NANTERRE, Australia (AP) — While some of the biggest names in American swimming have faltered, Torri Huske has claimed a starring role at the Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old Virginian picked up her second gold of the Summer Games, anchoring the U.S. team to a world record in the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay Saturday night. She
NANTERRE. France (AP) — Not even an Olympic gold medal could get Kristóf Milák to speak. Despite his victory Saturday night in the 100-meter butterfly at the Paris Olympics, his silence after the race was expected. Milák hasn’t talked to reporters in his native Hungary for more than a year. And the dozen who waited
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The U.S. will face Brazil in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament in Paris on Tuesday, and a semifinal matchup against Serbia or Australia awaits the Americans if they advance to the medal round. And the earliest the U.S. could see Germany, Canada or France is the final. The
PARIS (AP) — Germany, Spain, the U.S. and Canada advanced to the semifinals in women’s 3×3 basketball at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Germany and Spain moved into Monday’s semifinals after finishing in the top two spots at the end of pool play. The defending champion U.S. team and Canada won play-in games Saturday night.
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Bogdan Bogdanovic had 28 points and Serbia beat South Sudan 96-85 on Saturday to punch its ticket for next week’s Olympic men’s basketball quarterfinals in Paris. Nikola Jokic added 22 points and 13 rebounds for Serbia, which finished second in Group C behind the U.S. South Sudan’s loss means Greece gets
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky led a strong showing for the United States at the Paris Olympics as both Americans added to their gold-medal collection on Saturday on Day 8 of the Games. Biles nailed her eponymous Yurchenko double pike vault to win the gold medal, the seventh of her Olympic career.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man who stole a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas is going to spend about 15 years in prison, although most of that time is related to a burglary that
PARIS (AP) — Teddy Riner earned the decisive victory as France defended its Olympic title in mixed team judo on Saturday night, beating Japan in the final for the second straight Games . After Riner secured his record-tying third individual gold medal one night earlier in dramatic fashion, he finished the team competition by beating
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made progress Saturday against California’s largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds and erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the fire-stricken West . “We’re not completely out of the woods yet, but
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles is ceding the gymnastics spotlight to U.S. teammate Sunisa Lee for a moment, the action is heating up at the track and more medals are on the line at the pool on Sunday at the 2024 Olympics . Lee is among those competing in the women’s uneven bars, three years
