China's Football Association bans 43 people for life after corruption investigation

DALIAN, China (AP) — China’s Football Association has banned 43 people for life over allegations of match-fixing and other forms of corruption in the latest effort to weed out graft in the country’s notoriously underperforming team sport. The official Xinhua News Agency on...

A wrong replay at the US Open leads a chair umpire to get a call wrong on a video review

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Tennis Association acknowledged Sunday that the wrong call was made on an illegal shot during a third-round U.S. Open match between Anna Kalinskaya and Beatriz Haddad Maia a night earlier because the chair umpire was not shown the relevant replay by the video review...

Olympic spat: Officials at ancient birthplace of games upset at venue to choose new IOC president

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of southern Greece, rather than at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. The IOC session in March next year will be held in...

Officials seek to speed up the evacuation of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces advance “at a fast pace”

Jordan Chiles medal inquiry: USA Gymnastics says arbitration panel won't reconsider decision

USA Gymnastics officials say an arbitration panel won't reconsider a decision asking gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she was awarded in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics. USA Gymnastics says it will continue efforts to let Chiles keep the medal. ...

U.S. Olympic officials say they will appeal a ruling that gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the medal she won in Paris.

Things to know as CrossFit Games resume in Texas a day after a competitor died during a swim event

DALLAS (AP) — The CrossFit Games resumed Friday, a day after competitor Lazar Dukic died after going underwater and not resurfacing during a swimming event in a Texas lake. In a post on the social platform X, CrossFit Games officials said that they and the entire CrossFit...

Ukrainian officials say a Russian plane-launched missile has hit a Ukrainian shopping mall, killing at least 9 people

A Serbian competitor in the CrossFit Games dies during a swimming event at a Texas lake

DALLAS (AP) — A Serbian competitor in the CrossFit Games died while competing in a swimming event Thursday morning at a Texas lake, officials said. CrossFit CEO Don Faul said during a news conference that they were “deeply saddened” and were working with authorities on the...

Denis Shapovalov retains ranking points, prize money after appealing DQ in Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov will retain his ranking points and prize money after appealing his disqualification from the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, the ATP announced Monday. Shapovalov lost his first set 7-6 (5) in a match against American Ben...