Tag: Summer Olympic games
Brazil calls striker Richarlison into Olympic soccer team
RIO DE JANEIRO — Defending champion Brazil named striker Richarlison to its Olympic soccer team on Friday. The 24-year-old is currently playing at Copa...
Semenya misses Tokyo, may be forced out of Olympics for good
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — This could be it for Caster Semenya and the Olympics.
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Let’s hoop! 3×3 basketball is Olympic version of pickup game
The latest stop on the perennial search for the younger, attention-span-challenged audience for the Olympics might look familiar — the blacktop, and 3-on-3 basketball.
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Early losses haven’t been detrimental in Olympic volleyball
If the past two Olympics have proven anything when it comes to indoor volleyball it's the fact that slow starts are far from detrimental.
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Olympic qualifying tournaments move into title rounds
Mike Tobey was born in New York, went to high school in New Jersey, played college ball for Virginia, began his pro career in...
Britain, Netherlands aim for more cycling gold in Tokyo
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Britain won six gold medals and 12 overall at the 2016 Games, thanks mostly to its dominance in the velodrome. Jason...
Sailing stars aim for repeat gold medals in Tokyo Olympics
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: At age 54, cancer survivor Santiago Lange of Argentina became the oldest medalist at the Rio Games when he and crew...
Fencing returns with old rivalries and more medals than ever
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Russia's Yana Egorian won the women's sabre, denying longtime rivals Sofya Velikaya and Olha Kharlan an individual Olympic gold medal to...
US men seeking 4th consecutive Olympic basketball gold
Kobe Bryant, a few months before he died, made an appearance at the Basketball World Cup in China and was asked about the future...
Japanese judokas take center stage at Budokan in Olympics
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Japan topped the medal table again with three golds and 12 total, reasserting itself as the sport's dominant team behind fearsome...