Ross — with Alix Klineman — finally secured beach volleyball gold. Elsewhere, the U.S. women's basketball team advanced to the gold medal game. ( read original story ...)
Good day on beach and courts for US women in Tokyo
American women had a good day at the beach and on the courts in Tokyo on Friday, with one Olympic gold medal won and a couple more set up for the taking. The United States beach volleyball team of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Covered up Arrival of Deadly New COVID Variant Just Before the Olympics
Three days before the Olympics began, on July 20, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reported to an international organization that the highly infectious Lambda variant had been ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics live updates: US women dominate volleyball with beach gold and indoor semifinal wins; women’s hoops to play for gold
Allyson Felix chases U.S. track and field history. American women to play for Olympic gold in both basketball and indoor volleyball. ( read original story ...)
Japan COVID cases hit 1 million as infections spread beyond Tokyo
Japan reached the milestone of one million coronavirus cases on Friday, domestic media reported, as infections soared in Olympic host Tokyo and other urban areas as the country struggled to contain ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s COVID-19 cases hit 1 million as infections spread beyond Tokyo
Japan reached one million coronavirus cases on Friday, domestic media reported, as infections soared in Olympic host Tokyo and other urban areas as the country struggled to contain the delta variant. ( read original story ...)
Alvarez, Americans reach baseball final
Eddy Alvarez sat in the U.S. dugout after the final out, buried his face in his hands and wept, even though his biggest game remains ahead. ( read original story ...)
Fox host Sean Hannity surprisingly defends Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles
How does the old saying go? That even a broken clock is right two times a day? Fox News fixture […] The post Fox host Sean Hannity surprisingly defends Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles appeared first on ... ( read original story ...)
Hannity says some criticism of Biles, Osaka ‘heartless’
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday came out in defense of star athletes Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, both of whom have withdrawn from competitions in recent weeks citing their mental health. ( read original story ...)
Athletics-Race walkers battle ‘brutal’ heat in Sapporo
Olympic walkers had to fight through "brutal" conditions as temperatures climbed steadily during their 50km race to top 30 degrees Celsius by 9 a.m. in Sapporo on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Detained Sri Lankan woman’s footage before her death in Nagoya to be shown to family
The government plans to show to the family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in detention at a Japanese immigration center security came ... ( read original story ...)
Scioscia 1 win from matching Lasorda with gold medal
Mike Scioscia is one win from matching mentor Tommy Lasorda, the only manager to lead the United States to a baseball gold medal. Host Japan, which stopped its major league season during the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Alvarez now a summer-winter medalist as U.S. baseball advances
Eddy Alvarez sat in the U.S. dugout after the final out, buried his face in his hands and wept, even though his biggest game remains ahead. A 7-2 victory Thursday night against defending champion ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics live updates: US women dominate volleyball with beach gold and indoor semifinal win
USA's April Ross, Alix Klineman dominate Australia for gold in women's beach volleyball; US women defeat Serbia in both basketball, volleyball semis. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics schedule: Gold medal games in men’s basketball, baseball on Day 15
Tokyo Olympics Day 15 is highlighted by gold-medal opportunities in men's basketball, baseball, women's water polo, diving and track and field. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: GB’s Lauren Price stages ‘terrific’ comeback to book place in middleweight final
Watch highlights as GB's Lauren Price secures her place in the gold-medal middleweight bout at Tokyo 2020 after staging a "terrific" comeback to beat Nouchka Fontijn. ( read original story ...)