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Australia's Keegan Palmer edges Tom Schaar for park skateboarding gold
PARIS -- Australia's Keegan Palmer held off American Tom Schaar at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday to defend his title from the Tokyo Games and become the first back-to-back gold medallist in the men's park skateboarding event.,Palmer whipped through the concrete bowl in an opening run packed with t...
China's Li Fabin defends Olympic gold; Hampton Morris takes bronze
PARIS -- China's Li Fabin retained the 61kg Olympic weightlifting title with a dominant performance and total lift of 310kg at the Paris Games on Wednesday, coming up just short in a bid to break his own world record.,The three-time world champion led off with an Olympic record lift of 143kg with hi...
France's Celine Boutier up early in Olympics women's golf
GUYANCOURT, France -- Celine Boutier raced into an early lead as the women's golf competition at the Paris Games got under way on Wednesday after the main home country medal hope negotiated a tricky course better than other favorites like defending champion Nelly Korda.,The women's tournament will f...
Poland's Aleksandra Mirolaw climbs to gold in Paris
PARIS -- Poland's world-record holder Aleksandra Miroslaw prevailed in women's speed climbing on Wednesday to claim her country's first gold medal at the Paris Games in the sport's Olympic debut as a stand-alone event.,The 30-year-old had been the clear favorite after breaking her own world record t...
USA, France, Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Devin Booker scored 18 points and LeBron James flirted with a double-double as the United States defeated Brazil 122-87 on Tuesday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics., ,Team USA will face Serbia in the semifinals after the latter beat Aus...
Cuba's Mijain Lopez wins fifth consecutive Olympic wrestling gold
PARIS -- Japan's Kenichiro Fumita claimed the first wrestling gold of the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning the men's 60kg Greco-Roman event as Cao Liguo of China took silver.,Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kazakhstan and North Korean Ri Se-ung claimed bronze in the event.,Cuba's Mijain Lopez, 41, won t...
France, Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Franz Wagner and Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Paris Olympics men's basketball tournament.,Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroeder chipped in 13 as the World Cup winners improved...
Germany, Serbia reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Franz Wagner and Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Paris Olympics men's basketball tournament.,Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroeder chipped in 13 as the World Cup winners improved...
Germany knocks off Greece to reach men's basketball semifinals
PARIS -- Franz Wagner and Germany overcame a sleepy start to ease past Greece, 76-63, on Tuesday and became the first team to reach the semifinals of the Paris Olympic men's basketball tournament.,Wagner led Germany with 18 points while Dennis Schroeder chipped in with 13 as the World Cup winners im...
France downs Egypt, will face Spain for gold in men's soccer
PARIS -- Hosts France will play an Olympic men's football final for the first time in 40 years and will face Spain for the gold medal after beating Egypt 3-1 in extra time at Lyon Stadium on Monday.,France fought back after conceding their first goal of the tournament when Mahmoud Saber grabbed a st...
Georgia No. 1 in USA Today Coaches Poll
Georgia received all but nine first-place votes and is ranked No. 1 in the 2024 preseason USA Today Coaches Poll.,No. 2 Ohio State received seven of the remaining nine first-place votes with Oregon at No. 3 following by three consecutive SEC teams -- Texas, Alabama and Ole Miss. The Rebels were last...
Spain sneaks past Morocco, 2-1, into men's soccer final
PARIS -- Spain reached successive Olympic men's soccer finals, beating Morocco 2-1 behind second-half goals from Fermin Lopez and Juanlu Sanchez at Marseille Stadium on Monday.,Spain fought back after Morocco went ahead to earn the chance to improve on their silver medal at the Tokyo Games.,France o...
China's Zou Jingyuan defends gold in parallel bars
PARIS -- China's Zou Jingyouan handily beat his rivals to retain the Olympic parallel bars title on Monday, picking up his third medal of the Paris Games and giving his country a second gold in gymnastics.,The 26-year-old, nicknamed 'king of parallel bars' for his dominance on the apparatus, earned ...
Liquid avenge earlier loss to take Elite League Season 2 title
Team Liquid pulled off two close victories, including 3-2 over 1win in the grand final, to win the Dota Elite League Season 2 championship Sunday in Lima, Peru.,Liquid captured the $240,000 first prize by winning its rematch with 1win, who swept Liquid 2-0 in the upper-bracket final on Saturday.,Boo...
Astralis, NaVi win play-ins at BLAST Fall Groups, reach Fall Final
Astralis and Natus Vincere secured the last two berths into the Fall Final by winning their play-in matches Sunday to conclude the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Astralis swept Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0 and NaVi did the same to Complexity Gaming. The matches were best-of-t...
1win advance to grand final at Elite League Season 2 final
1win continues to live up to its name, and now finds itself one win from taking home the Elite League Season 2 championship in Lima, Peru.,On Saturday, 1win swept Team Liquid 2-0 in the upper-bracket final, advancing to Sunday's grand final. They will face the winner of Sunday's first match, the low...
Simone Biles leaves door open to compete at LA in 2028
PARIS -- Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, left the door open to possibly competing at the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 after winning her third gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday.,Asked if the Paris Games would be the last time she would ever vault in competition, t...
G2, Spirit, Vitality and Liquid win grand finals at BLAST Fall Groups
G2 Esports, Team Spirit, Team Vitality and Team Liquid won their respective group finals on Saturday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,G2 was the only team to pull off a sweep, defeating Ninjas in Pajamas 2-0 to take the Group C final. In the Group A grand final, S...
Liquid, 1win just one win from Elite League Season 2 final
After their first maps on Friday, Team Liquid and 1win appeared headed to the lower bracket to face elimination games. Instead, they are both one victory away from the grand final at the Elite League Season 2 playoffs in Lima, Peru.,On the first day of the playoffs, the top four seeds from pool play...
Group grand finals set at BLAST Fall Groups
Complexity Gaming, Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas and Natus Vincere won the lower-bracket finals in their respective groups on Friday at the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 event in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Complexity swept HEROIC in Group A, winning 13-5 on Anubis and 13-11 on Ancient, and will face Team ...