August 2021

MyKayla Skinner makes most of second chance in Tokyo

August 2, 2021 4:54 am NBC Olympics

MyKayla Skinner talks with Hoda Kotb about the whirlwind of events that led to her winning silver in the women’s…

Vanessa Ferrari of Team Italy competes during the Women's Floor Exercise Final on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Italian gymnast Vanessa Ferrari wins first Olympic medal at 30 years old

August 2, 2021 4:53 am NBC Olympics

Vanessa Ferrari, 30, is competing in her fourth and final Olympic…

Fraser-Pryce shuts it down in 200m semi, advances to final

August 2, 2021 4:47 am NBC Olympics

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the Tokyo Olympic 100m silver medalist and third-fastest of the prelims, comfortably won the first women’s 200m…

Thompson-Herah equals 2015 personal best for top 200m semi

August 2, 2021 4:47 am NBC Olympics

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah, winner of the 100m, took the second 200m semifinal in a blistering 21.66, equaling her personal best from 2015…

Ta Lou again tops Miller-Uibo, clocks season-best 200m semi

August 2, 2021 4:47 am NBC Olympics

After edging her in the first-round prelims, Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou again defeated Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas in the third 200m…

Armenia’s Artur Davtyan third in close vault final

August 2, 2021 4:42 am NBC Olympics

Armenian gymnast Artur Davtyan finished third in an extremely close men’s vault final at the Tokyo Olympics, scoring a…

White House frustrated with ‘hyperbolic’ and ‘irresponsible’ Delta variant coverage, sources say

August 2, 2021 4:41 am CNN Newsource

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…

White House frustrated with ‘hyperbolic’ and ‘irresponsible’ Delta variant coverage, sources say

August 2, 2021 4:41 am CNN

Oliver Darcy says the Biden White House is “very frustrated” at news outlets for “overly focusing” on so-called breakthrough cases of Covid and…

China beats Germany by 0.085s to win gold in team sprint

August 2, 2021 4:41 am NBC Olympics

A few minutes after setting a world record in the first round, China edged past Germany by 0.085 seconds to beat Germany in the women’s team sprint…

Denis Ablyazin takes silver in vault final

August 2, 2021 4:34 am NBC Olympics

Russian Olympic Committee gymnast Denis Ablyazin took silver in a close men’s vault final with a score of…

Hernandez recaps Carey’s gold, previews Biles on beam

August 2, 2021 4:34 am NBC Olympics

Laurie Hernandez looks back at Jade Carey’s big moment in Tokyo as she won gold for the floor exercise and shares her expectations for Simone Biles’…

Van conversion businesses can’t keep up with #vanlife demand

August 2, 2021 4:28 am CNN Newsource

By: Moira Ritter, CNN Business The once-tiny cottage industry of van conversion companies has found itself in the center of a distinctively…

Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica in action during the 200m semi finals for women during the 200m semi finals for women during the Track and Field competition at the Olympic Stadium at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

Jamaican sprint duo look strong in 200m semifinals

August 2, 2021 4:24 am NBC Olympics

Thompson-Herah, seeking a second successive Olympics sprint double after bagging the 100m gold, matched her personal best from 2015 of 21.66…

China takes down Belgium to finish group play unbeaten

August 2, 2021 4:10 am NBC Olympics

China’s women’s basketball team beat Belgium to finish group plays as one of the competition’s only unbeaten…

USA women’s soccer loss to Canada feels like end of an era

August 2, 2021 4:07 am NBC Olympics

This wasn’t how it was supposed to go for Lloyd, Rapinoe, and Team USA, winners of two World Cups and authors of a 44-match unbeaten run heading…

US airstrikes pound Taliban positions as militants threaten key cities in Afghanistan

August 2, 2021 4:04 am CNN

Some 700 hundred Afghan allies escape to the US as the troop withdrawal continues, while thousands more fear for their lives as the Taliban gain more…

Shin Jea-Hwan wins men’s Olympic vault final

August 2, 2021 4:04 am NBC Olympics

South Korean gymnast Shin Jea-Hwan took the gold medal in men’s vault in Tokyo with a…

USWNT falls to Canada in semifinal on late VAR decision

August 2, 2021 4:01 am NBC Olympics

Canada dealt the United States women’s national soccer team a crushing defeat in the semifinal round of the Tokyo Olympics women’s soccer tournament,…