Tag: Summer Olympic games
Australian Olympians prepare for a Tokyo Games like no other
SYDNEY — Australian athletes are preparing for a games like no other before them when the Tokyo Olympics start on July 23 — 100...
Claressa Shields to make MMA debut with PFL on June 10
LOS ANGELES — Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields has a date and an opponent for her mixed martial arts debut with the...
Russia’s flag banned but national colors on Olympic uniforms
MOSCOW — The Russian flag is barred from the Olympics in a doping dispute. You wouldn't know it to look at the Russian uniforms.
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Forgery trial of Olympic powerbroker now set for August
GENEVA — The delayed trial of Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, charged with forgery in an alleged Kuwaiti coup plot, is now set...
Thunder sign forward Gabriel Deck
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed Gabriel Deck to a multi-year contract.
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Conn Findlay, 4-time Olympic medalist, dies at 90
Conn Findlay, a four-time Olympic medalist in the sports of rowing and sailing and a member of two winning America’s Cup crews, has died....
“Super Fan” prepares for Tokyo Olympics without foreign fans
TOKYO — Kyoko Ishikawa was a back-packing Japanese student in Barcelona in 1992 when she says a “miracle happened.” She managed to buy a...
Olympic Gold: Men’s Gymnastics Struggling to Survive
The death of a 117-year-old program, one that captured championships and produced Olympians, ended with a gasp. And then a vote.
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Katie Ledecky wins 200 free with world’s fastest time
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — Katie Ledecky won the 200-meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet with the world’s fastest time this year.
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Aussie field hockey teams face lack of games before Olympics
PERTH, Australia — Australia's traditionally strong Olympic field hockey teams are having trouble playing competitive matches ahead of the Tokyo Games, not unlike dozens...
