RIFU, Japan (AP) — Atsushi Muramatsu's handmade flyers are the size of a business card, written in several languages. "Welcome to Miyagi Stadium," one reads. "The gymnasium next door was the largest morgue for tsunami victims." Over a decade after the massive earthquake and tsunami ...
TOKYO (AP) — Sifan Hassan's bid for a distance treble at the Olympics was nearly derailed Monday when the world champion tripped over another runner and fell at the final bell of her 1,500-meter heat. Amazingly, she ended up winning the race. Hassan tried, but failed, to hurdle over ...
TOKYO (AP) — April Ross and Alix Klineman put away a Cuban team they had never played before. Next up for the Americans is one of the most familiar faces in all of beach volleyball: Four-time Olympian — and defending gold medalist — Laura Ludwig. Ross and Klineman beat Cuba in ...
TOKYO (AP) — Yulimar Rojas didn't even need to look for validation. The runway, the take off, the way she hit the sand — it all felt so good she somehow knew she'd sealed her Olympic gold medal in the women's triple jump with a world record. Rojas broke the Olympic record in the first ...
TOKYO (AP) — A Belarus track sprinter alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff Sunday evening at Tokyo's main airport. An activist group supporting Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she believed her life was in danger in Belarus and would seek ...
TOKYO (AP) — The Italian high jumper leaped into his rival's arms, then belly-flopped onto the hard track, rolled around a few times and screamed. Gianmarco Tamberi was just getting warmed up, too. It's not every day you tie your good friend for gold. Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim of ...
