By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — After winning gold in Rio de Janeiro and coming to the Olympics five years later as one of the favorites, China's women's volleyball team is just trying to win a match in Tokyo. The Chinese dropped their third straight match in pool play at ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer TOKYO (AP) — The fragile nature of an Olympics during the pandemic came into sharp focus Thursday when the entire Australian track team spent time in a brief quarantine after American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks pulled out of the Tokyo Games because of a ...
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Reputations and rankings didn't count for anything when Fiji upset Canada and Britain raced to a 21-point lead before falling to top-ranked New Zealand on Day 1 of the Olympic women's rugby sevens competition. While the bronze and silver medalists ...
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Caeleb Dressel tossed his gold medal from a winning relay at the Tokyo Olympics to a teammate in the stands. He's keeping his second one. Dressel edged defending champion Kyle Chalmers of Australia in a thrilling finish to win the ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Rikuya Hoshino did not have the first tee to himself Thursday for the start of Olympic golf. The grandstand behind him, normally empty like at so many other venues at the spectator-less Games, was filled with volunteers in their ...
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — For years, Australia's Jessica Fox was among those pushing to get women's canoe slalom accepted as an Olympic sport. With a history-making gold medal within her reach, she was not going to miss her chance. Starting last with an eye on the ...
