Tag: Summer Olympic games
Australia shocks Argentina 2-0 in men’s Olympic soccer
SAPPORO, Japan — Two-time Olympic men's soccer champion Argentina was stunned 2-0 by Australia in their opening game at the Tokyo Games on Thursday.
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EXPLAINER: What’s the history of the Olympics protest rule?
TOKYO — The simple act of taking a knee felt like something more monumental when it happened on Olympic soccer pitches in Japan on...
New Zealand beats South Korea 1-0 in men’s Olympic soccer
KASHIMA, Japan — Chris Wood's goal gave New Zealand a 1-0 victory over South Korea at the start of the men’s Olympic soccer tournament...
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...
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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Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out
TOKYO — From doping, to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their share of off-the-field scandals and controversies that keep the...
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Crabb out (COVID), Bourne in for US beach volleyball team
TOKYO — American beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb is out of the Olympics after four positive COVID-19 tests, and Tri Bourne will take his...
Smith, Carlos, Berry demand change in Olympic protest rule
TOKYO — Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Gwen Berry are among the more than 150 athletes, educators and activists who signed a letter Thursday...
US women’s soccer regroups after stunning loss to Sweden
TOKYO — While it certainly wasn’t the Olympic start the U.S. women’s soccer team had anticipated, a rare loss didn’t skewer the squad’s hopes...