Month: February 2022

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China came from two goals down to defeat South Korea 3-2 on Sunday and win the Women’s Asian Cup for a record ninth…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has been outclassed and outgunned in a humiliating 5-2 loss at home to Bayer…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Miami is hiring Michigan offensive coordinator Josh Gattis to run new coach Mario Cristobal’s…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Juan Martín del Potro, who won the 2009 U.S. Open, says he is likely to retire from professional tennis after…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hilary Knight scored two first-period goals, Alex Cavallini stopped 12 shots, and the United States…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — At the Tetonia Club in Alta, Wyoming, they clung to one simple phrase as their…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Leicester’s FA Cup defense has been ended by Nottingham Forest after the second-tier side won 4-1. It…

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Overnight leader Harold Varner III has eagled the par-5 last when he sank a long putt to overtake…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Johannes Ludwig let all his rivals know back in November that he would be the one to beat at the…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Jakara Anthony of Australia made it look almost easy as she breezed through the bumps as…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Rivalries have a way of spicing up the Winter Olympics. The U.S.-Canada matchup in women’s…

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Turkish ski jumper Fatih Arda İpcioğlu has declined to say if the crescent and star on his blue skis the day before the…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan won the Olympic ski jumping gold medal on the normal hill.…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The land of the long white cloud has its first Winter Olympics gold medal. Zoi Sadowski Synnott of…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Sven Kramer’s best chances at adding to his pile of nine Olympic medals are still ahead of him in…

By DANIELLA MATAR and ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — It is not that unusual in Alpine skiing for a race to get delayed for hours and…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nils van der Poel has given Sweden its first Olympic speedskating medal since 1988. He pulled…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Tahli Gill and her Australian mixed doubles curling teammate Dean Hewitt thought they were out of…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Germany is back at another Olympics without NHL players hoping to go on another improbable run.…

By PAT GRAHAM and EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writers Surfing great Kelly Slater won another contest just short of his 50th birthday. Slater defeated a…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Russian athlete Alexander Bolshunov pulled away from the pack early and won the first…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hate is not too strong of a word for former United States Olympian Cammi Granato to describe the…

BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say they’re addressing complaints about isolation conditions for athletes who test positive for the…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai remain a pressing question at the Beijing…

By SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Olympics are usually an opportunity for the host country to showcase its culture.…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State set off a wild late-night court storming, getting 24 points from Marreon…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James returned from a five-game absence due to injury and had a triple-double of 29 points,…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva stood at the edge of the rink to get some last-second advice from her coach, Eteri…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — It has come up in conversations for four years. The Crash. USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney has had…

LOS ANGELES — Dawson Baker had a career-high 24 points as UC Irvine edged past Cal State Northridge 75-70. Elijah Hardy led the Matadors with 17…

FULLERTON, Calif. — Damari Milstead had 17 points to lead five Cal State Fullerton players in double figures as the Titans extended their home win…

By ANDREW DAMPF and DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — The first event of the Alpine skiing schedule at the Beijing Olympics has been…

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Barnes had 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings held on and…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bobby Portis Jr. had a season-high 30 points, including six 3-pointers, and the…

By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Chet Holmgren had 20 points, 17 rebounds, six assists and five blocks to lead No. 2 Gonzaga to a…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Ezekiel Alley had a season-high 26 points as Portland State topped Sacramento State 73-65. Marlon Ruffin had 13 points for…

MORAGA, Calif. — Alex Ducas tied his career high with a season-high 25 points as Saint Mary’s extended its win streak to seven games, defeating…

By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Foreign visitors at the Beijing Olympics are strictly segregated from the public under China’s…

BEIJING (AP) — China may not have a strong winter sports tradition, but skating is one of the areas where its athletes have excelled. So Saturday…

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Ben Sheppard had a career-high 41 points — including a tying 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds left in regulation — as Belmont…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Will Richardson made five 3-pointers and finished with 25 points and Oregon held off Utah for an 80-77 victory. Utah used a…

DAVIS, Calif. — Ezra Manjon had 20 points as UC Davis edged past Hawaii 68-65. Kamaka Hepa led the Rainbow Warriors with 16 points and nine…