Uganda Olympic Team
FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2019 file photo, Madrid's Walter Tavares gestures during the Euroleague Final Four semifinal basketball match between CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria, Spain. While the AfroBasket tournament doesn’t boast the star power of an Olympics, it does showcase ever-competitive and improving quality of basketball on the continent. Tiny Cape Verde has one big advantage as it tries to become champion of African basketball for the first time: 7-foot-3 former NBA draft pick Walter “Edy” Tavares. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, file)
Tall task: Cape Verde aims high in AfroBasket semifinals

By Ken Maguire Sep. 03, 2021 02:18 PM EDT

United States' players celebrate after their win in the men's basketball gold medal game against France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
US draws Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico for World Cup qualifying

By Tim Reynolds Aug. 31, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

United State's Gable Dan Steveson celebrates after defeating Georgia's Gennadij Cudinovic during their men's freestyle 125kg wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Olympic Latest: Canada wins 1st gold in women's soccer

Aug. 05, 2021 08:36 PM EDT

Courtney Frerichs, left, of the United States, is congratulated by teammates Emma Coburn, and Valerie Constien, right, after the final of the women's 3,000-meters steeplechase at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
"It's about results": Coburn takes no solace after bad race

By Eddie Pells Aug. 04, 2021 12:53 PM EDT

Selemon Barega, of Ethiopia, celebrates after winning the men's 10,000-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Ethiopia's Barega wins 1st track gold of Tokyo Olympics

By Gerald Imray Jul. 30, 2021 08:56 AM EDT

Marie-Josee Ta Lou, of the Ivory Coast, wins a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Fast day at pool, track on Day 7 of Tokyo Olympics

By Josh Dubow Jul. 30, 2021 04:38 AM EDT

Michael Andrew, of United States, comes off the pool after swimming in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Olympics Latest: US mixed relay team reinstated after appeal

Jul. 29, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

In this July 15, 2021, file photo, people walk by the Olympic rings installed by the Nippon Bashi bridge in Tokyo. A Ugandan athlete who fled during his pre-game training in western Japan last week has been found and being interviewed by police, officials said Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
Ugandan who fled pre-Olympics camp found in central Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 20, 2021 05:54 AM EDT

A health reporting app called OCHA is shown on a smartphone on July 13, 2021, in Tokyo. Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Olympic visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Japan's Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied

By Foster Klug And Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 16, 2021 11:04 PM EDT

Ugandan athlete missing from training camp in Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 16, 2021 05:35 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Local officials are searching for a Ugandan athlete who went missing in western Japan on Friday in a case raising questions over Japanese...

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach offers flowers to Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph during his visit Friday, July 16, 2021, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
IOC's Bach gets mixed reaction in one-day visit to Hiroshima

By Haruka Nuga And Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 16, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

A German athlete, wearing face mask, walks past the Olympic rings display on their arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Thursday, July 1, 2021. The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan. The games begin July 23, with organizers determined they will go on, even with a reduced number of spectators or possibly none at all.(Kyodo News via AP)
As Tokyo Olympics approach, virus worries rise in Japan

By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 06, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk along the Asakusa area in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Bach arrives in Tokyo on July 8; infections on rise again

By Stephen Wade Jun. 30, 2021 09:49 AM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center, stands by a remotely-controlled guide robot at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Monday, June 28, 2021. Suga inspected antigen testing for arrivals and vowed to ensure appropriate border controls as growing numbers of Olympic and Paralympic participants enter Japan ahead of the July 23 opening of the games (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan ups health controls as Olympic athlete tests positive

By Mari Yamaguchi Jun. 28, 2021 05:09 AM EDT

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto leaves a news conference after a meeting with local municipalities working group hosted by the government in Tokyo Wednesday, June 23, 2021, on the day to mark one month to go until the opening of the Olympic Games. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)
Hashimoto: 'No spectators' still possible for Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Jun. 25, 2021 06:08 AM EDT

Members of Uganda’s Olympic team prepare to leave for Osaka, at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo early Sunday June 20, 2021. A member of the team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan, in the first detected infection among arriving athletes for the Tokyo Games opening in five weeks. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)
Uganda Olympic team member tests positive for coronavirus

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 19, 2021 09:07 PM EDT