Maddie Hinch suspects her shootout heroics five years ago may still be preying on Holland’s minds after another standout performance kept Great Britain’s hopes of retaining their women’s Olympic hockey title alive. The Dutch were unable to find a way past Hinch in an epic Rio 2016 final which went to penalties and Britain were once again grateful for their […]

Mondo Duplantis has a world record and a good chance at Olympic gold. But he’s endeared himself to Sweden (his mother’s home country) by buying into its culture. By Scott Cacciola and Jeré Longman TOKYO — Mondo Duplantis was a high school freshman when his life changed. A pole-vaulting prodigy from Lafayette, La., Duplantis was a couple of months from […]

KASHIMA, Japan — Carli Lloyd, clutch in so many critical moments for the U.S. women’s soccer team, failed to connect against Canada on Monday night and the Americans won’t play for a fifth Olympic gold medal. Lloyd’s look in the 86th minute with the United States trailing by a goal hit the crossbar as Canada won 1-0 and dropped the […]

The British and Irish Lions’ second-half capitulation against South Africa on Saturday has set up a tense decisive third Test next weekend. Here, PA examines the talking points from the Boks’ supreme 27-9 victory in Cape Town. Rassie Erasmus’ social media rant worked wonders Rugby director Erasmus might find himself in hot water with the sport’s governors, but South Africa […]

It’s ‘bull****’!: Lewis Hamilton blasts Formula One chiefs after Sebastian Vettel is hit with a post-race reprimand for wearing a ‘same love’ T-shirt in support of LGBTQ+ community ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel wore shirt during the Hungarian national anthem before race Drivers can wear shirts with messages but they must be removed for anthems Vettel claimed […]

Emily Campbell celebrates her triumph As the green light flashed and the buzzer sounded, Emily Campbell’s grimace gave way to a shriek of delight. She had cleared 161kg in the final clean-and-jerk round, only the second competitor to do so in this women’s super-heavyweight final, and it had secured her a hard-earned silver medal. Campbell may not have been considered […]

Laurel Hubbard, the first openly transgender athlete in Olympic Games history, failed to register a lift in the +87kg women’s weightlifting final, costing her a shot at a medal. The 43-year-old had three attempts at the snatch section of the final, one at 120kg and two at 125kg, but failed to register any. This meant that the New Zealander could […]

Laurel Hubbard, centre, is introduced to the auditorium Laurel Hubbard made history as she became the first openly transgender woman to compete in an Olympic Games. The 43-year-old New Zealander began her bid for a medal in the women’s +87kg weightlifting final in Tokyo on Monday, among a 10-athlete field which included Britain’s Emily Campbell. She failed with her opening […]

By Hannah Beech Indonesia has won Olympic gold in only one sport: badminton. On Monday, the world’s fourth most populous nation notched another badminton victory when Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu claimed gold in the women’s doubles event. It was the first gold for Indonesia at the Tokyo Games and the eighth in the country’s Olympic history. Polii and Apriyani […]

Fox News Flash top headlines for August 1 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Belarusian track sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya who was involved in an airport standoff at Tokyo’s main airport following a dispute with her Olympic team was safe Monday, the Japanese government said. Japan was cooperating with other governments to “take appropriate […]