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With Jimmer Fredette out, U.S. 3x3 team falls to Lithuania
With team leader Jimmer Fredette on the bench with a leg injury, the United States 3x3 men's basketball team remained winless in pool play, falling to 0-3 with a 20-18 loss to Lithuania on Thursday at the Paris Olympics.,Fredette, a former NBA first-round draft pick, suffered the injury with about t...
Surfer Filipe Toledo advances in Tahiti
TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti -- Brazil's world champion Filipe Toledo survived a scare against New Zealander Billy Stairmand at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, scoring a near-perfect wave to win their second-round clash, while France's Johanne Defay overcame injury to advance.,Conditions at the venue of Teahupo'...
Julio Cesar La Cruz's quest for third gold foiled
PARIS -- Cuba's two-time Olympic champion Julio Cesar La Cruz fell short in his bid to win a third gold medal and was eliminated from the men's heavyweight competition on Sunday, while Jack Marley won to spare Ireland's blushes.,Cesar La Cruz, light heavyweight champion at the 2016 Rio Games and hea...
Rafael Nadal wins, sets up Olympics showdown with Novak Djokovic
PARIS -- Spain's Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return to the city on Sunday to blast his way into the second round of the Olympic tennis tournament and set up a blockbuster clash with nemesis Novak Djokovic of Serbia.,That the Nadal-Djokovic clash will not determine gold was the only slip in the Ol...
Olympics triathlon practice canceled due to Seine pollution levels
PARIS -- The Olympics' triathlon swimming training session scheduled for Sunday was canceled after recent heavy rain affected pollution levels in the Seine, organizers said in a statement.,A lot is riding on Olympic triathletes being cleared to swim in Paris' central waterway when the competition ki...
Australia's Alex de Minaur (hip) withdraws from Olympics singles
Alex de Minaur pulled out of Olympics singles competition, instead choosing to play only doubles in Paris as he deals with a hip injury.,The Australian No. 1 player was scheduled to play German Jan-Lennard Struff in the opening round of singles on the red clay courts at Roland Garros. Instead, Struf...
Sport Canada withholds funding for soccer officials after Olympics drone scandal
PARIS -- Sport Canada is withholding funding relating to women's soccer coach Bev Priestman and two other suspended team officials, calling the drone scandal that has rocked the Paris Olympic soccer tournament an embarrassment to all Canadians.,Canada's team was docked six points in a massive blow t...
Andy Murray calls Paris his 'last ever tennis tournament'
Andy Murray's competition at the Paris Olympics will be his last.,The three-time Grand Slam champion, beset by injuries in the latter stages of his 19-year career, made the announcement on social media on Tuesday.,"Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament," Murray, 37, wrote. "Competing f...
What The 2024 Olympics Will And Won't Do For Paris
You already know what is worth celebrating about the Olympics. You may know this because the Olympics will not stop reminding you of them, but this does not mean they’re not real. The spirit of sportsmanship is not just a cliché for the telecast, and the games really do give women athletes, underval...