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VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — What happened to the cakewalk everyone expected?  The U.S. women’s basketball team might have won by double-digits at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday, beating Belgium 87-75, but make no mistake: This…

PARIS — When Suni Lee’s feet hit the floor, her jaw dropped into a gleaming smile. With an Olympic medal at stake, it appears she might have even surprised herself. Less than two years after…

PARIS — The great Andy Murray’s career ended on Suzanne Lenglen Court on Thursday evening, as Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul took out Murray and his partner Dan Evans, 6-2, 6-4. Murray, arguably the…

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – The last time Xander Schauffele teed it up in an Olympics, he won a gold medal for Team USA. But it says something about how special Thursday was that Schauffele walked of…

PARIS — It was closer than expected, but the final result was no surprise. Simone Biles cemented her legacy as the world’s most dominant gymnast Thursday night, narrowly defeating Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in the…

PARIS – They were cruising towards the first gold medal in American team fencing history, up 10 comfortable points in the penultimate eighth round. And as Italy slowly whittled its deficit down to eight points…

Thursday is perhaps the biggest day of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Simone Biles and some her of U.S. teammates competed in the women’s gymnastics all-around final, leading to Biles securing the gold medal. Teammate Suni…

NANTERRE, France — Teenage Canadian star Summer McIntosh added to her already impressive Olympic haul Thursday by winning the women’s 200-meter butterfly final with a time of 2:03.03, edging defending Olympic champ Zhang Yufei and…

PARIS — Jimmer Fredette was the first name introduced for the United States men’s basketball 3×3 team ahead of its matchup Thursday against Lithuania. When he exited the tunnel, the former BYU star could hardly…

It came down to the final floor routine for Simone Biles, but her legacy as the greatest American Olympic gymnast has been cemented. Biles out-dueled Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade to capture another gold medal in a…