Tag: Summer Olympic games
Soto, Cardoso, Llanez, Saucedo head US Olympic soccer roster
CHICAGO — Norwich forward Sebastian Soto and midfielders Johnny Cardoso of Internacional, Ulysses Llanez of Heerenveen and Sebastian Saucedo of Pumas headed a 20-man...
Riise to coach British women’s soccer team at Tokyo Olympics
LONDON — Britain's Olympic women's soccer team will be coached by Hege Riise in Japan, the English Football Association announced Wednesday.
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Kawhi and Popovich reunited? Leonard wants to go to Olympics
Kawhi Leonard is planning to play for Gregg Popovich again and chase a gold medal.
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‘I was down’: Federer had hard time before 2nd knee surgery
DOHA, Qatar — Roger Federer never seriously contemplated retirement while he was away from the tennis tour for more than a year. He did...
Former Olympic great Missy Franklin is going to be a mom
Missy Franklin is going to be a mom.
The Olympic swimming...
Ban Ki-moon asked to act on complaint against Beijing Games
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is being asked to rule on an ethics complaint filed against the International Olympic Committee by a human-rights group...
Equine herpes affects European preparation for Olympics
GENEVA — A severe outbreak of equine herpes could disrupt preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, the International Equestrian Federation said Thursday.
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Phils’ Middleton, Royals’ Sherman join MLB executive council
NEW YORK — Philadelphia Phillies managing partner John Middleton and Kansas City Royals chairman John Sherman have joined Major League Baseball’s eight-man executive council.
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Olympic gymnast Hernandez enjoys solid return at Winter Cup
The nerves were there. They were unavoidable, really. Yet rather than greet them with anxiety or fear as she did the last time she...
Weightlifting risks being dropped from 2024 Paris Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC warned weightlifting’s troubled governing body again on Wednesday the sport faces being dropped from the 2024 Paris Olympics if...