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Brittney Griner scored 30 points, leading the United States past host Japan, 90-75, on Sunday, securing America’s seventh straight Olympic gold medal in women’s basketball. The victory at Saitama ... ( read original story ...)

Japan secured the country's record medal haul at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games of at least 56 medals as of Sunday morning, of which 27 are gold. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo will pass the Olympic baton to Paris on Sunday after staging a Games that was delayed by Covid and dismayed a skeptical public but still delivered its share of drama. ( read original story ...)

Watch the final moments of the men's marathon as Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins gold at Tokyo 2020 and retains his Olympic title. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Games come to an end with the closing ceremony later, but there are still plenty of medals to be won. Join our team of writers ... ( read original story ...)

There may have been so many special moments but this will always be the Covid Olympics, writes BBC sports editor Dan Roan. ( read original story ...)

The final medals, including women's basketball and volleyball and the men's marathon, are up for grabs on Day 16 of the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Countries' foods are also windows on their souls. Take hamburgers. Hand-held, quick to assemble and wolf down, they embody a quintessentially American idea that founding father Benjamin Franklin put ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will douse its more than year-old Olympic flame on Sunday, closing out a Tokyo Games that were upended by the pandemic and transformed by the drama of politics, dazzling sport and deeply ... ( read original story ...)

The United States still has a chance to catch China in the gold medal race, with several championships on the line. ( read original story ...)

The sport, absent from the Olympics since 2008, will not be played in the 2024 Paris Games, but is expected to return in Los Angeles in 2028. ( read original story ...)

Yokohama FC will welcome Nagoya Grampus to the Mitsuzawa Stadium on Monday, with three points on the line in the J1 League. The home side have not been in action for over a month due to the Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

Eddy Alvarez had to be consoled — scolded, even — after his first silver medal. “My coach had to bring us together and make us snap out of it," he said. "He yelled at us. ... He basically said, ‘You ... ( read original story ...)

Tokushima Vortis will host Gamba Osaka at the Pocarisweat Stadium on Monday in a matchday 23 fixture in the J1 League. The game will represent a return to action for the home side after almost a month ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. women's basketball, volleyball and men's boxing will all go for gold in the final day of Olympic competition in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Women Olympians have dominated the Tokyo Games, with 60% of U.S. medals won by female competitors. Their strength has also inspired other women. ( read original story ...)