Sports Archives

New Zealand tops U.S. for men’s doubles bronze

July 30, 2021 4:40 am NBC Olympics

The American duo of Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren fell to New Zealand’s Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus in the men’s doubles bronze…

Japan wins first-ever fencing gold in men’s epee, South Korea takes bronze

July 30, 2021 4:37 am NBC Olympics

Japan won its first-ever fencing gold medal with a victory over ROC in men’s team epee while South Korea took…

Barega upsets Cheptegei for 10K gold, 1st Tokyo track medal

July 30, 2021 4:30 am NBC Olympics

Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega, the 2019 world silver medalist, kicks early and holds off world record-holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda to win men’s…

A collage of women at the Tokyo Olympics celebrating

20 ways women stole the show in the first week of the 2020 Games

July 30, 2021 4:21 am NBC Olympics

Katie Ledecky, Suni Lee, Lydia Jacoby, Hidilyn Diaz and Polina Guryeva were just a few women who made history in the first week of the Tokyo 2020…

Caeleb Dressel off to strong start in 50m freestyle

July 30, 2021 4:15 am NBC Olympics

Caeleb Dressel paced the field in the heats of the men’s 50m freestyle, nearly topping the Olympic…

Hailey Hernandez advances to next round of springboard diving

July 30, 2021 4:10 am NBC Olympics

U.S. diver Hailey Hernandez advanced to the springboard diving semifinals after finishing sixth in Friday’s…

McKeon sets 50 free OR in heats as Simone Manuel moves on

July 30, 2021 4:06 am NBC Olympics

Simone Manuel got off to an encouraging start in the 50m freestyle, her only individual event. Emma McKeon of Australia could not be caught, though,…

Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Team Ivory Coast reacts while competing during round one of the Women's 100m heats

Women’s 100m explodes into life as athletics kick-off in Tokyo

July 30, 2021 4:01 am NBC Olympics

Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou roared across the finish line with a blistering 10.78 seconds to lead all semifinal…

U.S. mixed 4x400m relay initially DQs in prelims

July 30, 2021 4:00 am NBC Olympics

Team USA won its heat in the mixed 4x400m relay prelims but was initially disqualified for a late exchange. The DQ was reversed just a few hours…

Podcast: Michelle Carter, Monica McNutt talk about extra pressure athletes of color face

July 30, 2021 3:56 am NBC Olympics

Lilly Shang, Kara Lawson, Monica McNutt and Michelle Carter joined this episode of On Her Turf to talk about a wide variety of topics from gold-medal…

Mackenzie Brown comes within one shot of archery medal

July 30, 2021 3:46 am NBC Olympics

U.S. archer Mackenzie Brown took eventual champion An San of South Korea to a decisive single-arrow shootout in the women’s archery event…

Heat and humidity make ‘Tokyo Summer the worst in the history of Olympics’

July 30, 2021 3:45 am CNN Newsource

By Amanda Sealy and Selina Wang, CNN Japan’s summers are hot, humid, and can be deadly. If records are being broken during events at the…

Heat and humidity make ‘Tokyo Summer the worst in the history of Olympics’

July 30, 2021 3:45 am CNN Newsource

CNN’s Will Ripley takes a look at the city of Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics, where a growing number of athletes have tested positive for Covid-19…

Women’s Golf Final Round: Watch LIVE and on-demand

July 30, 2021 3:41 am NBC Olympics

Live stream and full event replay links for the final round of women’s golf at the Tokyo Olympic…

Abby Gustaitis and Alev Kelter of the United States react to a quarterfinal loss to Great Britain.

United States out in women’s rugby quarterfinals

July 30, 2021 3:40 am NBC Olympics

The United States was eliminated from medal contention in the Olympic women’s rugby tournament in a 21-12 loss to Great Britain in the quarterfinal…

Women’s Golf Round 3: Watch LIVE and on-demand

July 30, 2021 3:39 am NBC Olympics

Live stream and full event replay links for the third round of women’s golf at the Tokyo Olympic…

Karsten Warholm from Norway gives a thumbs up

Warholm, Benjamin stay on track for 400m hurdles showdown

July 30, 2021 3:30 am NBC Olympics

The duo ran well within their limits under slightly cloudy conditions, but it was still enough to top their individual…

Women’s Golf Round 2: Watch LIVE and on-demand

July 30, 2021 3:29 am NBC Olympics

Live stream and full replay links for the second round of women’s golf at the Tokyo Olympic…

Archer An San wins third gold of Tokyo Games

July 30, 2021 3:29 am NBC Olympics

An San, who had already won gold in the women’s team and mixed team events, picked up her third gold of the Tokyo Games in the individual event,…

Ethiopia’s Tsegay, Kenya’s Obiri go 1-2 in women’s 5K prelim

July 30, 2021 3:26 am NBC Olympics

Event world-leader Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia wins heat two of the women’s 5000m prelims in 14:55.74, finishing ahead of two-time reigning world…