Summer Olympic games
Olympic baseball qualifying in West Palm Beach, St. Lucie

By The Associated Press 3 hrs ago
The United States' delayed second chance at qualifying for the Olympic baseball tournament has been moved to the spring training home of the Houston Astros and...

Michael Moran, representing the University of Minnesota, competes during the Winter Cup gymnastics competition, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Indianapolis. A junior from Morristown, New Jersey, Moran admits there were people within his inner circle who discouraged him from competing collegiately because they viewed his chosen sport as a “dying entity.” The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering it as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Olympic Gold: Men's gymnastics struggling to survive

By Will Graves Apr. 09, 2021 12:04 PM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to media after a government task force meeting for the new virus measures, at the prime minister's office Friday, April 9, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 09, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 file photo, The United States' April Ross passes a ball while playing against Brazil during the women's beach volleyball bronze medal match of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two-time Olympic beach volleyball medalist April Ross has a rare opportunity to relax with 100 days to go before the Tokyo Games. That doesn’t mean that she will. Ross and partner Alix Klineman are the No. 1 team in the Olympic qualification rankings and the only Americans who have already clinched one of four likely spots for U.S. beach teams in the pandemic-delayed 2020 Games. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Olympic work not over for top US beach team Ross, Klineman

By Jimmy Golen Apr. 08, 2021 07:19 PM EDT

Aussie field hockey teams face lack of games before Olympics

Apr. 08, 2021 12:39 AM EDT
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia's traditionally strong Olympic field hockey teams are having trouble playing competitive matches ahead of the Tokyo Games,...

This undated photo provided by Kameron Jones shows Kameron Jones at an American Track League athletics event in Fayetteville, Ark. Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track program may not have anything to do with the times he turns in or the medals he brings home. Jones has a gold-medal mindset when it comes to saving the men’s track and field program — along with cross country — from being cut by the school for budgetary reasons. (Kameron Jones via AP)
Olympic gold: Clemson men's track tries to save its program

By Pat Graham Apr. 07, 2021 02:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2021, file photo, the celebration cauldron is seen lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. The governor of Osaka prefecture said on Thursday that he wants to cancel the Olympic torch relay legs going through Osaka later this month. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka

By Stephen Wade Apr. 07, 2021 05:43 AM EDT

Graphic looks at the college sports that have been cut by school due to the pandemic; 2c x 5 inches
Olympic gold: Colleges, Team USA search for new ways to win

By Eddie Pells Apr. 06, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, right, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, center, observe with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, and first lady Kim Jung-sook during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. North Korea has decided not to participate in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo as it continues a self-imposed lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North's Sports Ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee meeting on March 25, 2021 where members prioritized protecting athletes from the “world public health crisis caused by COVID-19.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
North Korea says it won't participate in Tokyo Olympics

By Kim Tong-Hyung Apr. 05, 2021 09:29 PM EDT

Capital Institute hockey team players practice at the ice hockey venue for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics during a test event at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Chinese capital hold a 10 days test events for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in five different venues from April 1-10, becomes the first city to hold both the Winter and Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Beijing begins to test venues for 2022 Winter Olympics

Apr. 01, 2021 07:02 AM EDT

People visit the 14th edition of Art Dubai at Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, which features 50 galleries from 31 countries with a focus on modern and contemporary art, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
In Dubai, an art show's return reflects city's new normal

By Malak Harb Apr. 01, 2021 02:05 AM EDT

Rugby sevens athlete Charlotte Caslick steps off the stage with other Olympic hopefuls after they posed for photos in their green and gold competition kits in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, during the unveiling of the uniforms the Australian team will wear during the Tokyo Olympic games. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
One year on, Australian uniforms unveiled for Tokyo Olympics

Mar. 31, 2021 01:41 AM EDT

United States' players react at the bench during a Concacaf Men's Olympic qualifying championship semi-final soccer match against Honduras in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS

By Ronald Blum Mar. 29, 2021 06:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, shows tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics displayed in Tokyo. Many fans living outside Japan who bought Tokyo Olympic tickets from middlemen - so-called Authorized Ticket Resellers - will not get full refunds. The question of refunds came into play a week ago when local organizers and the Japanese government decided to bar fans from abroad because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Overseas Tokyo ticket holders may get only partial refunds

By Stephen Wade Mar. 28, 2021 11:05 PM EDT

Texas forward Charli Collier (35) pulls down a rebound against UCLA forward Michaela Onyenwere (21) during the first half of a college basketball game in the second round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Sweet 16 coaches Staley and Fortner share Olympic bond

By Jim Vertuno Mar. 27, 2021 10:52 AM EDT

Japanese torchbearer Azusa Iwashimizu, left, a member of Japan women's national football team, smiles after passing the flame to the next torchbearer during the torch relay grand start outside J-Village National Training Center in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 25, 2021. The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. (Philip Fong/Pool Photo via AP)
Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey

By Stephen Wade Mar. 24, 2021 08:54 PM EDT

Accountant Tercio Galdino and wife Alicea, dressed in their astronaut costumes, pose for a photo backdropped by Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 20, 2021. The Galdinos have come up with a unique way for protecting themselves and drawing awareness around COVID-19 protective measures – by dressing as astronauts. The pair first began to traverse the iconic beaches fully suited in mid 2020 at the height of the first wave of the pandemic in Brazil, now as cases surge once again they are taking their ‘astronaut walks’ back to the promenades. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
The Latest: UNLV now plans in-person spring graduation

By The Associated Press Mar. 20, 2021 06:52 AM EDT

Ferreira lifts US over Costa Rica 1-0 in Olympic qualifying

By The Associated Press Mar. 18, 2021 07:33 PM EDT
The United States managed to open the delayed Olympic men's soccer qualifying tournament with a win despite not playing well. Jesús...

FILE - In this March 15, 2018, file photo, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, DP World’s chairman and CEO, walks off stage after a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai-based port operator DP World announced Thursday, March 18, 2021 its profits slid 29% in 2020 from the previous year to $846 million, as the coronavirus pandemic froze supply chains and upended the world’s trade flows. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)
Port operator DP World sees 2020 profits drop 29% amid virus

By Isabel Debre Mar. 18, 2021 03:37 AM EDT

Stung by failures, US starts Olympic men's soccer qualifying

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 06:35 PM EDT
Stung by failures to qualify for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and the 2018 World Cup, the U.S. men start the delayed path toward this summer’s Tokyo Games soccer...