Switzerland
11 candidates in weightlifting election amid Olympic crisis

May. 25, 2022 11:26 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Two American women are among a total of 11 candidates running for president of weightlifting’s troubled governing body, looking to lead...

FILE - Kamalpreet Kaur, of India, competes during the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has tested positive test for an anabolic steroid. The case was announced Wednesday nine months after she placed sixth at the Tokyo Olympics. Kaur tested positive for stanozolol in a case the agency dated to March 29. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Indian Olympic athlete Kaur tests positive for steroid

May. 04, 2022 01:21 PM EDT

FILE - Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee poses with his gold medal for the men's 100-meter backstroke final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. A statement from swimming's world governing body, FINA, on Thursday, April 21, 2022, announced that Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Russian swimmer Rylov banned for appearing at Putin rally

Apr. 22, 2022 03:39 PM EDT

FILE - Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, acknowledges the applause after receiving his gold medal for the men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 10, 2016. Rahimov has been stripped of his 2016 title for doping and banned for eight years, it was announced Tuesday, March 22 2022. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says the Kazakh lifter was guilty of “four urine substitutions.” (AP Photo/Mike Groll, file)
2016 Olympic champion weightlifter disqualified for doping

Mar. 22, 2022 12:08 PM EDT

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
'I just enjoyed skiing': Shiffrin finishes 2nd in super-G

Mar. 05, 2022 05:40 AM EST

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang loses appeal at Swiss court

Mar. 04, 2022 06:18 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang lost his final appeal against a ban for violating anti-doping rules, Switzerland’s highest court...

The building of the Russian Olympic Committee is seen through a gate decorated with the Olympic rings, in Moscow, on Dec. 6, 2017. Doping and other controversies involving Russian athletes have played a significant role at the Games for over a decade. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
3 Russian wrestlers suspended in doping cases

Mar. 03, 2022 07:37 AM EST

Members of the Russian cross-country ski national team stand outside the Radisson Blu Hotel at Fornebu, Oslo, Tuesday March 1, 2022. Norway challenged a decision by the International Ski Federation to allow Russians to keep competing, and said it would block them from upcoming rounds of the World Cup that Norway hosts this week. (Annika Byrde/NTB scanpix via AP)
Russia excluded from skating as sporting sanctions increase

Mar. 01, 2022 03:43 AM EST

FILE - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, talks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Second European Games in Minsk, Belarus, June 30, 2019. In a sweeping move to isolate and condemn Russia after invading Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee urged sports bodies on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, to exclude the country's athletes and officials from international events. (Sergey Bobylev, TASS/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
Russia facing sports isolation over invasion of Ukraine

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 28, 2022 06:57 AM EST

Switzerland's Priska Nufer smiles at teammate Michelle Gisin after she completed an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Lee Man FC vs HK U23 Football Team 2/27/2022

Feb. 27, 2022 11:00 AM EST

Switzerland's Priska Nufer smiles at teammate Michelle Gisin after she completed an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Swiss skier Nufer gets breakout World Cup downhill win at 30

Feb. 27, 2022 10:58 AM EST

Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka celebrates after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill race, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Czech skier Ledecka wins 1st WCup downhill after Olympics

Feb. 26, 2022 06:55 AM EST

Switzerland's Fanny Smith reacts as she crosses the finish line during the women's cross finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Olympic skicross medal changed on appeal 9 days after race

Feb. 26, 2022 05:17 AM EST

Switzerland's Lara Stalder (7) is congratulated after scoring a goal against Finland during a preliminary round women's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Sustaining women's hockey growth still post-Olympics issue

By John Wawrow Feb. 18, 2022 07:30 AM EST

Switzerland's Ryan Regez celebrates after winning a gold medal in the men's cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Regez leads 1-2 finish by Swiss in Olympic skicross final

By Pat Graham Feb. 18, 2022 02:44 AM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...

Michelle Gisin of Switzerland celebrates winning the gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women's combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Gisin wins back-to-back Olympic combined, Shiffrin out again

By Daniella Matar Feb. 17, 2022 02:18 AM EST

Vincent Zhou, of the United States, competes in the men's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Olympics Live: US, Canada both out of men's hockey

Feb. 15, 2022 10:16 PM EST

Corinne Suter, of Switzerland makes a turn during the women's downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Viewing Vonn helps Swiss skier Suter win Olympic downhill

By Andrew Dampf Feb. 15, 2022 04:45 AM EST

Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes yells to her teammates during a women's curling match against Switzerland at the Beijing Winter Olympics Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
For Olympic curling skips, lost voice is occupational hazard

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 14, 2022 11:36 PM EST