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PARIS – On a flawlessly sunny Sunday morning at the base of the Eiffel Tower, a convicted child rapist played and lost an Olympic beach volleyball match. Such a beautiful setting for such an ugly…

WASHINGTON — Lee Kiefer made her Olympic fencing debut about two months after graduating from high school, as a wide-eyed 18-year-old with no expectations and no worries − ‘a baby,’ she said, at least by…

ELANCOURT, France − Not even a broken rear wheel could stop Haley Batten in the women’s mountain biking competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, earning the silver medal with a time of 1:28:59 despite…

All cap. And a very little Speedo. The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, and as is the case with the Olympic Games, sometimes those who aren’t athletes take center stage. Enter ‘Bob the Cap Catcher.’…

PARIS — Relax, everybody. Simone Biles appears to be OK. Biles powered through the rest of Olympic gymnastics qualifying on Sunday after tweaking her calf during warmups on floor exercise. Cecile Landi, who is one…

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Evy Leibfarth made a few ‘mistakes’ in her kayak slalom semifinal race Sunday at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, but in failing to make the finals in her first event at the Paris Olympics,…

A future Olympic gold medalist was once the slowest kid in the pool. “I hated swimming,” Allison Schmitt tells USA TODAY Sports. Schmitt wasn’t even 10, and she was ready to quit. Why she didn’t,…

PARIS — Here’s a little window into why Danielle Collins has quickly become one of the more popular players in women’s tennis and why so many are disappointed that the 30-year old University of Virginia…

PARIS — Because it’s her sixth Olympics, Diana Taurasi has a lot of wisdom to share about, well, everything. Her teammates are eager to listen, too. And yet it’s a couple other Olympic veterans, Breanna…

PARIS – The stars were out to see Simone Biles on Sunday morning. On the northern side of Bercy Arena, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen took their seats near a luxury box with their children,…