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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus outbreak

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2020 12:07 PM EST
ATHLETICS World indoor championships in Nanjing from March 13-15 postponed to March 2021. Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9...

A security guard wearing a face mask walks through a quiet main Qianmen Street, a popular tourist spot, in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. China reported Sunday a drop in new virus cases for the third straight day, as it became apparent that the country's leadership was aware of the potential gravity of the situation well before the alarm was sounded. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Beijing club set to open its Asian Champions League campaign

By John Duerden Feb. 16, 2020 09:30 PM EST

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus outbreak

By The Associated Press Feb. 14, 2020 11:53 AM EST
ATHLETICS World indoor championships in Nanjing from March 13-15 postponed to March 2021. Asian indoor championships in...

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. Cummings died from complications of longtime health challenges, his office said in a statement on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 23, 2019 10:13 AM EST

A monument to Misha the Bear, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, in a park in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned Russia from the Olympics and other major sporting events for four years, though many athletes will likely be allowed to compete as neutral athletes. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Anti-doping agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia

By Graham Dunbar Dec. 09, 2019 11:01 AM EST

Thursday Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press Dec. 06, 2019 02:49 AM EST
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa said being assured he'd likely remain a high NFL draft pick could make “the biggest...

English soccer club Derby fires captain in car-crash fallout

Oct. 30, 2019 04:52 PM EDT
DERBY, England (AP) — English soccer club Derby has fired captain Richard Keogh for gross misconduct following an internal disciplinary hearing into a car...

Derby sanctions players after alcohol-related car crash

Oct. 04, 2019 06:37 PM EDT
DERBY, England (AP) — Second-tier English club Derby is sanctioning two of its players who were charged with drunk driving following a car crash that left team...

Derby captain out for season with injuries from car crash

Sep. 26, 2019 11:47 AM EDT
DERBY, England (AP) — The captain of second-tier English club Derby will miss the rest of the season because of a serious knee injury sustained in a car crash that...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 23, 2019 12:03 PM EDT
May 24 1905 — Harry Payne Whitney's Tanya becomes the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes. Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867....

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates his victory at the end of the Baharain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday, March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Ferrari gifts Hamilton another win after Bahrain GP blunder

By Jerome Pugmire Mar. 31, 2019 01:03 PM EDT

BC-AP--AP Sports Digest

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2019 08:43 AM EST
WORLD SPORTS at 1330 GMT TOP STORIES: SOC--ENGLISH ROUNDUP LONDON — Two Premier League sides are away at lower-league...

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, Larry Nassar appears for his sentencing at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)
Column: A look back at the best (and mostly worst) in sports

By Paul Newberry Dec. 21, 2018 02:03 PM EST

Geraint Thomas poses with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2018 at Birmingham Genting Arena, Sunday December 16, 2018. (David Davies/PA via AP)
Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas wins BBC award

Dec. 16, 2018 04:35 PM EST