By Toshiki Hashimoto KAWAGOE, Japan (Reuters) - A slow-burning Olympic golf tournament roared to life on Saturday as American Xander Schauffele fought off attacks on all fronts to cling to a one-shot lead heading into the final round. Overnight leader by a…
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) -Reigning world champion Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines defeated Italian Irma Testa in the featherweight boxing semi-final on Saturday to keep her in the contest for what could be her country's second-ever gold medal in the Olympics.…
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Pau Gasol is at the end of what has been an extraordinary playing career. He’s won multiple championships in Spain, multiple championships in the NBA, a World Cup title, three Olympic medals. He has nothing left to prove.…
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers on Saturday said they were trying to improve conditions for athletes quarantined at the Games, following mounting complaints over a lack of air, food and basic necessities while in isolation. Athletes and staff…
TOKYO (AP) — The official clock showed sprinter Scott Fiti's stay at the Olympics lasted 11.25 seconds. That's 11.25 seconds he'll remember forever. Simply racing down the track in the preliminary round of the men's 100 meters — the round before “Round…
Reuters Olympics-Volleyball- Turkey’s flamboyant spiker wants to snatch medal When Ebrar Karakurt watched Turkey women's volleyball team at the London 2012 Olympics with her family at home, she was 12. Fast-forward 9 years, and the opposite hitter Karakurt, sporting a bold…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. left Friday night’s game in the first inning with a partially dislocated left shoulder and his San Diego Padres lost 9-4 to the Colorado Rockies, who were led by Ryan McMahon’s grand slam…
TOKYO (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Francine Niyonsaba criticized her own team officials and said Saturday she felt “so alone” after she was disqualified for lane infringement and denied a place in the 5,000-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics. The 800-meter specialist…
U.S. lightweight Keyshawn Davis looked like a gold medal contender in the Tokyo Olympics Friday evening U.S. time. Davis stopped top seed and 2016 silver medalist Sofiane Oumiha of France in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals, in which he’ll…
BMX rider Connor Fields was transferred from the intensive care unit at a Tokyo hospital to a high-level care wing Saturday, one day after a horrific crash during the semifinals of the Olympic race left him laying motionless on the asphalt. The…