Spanish Paralympic swimmer to fly home after anxiety attack
MADRID — A prominent Spanish Paralympic swimmer will be flown home after she was hospitalized in Tokyo because of an anxiety attack, the Spanish...
IOC suspends NKorea from Beijing Olympics for Tokyo no-show
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — North Korea was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC on Wednesday as punishment for refusing to...
Belarus hockey official banned 5 years for political abuse
ZURICH — The top ice hockey official in Belarus was banned for five years on Wednesday for politically motivated discrimination against players and supporting...
Broadcasters urged to cancel plans to cover Beijing Olympics
TOKYO — Some of the world’s largest broadcasters including American network NBC are being asked by human rights groups to cancel plans to cover...
From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics
FREMONT, Ind. — The bald, broad-shouldered cyclist has spent years remembering a nighttime road in a faraway city. He can still describe the city’s...
World champions Humphries, Jones named to US bobsled team
Reigning world champion Kaillie Humphries was announced as part of this season's USA Bobsled national team on Monday, even with her status for this...
Modern pentathlon coach who struck horse sent for training
MONACO — A German modern pentathlon coach who struck a horse at the Olympics was ordered Monday to undergo training on animal welfare before...
Molinari, the 2018 hero, says he’ll miss upcoming Ryder Cup
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — The man who contributed the most to Europe’s team in the 2018 Ryder Cup triumph will almost certainly be missing...
Poland gives humanitarian visa to 2nd Belarus athlete
WARSAW, Poland — A lawmaker in Poland says a second Belarussian athlete, an equestrian who was excluded from the country's Olympic team after criticizing...
Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo’s 8-year Olympic saga
TOKYO — The final act of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital...