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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African judge on Friday dismissed an appeal by prosecutors for a harsher sentence against Oscar Pistorius who was found guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend in 2013. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the state's appeal to extend the six-year sentence against the 29-year-old double amputee Olympic sprinter had a limited prospect of success.

Brazilian police charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte on Thursday with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is preparing for a strenuous workout with the next Summer Olympics headed her way.

Swimmer Katie Ledecky threw out the ceremonial first pitch Wednesday night before the Washington Nationals hosted the Baltimore Orioles.

Olympics medal winner Simone Biles has returned to the Houston area and residents are showing their support in a multitude of ways.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With the Olympics behind it, the WNBA is ready to restart its season after a month-long break. There should be quite the sprint to the finish over the league's final weeks. "Very excited to get the back end of the season going," WNBA President Lisa Borders said. "You think about the format changes, top eight teams make the playoffs, doesn't...

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer says he contemplated scenarios in which he would play in the Olympics and skip the U.S. Open, and vice versa. In the end, his balky left knee wouldn't allow him to do either. The 17-time major champion was in Manhattan on Wednesday to talk about playing tennis next year at the new Laver Cup team event. But for the first time since 1999, he's not...

Officials in Brazil indicted two U.S. Olympic athletes Thursday.  Swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen were indicted for falsely reporting a crime.

A former Baylor quarterback takes over as head coach of a young Cedar Ridge program that's already a perennial playoff squad.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Shaking to samba and expressing a sense of longing with uniquely Brazilian words, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash that was both revelatory and a sigh of relief.