KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Just over three weeks ago, Hideki Matsuyama was in isolation for COVID-19 and desperate to record a negative test to have any chance of competing in his home Olympics. Even when he cleared that hurdle, it was a matter of building endurance for stifling heat and ...
TOKYO (AP) — China had another dominating performance at the Olympic diving pool, taking the top two spots in the semifinals of the women's 3-meter springboard on Saturday. In a repeat of the preliminaries, defending Olympic champion Shi Tingmao posted the highest score over five dives and ...
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Yvonne Anderson knew playing in the Olympics for the U.S. was a longshot at best. Realistically, it was likely never going to happen. Yet, the Arkansas native is here is at the Tokyo Games living her Olympic dream — with Serbia. "As an American, you really can't ...
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Pau Gasol is at the end of what has been an extraordinary playing career. He's won multiple championships in Spain, multiple championships in the NBA, a World Cup title, three Olympic medals. He has nothing left to prove. It begs the question why he's at the Tokyo ...
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Former Central League MVP Tetsuto Yamada had four RBIs and broke open the game with a three-run homer, Hayato Sakamoto went deep off former big league pitcher Manny Bañuelos and Japan beat Mexico 7-4 Saturday to win Group A at the Olympics. Masato Morishita (2-0), a ...
TOKYO (AP) — They spit. They wait. They hope. About 30,000 people from scores of nations are spitting into tiny plastic vials at the Olympics in a daily routine that's grown crucial in going ahead with the pandemic-era Games, according to organizers. If you do the math for the two-week ...
