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CNN —   Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten threw her arms up in the air, her face a picture of ecstasy and joy. That’s what you do when you think you’ve won Olympic gold – except she hadn’t. That honor went to Austria’s Anna Kiesenhofer, who capitalized on her rival’s confusion in the Tokyo 2020…

The Tokyo 2020 logo is reflected in the backboard as Evan Fournier of France goes for the basket past the United States’ Draymond Jamal Green during a basketball game on Sunday, July 25. France beat the United States 83-76, snapping a 25-game winning streak. Eric Gay/AFP/Getty Images Updated 12:21 PM ET, Sun July 25, 2021…

Nourine told Algeria’s Echourouk TV that he “decided to withdraw out of conviction, because this is the very least we can offer the Palestinian cause.” “This is my duty,” he said, adding that he wanted to “send a message to the whole world that Israel is an occupation, a lawless country, a country without a…

There will be veterans of the greatest sports show on earth and debutants, men and women, who’ve been trying their whole lives to say that they are an Olympian. Belgium’s 40-year-old basketball player Ann Wauters falls into the latter category. Once the first-overall pick in the WNBA draft, a WNBA all-star in 2005 and champion…

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic described the humidity as “brutal” after beating Bolivian Hugo Dellien 6-2 6-2 in the men’s singles first round, while Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev resorted to using a mobile air conditioner to keep himself cool. Medvedev beat Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik 6-4 7-6 at the Ariake Tennis Park on Saturday, but…

Fans watch the Men’s road race at Fuji International Speedway. Christian Hartmann/Reuters Five hundred excited spectators gathered Saturday at one of Japan’s rare public viewing sites in Shizuoka prefecture to watch the men’s road cycling race. “Tokyo was chosen to host the Olympics. Even though the Games were delayed a year and are being held…

Earlier on Friday, a request from Tokyo 2020 organizers to push back Osaka’s opening match of the Olympics from Saturday to Sunday was granted ahead of the opening ceremony, fueling speculation that the four-time grand slam champion, who is making her Olympic debut on home soil, might light the cauldron. The daughter of a Japanese…

Even as athletes arrived for the Olympics, some were soon to discover that they wouldn’t be able to compete. Czech beach volleyball players Markéta Sluková-Nausch and Barbora Hermannova were both ruled out of the Games as the European team grappled with Covid-19 after they landed in Tokyo. Sluková-Nausch’s positive test result was announced on July…

Flag bearers Sue Bird and Eddy Alvares of Team United States lead their team out during the Opening Ceremony. Jamie Squire/Getty Images Team USA just entered the stadium as first lady Jill Biden cheered them on. The US has more than 200 athletes walking in the ceremony. Biden is leading the US delegation at the 2020…