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Australia gets late goal to clinch 6-5 comeback win over Zambia despite Banda's hat trick

Australia produced a stunning comeback to beat Zambia 6-5 and boost its chances of advancing to the quarterfinals of the Olympic women’s soccer tournament

JULY 28, 2024 • Associated Press

South Sudan stuns Puerto Rico 90-79 to claim its first ever Olympic victory

Carlik Jones scored 19 points and South Sudan rallied in the second half to beat Puerto Rico 90-79 in the Paris Olympics opener for both teams

JULY 28, 2024 • Associated Press

Dominican Republic's Azcona sent off for kicking Spain's Cubarsi in groin at Olympics

Dominican Republic forward Edison Azcona was sent off in his team’s 3-1 loss to Spain at the Olympics after kicking out into the groin of Pau Cubarsi

JULY 27, 2024 • Associated Press

Canada tops Giannis and Greece on Day 1. Wemby and France also win, as do Germany and Australia

Canada was tested, then held on to get its first Olympic win in 24 years

JULY 27, 2024 • Associated Press

Australia field hockey player has part of a finger amputated to compete at the Paris Olympics

Australia field hockey player Matthew Dawson was so determined to compete in the Paris Olympics that he had part of the ring finger on his right hand amputated

JULY 26, 2024 • Associated Press

Canada women's soccer coach suspended over drone scandal, which may be part of 'systemic' issues

Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman has been suspended and removed from the team for the Paris Olympics in the wake of a drone-spying scandal

JULY 26, 2024 • Associated Press

Australia loses Bec Allen for Paris Olympics with hamstring injury in final warmup game

Australia will play the 2024 Olympics without forward Bec Allen after tests revealed a high-grade hamstring injury suffered in the Opals’ final warmup for the Paris Games

JULY 25, 2024 • Associated Press

Israel's national anthem loudly jeered before Olympic soccer match against Mali

Israel’s national anthem was loudly jeered before its soccer team kicked off play at the Paris Olympics against Mali

JULY 24, 2024 • Associated Press

The Dominican Republic will make its debut in Olympic soccer with several dual-nationality players

The Dominican Republic is days away from an unexpected Olympic debut in soccer

JULY 23, 2024 • Associated Press

Bobby Witt Jr. homers, triples and doubles in the Royals' 10-4 win over the Diamondbacks

Bobby Witt Jr. fell a single short of the cycle, Salvador Perez and Hunter Renfroe also homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 on Monday night for t...

JULY 23, 2024 • Associated Press

Witt's homer and Wacha's seven scoreless innings lead Royals over White Sox, 7-1

Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. homered and drove in two runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 7-1

JULY 20, 2024 • Associated Press

Cubs' Seiya Suzuki excited for return to Tokyo Dome for Japan series vs Dodgers in 2025

A 9-year-old Seiya Suzuki sat in the stands of the Tokyo Dome with eyes peeled on New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui as he warmed up for a game against the Tampa Bay Devil R...

JULY 19, 2024 • Associated Press

Former Olympic and sports official Kevan Gosper of Australia dies at 90

The Australian Olympic Committee says former high-ranking IOC member and Australian Olympian Kevan Gosper has died

JULY 19, 2024 • Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández beats Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to win Home Run Derby

JULY 16, 2024 • Associated Press

US men's basketball team builds big lead then holds off Australia for 98-92 win in Olympics tuneup

Anthony Davis scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton came up with a pair of late 3-pointers that helped stop a freefall by the Americans, and the U.S. beat Aus...

JULY 15, 2024 • Associated Press

How reggaeton stars are driving a basketball boom in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s professional basketball league is experiencing a renaissance thanks to reggaeton stars like Bad Bunny, Ozuna and Anuel AA

JULY 14, 2024 • Associated Press

Canada finalizes its men's Olympic basketball roster, with 8 returnees from World Cup team

Canada finalized its men’s basketball roster for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, with eight of the 12 players selected having been part of the run to a bronze medal at last summer...

JULY 10, 2024 • Associated Press

Australia heads to Paris with its highest-ever percentage of women on its Olympic team

The Australian team heading to Paris will contain a higher percentage of women than any previous squad the country has sent to the Olympics

JULY 10, 2024 • Associated Press

Euro 2024: England plays the Netherlands aiming for back-to-back European finals

England can reach back-to-back European Championship finals as it meets the Netherlands in Dortmund in the second semifinal game at Euro 2024

JULY 9, 2024 • Associated Press

Puerto Rico returns to Olympics in men's basketball, tops Lithuania 79-68

JULY 7, 2024 • Associated Press

Jackson to appear at 5th Olympics for Australia's Opals. Mills, Giddey in Boomers team

Basketball star Lauren Jackson will compete at her fifth Olympics after being selected in Australia’s 12-player squad just three months after again coming out of retirement

JULY 7, 2024 • Associated Press

Olympic champion Caslick set to lead Australia's charge for rugby sevens gold at Paris Games

Charlotte Caslick will lead Australia’s world series champion squad to the Paris Olympics, where she’s aiming to win her second gold medal after taking the honors when rugby sevens...

JULY 3, 2024 • Associated Press

Euro 2024: Slow-starting defending champ Italy faces Switzerland in first knockout match

Defending champion Italy aims to continue its dominance over Switzerland to reach the quarterfinals of the European Championship on Saturday

JUNE 28, 2024 • Associated Press

Alex de Minaur, Ajla Tomljanovic to lead Australia's tennis team to Paris Olympics

Ninth-ranked Alex de Minaur is among the nine players selected to represent Australia in tennis at the Paris Olympics

JUNE 26, 2024 • Associated Press

Robertson skippers Canada into lead of SailGP's New York regatta on a fickle day on the Hudson River

Phil Robertson skippered Canada’s 50-foot foiling catamaran to finishes of fourth and second in the opening races of the New York Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix on the Hudson Ri...

JUNE 23, 2024 • Associated Press

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