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Associated PressAugust 7, 2021

The cauldron will be snuffed Sunday on the exhausting, enlightening, sometimes enraging 2020 Tokyo Olympics — held, actually, in 2021. These are the Games that were to be tolerated, not celebrated. They will be both. Imperfect but not impossible, these Olympics — willed into existence despite a pandemic that sparked worldwide skepticism and hard-wired opposition […]

Associated PressAugust 5, 2021

Since stumbling in 1st game, U.S. has been playing solid ball.

Associated PressAugust 2, 2021

Canada moves to gold medal game on Jessie Fleming’s penalty kick.

Associated PressAugust 2, 2021

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said her life is in danger if she returns home.

Associated PressAugust 2, 2021

Simone Biles is back. The 2016 Olympic gymnastics champion will return to competition in the balance beam final on Tuesday, a little over a week after stepping away from the meet to focus on her mental health. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final […]

Associated PressJuly 31, 2021

There will be a new fastest man of the Olympics crowned Sunday when the 100-meter dash is run without Usain Bolt in the finals for the first time since 2008. The favorite to claim the gold is American sprinter Trayvon Bromell, a 26-year-old from St. Petersburg. The race is the marquee event of the Olympics […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2021

Considered the greatest of all time, she came to Tokyo the face of the Games.

Associated PressJuly 27, 2021

The gymnast is considered the greatest in the sport's history.

Associated PressJuly 26, 2021

Athletes take the world stage as Governors, including Ron DeSantis pass state laws restricting participation.

Associated PressJuly 24, 2021

The tour bus arrived after nightfall at the closed museum’s back door. Its passengers climbed out with reflective yellow bands dangling from their media credentials so they could be easily identified as journalists in quarantine for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The couple dozen in attendance had won a lottery to attend this after-hours tour of […]

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