, in Chicago. Usyk is scheduled to take on Anthony Joshua for the heavyweight title, at the London Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next Saturday, Sept. 25. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, File)

Heavyweight champ Joshua back in ring and has plenty to lose

By Steve Douglas Sep. 23, 2021 04:23 AM EDT

Tara Davis, of United States, competes during the finals of the women's long jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

EXPLAINER: Olympic photos from far above — and underwater

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

France's Nikola Karabatic makes a shot during the men's gold medal handball match between France and Denmark at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Olympic Latest: France earns gold for 1st volleyball medal

Aug. 06, 2021 07:41 PM EDT

Players of Mexico throw coach Jaime Lozano to celebrate beating 3-1 Japan in the men's bronze medal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Cordova leads Mexico to soccer bronze in 3-1 win over Japan

Aug. 06, 2021 07:36 AM EDT

Boxer Thomas Essomba trains at Steel City Gym in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2021. Cameroonian boxer Thomas Essomba, was one of seven people who defected at London 2012. Nine years on, he talks to AP about what it’s been like to live with that decision. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

9 years on, Cameroon Olympic boxer talks of defection to UK

By Sylvia Hui And Tristan Werkmeister Aug. 06, 2021 02:23 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 05, 2021 11:32 AM EDT
Aug. 6 1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary. ...