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Donna Vekic of Croatia serves to Paula Badosa of Spain during their fourth round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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JULY 11, 2024

Olympics Paris 2024 Hurdles for Ukraine
Hurdler Anna Ryzhykova trains at the sports center in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Her competitions are no longer strictly an individual battle, but war on a different front. Her goal is not just gold, but also to rivet global attention on her country’s fight for survival against Russia. “You’re not doing it for yourself anymore,” she says. “Winning a medal just for yourself, being a champion, realizing your ambitions — it’s inappropriate.” (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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At the Paris Olympics, it will no longer be personal for Ukraine’s athletes. This time, it’s war

JULY 9, 2024

Post Pandemic Olympics
FILE - Jagger Eaton, of the United States, competes in men's street Skateboarding during the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, July 25, 2021. At the last two Olympics – one summer, one winter -- that crowd did not exist due to the COVID pandemic. “I had a lot of athletes tell me that Tokyo was one of their worst Games,” said American skateboarder Jagger Eaton, who made his Olympic debut in 2021 and will return this year. “And I was like, ‘I love it here.’ I didn’t know any better.” (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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Post-pandemic Paris Olympics signal a return to ‘normal’ for athletes and fans

JULY 3, 2024

Weekly Global Sports Photo Gallery
Fans of Uruguay arrive at the stadium before a Copa America Group C soccer match between Uruguay and Bolivia in East Rutherford, N.J., Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

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Sports Week in Pictures

JULY 2, 2024

Devout Athletes
Beatie Deutsch, an Orthodox Jewish runner, trains in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. "I'd love governing bodies of sports to do more to accommodate religion," said the 34-year-old mother of five. She qualified to represent Israel in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but didn't compete because the women's marathon was scheduled for a Saturday, when she observes shabbat. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Devout athletes find strength in their faith. But practicing it and elite sports can pose hurdles

JULY 2, 2024

US Track Trials
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone bites down on her gold medal after winning the women's 400-meter hurdles final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Richardson, McLaughlin and Lyles set to lead the Americans to a big medal haul at Olympic track

JULY 1, 2024

Weekly Global Sports Photo Gallery
France's Kylian Mbappe adjusts his face mask during a training session in Leipzig, Germany, Thursday, June 20, 2024. France will play against Netherland during their Group D soccer match at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament on June 21. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Sports Week in Pictures

JUNE 26, 2024

Guardians Blue Jays Baseball
A Pride flag is unveiled before the Toronto Blue Jays played the Cleveland Guardians in a baseball game Friday, June 14, 2024, in Toronto. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

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The Texas Rangers are frustrating LGBTQ+ advocates as the only MLB team without a Pride Night

JUNE 24, 2024

Mexico Indigenous Runners
Rarámuri runner Teresa Sánchez is accompanied by residents as she competes in the Arihueta race in Cuiteco, Mexico, Saturday, May 11, 2024. “I always run in sandals,” Sánchez said. “I wear them every day and they last up to 2 or 3 years. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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Through connection to their land, Tarahumara runners are among Mexico’s most beloved champions

JUNE 17, 2024

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Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates after her their third round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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MAY 31, 2024

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FILE - Argentina's soccer star Diego Maradona, left, and West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher are holding their World Cup Soccer Ball awards while posing with two young soccer players during the Soccer Golden Shoe Award ceremony held in Paris, France, on Nov. 13, 1986. Diego Maradona's heirs filed a lawsuit to try to stop the auction of a trophy he was awarded after the 1986 World Cup won by Argentina. (AP Photo/Michael Lipchitz, File)

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Petrequin and Turnbull team up for scoop on Maradona’s trophy

MAY 24, 2024

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LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels poses with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being chosen by the Washington Commanders with the second overall pick during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Detroit. AP PHOTO / JEFF ROBERSON

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