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Midshipmen and cadets participate in the long-standing tradition, the “Prisoner Exchange,” in which cadets and midshipmen who have spent the previous semester at the opposite academy meet at midfield and “returned” to their respective academies during the Army-Navy football game held at the MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J., on Dec. 11, 2021. The game marked the 122nd meeting between the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen and the U.S. Army Black Knights.

Army-Navy games to be played at five Northeast sites the next five seasons

Army-Navy football games will tour the Northeast over the next five years.

After 23 years at the helm of the Yokota Panthers, Tim Pujol is stepping down as coach.

Pujol says he’s coached his last game at Yokota

In his 23 years at Yokota’s helm, he went 149-54, a .734 winning percentage, with 15 DODEA-Japan league titles and two Far East Division I crowns.

Osan American senior right-hander Anne Mountcastle was named the school's female Athlete of the Year.

Pacific Athletes of the Year say staying motivated was tough due to COVID

Twelve high schools schools in DODEA-Pacific select one boy and one girl as school’s top athlete for school year 2021-22.

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Anita Alvarez of United States is taken from the pool after collapsing during the solo free final of the artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi)

US coach makes dramatic rescue of artistic swimmer at worlds

U.S. swim coach knew something was wrong when she saw artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez sink motionless to the bottom of the pool during a solo free routine on Wednesday.

FILE - Libby Gonzales stands with her father, Frank Gonzales, as she joins other members of the transgender community during a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The group is opposing a "bathroom bill" that would require people to use public bathrooms and restrooms that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Title IX's next battle: The rights of transgender athletes

As of May, 19 states had passed laws banning or restricting transgender participation in sports.

The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla.

Seventh member of Haiti’s Special Olympics delegation goes missing

A seventh member has gone missing from Haiti’s delegation to a Special Olympics event recently staged in the Orlando area.

Jason Cosio tees off with Tokyo's western suburbs in the distance during Sunday's Day 2 play in the All-Japan Interservice Golf Tournament at Tama Hills Golf Club. Cosio won the tournament's Seventh Flight.

Delisi wins Captain’s Flight in All-Japan Interservice golf

A civilian assigned to US Forces Japan at Yokota Air Base captured the Captain’s Flight.

Andrii Maleev in Ruska Lozova, a village liberated by the Kraken Regiment. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Wojciech Grzedzinski.

US sanctions threaten empire of Russian steel mogul Mordashov

US sanctions on Alexey Mordashov have put the steel magnate’s empire in peril, underlining how the war in Ukraine is upending the businesses of some of Russia’s wealthiest billionaires.

Former Navy linebacker Diego Fagot, seen in this undated Navy Football photo, is among four Naval Academy athletes who have received permission from the Department of Defense to pursue professional sports, the academy announced Sunday. Fagot was offered a contract as an undrafted free agent by the Ravens following the 2022 NFL draft in April 2022.

Linebacker Diego Fagot among 4 Naval Academy athletes who receive permission to pursue professional sports

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III issued the approval Saturday in accordance with Directive-Type Memorandum 19-011. That policy allows service academy graduates to pursue employment in professional sports immediately following graduation.