VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Germany has lots of players who can score. The Germans knew they needed a point guard for the Paris Games with the country making its Olympic debut in women’s basketball. Alexis Peterson, a native of Columbus,

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled out of the women’s 200 meters Sunday and will not race for an individual medal at the Paris Games. Jackson, the defending world champion who is the second-fastest woman of all

NANTERRE, France (AP) — No one can match America’s depth at the pool. That said, claiming the top step on the Olympic medal podium is no longer a given for U.S. swimmers. Nine days of thrilling competition at La Defense

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Norwegian world-record holder Karsten Warholm turned in the fastest time in 400-meter hurdles qualifying Monday as he tries to defend his Olympic title. Warholm is likely to face a big challenge to retain his crown in

PARIS (AP) — American gymnastics star Simone Biles is on the floor at Bercy Arena for the final day of competition. Biles is in both the balance beam and floor exercise finals, where she will try to add to the

PARIS (AP) — Of the 10,500 athletes at the Paris Olympics, skateboarder Dallas Oberholzer is surely the only one to have crossed paths with dragons on his four-wheeled round-the-world odyssey to the 2024 Games. The 49-year-old from South Africa had

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Maybe it was the time Jakob Ingebrigtsen started playing to the crowd before he crossed the finish line, and beat Josh Kerr anyway. Or maybe it when Kerr beat Ingebrigtsen three nights later with a gold

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s government on Monday called on French authorities to investigate an incident at the Paris Olympics men’s doubles badminton final against China when a Taiwan supporter had her sign reading, “Let’s go Taiwan,” ripped from her

MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation — praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope — that Kristen Faulkner could hold on in the road race at the Paris