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Novak Djokovic wins his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s tennis finalVideo
PARIS — For all of his Grand Slam championships and other titles, for all of his time at No. 1, Novak Djokovic really, really wanted an Olympic gold medal for Serbia, the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume. He finally got one at age 37. Doesn’t matter a...
U.S. extends Olympic win streak to 58 games with 87-68 victory over Germany; quarterfinals nextVideo
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — The U.S. has incredible depth that no country can match, and it has played a key role in its unprecedented run of seven straight Olympic gold medals. The Americans can wear down their opponents by sending wave after wave of WNBA All-Stars to the court. They did...
U.S. sets two world records on final night of swimming, wins gold-medal race with AustraliaVideo
NANTERRE, France — The United States set two world records on the final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, winning the gold-medal count over rival Australia and easing the sting of their first loss in the men’s 400 medley relay. Bobby Finke set the standard in the...
High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine’s 1st individual gold of the Paris OlympicsVideo
SAINT-DENIS, France — Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who was forced to flee her country because of the war with Russia, won gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. It was Ukraine’s first individual gold of these Summer Games, following a victory in women’s team saber fencing. Mahuchikh cleared 2.00...
Great Scottie! Scheffler gets the Olympic gold medal in a thriller with a 62Video
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Scottie Scheffler was a model of calm and greatness as he delivered the greatest closing round of his career. The final two hours were about charges and collapses, pure theater that ended Sunday with the Olympic gold medal fittingly draped around the neck of golf’s No. 1...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy displays newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air
SOMEWHERE IN UKRAINE — Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets were put on display Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the country’s war effort against Russia. “These jets are in our sky and today you see them,” said Zelenskyy, standing in front of two of...
VP campaign launches ‘Republicans for Harris’ in push to win over GOP voters put off by Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday is launching “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy. The program will be a “campaign within a campaign,” according to Harris’ team, using well-known Republicans to activate their networks, with a...
Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward FloridaVideo
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Debby has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Florida. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Sunday evening that the storm has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The storm was located about 100 miles west southwest of Tampa and...
Man gets life sentence for killing his 3 young sons at their Ohio home
BATAVIA, Ohio — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year. A Clermont County judge sentenced Chad Doerman, 33, on Friday to three consecutive life terms after he pleaded...
Tigers retire Hall of Fame Jim Leyland’s No. 10 next to World Series winner Sparky Anderson on wallVideo
DETROIT — Jim Leyland’s No. 10 was retired by the Detroit Tigers, putting the Hall of Fame manager’s name and number in white on a brick wall next to World Series winner Sparky Anderson. “When I look out on that wall and see my name with the Tiger greats, it’s...
Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael, who has ALS, enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ceremony at his homeVideo
Steve McMichael couldn’t make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so the ceremony came to him. Battling ALS and bedridden in the advanced stages of the neurological disease, the 66-year-old two-time All-Pro defensive tackle was the second player enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame among seven...
Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm share lead in star-heavy chase for Olympic gold in golfVideo
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Golf finally has some Olympic buzz from a big and boisterous gallery, and it has the star power to match going into the final round of the men’s competition with medals finally at stake. Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm were tied for the lead Saturday, one shot...
Trinity Rodman’s ‘bit of magic’ sends U.S. women into Olympic soccer semifinalsVideo
PARIS — Mallory Swanson says Trinity Rodman gave the United States a bit of magic when the team needed it most. Rodman scored in extra time, and the United States advanced to the women’s soccer semifinals at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Japan on Saturday. “Ultimately in...
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif clinches medal at Olympics amid controversyVideo
VILLEPINTE, France — Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria clinched a medal at the Paris Olympics in an emotional fight Saturday that followed days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports. Khelif defeated Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary,...
Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who wins 100-meter title
SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped in the rain to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to bring the first Olympic medal to her island country of Saint Lucia. Racing one lane to the left of Richardson, and with water...
Penn State grad Stephen ‘Pommel Horse Guy’ Nedoroscik adds another bronze at OlympicsVideo
Stephen Nedoroscik’s meticulous attention to details and rituals do not stop with his pommel horse routine. Outside the gym, the Penn State graduate can be obsessive, too. So when he again solved his Rubik’s Cube in under 10 seconds Saturday ahead of the pommel horse final at the Paris Olympics,...
Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at OlympicsVideo
NANTERRE, France — Every year on August 3, Katie Ledecky is reminded of her first Olympic gold medal. She was just 15 years old, a reserved high schooler who had surprisingly made the U.S. swim team for the London Games. Then she went out and shocked the world, beating everyone...
Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at the Paris Olympics
NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky capped another stellar Olympics by becoming only the second swimmer to win an event at four straight Summer Games, holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle Saturday night. It was Ledecky’s second gold medal in Paris and ninth of her remarkable career, which...
U.S. men’s basketball rolls into Olympic quarterfinals as top seed after rout of Puerto RicoVideo
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the...
Trump says he’ll skip an ABC debate with Harris in September and wants them to face off on Fox News
CHAPIN, S.C. — Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the November election. In a...
Schumer predicts Democrats will keep control of the Senate now that Harris is atop the party ticket
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is predicting that Democrats will keep control of the Senate in the November election and he feels “exhilarated and gratified” by the surge of enthusiasm with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the party’s ticket. Schumer, who played a pivotal role in talking privately...
Simone Biles captures 7th Olympic gold medal by winning women’s vault for 2nd time
PARIS — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going. Maybe. Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold of her career Saturday in a vault final that left little doubt that, even at 27, she remains in...
Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz meet for the Olympic tennis men’s singles gold
PARIS — Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet for the men’s tennis singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in the latest installment of a fascinating old-vs.-young rivalry that included a matchup in the Wimbledon final three weeks ago. Alcaraz won that one — “Quite comfortably,” Djokovic...
Giants’ Blake Snell throws 1st career no-hitter in 3-0 win over the RedsVideo
CINCINNATI — Blake Snell pitched his first career no-hitter Friday night, striking out 10 as the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds, 3-0. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner walked three and threw 114 pitches, 78 for strikes, in his first complete game in 202 major league starts....
Ravens’ offensive line in flux after losing 3 starters in the offseasonVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Patrick Mekari’s versatility could be an important asset for the Baltimore Ravens this season. He’s shown he can play both tackle and guard, and the Ravens face some uncertainty at both of those positions. “I just want to play, and I want to help the team,”...
