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2 coaches removed from Tokyo Olympics in Belarus case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer
Aug 06, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to ...
Felix sets a record, wins bronze for 10th Olympic medal

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
Aug 06, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Allyson Felix finished third in the 400 meters Friday to win her 10th career medal and become the most-decorated woman in the history of Olympic track. The ...
9 years on, Cameroon Olympic boxer talks of defection to UK

By SYLVIA HUI and TRISTAN WERKMEISTER Associated Press
Aug 06, 2021 1:00 am - SHEFFIELD, England (AP) - When boxer Thomas Essomba walked out of the London Olympic Village with his suitcases in 2012, he left behind his life in Cameroon to start ano...
Rhythmic gymnastics from the suburbs on TV today

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Aug 06, 2021 12:05 am - Here is the Olympic TV schedule for Friday for events featuring local athletes: 12:30 a.m.: Women's soccer, bronze medal match: USA vs. Australia, Casey Krueger of Naper...
Constable: Olympic abuses definitely not part of Elgin gymnastics academy's experience

Aug 05, 2021 5:00 am - As another Olympics draws to a close, we not only marvel at the amazing talents of the USA Gymnastics women's team, but we hear their pain. Considered the greatest gymna...
US routs Australia 97-78, to play for more basketball gold

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer
Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - SAITAMA, Japan (AP) - Kevin Durant and the Americans still have their grip on gold and it's going to take more than a few bad minutes for anyone to take it away from the...
Felix runs for history, Americans seek more basketball gold

By JENNA FRYER AP Sports Writer
Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Set the alarm for Day 14 of the Tokyo Games and watch Allyson Felix attempt to win a 10th track and field Olympic medal over breakfast. Then stay up late to...
Alvarez a summer-winter medalist, US reaches baseball final

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer
Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Eddy Alvarez sat in the U.S. dugout after the final out, buried his face in his hands and wept, even though his biggest game remains ahead. A 7-2 ...
Belarus runner showed Japanese police plea for help on phone

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press
Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who criticized her coaches at the Tokyo Games said Thursday that she showed police at the airport a translated plea f...
Belarus runner used quick thinking to avoid being sent home

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press
Aug 05, 2021 1:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared reprisals back home after publicly criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Games used quick thinking to get h...

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