STEPHEN WADE

Sports writer, reporter

Wade has written about sports and the politics of sports around the globe for The Associated Press. He has covered nine Olympics and five soccer World Cups and has been based for AP in: Madrid, London, Beijing, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Rio de Janeiro, before moving to Tokyo.

Top Olympic sponsor Panasonic is ending its contract with the IOC

Olympic sponsor Panasonic is terminating its contract with the IOC at the end of the year. Panasonic is one of 15 companies that are so-called TOP sponsors for the International Olympic Committee.

Chinese soccer appears to be getting worse despite President Xi’s pledge to make it better

Japan defeated China’s men’s national team 7-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Saitama, Japan, a brutal loss that came against one of China’s biggest sporting and geopolitcal rivals in Asia.

Japanese star Roki Sasaki pitches seven strong innings as his future in MLB comes into focus.

Despite arm issues earlier in the year and a slight drop in velocity and strikeouts this season, Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki showed he’s ready to follow Japanese stars like Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to Major League Baseball.

Team with Korean roots wins famous Japanese high school baseball tournament

A team with ties to the ethnic Korean community for the first time has won Japan’s famous summer high school baseball tournament, known as the “Koshien.”

China is 7 for 7 in diving gold at the Paris Olympics and seeks an unprecedented sweep of all eight

China is 7 for 7 in diving golds at the Paris Olympics. Just one to go for an unprecedented sweep of all eight diving golds in the Games.

China wins 6th diving event at Paris Olympics but there are tears in chase to sweep all 8 gold

China has won its sixth gold medal in diving at the Paris Olympics as it stays on track for an unprecedented sweep of all eight.

US wins first Olympic artistic swimming medal in 20 years as China takes gold

China took the gold Wednesday night in the team event of artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics with silver for the United States and bronze for Spain.

Quan Hongchan of China opens with perfect 10, then wins gold on the 10-meter platform

Quan Hongchan of China not only won her second gold medal in diving at the Paris Olympics, she did it Tuesday with a perfect score of 10 on her first of five dives.

Sarah Sjöström sprints to second gold medal in Paris Olympics with dominant win in 50-freestyle

Sarah Sjöström of Sweden won the 50-meter freestyle in her fifth Olympics, a perfect complement to the 100 free she won earlier in the Paris Games.

Not even an Olympic gold medal can get Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák to break his silence

Not even an Olympic gold medal could get Kristóf Milák to speak. Despite his victory Saturday night in the 100-meter butterfly at the Paris Olympics, his silence after the race was expected.

Simone Manuel flops in the 50 free, fails to advance out of the heats in Olympic swimming

In another disappointment for the American swim team, Simone Manuel has been eliminated in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle.

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown sweeps both Olympic backstroke events in Paris to match her feat in Tokyo

Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown showed her dominance in the backstroke in the Paris Olympics. She won the 200-meter back, completing the sweep after winning the 100 earlier in the week.

American Katie Ledecky preparing to write more history in the pool at the Paris Olympics

Katie Ledecky advanced to the finals of the women’s 800-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics with a chance to make even more history.

Swimmer Tamara Potocka collapses after 200M IM race at the Olympics following an asthma attack

Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women’s 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics.

Another Bob Bowman-coached swimmer wins gold, this time Hungarian Hubert Kós

American coach Bob Bowman keeps cranking out Olympic gold-medal winners, swimmers trained in the United States but flying flags of other nations.

No rest for Léon Marchand: Hours after winning 2 golds, French swimming star was back in the pool

Hours after winning a pair of gold medals, French star Léon Marchand was back in the pool in front of his adoring fans.

Pan Zhanle of China breaks own world record to win Olympic gold medal in men’s 100-meter freestyle

Pan Zhanle of China broke his own world record on the way to winning the men’s 100-meter freestyle, finishing in 46.40 seconds for his country’s first swimming gold medal of the Paris Olympics.

Daniel Wiffen of Ireland wins Olympic gold and also hopes to pick up some new YouTube followers

Daniel Wiffen won Ireland’s first Olympic gold medal in the pool in 28 years. That was thrilling enough, and he wiped away tears standing on the podium.

Another Chinese doping controversy pops up during Olympic swimming competition

Another Chinese doping allegation has flared up at the Paris Games, angering some swimmers who say officials need to enforce drug-testing rules consistently.

American swimmer Ryan Murphy finds out his child’s gender after winning a bronze

It’s a girl. That’s the surprise message that American swimmer Ryan Murphy got from his wife, Bridget Konttinen, on Monday night on the pool deck at the Paris Olympics.

Martinenghi races from the shadows in Paris Olympics to beat Peaty and Qin in the 100 breaststroke

Nicolo Martinenghi won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke at the Paris Olympics, thrilling Italian fans and canceling out several of the main story lines going into the race.

Australian women off to a dominant start in their Olympic swimming rivalry with the US

The Australian women are about the surest thing in swimming, and they showed it Saturday on the first night in the Paris Olympic pool.

One down, 7 to go: China wins first diving gold as it pursues unprecedented sweep of all 8 in Paris

China won its first gold medal in diving on the first full day of competition in the Paris Olympics, a perfect start for the team of Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen.

Tarzan at the Olympics: Johnny Weissmuller won 3 gold medals at the 1924 Paris Games

Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning multiple Olympic gold medals in swimming for the United States — there was Tarzan.

United States favored to top overall medal table at Paris Games. China may challenge for most gold

The Paris Olympics are set to open this week. The United States goes in as the favorite to win the most overall medals.

China tries to go for 8-for-8 sweep in diving gold at the Paris Olympics

Chinese divers are focused on winning all eight gold medals at the Paris Olympics. The Chinese have dominated the sport for decades but have never won every gold medal in diving in a single Olympics.

Want to follow swimming in Paris? Then get up to speed on WADA, doping, China and trimetazidine

The Paris Olympics open next month and the agency that oversees doping enforcement is under scrutiny following allegations it failed to pursue positive tests of Chinese swimmers who won medals — including three gold — at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Americans favored to top overall medal count in Paris Olympics. China will challenge for most gold

The United States is strongly favored to win the most overall medals when the Paris Olympics open in a month.

Looking for the Fountain of Youth? Try the gym and weight-resistance training

You’re getting up there in years. Maybe you haven’t thought about going to the gym and taking up weight-resistance training. Dr. Marcas Bamman thinks you should.

The Olympics are more than fun and games. They’re a billion-dollar business with political overtones

The Paris Olympics involve about 10,500 athletes representing about 200 countries or regions. But the Olympics are more than just fun and games.

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