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Morgane Metraux moves into Olympics lead; Nelly Korda's quadruple sinks strong round
GUYANCOURT, France -- Switzerland's Morgane Metraux led the Olympic women's golf contest after Thursday's second round, propelled by a sensational front-nine holes, while French overnight leader Celine Boutier was among those to suffer on a testing course.,The 27-year-old Swiss had two eagles and fo...
Agents: 49ers signing veteran WR Robbie Chosen
The San Francisco 49ers are signing veteran wide receiver Robbie Chosen, his agents confirmed Thursday.,He joins a team with an immediate need due to Brandon Aiyuk's pending trade status and first-round pick Ricky Pearsall's shoulder injury. ,Chosen, 31, was formerly known as Robby/Robbie Anderson a...
Sweden's Victor Johansson claims toxic Seine causing illness, withdraws from 10km
PARIS -- Swedish marathon swimmer Victor Johansson has pulled out of the Olympic men's 10km event scheduled for Friday citing concerns about the water quality of the Seine river, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported.,Johansson told the paper triathletes had fallen sick after swimming in the urb...
China's Xie Siyi returns from long layoff, defends 3M diving gold
PARIS -- China's Xie Siyi successfully defended his gold medal in three-meter springboard diving at the Paris Olympics on Thursday despite a two-year break from the sport since he claimed top honors in Tokyo.,Teammate Wang Zongyuan took silver while Mexico's Osmar Olvera got the bronze medal.,Xie, 2...
Noah Lyles qualifies second, behind Letsile Tebogo, in 200-meter dash
PARIS -- Botswana's Letsile Tebogo set the fastest time in the men's Olympic 200 meters semifinals on Wednesday, proving his intent to upset American Noah Lyles' quest for a sprint double.,Tebogo, last year's world championship bronze medalist, overtook the American 100-meter champion on the bend an...
U.S. men wary of third meeting with Serbia, Nikola Jokic
No introductions are needed when the United States and Serbia meet in the semifinals of the men's basketball tournament on Thursday at the Paris Olympics., ,Serbia features plenty of NBA talent -- Denver Nuggets star center and three-time league MVP Nikola Jokic, Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovi...
American Quincy Hall storms from behind to claim 400-meter gold
Saint-Denis, FRANCE -- Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overtake Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400-meter gold for the United States since 2008 in another scintillating race on Wednesday.,Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country's first gold ove...
49ers sign WR Jontre Kirklin, RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn
The San Francisco 49ers signed wide receiver Jontre Kirklin and running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn to one-year deals on Wednesday.,Kirklin, 25, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Arizona Cardinals in 2022 after five seasons at LSU. He joined the New Orleans Saints' practice squad in 2023 ...
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...
Top NFL Players Snubbed From NFL 100 List
The NFL Top 100 list always finds a way to create controversy, but these five players were dramatically snubbed from this year's list....
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...
49ers star RB Christian McCaffrey (calf) won't play in preseason
Christian McCaffrey won't play this preseason for the San Francisco 49ers as he recovers from a calf strain.,McCaffrey strained the calf on Sunday and had to sit out team drills. When the Niners practiced Tuesday, McCaffrey did not participate, leading coach Kyle Shanahan to confirm the injury.,The ...
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...
Reports: 49ers grant WR Brandon Aiyuk permission to seek trade
Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk received permission from the 49ers to seek a trade, a significant development signaling contract talks are unlikely to be resolved with the 26-year-old in San Francisco. ,According to multiple reports, the 49ers cleared the way for Aiyuk to negotiate with other teams -- a...
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...