Cycling
Sagan to stop road races, target 2024 Olympic mountain bike

Jan. 27, 2023 05:20 AM EST
SAN JUAN, Argentina (AP) — Three-time world champion Peter Sagan will ride a farewell season of World Tour road races and then target the mountain bike event at the...

Tour de France start in 2024 to be staged in Italy

Dec. 21, 2022 04:59 PM EST
PARIS (AP) — Italy will host the start of the Tour de France for the first time in 2024. Race organizers confirmed on Wednesday that the “grand départ”...

2024 Tour de France to end in Nice due to Paris Olympics

Dec. 01, 2022 09:09 AM EST
NICE, France (AP) — The 2024 Tour de France will end on the French Riviera instead of the French capital because of the Olympic Games. The finish of...

Pope Francis, arrives in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican for his weekly general audience, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Vatican cyclist spreading the pope's message at worlds

By Andrew Dampf Sep. 23, 2022 08:50 AM EDT

FILE - United States sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semis finals in women's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on June 19, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Cannabis use will stay banned at sports events after the World Anti-Doping Agency on Friday Sept. 23, 2022 resisted calls to change its status on the list of prohibited substances. The agency was asked to review the status of THC after the case of Richardson, who did not go to the Tokyo Olympics last year. She served a one-month ban on testing positive at the trials meet where she won the 100 meters. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Marijuana stays on doping banned list; opiate tramadol added

By Graham Dunbar Sep. 23, 2022 05:19 AM EDT

FILE - Silver medalist Mathias Flueckiger of Switzerland poses during a medal ceremony for the men's cross country mountain bike competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Izu, Japan. Olympic silver medalist Mathias Flückiger was provisionally suspended in a doping case ahead of his scheduled competition Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in mountain bike cross country at the European Championships. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Olympic silver medalist Flückiger tests positive for doping

Aug. 19, 2022 05:07 AM EDT

Liam Pitchford of England serves to Sharath Kamal Achanta of India in the men's singles table tennis gold medal match at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Birmingham's hosting capability shines at Commonwealth Games

By Courtney Walsh Aug. 08, 2022 10:25 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

Sportlight-Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game.

By The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 28 1913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two. 1928 — The Summer Olympics...

Sportlight-Bob Mathias wins his second Olympic decathlon.

By The Associated Press Jul. 25, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928 — Gene Tunney...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, July 22-28, Take two

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928 — Gene Tunney...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 30, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 1 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of...

Russian rider Sivakov announces nationality switch to France

Mar. 04, 2022 07:58 AM EST
LONDON (AP) — After racing for the Russian team at the Tokyo Olympics, cyclist Pavel Sivakov announced his nationality switch to France on Friday citing the war in...

British Olympic great Jason Kenny retires from cycling

Feb. 23, 2022 07:02 PM EST
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — British cyclist Jason Kenny, the country’s most decorated Olympian, has retired from racing and taken up a role as sprint coach for...

Manchester City's Jack Grealish, centre right, challenges for the ball with Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta during an English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Discovery, BT in talks over British pay-TV partnership

Feb. 03, 2022 04:51 AM EST

Lisa Klein of Germany competes during the Women Elite individual time trial race at the World Road Cycling Championships in Bruges, Belgium, Monday Sept. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Ellen van Dijk claims 2nd time trial title at cycling worlds

By Samuel Petrequin Sep. 20, 2021 01:02 PM EDT

Primoz Roglic dressed as a traditional Pilgrim who walks the Way of St. James to Santiago, stands on the podium after winning the Vuelta Cycling race in Santiago, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Luis Vieira)
Primoz Roglic wins Spanish Vuelta for 3rd straight year

Sep. 05, 2021 02:34 PM EDT

Roglic on brink of 3rd straight Spanish Vuelta title

Sep. 04, 2021 11:59 AM EDT
MOS, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic has only the decisive stage’s time trial left to win his third consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after finishing the rugged 20th...

Bianbian Sun of China is behind Oksana Masters of the U.S. in the women's H5 road cycling race at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Oyama, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (Thomas Lovelock for OIS via AP)
Oksana Masters picks up 2nd gold medal at Tokyo Paralympics

By Stephen Wade And Pat Graham Sep. 01, 2021 06:08 AM EDT