MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Germany and defending champion Canada played to a scoreless draw before going to extra time in the quarterfinals of the Olympic women’s soccer tournament on Saturday. Canada has been dogged by a drone-spying scandal throughout the tournament. The winner goes on to play the United States in a semifinal on Tuesday
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Summer McIntosh of Canada stamped herself as one of the swimming stars of the Paris Olympics with her third individual gold medal Saturday night. The 17-year-old chased down American Alex Walsh and held off another U.S. swimmer, Kate Douglass, to finish in an Olympic record of 2 minutes, 6.56 seconds. Douglass
The head of a group of family members of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks said Saturday that she’s hearing nearly unanimous praise of the U.S. defense secretary’s nullification of plea deals for the accused 9/11 mastermind and two others that would have removed the death penalty as a possibility. The American Civil Liberties
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VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — A passionate crowd showered Algerian boxer Imane Khelif with cheers during her fight Saturday at the Paris Olympics , repeatedly chanting “Imane! Imane!” before the athlete who has faced a cascade of backlash over false claims about her gender broke out in sobs following her win. A large contingent of Algerian
VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — A former University of Central Florida rower with epilepsy who won Lithuania’s first medal at the Paris Olympics on Saturday hopes her achievement will help motivate others with the disorder. Viktorija Senkute, who attended the Florida college from 2015-18, won the bronze medal in the women’s singles class. It was also
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the top spot coming out
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VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — It was a “soul crushing” end to the Paris Olympics for 41-year-old Meghan Musnicki, the oldest American woman to ever row at the Summer Games. Musnicki and her U.S. teammates finished fifth in the final of the women’s eight on Saturday in what was likely Musnicki’s last Olympic race. Choking back
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Equestrian star Isabell Werth helped Germany win the Olympic team dressage title for the third consecutive time with a narrow victory over Denmark on Saturday at the Paris Games. For Werth it was an eighth Olympic gold medal and increased her overall medal tally to 13, all in dressage and more
