Tokyo Olympics basketball 3×3 in review: USA, Latvia win inaugural 3×3 gold
Look back at the key highlights from basketball 3×3’s debut at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Live updates: Jade Carey is crowned Olympic floor exercise champion
Jade Carey won gold on floor exercise with an incredibly difficult routine.
Continue ReadingToo much zucchini is never enough! How to use up summer squash in so many ways
By Casey Barber, CNN The cry goes out from over-ambitious gardeners every summer: “What can I do with all this zucchini?” If you’ve ever been such a gardener, or the unwitting recipient of a surprise stack of squash on your front stoop, you can understand. It might seem like zucchini is nothing to get excited
Continue ReadingHSBC brings back dividend as profit more than doubles to $10.8 billion
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business HSBC’s profits soared in the first half of the year as its business staged a strong recovery from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. The British bank also confirmed Monday that it would bring back its interim dividend after it was forced to scrap it last year at the request
Continue ReadingDelta variant challenges China’s zero Covid strategy — and raises questions over its vaccine efficacy
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN China’s hardline zero Covid strategy is facing a fresh challenge from the rapid spread of the Delta variant, amid concerns over the efficacy of Chinese vaccines against the highly contagious strain. The Delta variant, which appears to cause more severe illness and spreads as easily as chickenpox according
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France’s Quiquampoix wins rapid-fire pistol gold
France’s Jean Quiquampoix took a comfortable win the men’s rapid-fire pistol event Monday at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Olympic Handball Day 10: Angola, South Korea women tie high-scoring shootout, Hungary shocks Sweden to move on
Angola and South Korea are unlikely to scale the podium when the women’s handball medals are awarded at the Tokyo Olympics, but the 31-31 deadlock they settled for Monday was one of the highlights of the tournament.
Continue ReadingDeadly drone attack on tanker escalates Iran-Israel maritime tensions
By Jonny Hallam, Kareem El Damanhoury, Barbara Starr and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Maritime tensions are escalating in the Middle East following the deadly attack on a tanker connected to an Israeli billionaire in the Arabian Sea. Two crewmembers, a Briton and a Romanian, died on Thursday when the Mercer Street tanker was attacked by an
Continue ReadingKatie Ledecky shares what she ate as her celebratory meal after winning gold
Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky sits down with CNN’s Coy Wire to discuss the two gold and two silver medals she won for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Continue ReadingKatie Ledecky says she ‘never would have imagined’ her Olympic swimming success
By Coy Wire and George Ramsay, CNN With her Tokyo Olympics drawn to a close, American swimmer Katie Ledecky can start to unwind. “I did have a hamburger after I was done — that tasted good,” she says about a celebratory meal that was more than deserved. Ledecky won 1500m and 800m freestyle golds in
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Lack of wind postpones medal match in sailing
Instead of too much extreme weather, it was the lack of wind that canceled sailing competitions on Monday.
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Latvia defeats Brazil in straight sets on the beach
Latvia conquered Brazil in men’s beach volleyball in the Round of 16 at the Tokyo Olympic Games, earning a spot in the quarterfinals.
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Podcast: Silver medalist Hannah Roberts discusses gender discrepancies in BMX
This episode of On Her Turf included a conversation with BMX silver medalist Hannah Brown and a discussion about Olympians who simultaneously juggle motherhood.
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Fans finally get up close at Izu velodrome
A 50% capacity of up to 1,800 is permitted at the track cycling venue up in the forested hills near Mount Fuji, outside Tokyo.
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France moves into women’s handball quarterfinals
France defeats Brazil 29-22 to secure a spot in the quarterfinal round of women’s handball competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Men’s rapid-fire pistol shooters receive medals
Men’s 25-meter rapid fire pistol medalists Jean Quiquampoix, Leuris Pupo and Li Yuehong receive their Olympic medals.
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Jean Quiquampoix wins men’s rapid-fire pistol
France’s Jean Quiquampoix won the men’s 25-meter rapid fire pistol event at the Tokyo Olympics. Defending champion Christian Reitz took fifth.
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USA takes down France to end group play on high note
Team USA’s women’s basketball team finished off group play on a high note when they took down France 93-82 to remain unbeaten in 52 straight Olympic games.
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South Korea, Angola draw in women’s handball
South Korea’s women’s handball team drew Angola by a final score of 31-31, after Korea scored the equalizer with just ten seconds left. The draw, made possible by a last-second save, gives Korea’s team life.
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USA wins 52nd straight, but France survives in women’s hoops
The U.S. women’s basketball team rallied to beat France on Monday in a game that ended with France holding down the final margin to advance to the quarterfinals.
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