Month: January 2022

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week. When Beijing held the Summer Olympics in 2008, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Games could improve human rights, and Chinese politicians hinted at the same. There are no soaring promises this time. The Games are again a

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It started as a father’s message of support for his son who’d been abused online for being too “big” to play rugby. Now Alfie Pugsley is the talk of the sport and the subject of a wave of well-wishes and inspirational replies from many of rugby’s most famous players

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer In the pantheon of figure skating rivalries, Nancy and Tonya soars like a triple lutz above the rest. Two athletes in their prime, each trying to be America’s golden girl, on the biggest stage in winter sports. And it came draped in the most bizarre of controversies: An attack

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax says Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen is training with its reserves to regain fitness while he seeks a new club. The 29-year-old Eriksen has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s opening match at the European Championship against Finland in June. His contract with Inter Milan was terminated by mutual

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI and ISIFU WIRFENGLA Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The death toll has risen to eight following a crush outside a game at the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon. Authorities say another seven people are in serious condition in the hospital. A total of 38 were injured. The

By The Associated Press Jon Rahm leads six of the top 10 players in the world at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Also playing at Torrey Pines is Dustin Johnson. It will be his first tournament since October. Johnson is the No. 4 player in the world. Collin Morikawa gives the European Tour