MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Valentin Bontus of Austria took gold after winning two finals races Friday in men’s kitesurfing, the new, fastest sport at the Summer Olympics, whose medals bring to a close sailing competitions in Marseille. Toni Vodisek of

PARIS (AP) — It’s a game the French wanted. It’s a game the Americans probably expected. It’s a game the world most certainly will be watching. The U.S. vs. France. In Paris. For basketball gold. “Incredible,” U.S. forward Kevin Durant

PARIS (AP) — The memory of Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum hovers over the men’s Olympic marathon. His competitors will wind through the streets of Paris on Saturday chasing a gold medal he would have been favored to win. They will stare

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — The sport climbing competition is coming to a close at the Paris Games with athletes celebrating the decision to separate the speed discipline from boulder and lead. The sport made its Olympic debut in Tokyo

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — American teenage sprinter Quincy Wilson’s first run at the Olympics on Friday was a learning lesson. The 16-year-old, who became the youngest American male to compete in track at the Olympics, left the U.S. in a

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The country of diamonds now has a gold. The people of Botswana were given the afternoon off work Friday through a presidential decree so they could celebrate its first gold medal at the Olympics. Sprinter Letsile

PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is one victory away from wrapping up her tumultuous Paris Olympics with a gold medal around her neck — a potential prize that she has called the best response to a cascade of

PARIS (AP) — Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has asked sports’ highest court to award her a shared silver medal after being disqualified from her Paris Olympics final for missing the weight limit, The Court of Arbitration for Sport said a

PARIS (AP) — Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary wrapped up Olympic swimming events in the Seine River by winning the men’s 10-kilometer marathon race Friday. Battling strong currents on a sunny, breezy morning, Rasovszky set the pace most of the race