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Facundo Medina scored to give Argentina a 1-0 victory over Egypt in men's Olympic soccer on Sunday. The defender netted from a low shot seven minutes into the second half as Argentina recovered from ... ( read original story ...)

Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer and Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui win surprise golds on a drama-filled second day at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

For almost a decade, the career of Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has been focused on becoming the face of the Tokyo games. Years of training, planning and marketing culminated on Sunday with ... ( read original story ...)

Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer and Tunisian teenager Ahmed Hafnaoui win surprise golds on a drama-filled second day at the Toky. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka returned to the place where she is most comfortable, the tennis court, and she produced a solid opening win ... ( read original story ...)

Chase Kalisz took the first gold medal for the U.S. and Jay Litherland snagged the first silver on Sunday as they finished one and two in the 400-meter individual medley. “U-S-A! U-S-A!” a small group ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is back playing, still winning, and also talking to the media again. The Japanese superstar who lit the Olympic cauldron defeated 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday in ... ( read original story ...)

Powered by a strong day in the pool, Team USA racked up medals Sunday. But the dominant U.S. women's gymnastics squad did not have its A-game. ( read original story ...)

Skateboarding was one of six Olympic sports to debut in Tokyo this year, and on Sunday the first medal was awarded in the competition. ( read original story ...)

Biles' passage to two finals looked—at times—in serious jeopardy, as she continues her bid to become the most decorated female Olympic gymnast of all time. ( read original story ...)

Chelsie Giles becomes Great Britain's first medallist of the Tokyo Olympics, winning bronze after defeating Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher in the women's -52kg judo competition. ( read original story ...)

Olyroos overage player Mitchell Duke has urged Australia to produce another all-action, high-energy performance against Spain in Sapporo on Sunday, as Graham Arnold’s charges seek to record ... ( read original story ...)

A 59-year-old man from Nagoya has been arrested after scattering flyers protesting the Tokyo Olympics from the window of a running subway train in the city ... ( read original story ...)

These are early days for the Tokyo Olympics, but Naomi Osaka is quickly emerging as the headline act.Two days after lighting the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony -- a moment she called "the greatest ... ( read original story ...)

Chase Kalisz won the first gold medal for the U.S., and Jay Litherland snagged the first silver medal Sunday after they finished one and two in the 400-meter individual medley. “U-S-A! U-S-A!” a small ... ( read original story ...)

Hitomi Morioka, an Olympics volunteer at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, said she wanted to shout for Rikako Ikee at the top of her lungs, but couldn’t because of COVID-19 restrictions on cheering. ( read original story ...)