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FIFA bans player for 18 months for same substance as Valieva

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 13, 2022 10:52 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA banned Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo for 18 months on Monday in a doping case involving the same substance that Russian figure skater...

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic walks off the court after the team's loss in Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The Warriors won the series. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Jokic's NBA MVP a win for hoops-crazed nations outside US

By Ken Maguire May. 11, 2022 02:38 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

The refugee team carry the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (Dylan Martinez/Pool Photo via AP)
EXPLAINER: How team of refugee athletes made it to Olympics

By James Ellingworth Jul. 25, 2021 03:17 AM EDT

African Cup qualifier canceled over disputed COVID-19 tests

By Gerald Imray Mar. 30, 2021 07:32 PM EDT
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Benin refused to play a decisive African Cup of Nations qualifying game in Sierra Leone on Tuesday after disputing that five of...

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, a migrant and his children cross the Tuquesa river after a trip on foot through the jungle to Bajo Chiquito, Darien Province, Panama. According to a UNICEF report published Monday, March 29, 2021, the number of migrant children and teenagers moving north through Panama’s Darien region has risen drastically since 2017. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File) (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
UN: Increase in child migrants through dangerous Darien Gap

Mar. 29, 2021 07:08 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, first lady Jill Biden speaks during a visit to the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University for a discussion about cancer disparities, in Richmond, Va. Biden says nearly two dozen women the State Department is honoring, Monday, March 8, 2021, for their courage, made an “intentional decision” to persist and demand justice despite their fear. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Jill Biden helps honor women from 15 countries for courage

By Darlene Superville Mar. 08, 2021 06:00 AM EST

UN: Central African Republic faces dire humanitarian plight

By Edith M. Lederer Feb. 01, 2021 07:37 PM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Violence-torn Central African Republic is facing an increasingly dire humanitarian situation with high insecurity on the main supply...

Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez runs during warm up before the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Manchester City at Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield, England, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (Tim Keeton/Pool via AP)
Algeria qualifies for African Cup, Egypt's Elneny has virus

By Gerald Imray Nov. 16, 2020 03:03 PM EST

Liverpool's Sadio Mane controls the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (Clive Brunskill/Pool via AP)
Mane leads Senegal to African Cup qualification

By Gerald Imray Nov. 15, 2020 03:19 PM EST

FILE — In this Feb. 6, 2020 file photo, a man tries on a face mask at a pharmacy in Kitwe, Zambia. Zambia faces a Friday, Nov. 13 deadline to clear debt owed to external investors who have rejected the country's request for deferral of an overdue $42.5 million interest payment amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Mwiche, file)
Zambia says it will default on debt owed private investors

By Noel Sichalwe And Rodney Muhumuza Nov. 13, 2020 08:30 AM EST

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:31 PM EST
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

African Champions League final postponed for the 2nd time

Oct. 29, 2020 12:45 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) — The African Champions League final was postponed on Thursday for the second time, with the second semifinal match also being pushed back amid the...

'It was so abrupt': COVID-19 upends burial rites in Cameroon

By Emeline Fonyuy Oct. 14, 2020 06:45 AM EDT
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The commotion broke out in the cemetery after dark, flashlights flickering wildly. Curious, neighbors stumbled upon a dispute between...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:22 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

Virus causes more delays for African Champions League

By Gerald Imray Sep. 10, 2020 04:51 PM EDT
The governing body of African soccer decided Thursday to push back the semifinals and final of its Champions League by another three weeks because of a spike...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:31 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:09 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2020 05:01 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 20, 2020 04:21 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

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