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2021 Olympics -- Despite the empty stadium, Japan will celebrate this baseball gold medal for a long time
While Olympic baseball is mostly an afterthought in the United States, fans in Japan expected the home country to win the gold medal. They delivered.
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Summer Olympics
Olympics ICYMI: Allyson Felix ties a record, Canada soccer makes history, Gable Steveson flips for wrestling gold
There are a few days left in these Olympics. America's A-Team brought home gold in beach volleyball, plus the USA women routed Serbia in basketball to reach the gold-medal game yet again.
Summer Olympics
Olympics 2021 updates: Team USA baseball, U.S. men's hoops headed to gold-medal games, USWNT hangs on to win bronze, plus more track action in Tokyo
The U.S. men's basketball team stormed back to beat Australia and reach the final, USA baseball will play for a gold medal and the USWNT leaves Tokyo with hardware. Also, several other Americans stood out on the track -- for good and bad. We have recaps.
Summer Olympics
What you missed at the Olympics: Epic 200-meter final, Allyson Felix will race for gold, Sydney McLaughlin breaks own world record
While the 400-meter hurdles between Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad lived up to the hype, other Americans, including Tamyra Mensah-Stock and Devon Allen, also showed out.
Summer Olympics
What you missed in Tokyo: Athing Mu wins gold; Noah Lyles, Erriyon Knighton zoom into 200m finals; USA hoops still alive
Allyson Felix and Noah Lyles posted blazing track times in their preliminary heats, while USA Basketball used a strong second half to top Spain.
Summer Olympics
What you missed in Tokyo: Heartbreak for USWNT and USA baseball, but Biles is back
The good news? Simone Biles is back, Jade Carey won gold and the U.S. women's basketball team is headed to the quarterfinals. The bad news? The USWNT and American baseball team both lost. Here's all the Tokyo action you might have missed.
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MLB
Rays prospect Baz to start vs. Japan at Games
Rays prospect Shane Baz will make his Olympic debut Monday night, starting for the United States against Japan.
Danny Valencia
MLB
Israel gets 1st Olympic baseball win; Mexico out
Israel routed Mexico 12-5 on Monday to earn its first Olympic baseball victory, highlighted by Danny Valencia's three-run home run.
Kevin Durant
NBA
Olympics 2021 ICYMI: KD passes Melo, a new fastest woman, world record for Caeleb Dressel
More American medals in the pool at night. Then get up early for Team USA baseball and basketball.
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2021 Olympics - USA Baseball, a team of has-beens and not-yets, aiming for gold
Baseball has been absent from the Olympic Games since 2008, and Team USA, comprised of "24 ballplayers with 24 different stories," is eager to win it all.
Summer Olympics
Ride in style: The bullpen car is the Olympic Games' best amenity
At the Olympic Games in Tokyo, one of the best amenities for the athletes might be the bullpen car being used during Olympic baseball games.
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U.S. baseball routs Israel in opener; D.R. wins
Joe Ryan struck out five over six innings and Tyler Austin added a two-run homer as the United States routed Israel 8-1 in its first game at the Tokyo Olympics.
Summer Olympics
Israel's baseball team causes a minor controversy after wrecking Olympic Village bed on TikTok
The much-discussed cardboard beds in the Olympic Village can't get a break, but they got broken. Israel's baseball team tested the weight limit on TikTok only to be chastised by their countrymen.
Summer Olympics
Olympics 2021: What you need to know about Team USA
This is the second-largest American Olympic team ever. Here are a few more facts to know about Team USA.
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WNBA
Sue Bird, Eddy Alvarez chosen to carry U.S. flags
Four-time Olympic women's basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Friday night.
Olympic Sports
U.S. tops DR in Olympic qualifier; Scioscia tossed
Manager Mike Scioscia was ejected as the U.S. rallied to beat the Dominican Republic on Tuesday night in Olympic baseball qualifying to advance to the super round of the Americas tournament.
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Everything you need to know for Team USA's Olympic baseball qualifying tournament
From familiar MLB names and rising prospects on the roster to a looming showdown with Joey Bats and the Dominican Republic, we break down the road to Tokyo.
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- Alvarez is 6th to medal in Summer, Winter Games
- Japan blanks U.S. for 1st Olympic baseball gold
- U.S. to face host Japan for baseball gold medal
- U.S. wins, stays in hunt for baseball gold medal
- Bautista's walk-off hit eliminates Israel, lifts D.R.
- Japan rallies past U.S. to reach baseball semis
- Casas homers to lead U.S. over South Korea
Baseball Standings
| Group A | W | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
 JPN | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 DOM | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 MEX | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Group B | W | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
 USA | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 KOR | 1 | 1 | 1 |
 ISR | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 113USA
- 88
CHN - 71
ROC
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 39 |
 CHN | 38 |
 JPN | 27 |
Silver
| USA | 41 |
| CHN | 32 |
 ROC | 28 |
Bronze
| USA | 33 |
| ROC | 23 |
 GBR | 22 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 7
McKeon - 5Dressel
- 4McKeown
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Dressel | 5 |
 McKeon | 4 |
| McKeown | 3 |
Silver
| Scott | 3 |
| Ledecky | 2 |
| Hashimoto | 2 |
Bronze
| McKeon | 3 |
 Nagornyy | 2 |
| Melnikova | 2 |
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Diamond League final: Neeraj Chopra finishes second
Neeraj, who won the trophy last year, came second behind Czech athlete Jakub Vadlejch after a best throw of 83.80m.
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Cross country worlds moved from Croatia due to insufficient preparations
Croatia will no longer host next year's world cross country championships, after World Athletics on Friday said preparations for the event had not "advanced sufficiently".
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Mo Farah finishes 4th in final competitive race of career
Mo Farah finished fourth at the Great North Run half-marathon in what the distance running great said would be his final competitive race.
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Shericka Jackson aiming for FloJo's 200m world record in Brussels
Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson is aiming to break the late-Florence Griffith Joyner's 200m world record mark of 21.34 seconds during Friday's Diamond League meet in Brussels.
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Christian Coleman wins 100 as Diamond League returns to China
American Christian Coleman powered to victory in the men's 100 meters at the Xiamen Diamond League as the series returned to China for the first time in four years after COVID-19 disruptions.
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Kishore Kumar Jena aims for the stars, with some help from the brightest one: Neeraj Chopra
Jena, who became the fourth-best Indian javelin thrower ever and Asia's 3rd-best javelin thrower in 2023, also relied on coach Samarjeet Singh Malhi's guidance.
