Tag: Olympic games
Skateboarder to be Britain’s youngest Summer Olympian
LONDON — Skateboarder Sky Brown will become Britain's youngest Summer Olympian in Tokyo next month.
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BMX freestyle makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo Games
OLYMPIC DEBUT: BMX racing has been in the Olympic program since the 2008 Beijing Games, but this will be the first go-round for its...
Djokovic, Federer, Osaka, Barty on Tokyo Olympic entry lists
WIMBLEDON, England — Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Switzerland’s Roger Federer, Japan’s Naomi Osaka and Australia’s Ash Barty are on the entry lists for the Tokyo...
Ready to roll: Skateboarding set to wow on Olympic debut
TOKYO — WHAT’S NEW: Absolutely everything. Skateboarding is one of four sports making their Olympic debuts at the Tokyo Games, along with karate, surfing...
Bach arrives in Tokyo on July 8; infections on rise again
TOKYO — IOC President Thomas Bach will arrive in Tokyo on July 8 and spend three days in isolation before holding meetings leading up...
Liberatore, Torkelson, Meyer, Kelenic in Futures Game
NEW YORK — St. Louis pitcher Matthew Liberatore, who started twice for the U.S. team that qualified for the Olympics, was among 50 players...
Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo
TORONTO — Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher, who is breastfeeding her infant daughter, has won in her quest to bring the baby to the...
Better baseball players have less chance for Olympic gold
While most Olympic events are a competition among the best, the better you are in baseball, the less of a chance you have of...
Olympic road races yield early drama for delayed Tokyo Games
The men's and women's road races kick off the cycling program at every Summer Olympics, yet the pair of races that will depart from...
AP source: IOC to expand soccer rosters to 22 for Olympics
Olympic soccer rosters will be expanded from 18 players to 22 for the Tokyo Olympics, a person with knowledge of the change told The...
