Latest 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games News
Anthony Nesty to become the first Black US head swimming coach at the Olympics
Anthony Nesty made more history Thursday when he was picked to lead the U.S. men's swimming team in Paris, where he will become the first Black head coach for the powerhouse American squad at the Olympics. Nesty's selection was announced by USA Swimming, which also appointed Todd...
Asian Games set to go in China with more athletes than the Olympics but the same political intrigue
TOKYO (AP) — The Asian Games are set to go in China, the biggest multi-sport international event in the country since pandemic restrictions were lifted there about nine months ago. This giant sports festival in the eastern city of Hangzhou involves more athletes than the Olympics...
The USA is in great position entering Round 2 of the World Cup. So are many other teams
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The opponent names will become more recognizable for USA Basketball now. Nikola Vucevic awaits on Friday, Jonas Valanciunas on Sunday, and if the Americans keep progressing through this FIBA World Cup the challenges will only get tougher. To that, they...
Preview capsules on the 32 teams that'll compete in the Basketball World Cup
Capsules on each of the 32 nations in the Basketball World Cup, listed by their group and in order of world rankings: ___ GROUP A — MANILA ITALY World ranking: 10 World Cup appearances: 10 Best World Cup...
Hannah Roberts of the US wins her fourth straight freestyle BMX world championship
Hannah Roberts has won just about everything possible on a freestyle BMX bike except an Olympic title. That could be coming next. The 21-year-old American trick artist didn't even need her second run in the finals of the world championships on Monday, posting a score...
A Belarusian sprinter who was forced out of the Tokyo Olympics has been cleared to race for Poland
MONACO (AP) — Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, the Belarusian sprinter whose team tried to force her out of the Tokyo Olympics, has been declared eligible to represent Poland ahead of the upcoming world championships. Tsimanouskaya's profile on the website of World Athletics, track and...
Simone Biles dazzles in her return from a 2-year layoff to dominate the US Classic
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Simone Biles spent two years trying to distance herself from those strange days in Tokyo and all the outside noise that came along with it. She dove into therapy and slowly — very slowly — returned to training even though she wavered on whether she...
Simone Biles is trying to enjoy the moment after a two-year break. The Olympic talk can come later
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Simone Biles is well aware of how the drill goes. She's lived it. Multiple times at this point. Whenever the gymnastics star goes to work, the questions about the Olympics come, no matter where the Games fall on the calendar. “It's just...
The buzz around Simone Biles' return is papable. The gymnastics star seems intent on tuning it out
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL (AP) — Ignore the wedding band and it could have been 2019 for Simone Biles. Or 2016. Or 2014. Long before Tokyo. Long before the "twisties.” Long before two years off in which the gymnastics star took a step back, took a long look at the arc of her...
Olympic gymnastics champion Suni Lee began pointing to 2024 long ago. It could be a difficult road.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — The anxiety hit Sunisa Lee unexpectedly. The 2021 Olympic gymnastics champion was preparing for her return to elite gymnastics at Saturday's U.S. Classic when the fear of having who she is measured against who she was during her somewhat unexpected...
