By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher hyperextended her right knee in the Olympic semifinals and will not be available for the bronze medal match against Australia on Thursday. Naeher also sustained a bone contusion in ...
KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — Brazil advanced to the Olympic gold-medal match in men's soccer by beating Mexico 4-1 in a penalty shootout following a scoreless draw on Tuesday. Reinier converted the winning kick for Brazil, which will defend its gold medal from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer IZU, Japan (AP) — The record-setting women's pursuit team from Germany and the men's sprint squad from the Netherlands knocked the powerful British team from their perch atop the track cycling world at the Tokyo Olympics. The German squad of Franziska ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer TOKYO (AP) — When brash Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm led the field to the starting line on a steamy afternoon at Olympic Stadium, he and his seven opponents had every reason to expect they'd be part of something special. It turned out to be more ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Benjamin Whittaker knows his style of boxing usually doesn't work at the highest levels of the amateur sport. A defense-first fighter who doesn't like to trade punches and who loves to showboat is an extremely unlikely contender for an ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Back and forth they went, the three-time defending Olympic champions from the U.S. on one side, the reigning Basketball World Cup champions from Spain on the other. The difference: The Americans had Kevin Durant. He's never ...
