By JENNA FRYER AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Two of America's star Olympians headline Sunday's events at the Tokyo Games as Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky both begin their quests to rewrite the record books. The U.S. men's basketball team begins play, while surfing makes its Olympic ...
CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Aron Szilagyi carved out a little bit of Olympic history for himself on Saturday. The Hungarian became the first Olympic fencer to win three individual sabre gold medals after beating Luigi Samele 15-7 in the men's final at the Tokyo Games. "I can't even tell you ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer TOKYO (AP) — Anyone who's ever jacked up a fadeaway 3 in a pickup basketball game knows there are two sure ways to start a fight on the playground. Talk trash about someone's mom. Or call an offensive foul. In the debut of 3-on-3 halfcourt hoops at ...
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Patrik Auda scored 16 points, Blake Schilb added 14 and the Czech Republic wasted most of a 22-point lead before holding on to defeat Iran 84-78 in the first game of the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Sunday. Jan Vesely added 11 for the Czech ...
TOKYO — The very first match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament has been canceled because a Czech player tested positive for COVID-19. Markéta Sluková tested positive earlier this week, knocking her and partner Barbora Hermannova out of the Tokyo Games. The Czechs were supposed ...
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a ...
