Valieva disqualified over Olympic doping case
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager's doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games, clearing the way for the United States to get the gold medal in the team event.
The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the Olympic title. The American skaters are expected to soon be named Olympic champions after finishing second in Beijing.
The International Olympic Committee decided against having a trophy ceremony in Beijing, where the then-15-year-old Valieva was the star performer hours before her positive test for a banned heart medicine was revealed.
The case provoked legal chaos at the Beijing Olympics
because Valieva's sample, taken six weeks earlier at the Russian championships, was not notified as a positive test until Feb. 7, 2022, by a laboratory in Sweden which had staffing issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
College basketball
UCONN, PURDUE STAY ATOP AP TOP 25 >> The top five of the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll remained unchanged with defending national champ UConn still ahead of mighty Purdue, streaking North Carolina, defensive-minded Houston and Tennessee.
There was plenty of chaos in the rest of the poll, where 10 teams moved at least five positions one way or another.
The Huskies were still the clear No. 1, picking up four more first-place votes after a 99-56 rout of Xavier for their eighth straight win. They topped the poll on 48 of 63 ballots from the national panel of media, while the Boilermakers received 14 votes for No. 1 and the Cougars picked up the remaining one.
SOUTH CAROLINA KEEPS GRIP ON NO. 1 IN AP WOMEN'S POLL >> South Carolina remained the clear No. 1 team in the country and No. 2 Kansas State matched its best ranking ever after a chaotic week that saw nearly half of the AP Top 25 lose at least one game.
The Gamecocks received all 35 first-place votes Monday in the latest Associated
Press women's basketball poll after their 76-70 road victory over then-No. 9 LSU.
Iowa moved back up to third as Caitlin Clark moved closer to the all-time scoring record in women's college basketball. Stanford and North Carolina State followed Iowa in the poll.
NBA LAKERS' RUSSELL FINED $15K FOR KICKING GAME BALL INTO STANDS >>
Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell has been fined $15,000 for kicking the ball into the stands following a victory against Golden State, NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars said Monday.
Russell booted a desperate heave by Steph Curry that came up well short after LeBron James' two free throws with 1.2 seconds left capped a frantic finish to the second overtime in a 145-144 Lakers victory at Chase Center on Saturday. Curry's 3-pointer with 4.7 seconds left had put Golden State ahead.
James and Curry both had big games with James finishing with 36 points, a career-high 20 rebounds and 12 assists and Curry scoring 46 points and hitting a season-high nine 3s.
NFL CHIEFS' REID: TONEY'S INJURY `NOT MADE UP BY ANY MEANS' >>
Chiefs coach Andy Reid denied providing inaccurate injury information about Kadarius Toney after the wide receiver went on an expletive-laden social media rant in which he appeared to accuse the team of lying about his health.
Toney was ruled out of Sunday's AFC championship win in Baltimore because of his hip and personal reasons following the birth of his daughter. But in an Instagram Live post, the 25-year-old Toney insisted amid a stream of expletives that, “I'm not hurt.”