Tag: Women’s sports
Canadian boxer Bujold wins appeal to compete at Tokyo Games
TORONTO — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold looks forward to the day when she can tell her daughter that she got in the Olympic ring...
Semenya fails to reach Olympic qualifying time for 5,000
LIEGE, Belgium — Caster Semenya failed in her bid to achieve the qualifying time for the 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics during a...
Coco Gauff, 17, Jennifer Brady lead US Olympic tennis team
WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff and Jennifer Brady will lead a U.S. Olympic tennis team that will go to the Tokyo Games without any...
Williams hits go-ahead shot, Atlanta beats New York 73-69
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Courtney Williams scored 18 points, including a go-ahead basket with 58.2 seconds left, and the Atlanta Dream beat the New...
AP Sportlight
July 1
1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first...
Women’s Champions League to stream free in much of world
NYON, Switzerland — European women's soccer will gain new exposure when all Women's Champions League games from the group stage are broadcast live on...
Hungarian fencer Aida Mohamed to compete in her 7th Olympics
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian fencer Aida Mohamed is about to join a very small group of women by competing in her seventh Olympics.
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AP Sportlight
June 30
1916 — Amateur Chick Evans Jr. wins the U.S....
Americans on many teams as softball returns to Olympics
Ken Eriksen predicts tight competition in softball as the sport returns to the Olympics.
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Venus, 41, rises to 90th Wimbledon win in 90th career major
WIMBLEDON, England — Venus Williams accumulated 10 aces Tuesday by smacking serves at up to 114 mph — not quite like the old days,...