Tag: Olympics
A surprise engagement? Chinese badminton player gets a diamond after winning gold
China’s Huang Ya Qiong walked into Porte de La Chapelle Arena in Paris on Tuesday with her badminton mixed doubles partner Zheng Si...
Simone Biles devastates with joy, plus new NFL kickoff rules debut
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Novak Djokovic fears meniscus tear injury has recurred ahead of Olympic tennis semifinal
PARIS — Same court. Same issue. Or something like it.Seven weeks after tearing his meniscus so badly he needed surgery and pulled out...
South Sudan is on the rise at the Olympics, just as Luol Deng envisioned it
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — With lightning bolts spattering the midnight sky behind Stade Pierre Mauroy, the South Sudan fans celebrated until their foreheads glistened with...
Canada defies odds to advance despite Olympic spying scandal: 'They take six points and we got nine'
NICE, France — When the Canada women’s soccer team took the field for warm-ups ahead of Wednesday’s final game of the group stage...
Léon Marchand is the superstar and French sports hero these Olympics needed
NANTERRE, France — Léon Marchand has said that he likes the silence underwater. That moment when he finishes a lap, flips his body...