Women's sports
People walk past Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama seen in a TV news channel reporting his win in the Masters golf tournament, in Tokyo, Monday, April 12, 2021. From Japan's prime minister on down, the country celebrated Matsuyama's victory in the Masters — the first Japanese to win at Augusta National and wear the famous green jacket.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Prime minister leads celebrations of Matsuyama's Masters win

By Yuri Kageyama And Koji Ueda 9 hrs ago

Kudermetova wins her 1st WTA title on clay in Charleston

By Pete Iacobelli 17 hrs ago
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Veronika Kudermetova of Russia won her first WTA title, coming up strong on the big points to beat Danka Kovinic 6-4, 6-2 at the Volvo...

Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Kyle Crick delivers against the Chicago Cubs' Willson Contreras during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, April 8, 2021. A limited number of fans were admitted to the game due to COVID-19 protocol. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The Latest: NHL's Canucks get OK to reopen team facilities

By The Associated Press Apr. 10, 2021 11:26 AM EDT

Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia

Apr. 10, 2021 02:49 AM EDT
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Defending World Surf League champion Italo Ferreira won an all-Brazilian men’s final Saturday over Gabriel Medina at the Newcastle...

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

FILE - In this April 3, 2016, file photo, Roman Reigns holds up the championship belt after defeating Triple H during WrestleMania 32 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. WWE is set to welcome back fans for the first time in more than a year when 25,000 fans are expected on both Saturday, April 10, 2021 and Sunday nights for WrestleMania at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)
Back in Business: WrestleMania ready to rumble with fans

By Dan Gelston Apr. 09, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

The Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays line up for the anthems prior to a baseball game Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Dunedin, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
The Latest: MLB has 4 positive virus tests in past week

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 11:38 AM EDT

Rachel Blackmore poses with The Ruby Walsh Trophy for top jockey during day four of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham, England, Friday March 19, 2021. (Tim Goode/PA via AP)
Blackmore bids to be 1st female jockey to win Grand National

By Steve Douglas Apr. 09, 2021 07:07 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

FILE - Stanford's Shane Griffith celebrates after defeating Pittsburgh's Jake Wentzel during their 165-pound match in the finals of the NCAA wrestling championships in St. Louis, in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. Griffith wore a black singlet minus the Stanford logo as a statement after the school announced in July that wrestling and 10 other sports, most of them that produce athletes for the U.S. Olympic team, would be dropped to save money. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Olympic gold: 'Keep Stanford Wrestling' aims to save program

By Pat Graham Apr. 08, 2021 06:53 PM EDT

AP source: Portland gets Women's International Champions Cup

By Anne M. Peterson Apr. 08, 2021 01:38 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Women's International Champions Cup will be held at Portland's Providence Park in August, a person with knowledge of the event told...

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, Croatia's Mate Pavic, right, and Brazil's Bruno Soares play a shot in the men's doubles final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. The 2021 French Open schedule is being disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic for the second year in a row, as organizers said Thursday April 8, 2021, the Grand Slam tournament will be delayed by one week because of surging virus cases in France.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, FILE)
French Open postponed by 1 week because of pandemic

Apr. 08, 2021 03:40 AM 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

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Brad Boxberger throws against the Chicago Cubs during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
The Latest: NHL's Canucks say 21 players tested positive

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 09:09 AM EDT

File-This Feb. 17, 2020, file photo shows Vanderbilt coach Stephanie White communicating with players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Vanderbilt has fired White after five seasons and a 46-83 record. Athletic director Candice Lee announced Tuesday, April 6, 2021, that White will not return. Lee thanked White and her staff for helping the players navigate the challenges during the coronavirus pandemic over the past year. “As I continued my evaluation of the program, I ultimately concluded that change is needed at this time,” Lee said in a statement. "I wish Stephanie and her family the best.” (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)
Vanderbilt fires women's basketball coach Stephanie White

By Teresa M. Walker Apr. 06, 2021 02:35 PM 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 file photo dated Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, Sarah Lewis, Secretary General and Gian Franco Kasper, President of the FIS, the International Ski Federation, right, visit the finish area of the Aline ski course ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Lewis has declared herself a candidate on Tuesday April 6, 2021, to become the first woman president of the International Ski Federation.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, FILE)
Lewis running to lead the ski federation that fired her

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 06, 2021 05:32 AM 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

Stanford players celebrate on the River Walk after defeating Arizona 54-53 in the championship game of the women's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Stanford wins championship for all those teams that didn't

By Janie Mccauley Apr. 05, 2021 04:03 PM EDT