×
×
homepage logo
LOGIN
SUBSCRIBE

Tokyo Olympics

South Korea’s female archers wrap up 9th straight team gold

TOKYO (AP) — A contingent led by An San captured South Korea's ninth straight women's archery team event Olympic gold medal on Sunday at the Tokyo Games. The country has never lost the women's team event since it was added to the Olympic program at the 1988 Seoul Games. An, fresh off a ...

Untouchable: Aussie women continue 4×100 freestyle dominance

TOKYO (AP) — You could see by the way they huddled afterward, arms linked and beaming smiles on every face, that this team is tight. Just about untouchable, too. Australia claimed a third straight gold in the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay in world-record time at the Olympics on ...

Jordan Thompson posts impressive Olympic volleyball debut

TOKYO (AP) — Jordan Thompson skied high above the net and sent an emphatic spike to end the match. That provided the perfect punctuation to an impressive Olympic volleyball debut for the U.S. team's star opposite hitter. The 6-foot-4 Thompson posted a game-high 20 points, including 18 on ...

DeChambeau, Rahm out of Olympics after positive COVID tests

TOKYO (AP) — Known for their towering drives, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm won't make it to the tee box at the Olympics. The last two U.S. Open champions became the best-known athletes to drop out of the Tokyo Games on Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19. DeChambeau's positive ...

Matsuyama practices for Olympics on a strangely quiet course

KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — No fans. Barely any media, either. But yes, that was Hideki Matsuyama strolling down the fairways for an Olympic practice round Sunday that barely anyone noticed. The Masters champion played the front nine at Kasumigaseki Country Club, then hit the driving range for ...

‘The greatest honor’: Osaka lights Olympic cauldron

TOKYO (AP) — What a moment for Naomi Osaka. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis. The four-time Grand Slam winner lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. It was a choice that could be appreciated worldwide: In Japan, of ...