PARIS − Algerian boxer Imane Khelif will be fighting for Olympic gold Friday night. Targeted in a “gender eligibility’’ controversy at the Paris Olympics, Khelif continues to thrive inside the boxing ring. She’s won all…
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Will France win the gold medal in men’s soccer as the 2024 Paris Olympics hosts? Or will Spain bring home the gold after failing to do so in the last Olympic final? France and Spain…
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PARIS – Blowing a lead to lose to world No. 1 Poland was bad enough. Losing to Italy would have only made it worse. The United States men’s volleyball team doesn’t have to think about…
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COSTA MESA, Calif. – Maybe the big decision looming for Raiders coach Antonio Pierce to determine the winner of a well, less-filling quarterback competition, isn’t so complicated. Just listen to the participants. As Gardner Minshew…
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PARIS — Breaking — more commonly called breakdancing — is making its Olympic debut here at the 2024 Paris Games. The competition opens with the B-Girls, and medals will be decided by the end of…
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Following a tough double bogey on Hole 15 at Le Golf National that took herself out of a tie for first place on the leaderboard, the United States golfer ended her Round 3 at the…
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Why would a fighter grieving the death of his son head back into the MMA cage? It’s a question this week that hung over Francis Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion. Three months after announcing his 15-month-old…
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Kevin Sullivan, better known to professional wrestling fans as ‘The Taskmaster,’ who became one of the sport’s great villains and later carved out a role as a booker creating intriguing storylines, has died at the…
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SAINT-DENIS, France – Keisha Caine Bishop ran through the bowels of the Stade de France with an understandably frantic look on her face. Her son, Noah Lyles, had been removed from the track moments earlier…
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SAINT-DENIS, France — High school phenom Quincy Wilson wasn’t at his best in his highly-anticipated Olympics debut. The U.S. men’s 4×400 relay team featuring Wilson, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Christopher Bailey needed a blistering…