Olympics
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Wembanyama returns home for Olympics. The basketball star will be one of Paris' biggest attractions
Jul 23, 2024 5:59 pm - PARIS (AP) — Sports often are a secondary attraction in Paris, with athletes having a difficult time standing out in a cultural sphere driven largely by food, fashion and...
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United States favored to top overall medal table at Paris Games. China may challenge for most gold
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To put Simone Biles ‘at ease,’ U.S. team says star can do less in Paris
Jul 23, 2024 5:49 pm - PARIS — Simone Biles will have the option to compete on fewer than all four apparatuses in the Olympic team final, a team official said Tuesday, a decision that could hel...
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How Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly is capturing the essence of France
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LeBron James scores final 11 points for U.S. in 92-88 win over Germany as pre-Olympic tour ends
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U.S. women's Olympic basketball knows it has work to do after loss to WNBA team
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The wake-up call for the U.S. men's basketball team arrives with the Paris Olympics a few days away
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Marta pursues soccer gold at the Olympics while preparing to pass the torch to Brazil's youngstersJul 20, 2024 10:54 am - Marta can’t help but be a bit nostalgic heading into her last big tournament with the Brazilian national team. But for the 38-year-old six-time world player of the year, ...
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Katie Ledecky just keeps chugging along, still excited about swimming after all these yearsJul 20, 2024 10:36 am - INDIANAPOLIS — For Katie Ledecky, there is seemingly no such thing as burnout. Sure, there are times when it all gets a bit monotonous, staring at that black line at the ...
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Olympic success or failure can hinge on the snap of a finger, a tiny wobble or even a gust of windJul 19, 2024 4:23 pm - In a sport embedded inside an Olympic world where gold medals can be won and careers can be made by the most minuscule of fractions — of seconds or inches or centimeters — what toppled Conley's hopes had nothing to do with a measuring tape.