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Anastasija Zolotic won the United States’ first gold medal in women’s taekwondo by beating Russian athlete Tatiana Minina 25-17 to claim the featherweight division title.

The U.S. women's gymnastics team's bid for a third straight Olympic title is off to a rocky start.

Mariel Zagunis is the only other U.S fencer to earn gold. She won the saber events at the 2004 and 2008 Games.

Health protocols agreed to ahead of the Tokyo Olympics to control COVID-19 infections had required all medalists to keep masks on for the whole ceremony.

Osaka hadn’t played since she withdrew from the French Open in May to take a mental health break, revealing that she has dealt with depression. She then sat out Wimbledon.

Olympic golf will be without the last two U.S. Open champions.

William Shaner has won gold men’s 10-meter air rifle, adding to the United States’ second-day haul at the Tokyo Olympics.

Chase Kalisz won the first American medal of the Tokyo Games with a gold in the men’s 400-meter individual medley.

The wife of a Cleveland Indian’s pitcher took to social media Saturday to denounce the vile violent abuse that many professional athletes endure during their careers.

A Rose Lavelle watch party was held at a bar in Silverton.

The U.S. men’s basketball team begins play, while surfing makes its Olympic debut and the women’s skateboarders see their first action.

Cincinnati's Rose Lavelle scored her first Olympic goal.

Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina of Russia to win the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 10-meter air rifle Saturday.

With karate currently on another upswing due to its resurgent popularity in movies and television, viewers are hoping to see excitement in a sport that isn’t always as violent as casual sports fans probably believe.

A simple question to describe one’s craft led to creative comparisons that might help fans tuning in just for the Tokyo Olympics to better understand what they’re watching.

There’s an urgency to the questions about whether the Olympic flame can burn away the fear or provide a measure of catharsis — and even awe — after a year of suffering and uncertainty in Japan and around the world.

The Cincinnati Dragons team won the national title in wheelchair basketball.

Jill Biden embarked on her first solo international trip as first lady, leading a U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the coronavirus is surging and COVID-19 infections have climbed to a six-month high.