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FILE - Carey Mulligan arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Actor Carey Mulligan and author Kazuo Ishiguro on UK's New Year Honors list

Read full article: Actor Carey Mulligan and author Kazuo Ishiguro on UK's New Year Honors list

Actors Carey Mulligan and Stephen Fry and author Kazuo Ishiguro have been awarded New Year Honors that celebrate artists, athletes, politicians and others who make notable contributions to British society.

FILE - Xander Schauffele is congratulated by his caddie Austin Kaiser after an eagle on the 15th hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament on Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Tales from the tour in a year filled with medals and tears and a few digs

Read full article: Tales from the tour in a year filled with medals and tears and a few digs

The one week of the year where golf tours around the world go silent is always a good time to reflect on some of the tales from the tours.

FILE - Iowa guard Caitlin Clark makes a heart gesture after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. Clark broke the NCAA women's career scoring record. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)

Caitlin Clark honored as AP Female Athlete of the Year following her impact on women's sports

Read full article: Caitlin Clark honored as AP Female Athlete of the Year following her impact on women's sports

Caitlin Clark has been named the AP Female Athlete of the Year after raising the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both college and the WNBA.

FILE - International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Looking at campaign documents for 7 IOC members running to be president of the Olympic body

Read full article: Looking at campaign documents for 7 IOC members running to be president of the Olympic body

Seven International Olympic Committee members are running as candidates to be the next president in its first election since 2013.

FILE - Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin, File)

'Raygun: The Musical' won't use the name of the notorious Australian breaker

Read full article: 'Raygun: The Musical' won't use the name of the notorious Australian breaker

Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has tried to be a good sport about the jokes and criticism that poured in from around the globe after her controversial performance at the Paris Olympics.

Former UConn players Sue Bird, left, and Diana Taurasi, share a laugh during a pregame ceremony honoring Geno Auriemma and longtime assistant Chris Dailey, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Doc Rivers, Mark Few among candidates for Basketball Hall of Fame class

Read full article: Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Doc Rivers, Mark Few among candidates for Basketball Hall of Fame class

Carmelo Anthony may go into the Basketball Hall of Fame twice next year.

FILE - United States forward Trinity Rodman plays in the first half of an international friendly soccer match against Costa Rica, in Washington, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

US women's team star Trinity Rodman says her relationship with father Dennis Rodman is strained

Read full article: US women's team star Trinity Rodman says her relationship with father Dennis Rodman is strained

U.S. women’s soccer team forward Trinity Rodman has opened up about her strained relationship with father Dennis Rodman, saying he is largely absent from her life.

FILE _ United States' Becky Sauerbrunn, right, kisses the trophy as Lauren Holiday, left, and Kelley O'Hara, right, look on after the U.S. beat Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

US defender Becky Sauerbrunn retires from professional soccer after a 16-year international career

Read full article: US defender Becky Sauerbrunn retires from professional soccer after a 16-year international career

Becky Sauerbrunn, a former captain of the U.S. women’s team who played in three Olympics and three Women’s World Cups, announced her retirement Tuesday from professional soccer after a 16-year international career.

Emily Sweeney of the United States waves after the women's sprint race at the Luge World Cup in Igls near Innsbruck, Austria, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter Games

Read full article: Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter Games

Lake Placid would play host to bobsled, luge and skeleton events for the 2026 Olympics if a track currently being rebuilt in Italy isn’t finished in time for the Milan-Cortina Games, officials said Wednesday.

Scottie Scheffler, left, of the United States, and Tiger Woods, right, pose with the championship trophy after the final round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club in New Providence, Bahamas, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Scottie Scheffler in a landslide to win PGA Tour player of the year for third straight time

Read full article: Scottie Scheffler in a landslide to win PGA Tour player of the year for third straight time

Scottie Scheffler is the PGA Tour player of the year in a vote that had about as much drama as some of his victories.

Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, watches his putt on the third green during the first round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Scottie Scheffler has new putting grip and trails Cameron Young by 3 in Bahamas

Read full article: Scottie Scheffler has new putting grip and trails Cameron Young by 3 in Bahamas

Scottie Scheffler has a new putting grip, and it helped him shoot a 5-under 67 in the first round of the Hero World Challenge.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Olympics leader Bach talks up working with President-elect Trump toward 2028 Los Angeles Games

Read full article: Olympics leader Bach talks up working with President-elect Trump toward 2028 Los Angeles Games

IOC president Thomas Bach says Olympic leaders are “very confident and relaxed” about working with the incoming Trump administration ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games.

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United States' Alyssa Thompson jumps over England's Lucy Bronze during the International friendly women soccer match between England and United States at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

US and England women draw 0-0 in Emma Hayes' homecoming

Read full article: US and England women draw 0-0 in Emma Hayes' homecoming

Emma Hayes witnessed a dominant display from her players at a packed Wembley stadium, but the U.S. coach could not taste victory on her return to England.

Las Vegas Aces guard and former Washington player Kelsey Plum, front right, is recognized on the field during a timeout during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Washington and Southern California, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Las Vegas guard Kelsey Plum says she won't play in new Unrivaled, 3-on-3 women's league

Read full article: Las Vegas guard Kelsey Plum says she won't play in new Unrivaled, 3-on-3 women's league

Las Vegas Aces standout Kelsey Plum says she won't play in the new, Unrivaled 3-on-3 women's league starting in January.

FILE - Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes on the ball as she plays against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia during their women's bronze medal match, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Why did Iga Swiatek get a one-month doping ban? What did she test positive for?

Read full article: Why did Iga Swiatek get a one-month doping ban? What did she test positive for?

Iga Swiatek is the second high-profile tennis player to test positive for a banned substance this year.

FILE - Switzerland's Stefanie Wetli (18) and Canada's Sarah Fillier (10) battle for the puck during a women's semifinal hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

PWHL New York Sirens' trajectory points up with addition of rookie star Sarah Fillier and new home

Read full article: PWHL New York Sirens' trajectory points up with addition of rookie star Sarah Fillier and new home

The New York Sirens enter their second PWHL season featuring a new star in Sarah Fillier, a new coach in Greg Fargo and have finally landed a permanent home at New Jersey's Prudential Center.

FILE - Gold medallist Russia's Evgeny Ustyugov, center, jubilates with silver medallist Martin Fourcade of France, left, and bronze medallist Slovakia's Pavol Hurajt during the flower ceremony after winning the men's 15 km biathlon mass start at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Ruling in doping case set to give biathlon star Fourcade a gold 15 years after Vancouver Olympics

Read full article: Ruling in doping case set to give biathlon star Fourcade a gold 15 years after Vancouver Olympics

A ruling by sport's highest court in a Russian doping case is set to give French biathlon star Martin Fourcade another gold medal almost 15 years after the Vancouver Olympics.

FILE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, right, and Britain's Andy Murray pose for a picture at the net prior to their match in the final of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, June 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Andy Murray will coach Novak Djokovic through the Australian Open

Read full article: Andy Murray will coach Novak Djokovic through the Australian Open

Recently retired Andy Murray will team up with Novak Djokovic, working with him as a coach through the Australian Open in January.

FILE - Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green (4) and head coach Stephen Silas shake hands after a score and a foul by Green against the New York Knicks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

Stephen Silas coaching USA Basketball in AmeriCup qualifying games this weekend

Read full article: Stephen Silas coaching USA Basketball in AmeriCup qualifying games this weekend

Stephen Silas has plenty of reasons why he wanted to coach for USA Basketball in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA AmeriCup tournament.

This combination of photos shows Simone Biles at the premiere of the Netflix documentary series "Simone Biles Rising: Part 2" in Los Angeles on Oct. 23, 2024, left, and Snoop Dogg appears before an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints in Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo)

Simone Biles to join Snoop Dogg as a guest mentor for an episode on NBC's 'The Voice'

Read full article: Simone Biles to join Snoop Dogg as a guest mentor for an episode on NBC's 'The Voice'
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

World swim body eases rules on approved Russians competing in relays and some team events

Read full article: World swim body eases rules on approved Russians competing in relays and some team events

The World Aquatics governing body of swimming has eased rules that now allow approved athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in team events at international meetings.

FILE - Bela Karolyi, right, congratulates Dominique Moceanu, left, after the United States captured the gold medal in the women's team gymnastics competition at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, July 23, 1996. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

Bela Karolyi, coach of Olympic champion gymnasts who was criticized after Nassar scandal, dies at 82

Read full article: Bela Karolyi, coach of Olympic champion gymnasts who was criticized after Nassar scandal, dies at 82

Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died.

The winner United States' Mikaela Shiffrin makes friends with a baby reindeer as she waits for Santa on podium after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Levi, Finland, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

US skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins 1st World Cup slalom of season for her 98th career victory

Read full article: US skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins 1st World Cup slalom of season for her 98th career victory

American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated the first women’s World Cup slalom of the season for her record-extending 98th career win.

FILE - Lindsey Vonn of the United States, reacts in the finish area after completing the Women's downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)

Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

Read full article: Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

Lindsey Vonn says she is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team in an attempt to race again at age 40.

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) drives against Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Kevin Durant out at least 2 weeks with left calf strain, putting damper on Suns' hot start

Read full article: Kevin Durant out at least 2 weeks with left calf strain, putting damper on Suns' hot start

Kevin Durant is out for at least two weeks with a left calf strain, putting a damper on a hot start to the season for the Phoenix Suns.

Coco Gauff of the U.S. holds her trophy after winning against China's Qinwen Zheng in their women's singles final match of the WTA finals at the King Saud University Indoor Arena, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo)

Coco Gauff wins WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Zheng Qinwen

Read full article: Coco Gauff wins WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Zheng Qinwen

Coco Gauff has won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final in Riyadh.

Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her women's singles semi final match against Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka at King Saud University Indoor Arena, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo)

Gauff upsets Sabalenka and sets up showdown with Zheng for WTA Finals title

Read full article: Gauff upsets Sabalenka and sets up showdown with Zheng for WTA Finals title

Coco Gauff has defeated top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 7-6, 6-3 Friday and set up a showdown with Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen in the final on Saturday of the WTA Finals in Riyadh.

A bell is seen before its installation in Notre-Dame cathedral, ahead of the monument's grandiose reopening following a massive fire and five-year reconstruction effort, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Notre Dame marks arrival of Paris Olympics’ iconic trackside bell as cathedral reopening nears

Read full article: Notre Dame marks arrival of Paris Olympics’ iconic trackside bell as cathedral reopening nears

Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with fresh chimes.

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid looks over the court after an NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Embiid verbally confronts, then shoves, Philadelphia reporter. NBA is investigating

Read full article: Embiid verbally confronts, then shoves, Philadelphia reporter. NBA is investigating

A visibly angry Joel Embiid shouted at and eventually shoved a Philadelphia newspaper columnist in a locker room altercation after the struggling 76ers lost to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid watches from the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Embiid out on Saturday but 76ers' All-Star center moves closer to return from knee injury

Read full article: Embiid out on Saturday but 76ers' All-Star center moves closer to return from knee injury

Joel Embiid and Paul George will each miss a fifth straight game with left knee injuries when the Philadelphia 76ers host Memphis on Saturday night.

FILE - Nina Dobrev, left, and Shaun White arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 10, 2024, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Shaun White and Nina Dobrev are engaged. He faked a dinner invite with Anna Wintour to propose

Read full article: Shaun White and Nina Dobrev are engaged. He faked a dinner invite with Anna Wintour to propose

Skateboarder and three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White is engaged to “The Vampire Diaries” star Nina Dobrev.

China's Zheng Qinwen, right, and Sofia Kenin of the United States pose with their trophies after winning the first and second place respectively in the Pan Pacific Open women's tennis tournament at Ariake Coliseum, in Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Zheng Qinwen defeats wild card Sofia Kenin to win in Tokyo and clinch WTA Finals berth

Read full article: Zheng Qinwen defeats wild card Sofia Kenin to win in Tokyo and clinch WTA Finals berth

Top-seeded Zheng Qinwen of China claimed the Toray Pan Pacific Open title with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over American wild card Sofia Kenin on Sunday.

FILE - Canada's Brandie Wilkerson returns thea ball in the women's beach volleyball gold medal match between Brazil and Canada, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

The AVP beach volleyball tour now has team play. But will it be a (Dallas) Dream or (Miami) Mayhem?

Read full article: The AVP beach volleyball tour now has team play. But will it be a (Dallas) Dream or (Miami) Mayhem?

A new league format on the U.S. beach volleyball tour is bringing a team concept to what has always been a two-person sport.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) reacts to a score against the Orlando Magic during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Victor Wembanyama lived up to all the hype as an NBA rookie. In Year 2, the Spurs star wants more

Read full article: Victor Wembanyama lived up to all the hype as an NBA rookie. In Year 2, the Spurs star wants more

Here are some of the awards that Victor Wembanyama received over the last 12 months: the NBA rookie of the year trophy, a spot on the All-Rookie team, a first-team All-Defense selection, three rookie of the month awards and most recently an Olympic silver medal.