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'When you're ready, you will not be alone': Brazil volleyballer Douglas Souza tells his coming out story
Brazil volleyballer Douglas Souza [he/him], 26, is an Olympic champion, winning men's volleyball gold at his home Games in Rio 2016. He is currently the most followed volleyballer on Instagram.
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Olympic Sports
'A-Team' of Alix Klineman and April Ross loves it when a plan comes together
April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Australia's Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy to win the women's beach volleyball gold medal on Friday.
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4-time Olympian Dalhausser leaves the beach
Four-time Olympian Phil Dalhausser said after being eliminated from the Tokyo Games that this will be his last. The 2008 gold medalist says he wants to spend more time with his children
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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.
Olympic Sports
U.S. women's volleyball deals China another loss
The U.S. women swept defending gold medalist China 29-27, 25-22, 25-21 in a pool-play match that left the Americans at the top of Pool B and the Chinese seeking to win their first set of the tournament after two straight sweeps to open the Games.
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U.S. women's volleyball hands China another loss
The U.S. women swept defending gold medalist China 29-27, 25-22, 25-21 on Tuesday in a pool-play match.
Summer Olympics
Olympics 2021 -- At 45, beach volleyball player Jake Gibb is ready for his own last dance
This is Jake Gibb's fourth and final Olympics. He has never stood on the podium at the Games. Whether or not he does it this last time, he's ready to find out what life is like after his playing is done.
Olympic Sports
Ross, Klineman cruise in beach volleyball opener
Americans April Ross and Alix Klineman won in straight sets over China in their Olympic beach volleyball opener on Sunday.
Olympic Sports
Positive COVID test nixes beach volleyball opener
The opening match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament was canceled after a Czech player tested positive for the coronavirus.
Olympic Sports
How McHugh turned the tables on Australia's beach volleyball return
Christopher McHugh has gone from being on the brink of retirement, to helping lead Australia back to the men's beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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U.S.'s Crabb out of beach volleyball due to COVID
American beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb is out of the Olympics after four positive COVID-19 tests, and Tri Bourne will take his place as the partner of four-time Olympian Jake Gibb when the competition begins this weekend.
Olympic Sports
3rd Olympian positive in Tokyo days before start
Beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic of the Czech Republic is the third athlete in the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19.
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U.S. selects women's volleyball team for Tokyo
Two-time medalists Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson and Jordan Larson headline the 12-player U.S. women's volleyball team picked to compete at the Olympics in Tokyo.
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Dalhausser, Gibb earn U.S. beach volleyball spots
Jake Gibb, 45, will be the oldest volleyball player -- beach or indoor -- in Olympic history after he and teammate Taylor Crabb earned a spot for the U.S. They will be joined in Tokyo by Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena.
Olympic Sports
Walsh Jennings' bid for 6th Olympics falls short
Kerri Walsh Jennings, a three-time beach volleyball gold medalist, was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match Wednesday in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
WTA
SC Featured: To Be A Mom
Serena Williams, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Candace Parker and Adia Barnes share their perspectives on what it means to be a working mom in the sports world.
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Olympic Sports
Olympic champ Walsh Jennings opposes masks
Volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, says she opposes wearing masks and recently went shopping without one as "a little exercise in being brave."
Top Headlines
- U.S. women break through for 1st volleyball gold
- France earns gold for 1st medal in volleyball
- U.S. women take out Serbia, reach volleyball final
- U.S. women's volleyball advances to semifinals
- U.S. volleyball likely down 2 starters for quarters
- Ross, Klineman win away from volleyball medal
- U.S. beach volleyball player Gibb calls it a career
Volleyball Standings
| Pool A | W | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
 POL | 4 | 1 | 13 |
 ITA | 4 | 1 | 11 |
 JPN | 3 | 2 | 8 |
 CAN | 2 | 3 | 7 |
 IRI | 2 | 3 | 6 |
 VEN | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pool B | W | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
 ROC | 4 | 1 | 12 |
 BRA | 4 | 1 | 10 |
 ARG | 3 | 2 | 8 |
 FRA | 2 | 3 | 8 |
 USA | 2 | 3 | 6 |
 TUN | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Pool A | W | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRA | 5 | 0 | 14 |
 SRB | 4 | 1 | 12 |
 DOM | 2 | 3 | 8 |
 KOR | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| JPN | 1 | 4 | 4 |
 KEN | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pool B | W | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| ITA | 3 | 2 | 10 |
 TUR | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| ROC | 3 | 2 | 9 |
 CHN | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| ARG | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 113USA
- 88CHN
- 71ROC
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 |
| Yufei | 2 |
Bronze
| McKeon | 3 |
 Melnikova | 2 |
| Nagornyy | 2 |
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World Boxing Championships: Nikhat, Manisha and Parveen enter semifinals, confirm medals for India
Nikhat Zareen made light work of Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg, the 2021 Asian Championships bronze medallist, in their round-of-16 bout of the Women's World Boxing Championships on Sunday.
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World Boxing Championships: Nikhat, Parveen, Anamika and Jaismine progress to quarterfinals
Nikhat Zareen made light work of Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altantsetseg, the 2021 Asian Championships bronze medallist, in their round-of-16 bout of the Women's World Boxing Championships on Sunday.
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World Boxing Championships: Nitu, Manisha through to quarters
Nitu will next face Kazakhstan's Alua Balkibekova in the quarterfinal of the Women's World Boxing Championships on Monday.
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World Boxing Championships: Anamika, Jaismine and Shiksha advance to pre-quarterfinals
Anamika got the better off Romania's Eugenia Anghel by unanimous decision to win her opening bout.
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Lovlina Borgohain makes strong return in first bout since Tokyo Olympics bronze
The 24-year-old Indian boxer beat her nemesis Chen Nien-Chin 3-2 in the 70kg category to start her campaign at the Women's World Boxing Championships.
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World Boxing Championships: Nikhat, Parveen, Manisha register victories
In the last bout of the day, Saweety (75kg) went down to England's Kerry Davis via a 2-3 split decision.
