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Seven teams have already advanced to the Olympic men’s soccer knockout stage, and one more country will join them as the group stage concludes Tuesday. The U.S., competing in its first Olympics since Beijing 2008,…

NANTERRE, France — American distance swimmer and two-time Olympian Bobby Finke didn’t defend his 2021 Olympic championship in the men’s 800-meter freestyle, but he still came away from Tuesday’s final with some hardware.  Finke, the…

NANTERRE, France — The women’s 100-meter backstroke was one of the most anticipated showdowns at the Paris Olympics, and it didn’t disappoint, as Australian Kaylee McKeown out-touched American Regan Smith to win gold. McKeown finished…

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France – When South Sudan men’s 5×5 basketball player Peter Jok was 3 years old, his father, Dut, was killed in Sudan’s civil war. His grandfather also was killed in the war, and his…

PARIS – Apparently, booing and whistling during the Israeli national anthem at the Olympic Games wasn’t enough for the antisemites who would prefer that the only democracy in the Middle East with a free press,…

Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team added another medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics — this one a gold in the all-around team final. Biles, who has been nursing a sore calf that she tweaked…

Editor’s note: Follow Olympic gymnastics live results, scores and highlights as Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s team compete in the team final. PARIS – The U.S. women’s rugby sevens team can walk away from the Paris…

A perfect 10 eluded Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina Monday at the Paris Olympics. But he, his surfboard and a photographer produced something no less extraordinary. Medina and his surfboard appeared to be levitating a few…

Jonathan Owens is taking in the 2024 Paris Olympics in every way possible. Fresh off his flight to Paris, the Chicago Bears safety arrived to watch his wife, Simone Biles, and the U.S. women’s gymnastics…

Editor’s note: Follow Olympic gymnastics live results, scores and highlights as Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s team compete in the team final. PARIS – Cierra Burdick knew it wasn’t going to be pretty.  “I didn’t think…