Global rugby superstar Antoine Dupont inspired France to a thrilling 26-14 Olympic sevens quarter-final win over Argentina on Thursday on a pulsating night at the Stade de France in Paris that also saw the mighty New Zealand suffer a shock exit.Meanwhile, double gold medalists Fiji survived a huge s
Reigning Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmati scored one goal and helped create another as FIFA Women’s World Cup holders Spain beat Japan 2-1 in their first game of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament on Thursday, while record four-time gold medalists the US beat Zambia 3-0.Spain are making their Ol
In April last year, Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying finally opened up about her future in the sport in which she had competed professionally since 2009.“My plan is to retire after the end of next year’s season. Even if I’m still able to compete, I would prefer not to,” she said at a promotional
Beach volleyball begins at the Paris Olympics today in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and with the sport under the spotlight because of the inclusion of a Dutch player convicted of rape.Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 of raping an underage girl and sentenced to four years in prison.He serv
TOP PERFORMANCE: Brenton Doyle hit his 17th home run off former teammate Chase Anderson in the sixth, capping a six-run inning, while five of the runs were unearned
Brenton Doyle’s first career grand slam was one of four home runs by Colorado, and the Rockies tied a franchise record for runs in a 20-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.Ezequiel Tovar homered and singled twice, extended his hitting streak to 11 games with his homer in the first inning.
Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman on Wednesday said she would step away from the team’s opening game against New Zealand at the Paris Olympics in the wake of a drone scandal.New Zealand complained to the International Olympic Committee’s integrity unit after it said drones were flown over cl
Argentina coach Javier Mascherano said he had never witnessed such a circus after a pitch invasion triggered a dramatic and long-delayed climax to the country’s 2-1 loss to Morocco in their Olympic opener in Saint-Etienne on Wednesday.Cristian Medina thought he had salvaged a 2-2 draw for Argentina
Iga Swiatek is returning to a happy hunting ground as she seeks a first Olympic crown to add to her four French Open titles at Roland Garros.The Polish world No. 1 has been dominant on the red clay of Paris, winning four of the past five tournaments and is unbeaten there since a quarter-final loss t
DRESSAGEDujardin ‘deeply ashamed’Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin of Britain repeatedly whipped a horse while coaching another rider in a video that was published by multiple media outlets on Wednesday. The video is part of an official complaint filed against Dujardin with the Int
INTO THE NINTH: Michael Siani took third on a Masyn Winn groundout and scored when Alec Burleson lined an 0-2 fastball into right on Skenes’ 104th and final pitch
Rookie Paul Skenes on Tuesday lost for the first time in 12 career MLB starts, giving up Alec Burleson’s tiebreaking single in the ninth inning that lifted the St Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1.Taking the mound for the first time since starting for the National League in last week’s
During a rainstorm that partially obscured the light of a nearly full moon, 97 runners on Monday pushed off in desolate Death Valley in California with the launch of a 48-hour annual ultramarathon billed as the world’s toughest foot race — the Badwater 135.After starting late at night, the men and w
As the drummers walk onto the field, the players behind them smack their hickory sticks to the beat. The rhythm envelops the stands and a palpable sense of anticipation flows through the crowd.Indigenous people have been playing stickball for hundreds of years, and every summer since 1975, teams hav
The Olympic rings are displayed on Tuesday on the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris Summer Olympic Games, with the opening ceremony scheduled for tomorrow.
STAYING ALIVE: Recovering from an illness, Tovar singled the winning run with two outs in the 12th against Boston in what a teammate called ‘a little Michael Jordan flu game’
Juan Soto on Monday hit two of the Yankees’ five home runs as New York salvaged a four-game series split with a 9-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.Soto had his fourth multihomer game this season since coming over in a trade in December last year and the 21st of his career, tying him with Hall of Fa
LeBron James is on Friday to carry the US flag, but first, he had to carry the US men’s basketball team — again.James on Monday scored the final 11 points for the Americans down the stretch, and the four-time reigning Olympic gold medalists held off FIBA Basketball World Cup champions Germany 92-88
Conventional wisdom dictates that the average retirement age for elite female players in the intense and physically demanding sport of badminton is well under 30 years old.Five female shuttlers are set to turn that on its head when they make their fourth Olympic appearances at the Paris Games, a fea
Briton Andy Murray, the first male tennis player to claim two Olympic singles gold medals, yesterday said that he would play the final event of his glittering career at the Paris Games before heading into retirement.Murray, widely regarded as one of Britain’s all-time great sportsmen, won gold in Lo
TENNISHsieh wins Prague openerTaiwanese star Hsieh Su-wei and partner Tsao Chia-yi on Monday won the women’s doubles opener at the Prague Open as they prepare for the opening of the Paris Games. The third seeds defeated the Czech Republic’s Miriam Kolodziejova and Jesika Maleckova 5-7, 6-1, 10-4 to
‘UNREAL’: Eritrean rider Girmay emerged as a star, winning three stages, becoming the first black African to win a Tour stage and winning the spring points green jersey
Tadej Pogacar on Sunday hailed a new “golden age” for cycling after securing a third Tour de France title to add to his 2020 and 2021 triumphs.The 25-year-old won the final day’s time-trial with defending champion Jonas Vingegaard finishing second at 1 minute, 3 seconds on the day to seal second ove
Shohei Ohtani on Sunday hit a 473-foot (144m) home run as the Los Angeles Dodgers went deep six times in a 9-6 victory over the Boston Red Sox.Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernandez, Gavin Lux, Austin Barnes and Jason Heyward also connected as Los Angeles swept the three-game series.“Going into the brea