Tag: Japan Olympic Team
Abbott 1-hitter leads US over Canada 1-0, 2-0 softball start
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Monica Abbott pitched a one-hitter, center fielder Haylie McCleney and second baseman Ali Aguilar combined to throw out the potential tying...
Osaka makes her return against Zheng at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — Naomi Osaka’s first match in nearly two months will come against 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China in the opening round of the...
Bear sighting at Olympic baseball stadium
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — A bear appears to have ignored the ban on spectators at the Olympics.
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Seidemann going for 3rd straight water polo gold with US
TOKYO — Melissa Seidemann could have walked away after the 2016 Olympics. An NCAA champion at Stanford, she had just won her second straight...
Among NBA’s best, Popovich still seeks golden touch with USA
Gregg Popovich is regarded as the NBA’s best, a coach that has won five championships and kept his team near the top for a...
Wisconsin’s ‘Rae Rae’ leads Italy’s 3×3 squad at Tokyo Games
To Italians, she sounds American. To Americans, she sounds Wisconsin. That's fine by Rae Lin D’Alie, because now she's an Olympian.
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All for nothing: Athletes qualify but end out of Olympics
MADRID — As one of the top-ranked taekwondo fighters in the world, Jesús Tortosa was ready to start packing for the Tokyo Olympics.
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A list of Olympians to follow on social media
TOKYO — With the Olympics starting Friday, athletes from around the world are in Tokyo, most of them restricted to training and their hotels...
Japan opens Olympic men’s soccer with 1-0 win over SAfrica
TOKYO — An empty stadium is not how Japanese athletes imagined competing for the first time in Tokyo at their home Olympics.
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From Copa America to Olympics, Richarlison nets 3 for Brazil
YOKOMAHA, Japan — The jig of joy seven minutes into his Olympic debut showed just why Richarlison was so determined to be allowed by...