Olympics
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Athletes enjoying their first days at the giant Olympic village ahead of the Paris Games
Jul 23, 2024 6:04 pm - PARIS — Australian beach volleyball player Taliqua Clancy got an unexpected surprise walking around the athletes' village at the Paris Olympics on Monday. Among the legio...
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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
Jul 23, 2024 5:53 pm - As the Paris Olympics are set to open this week, the United States goes in as the favorite to win the most medals. China is unlikely to overtake the U.S. in the overall m...
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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
Jul 23, 2024 6:18 am - In a luxurious hotel room on the 16th floor overlooking the heart of Paris and the iconic Seine River, Thomas Jolly prepares for the grand spectacle that will inaugurate the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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LeBron James scores final 11 points for U.S. in 92-88 win over Germany as pre-Olympic tour ends
Jul 22, 2024 6:39 pm - On Friday, LeBron James will carry the U.S. flag. But first, he carried the U.S. men's basketball team. Again. James scored the final 11 points for the Americans down the...
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U.S. women's Olympic basketball knows it has work to do after loss to WNBA team
Jul 21, 2024 2:37 pm - PHOENIX — There is no panic in the U.S. women's Olympic team. The Americans have been in this spot before. The U.S. lost to the WNBA All-Star team on Saturday night 117-1...
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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
Jul 21, 2024 2:33 pm - South Sudan is the 33rd-ranked team in the FIBA world rankings, by far the lowest of any of the 12 nations that will be vying for men’s basketball gold in the Paris Olymp...
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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 ...