Sports

First openly transgender Olympians are competing in Tokyo

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer
    TOKYO (AP) — For Quinn, a midfielder for the Canadian women's soccer team, the opening match of the Tokyo Games carried more emotional weight than their previous Olympic appearances.

Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon's en route

By JENNA FRYER AP Sports Writer
    TOKYO (AP) — First, the sun. Now: the wind and the rain.

With muted ceremony and empty stadium, Tokyo Olympics begin

By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press

Olympics, pandemic and politics: There's no separating them

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer

Sweden stuns US 3-0 in women's soccer at Olympics

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer
    TOKYO (AP) — Sweden didn't have to bunker down on defense against the Americans this time.

Peyton Manning teams up with brother, ESPN for MNF MegaCast

ESPN has finally landed Peyton Manning as a "Monday Night Football" commentator. It's just not in a way anyone expected, and it won't be for the full season.

An unacknowledged hero-John Myers

Growing, up my grandfather was my hero. I wanted to be just like him. He farmed, he played ball, he never missed church on Sunday and I never ever saw him lose his cool. The opportunity to do anything sports related with him was the highlight of the week for young Dane.

Italy erupts as Europe's soccer champions come home to Rome

KARL RITTER Associated Press

Police investigate racist abuse of three England players

By FRANK GRIFFITHS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press
    LONDON (AP) — British police opened investigations Monday into the racist abuse of three Black players who failed to score penalties in England's shootout loss to Italy in the European Championship final.

Richardson will miss Olympic 100 after marijuana test

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers
    American champion Sha'Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.