Jump-setting Swedes beat Germany to win the Olympic beach volleyball gold medal

PARIS (AP) — Jump-setting Swedes David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig quickly dispatched Germany to win the Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games on Saturday night, needing just 33 minutes to complete their climb to the top of the beach volleyball world. One night after the Brazilian...

Brazil beats Canada in tense three-set women's beach volleyball gold medal match. Swiss win bronze

PARIS (AP) — Brazil won a tense, three-set final to claim the women's beach volleyball gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday night, finishing off the Canadians following a nose-to-nose confrontation at the net that needed the intervention of the referee — and the Eiffel Tower Stadium DJ. ...

2024 Olympics schedule August 9: Boxer Imane Khelif fights for gold medal

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif's tumultuous Paris Olympics run culminates Friday with a gold-medal bout, while gold medals will be awarded in track and field, beach volleyball, soccer and breaking as the 2024 Olympics begin to wind down. See the full schedule of events and read more on...

'Swedish Jump-Set' helps world's top beach volleyball team reach the medal round at Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) — A pair of 22-year-old Swedes has risen to the top of the beach volleyball world with an innovative technique that could prove to be as revolutionary as the forward pass in football or high jumping’s Fosbury Flop. The “Swedish Jump-Set,” as it has become known, is...

Brazilian women beat Latvia to join Canada in beach volleyball semifinals at Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Brazilians Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa withstood Latvia's fast start to reach the women's beach volleyball semifinals at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. The top-ranked duo won 21-16, 21-10 against Anastasija Samoilova and Tina Graudina, but had...

Sweden and Germany advance to Olympic men's beach volleyball semifinals

PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden jump-set their way into the Paris Olympics ' beach volleyball semifinals on Tuesday, beating Evandro and Arthur of Brazil 21-17, 21-16 at Eiffel Tower Stadium. In an earlier quarterfinal, Germany beat the Netherlands...

Paris Olympics Day 10: Biles closes out with her 11th career medal — a silver in floor exercise

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles wrapped up her final day of the Paris Olympic s with more hardware for the greatest gymnast of her generation. The woman who didn’t think she’d even be here a couple years ago will leave Paris — and perhaps her final Olympics — with three golds...

Ex-NBA player Budinger, partner Evans eliminated by defending Olympic beach volleyball champ Norway

PARIS (AP) — The slam dunk contest was a spectacle. Facing Kobe Bryant was something he will never forget. Now Chase Budinger has some Olympic memories to go along with those NBA career highlights. “Playing in the Olympics, playing in this venue, will definitely be...

Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of rape, eliminated from Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016, was eliminated from the Paris Olympics on Sunday night when he and partner Matthew Immers lost to Brazil in straight sets. In his fourth and final...

Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape in 2016 has been eliminated from the Paris Olympics