Spanish sports clinic becomes center for virus patients
Spanish sports clinic becomes center for virus patients
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MADRID (AP) - Like for many people, things have changed for doctors at one of Spain’s top sports medicine clinics. Instead of performing shoulder and knee surgeries or helping athletes recover from injury, they are now putting patients on ventilators and wo
BMX rider Sakakibara makes slow recovery, Olympic hopes over
BMX rider Sakakibara makes slow recovery, Olympic hopes over
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SYDNEY (AP) - Australian BMX rider Kai Sakakibara, who grew up in Japan, has relocated from hospital to a rehabilitation center but his hopes of qualifying for the Olympics are over are his family was told to expect permanent disability after he suffered a tr
2012 Olympics won't provide much economic stimulus for Japan
2012 Olympics won't provide much economic stimulus for Japan
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TOKYO (AP) - IOC member John Coates, who oversees planing for next year's Tokyo Olympics, has claimed the postponed games could help “kick start” Japan’s economy. Japan has been devastated like many countries by the coronavirus pandemic and could be in
Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport's 1st black Olympic judge
Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport's 1st black Olympic judge
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Olympic games, has died. He was 94. Williamson died of COVID-19 complications on April 8 a
The Latest: Italian soccer club Parma announces cost-cutting
The Latest: Italian soccer club Parma announces cost-cutting
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Parma has become the second club in Italy’s top soccer division to announce cost-cutting measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The club says its first-team pla
In COVID-19 world, anti-doping gives in-home testing a try
In COVID-19 world, anti-doping gives in-home testing a try
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DENVER (AP) - The typical day for Noah Lyles now looks something like this: Drive to park. Unload weights from truck. Sprint on grassy field. Lift. And, every now and then, head home and take a doping test. The world-champion sprinter is one of 15 American at
Season on hold slows rush to recover for England's Beth Mead
Season on hold slows rush to recover for England's Beth Mead
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Beth Mead was running around a park when she spotted Arsenal teammates at a distance. “All we can do is wave at the other side,” Mead said in an interview with The Associated Press. “It’s hard. But we are so excited to see each other.” Such are the
Leave doping ban in past amid virus outbreak, Russia says
Leave doping ban in past amid virus outbreak, Russia says
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MOSCOW (AP) - International authorities should “turn a new page” and forget Russia’s Olympic doping ban because of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's sports minister said Friday. The World Anti-Doping Agency barred Russia from the Olympics for fou
The Latest: Paralympic committee has 'cash-flow' problems
The Latest: Paralympic committee has 'cash-flow' problems
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The president of the International Paralympic Committee says the body has “cash-flow” problems because of the Olympic and Paralympic postponement until 2021. Andrew Pars
Track world championships rescheduled for July 2022
Track world championships rescheduled for July 2022
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MONACO (AP) - The track world championships were rescheduled for July 15-24, 2022, on Wednesday, the first major sports event to be repositioned in the wake of the 12-month postponement of the Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. The event, which dra
Despite Olympics postponement, equestrian still prepares
Despite Olympics postponement, equestrian still prepares
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WEST GROVE, Pa. (AP) - Despite the Tokyo Olympics being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, medal-winning equestrian Phillip Dutton continues to prepare at his farm in West Grove, Pennsylvania. Dutton, a six-time Olympian in eventing, exercises alm
The Latest: Russian track federation to keep out some dopers
The Latest: Russian track federation to keep out some dopers
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Russian track federation says it will no longer give national team places to some athletes with past doping bans. The federation said Sunday it won’t select athletes w
Sports likely done for 2020
Sports likely done for 2020
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The unthinkable, at least for sports fans, already has happened. The games, as we know them, are shut down. We'll never know if San Diego State was a Final Four contender or if Tiger Woods would have defended his green jacket at the Masters. There was no open
Georgia soldiers see their OIympic dream deferred until 2021
Georgia soldiers see their OIympic dream deferred until 2021
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - Two Army soldiers stationed in Georgia say they’re willing to wait another year to see their Olympic dreams come true. Spc. Phillip Jungman and 1st Lt. Amber English both serve in uniform at Fort Benning outside Columbus. They’re als
League to fund its pro swimmers through Tokyo Olympics
League to fund its pro swimmers through Tokyo Olympics
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The International Swimming League will fund its professional athletes through next year's rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, starting with payments in September. The league said Friday it plans a five-week, all-expenses paid combined training and competition event t
Tokyo Games postponed could favor Missouri Olympian
Tokyo Games postponed could favor Missouri Olympian
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Zach Garrett, a 2016 Olympic silver medalist in archery, is one of a handful of athletes in the Kansas City metro affected by the postponement of the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo until 2021. But it has also affected others in Kansas Cit
The Latest: Iowa State coaches taking pay cut for a year
The Latest: Iowa State coaches taking pay cut for a year
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The Latest on the effects of the new coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Iowa State coaches and other athletic department staff members are getting pay cuts for one year to help offset lost revenue from the coronavirus pandemic. Athletic dire
The Latest: World Sailing event in Japan canceled
The Latest: World Sailing event in Japan canceled
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The Latest on the effects of the new coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ World Sailing has canceled the World Cup Series Final in Enoshima, Japan, in June because of the coronavirus outbreak. The regatta was to give valuable competition for t
Ray Lewis, Katie Ledecky join call to remind Marylanders to stay home
Ray Lewis, Katie Ledecky join call to remind Marylanders to stay home
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The state of Maryland has enlisted some of its most famous athletes in a series of PSAs urging citizens to stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Five-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky made a video for social media reminding Maryland resid
Olympic flame to stay a month in Fukushima; next stop unsure
Olympic flame to stay a month in Fukushima; next stop unsure
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TOKYO (AP) - The Olympic flame will be on display until the end of April in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. Tokyo Olympic and prefecture officials held an official “handover ceremony”on Wednesday at the J-Village National Training Center in
A century ago, sports rises from ravages of war and disease
A century ago, sports rises from ravages of war and disease
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The world in 1919 was hardly a place for fun and games. A war like no other had ravaged Europe, killing untold millions and leaving the continent devastated. The Spanish Flu pandemic was waning but still wreaking its horrors, with some 50 million people dead
Column: Postponing Olympics merely an inconvenience for golf
Column: Postponing Olympics merely an inconvenience for golf
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The move was expected, yet no less exceptional, when the IOC decided to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until next year. It brought mixed reactions from so many Olympic athletes. Those from smaller sports might require another year of funding or sponsorship. Othe
The Latest: Hungarian swimmer Kapas tests positive for virus
The Latest: Hungarian swimmer Kapas tests positive for virus
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Hungarian Olympic swimmer Boglarka Kapas says she has tested positive for COVID-19. The 26-year-old Kapas writes in an Instagram post that she had to submit to testing in or
Organizers of Dubai's Expo 2020 recommend postponing the world's fair until next year over the new c
Organizers of Dubai's Expo 2020 recommend postponing the world's fair until next year over the new c
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Organizers of Dubai's Expo 2020 recommend postponing the world's fair until next year over the new coronavirus pandemic.
Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year amid virus
Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year amid virus
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai's Expo 2020 should be postponed to next year over the new coronavirus pandemic, local organizers recommended Monday, pushing back a world's fair that the sheikhdom has bet billions of dollars on to rejuvenate its troub
IOC sets new dates for Tokyo Olympics
IOC sets new dates for Tokyo Olympics
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The International Olympic Committee set new dates Monday for the Tokyo Olympics, which will now begin July 23, 2021, and run until Aug. 8. Last week, the IOC and Japan agreed to move the original date of the Games over the coronavirus outbreak. It marke
Popular Japanese comedian dies from the coronavirus
Popular Japanese comedian dies from the coronavirus
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TOKYO (AP) - Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who drew inspiration from the American comedic icon Jerry Lewis, has died from the coronavirus, becoming Japan's first known celebrity victim of the disease. He was 70. Shimura, who attracted fans of all gen
Former Utah House speaker, auto exec Bob Garff dies of COVID
Former Utah House speaker, auto exec Bob Garff dies of COVID
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Former speaker of the Utah House, auto executive and philanthropist Robert Garff died Sunday because of complications of COVID-19, his daughter and the automotive group said. Rep. Melissa Garff Ballard, R-North Salt Lake, posted on Faceb
Minnesota gymnast Sunisa Lee's Olympic quest delayed a year
Minnesota gymnast Sunisa Lee's Olympic quest delayed a year
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - For the last 10 years, almost everything Sunisa Lee has done has been in the name of 2020. Spending up to eight hours a day at the gym. Taking classes online so that she has the flexibility to spend long hours at the gym. ...
Athletes who've qualified for 2020 Olympics are in for 2021
Athletes who've qualified for 2020 Olympics are in for 2021
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TOKYO (AP) - Good news for all those who have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics: You're in for 2021. Olympic officials have confirmed that the 6,200 or so athletes who had already punched their ticket for Tokyo will keep their spots for the reschedule
Track worlds in limbo until new Olympic dates are set
Track worlds in limbo until new Olympic dates are set
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LONDON (AP) - The date of the next world track championships is in limbo until the International Olympic Committee decides on a new schedule for the postponed Tokyo Games. Sebastian Coe, the Olympic great who is now president of World Athletics, said Friday t
Svetlana Khorkina says Olympics postponement is 'God's punishment' for Russia's doping ban
Svetlana Khorkina says Olympics postponement is 'God's punishment' for Russia's doping ban
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Svetlana Khorkina was a dominant, world-class artistic gymanst in her time, winning Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2000 on the uneven bars and racking up nine gold and 20 total medals at the Gymnastics World Championships in a nine-year span. Khorkina also h
Carli Lloyd adapting to unfamiliar circumstances
Carli Lloyd adapting to unfamiliar circumstances
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MELFORD, N.J. (AP) - Carli Lloyd is setting out to master something new. Her couch. A captain on the United States Women’s National Team since 2016, Lloyd has become famous for being one of the world’s fittest, most hard-working soccer players. Now, like
Delay gives O'Donnell a second chance at Olympic Rugby 7s
Delay gives O'Donnell a second chance at Olympic Rugby 7s
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A season-ending knee injury had Ben O'Donnell convinced he'd be watching the Tokyo Olympics from a distance, with absolutely no chance of pulling on the Australian jersey for the Rugby Sevens competition. Forgive him for being a tiny bit pleased this week whe
Australia confirms canoe sprint team for Tokyo Games
Australia confirms canoe sprint team for Tokyo Games
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SYDNEY (AP) - A coronavirus first-responder is among 14 Australian canoe sprinters named to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, the first athletes to be selected since the games' postponement earlier this week. Though the new date for the Games in 2021 has yet to
The Latest: Virus concerns cancel Olympic cultural event
The Latest: Virus concerns cancel Olympic cultural event
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The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. TOP OF THE HOUR: - Olympi
Olympic delay leaves athletes uncertain about sponsorships
Olympic delay leaves athletes uncertain about sponsorships
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Aside from figuring out how to maintain their health and fitness for an additional year, athletes like Ryan Crouser suddenly faced another concern when the Olympics were postponed until 2021. They also have to make the money stretch that far. Crouser still h
2020 'Olympics of the Violin' postponed a year due to virus
2020 'Olympics of the Violin' postponed a year due to virus
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An event considered the world's leading international competition for young violinists has been postponed for a year in light of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Wednesday. The Menuhin Competition had been scheduled for Ma
Asian shares jump after Dow sees biggest gain since 1933
Asian shares jump after Dow sees biggest gain since 1933
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BANGKOK (AP) - Shares advanced in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House neared a deal on injecting nearly $2 trillion of aid into an economy ravaged by the coronavirus. Japan
Business fallout: Companies in China see delays in reopening
Business fallout: Companies in China see delays in reopening
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The spread of the coronavirus that emerged in China in December has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy. Here is a look at developments Wednesday: CHINA BUSINESS: One in five companies surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in China expec
