Tears filled Andy Murray’s eyes as he walked alone onto the court for his final professional tennis match, ending his career after a loss in the Paris Olympics doubles quarterfinals on Thursday night. The 37-year-old…
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Novak Djokovic has expressed concern about his right knee at the Paris Olympics following his victory against Stefanos Tsitsipas
Novak Djokovic expressed concern about his surgically repaired right knee after experiencing pain during his 6-3, 7-6 (3) win against Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Paris Games on Thursday night. This victory earned Djokovic a spot…
Alise Willoughby gets American BMX racers off to a strong start at the Paris Olympics
BMX racers Alise Willoughby from the United States and Joris Daudet from France have a lot in common. They are both three-time world champions and have been at the top of their sport for years,…
Another swimmer trained by Bob Bowman wins gold, with Hungarian Hubert Kós taking the title this time
American coach Bob Bowman continues to produce Olympic gold-medal winners, training swimmers who represent various countries. French swimmer Léon Marchand, a hero at the Paris Olympics, has already secured three gold medals this week under…
U.S. women secure a spot in the quarterfinals and extend their Olympic winning streak to 57 games
The U.S. faced a tough challenge from Belgium, which only a few teams have posed during the Americans’ long Olympic winning streak. The crowd of about 25,000 Belgian fans got very excited when their team…
Sunisa Lee’s long journey back to the Olympics concluded with her in a familiar place: the medal stand
Sunisa Lee recently called coach Jess Graba to say she was done with gymnastics. Dealing with two kidney diseases had caused her weight to fluctuate and left her feeling uncertain and frustrated. Graba told her…
The defending women’s champion loses as the Olympic surfing competition restarts with challenging swells in Tahiti
Defending Olympic women’s surfing champion Clarissa Moore from the United States lost in the quarterfinals at the Paris Games on Thursday, as the competition resumed in Tahiti after a two-day delay due to poor conditions.…
Three-time Israeli swimming Olympian Murez is working on a project to improve the mental health of national teams
Israeli swimmer Andi Murez, who has just completed her third Olympics, won’t have the chance to explore Paris. Instead, she will head almost immediately to Minnesota to start her residency in psychiatry at the Mayo…
Rui Hachimura makes an early exit from the Olympics and has left Japan’s men’s basketball team due to a calf injury
The Paris Olympics have ended early for Japan’s Rui Hachimura. Japan’s basketball federation announced Friday morning that Hachimura will miss the game against Brazil because of a left calf injury. The team explained that Hachimura…
Unpredictable winds keep impacting the Olympic sailing medal races, with four races planned for Friday
Unpredictable winds continued to impact the first medal races for sailing at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Officials aimed to fit four races in between the calm and hot morning and the strong thunderstorm expected…
Mathieu van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel are among the top contenders for the Olympic road race this weekend
Remco Evenepoel and his Belgian teammates, along with most of the top riders in the road race at the Paris Olympics, rode slowly in a group earlier this week as they previewed the course for…
Brazil defeats Japan 102-84 with Bruno Caboclo scoring 33 points to keep their Olympic quarterfinals hopes alive
Bruno Caboclo scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds as Brazil defeated Japan 102-84 on Friday, keeping their hopes alive for the quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament. Vitor Benite contributed 19 points for…
China’s Zheng Qinwen and Croatia’s Donna Vekic will compete for the women’s singles gold medal
Either China or Croatia will win its first singles gold medal in Olympic tennis when Zheng Qinwen faces Donna Vekic in the women’s final at the Paris Games on Saturday. This will be the biggest…
Chiara Leone wins the women’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions shooting event, earning Switzerland’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics
Chiara Leone has won Switzerland’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics by taking first place in the women’s 50-meter rifle three positions shooting on Friday. Leone narrowly beat Sagen Maddalena of the United States…
Belarus’ Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya secures her country’s first Olympic medal in Paris with a silver in trampoline
Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya from Belarus won her country’s first medal at the Paris Olympics, taking silver in women’s trampoline on Saturday behind Britain’s Bryony Page. Bardzilouskaya’s score of 56.060 was just short of Page’s score of…
Solomon Islands distance runner Sharon Firisua transitions to sprints and finishes last in the 100 meters at the Olympics
Sharon Firisua from the Solomon Islands looked and acted like a sprinter as she prepared her starting blocks. But when the race began, she ran like a marathoner trying to sprint. The distance runner, who…
Carlos Alcaraz advances to the Olympics men’s tennis singles final after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime
Carlos Alcaraz moved one win away from becoming the youngest man to win an Olympics tennis singles gold medal by beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 in the Paris Games semifinals on Friday. Alcaraz is a…
Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapses following her 200-meter individual medley race at the Olympics
Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women’s 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics. She was given first aid and then carried off on a stretcher. Potocka,…
Despite a points deduction due to a drone-spying scandal, the Canadian women’s soccer team advances to the Olympics quarterfinals
Vanessa Gilles scored in the 62nd minute to give Canada a 1-0 win over Colombia, sending the team to the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. This came despite Canada losing six points in…
Coco Gauff’s Paris Olympics come to an end after losing twice in one day in doubles
Coco Gauff lost in both women’s doubles and mixed doubles at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, ending her first Summer Games just a day after her emotional exit from the singles competition. “At the end…