PARIS (AP) — There was some concern when the defending champion U.S. women’s 3×3 team dropped its first three games of the Paris Olympics . Just not with the players. “USA basketball is not used to losing,” team member Cierra Burdick said. “So, when you lose three in a row, it’s like everybody is kind
PARIS (AP) — Kaylia Nemour of Algeria delivered the country’s first gold medal in gymnastics, putting together a thrilling routine in the uneven bars final on Sunday to edge Qiu Qiyuan of China. Sunisa Lee of the U.S. picked up her third medal in Paris and sixth of her Olympic career by grabbing bronze, exactly
SOMEWHERE IN UKRAINE (AP) — Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets were put on display Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the country’s war effort against Russia. “These jets are in our sky and today you see them,” said Zelenskyy, standing in front of two of the fighter jets as
PARIS (AP) — Rarely on the podium and barred from the opening ceremony, the 15 Russians competing at the Paris Olympics have an uneasy status as “Individual Neutral Athletes” following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Some in the Olympic Village opposed them taking part in the Summer Games, and Russian opinion is divided. In Russia
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Making its first appearance in the women’s water polo tournament at the Olympics , France has been cheered on by enthusiastic, flag-waving crowds throughout group play. Same for the men’s program. The players are hoping to turn that support into a brighter future for their sport in their home country. “Water
PARIS (AP) — Faith leaders gathered with Olympic officials Sunday morning in front of Notre Dame Cathedral to celebrate how “faith and sport can complement each other,” in the words of International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. The 2024 Paris Games got off to a rocky start with many religious groups around the world, including
About 10 miles from Johnson Space Center, a Houston-area church takes a moment during Wednesday Bible studies and Sunday evening services to pray for two members who cannot be there. In fact, there’s no way on Earth for NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Tracy Dyson to show up at Providence Baptist Church. They’re in
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep , questioned their faith and tried to find a way to grieve amid the great, unsettling devastation. Residents have faced a year of challenges, practical and emotional, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century decimated the historic
QEPARO, Albania (AP) — Albanians in the southwestern town of Himara are to vote Sunday for a new mayor after their previous choice, a member of the country’s ethnic Greek minority, was stripped of his title , convicted and imprisoned on vote-buying charges in what he and neighboring Greece have claimed was a politically motivated
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Xander Schauffele erased a two-shot deficit with a 25-foot eagle putt and Jon Rahm answered with a big putt of his own Saturday, leaving them tied for the lead and setting up a star-heavy chase for the Olympic gold medal in men’s golf. Rahm went from a two-shot lead to trailing
