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In this June 23, 2019, photo, a security officer uses a flashlight to check on the Olympic Rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Overwhelmed by unprecedented demand, Tokyo Olympic organizers said Thursday they would run another ticket lottery next month for residents of Japan to view the games. Millions of Japanese were let down last month when they came away empty-handed without tickets for next year's Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Got a Tokyo Olympics ticket? Unrivaled demand causes turmoil

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach from Germany, left, speaks with Australian IOC member John Coates, right, during the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

IOC to change process of Olympic bid races, host elections

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this June 19, 2019, photo, photo, Tokyo residents Yuuma Sakai, foreground, takes photos of his wife, Hiroyo, with the Olympic rings set up near New National Stadium in Tokyo. Millions were going to be disappointed starting Thursday when applicants in a ticket lottery, for Japan residents, only, began learning if they landed tickets. The same will be true for residents outside Japan who could experience a similar dejection: too much demand and too few tickets. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tokyo Olympic tickets: Be prepared to be disappointed

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Miraitowa, a mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, is displayed at an Olympic Corner Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Tokyo. Earlier, Tokyo Olympic organizers announced their gold, silver, and bronze medals would be made of discarded electronic devises. Now, they are going a step further. The podiums that athletes will mount to receive their medals next year in Tokyo will be made primarily of recycled household plastics.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Step up: Tokyo Olympics podiums made of discarded plastic

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Denver measure requires voter consent for any Olympics bid

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, Paris Saint-Germain soccer club President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, arrives to speak to the media during a press conference at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. A French judicial official says Al-Khelaifi has been placed under investigation for suspected corruption. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Soccer club president latest tie to French corruption probe

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2017, file photo, Debbie Antonelli, a women's college basketball analyst for ESPN, listens before a women's NCAA college basketball game between Duke and Notre Dame in Conway, S.C. Antonelli wanted to do something to help raise money and awareness for South Carolina Special Olympics. So about a year ago she came up with the concept of ’24 Hours of Nothing But Net”. She vowed to make 2,400 free throws for 24 straight hours. She did just that over the weekend, making 2,400 of 2,553 free throws, hitting at 94% accuracy, at the Mount Pleasant Town Hall gym. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

Analyst Deb Antonelli raises over $80K for Special Olympics

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump targets Pell Grant money for NASA’s budget boost

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Coach accused of raping Special Olympian, threatening him

Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Sports Director Koji Murofushi speaks during a press conference to unveil detailed Olympic competition schedule in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. For fans, athletes, and volunteers in Japan, next year’s Olympics in Tokyo could become known as the get-up-early games.Organizers announced Tuesday that - hoping to beat summer heat in the Japanese capital - the men’s 50-meter race walk final will begin at 5:30 a.m. The men’s and women’s marathon final will start at 6 a.m. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Fans, athletes, volunteers will be up early at Tokyo Games

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1998, file photo, Associated Press sports writer Rob Gloster works in the press box at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Gloster, a longtime AP Sports Writer who covered Olympics, tennis Grand Slams and other assignments across the globe while working in a variety of bureaus, has died only two days after covering his final game for The Associated Press between the Tampa Bay Rays and San Francisco Giants. Gloster's wife, Sharon, said he died Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in a Bay Area hospital from complications of pancreatic cancer. (AP Photo/File)

Longtime AP Sports Writer Rob Gloster has died at 62

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

NY state reverses funding cut to Special Olympics

Associated Press

Last week, President Trump made waves by disavowing the cuts to the Special Olympics, but the cuts had been in his plans for years. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump flip-flops on 2 budget items baffle, vex experts

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Trump is traveling to Michigan to speak at a rally before spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump says Special Olympics funding to be restored, not cut

By COLLIN BINKLEY and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Budget restoral praised by head of state’s Special Olympics

Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Trump is traveling to Michigan to speak at a rally before spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump backs off proposal to cut Special Olympics funds

By COLLIN BINKLEY and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Trump is traveling to Michigan to speak at a rally before spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump says Special Olympics will be funded after all

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Trump talks to reporters before leaving on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019, for the short trip to Andrews Air Fore Base in Maryland. Trump is traveling to Michigan to speak at a rally before spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump backs off Special Olympics funding cut

Associated Press

State schools chief pans plan to cut Special Olympics funds

Associated Press

In this July 25, 2016, file photo, Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Joseph Kennedy III: Special Olympics budget cuts are ‘cruel’ and ‘misguided’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times