Olympics

Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche at 40

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PARIS — Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder from France, has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40. ...

Pulisic confident at Chelsea, hopes for Olympic appearance

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Christian Pulisic is confident of regaining a regular role with Chelsea and would like to play for the U.S. at the Olympics while realizing...

Russian minister forced to leave world college sports role

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia’s sports minister stepped aside Tuesday from leading the world governing body for university sports in order to comply with punishments...

Japan spends billions on technology for absent Olympic fans

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TOKYO — Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software...

Volunteers from abroad ruled out for Tokyo Olympics

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<p>TOKYO &mdash; Volunteers from abroad will not be allowed into Japan for the postponed Tokyo Olympics, organizers said Monday.</p> ...

Del Potro to have knee surgery, hopes to play in Tokyo

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<p>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina &mdash; Former U.S Open champion Juan Martín del Potro will undergo another operation on his right knee this week, but said...

US scores late, beats Dominican 4-0 in Olympic qualifying

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Jackson Yueill redirected Sebastian Salcedo’s cross for the go-ahead goal in the 60th minute, second-half substitute Hassani Dotson added a pair of goals and...

Volunteers from abroad ruled out for Tokyo Olympics

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TOKYO — Volunteers from abroad will not be allowed into Japan for the postponed Tokyo Olympics, organizers said Monday. ...

Del Potro to have knee surgery, hopes to play in Tokyo

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former U.S Open champion Juan Martín del Potro will undergo another operation on his right knee this week, but said...

EXPLAINER: Tokyo Olympics march on without fans from abroad

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TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics and the International Olympic Committee have banned fans from abroad with the games opening in four months. It's part...