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Europe's top teams get ready to start Euro 2024 qualifying
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Three months after the World Cup ended, qualifying for the next European Championship starts this week with several of the biggest teams looking to rebound. France came within a penalty shootout of winning back-to-back World Cup titles, losing to...
US downhiller Ganong retires, plans include even more skiing
As a kid, American downhill racer Travis Ganong had an enchanting view of the mountains from his bedroom window. So it's really no surprise the snow-covered hills cast such a powerful spell over him. The mountains, his playground only steps from his home in Alpine Meadows,...
Klinsmann hired to coach South Korea's national soccer team
SEOUL (AP) — Former Germany great Jurgen Klinsmann was hired Monday to coach South Korea's national soccer team. The 58-year-old Klinsmann, who won the World Cup as a player with West Germany in 1990, replaces Paulo Bento. The Portuguese coach left the team after leading South...
World Cup ski jumping returns to Lake Placid after a drought
Lake Placid, New York, hosted its second Winter Olympics in 1980 with world-class venues that slowly became outdated over the years. Instead of allowing the investments to decay and become deserted, as happens in many Olympic cities, the New York Olympic Regional Development...
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
JAN 13-19, 2023 From the front line of the Ukraine war to climate protests in Germany, the Alpine Ski World Cup in Switzerland and the traditional purification by fire of animals in Spain, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the week...
Klinsmann 'sad to see' fallout from Reyna-Berhalter dispute
BERLIN (AP) — Former United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann says the fallout from the public dispute between coach Gregg Berhalter and the family of young star Gio Reyna is “obviously not looking good” for U.S. soccer. Klinsmann, who coached the men’s national team from...
Vitola, Berreiter each pick up 2 medals in World Cup luge
SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Elina Ieva Vitola of Latvia and Anna Berreiter of Germany each won a pair of medals on Sunday in World Cup luge races. Vitola helped host Latvia win the team relay, and Berreiter won gold in the women’s singles race earlier in the day. In the...
Hall wins four-man bobsled gold, Humphries gets a bronze
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Britain’s Brad Hall got the second World Cup four-man bobsled win of his career Sunday, holding off three German sleds for the victory. And Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. helped thwart what would have been a German sweep in the women’s bobsled race,...
Kaillie Humphries of US wins 100th major bobsled medal
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. got a milestone medal Saturday, winning a World Cup women’s monobob race for the 100th top-three finish of her career in major international competition. Humphries has won 70 medals in two-woman races in her career; 60 in...
Max Langenhan of Germany rallies to win World Cup luge race
SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Max Langenhan of Germany pulled off a big comeback on Saturday to win a World Cup singles luge race, rallying from 12th place after the first of two heats. Langenhan had the fastest time in the second heat and finished in 1 minute, 37.588 seconds. Germany’s...
