Finally, the gold medal game. There aren't many bigger than this in women's soccer. It's the biggest game the USWNT has played since the 2019 Women's World Cup Final. It's the first time the USWNT has played for a gold medal since 2012 in London. But they aren't the only team playing in this gold […]

Tokyo (AFP) – Cuba's Julio la Cruz was shot in an armed robbery in 2014 — but now he is a two-time Olympic champion after victory in the heavyweight boxing final in Tokyo on Friday. Luckily, la Cruz was not seriously hurt when he was held up in Cuba and shot in the hip, and […]

Tokyo (AFP) – Cuba's Julio la Cruz, who was shot during a robbery just a few years ago, won his second Olympic gold on Friday with victory in the heavyweight boxing final. The 31-year-old defeated Russia's Muslim Gadzhimagomedov on unanimous points to add the Tokyo title to his Rio 2016 light-heavyweight crown. La Cruz, a […]

Tokyo (AFP) – The Olympic women's football final between Sweden and Canada on Friday has been switched from Tokyo to Yokohama and delayed from 11am until 9pm because of heat concerns. Officials announced Thursday the match was being relocated from Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, the venue for the opening ceremony and athletics events, following talks between […]

Sendai (Japan) (AFP) – Koji Abe has never been to a football match before, but on Saturday he'll see his first and become one of the few in Japan to watch the Olympics in person. Strict coronavirus rules mean spectators are banned from almost all Olympic venues. The Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony unfolded in a […]

Tokyo (AFP) – Japan's northern Fukushima and Hokkaido regions have banned spectators from Olympic competitions in their areas, expanding unprecedented steps to hold the Games mostly behind closed doors due to the pandemic. The announcements by their regional governors reversed a decision Thursday evening by Olympic organisers to save competitions outside the greater Tokyo area for […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Five things we learned from the men's football tournament at Rio 2016: – Olympic football matters Often looked down upon in Europe, football is a cornerstone of the Olympics for many countries in South America and Africa. Aided by hosts Brazil's run to a first Olympic gold, a dramatic penalty […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Five things we learned from the women's football tournament at Rio 2016: – Brazil finally gets women's football Women's football opened the Olympics in underwhelming circumstances with barely a few hundred spectators attending the opening match between Sweden and South Africa at Rio's 60,000 Olympic stadium. However, inspired by the […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Honduras goalkeeper Luis Lopez faces the biggest challenge of his career when he confronts the might of Brazil's Neymar in a David and Goliath Olympic semi-final match-up at Rio's Maracana on Wednesday. Having dumped Argentina out of the group stages, another monumental shock would make Lopez and his teammates national […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – The Olympic torch wound its way around Rio de Janeiro's landmarks on Friday as protesters unleashed a final blast of anger before the opening ceremony of the trouble-plagued sporting spectacle. The carnival capital of the world is hoping the extravaganza at the Maracana Stadium will draw a line under a […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – The carnival capital of Rio de Janeiro will host a glittering Olympics opening ceremony party on Friday, hoping to draw a line under a turbulent seven-year build-up dogged by recession, drugs scandals, crime and infrastructure stumbles. The iconic Maracana Stadium will host a pulsating gathering for more than 70,000 fans, […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Five women to watch at the Rio Olympics: Brazil football superstar Marta Marta Vieira da Silva, known as just Marta, is a superstar of women's football. The 30-year-old, dubbed as "Pele in skirts," wants to finally prove that second is not good enough for the Brazilian women long time in […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – The most crisis-ridden Olympic Games in history opens Friday with Rio organisers hoping to draw a line under a turbulent seven-year build-up to the greatest sporting show on Earth. Football legend Pele is tipped to ignite the Olympic flame at Rio's iconic Maracana Stadium in Friday's opening ceremony, as the […]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Five things to know about football at the Olympics in Rio: + The men's football tournament runs from August 4-20 with the 16 nations split into four groups of four. The top two teams from each group go into the knockout stages. There are only 12 teams in the women's […]

All of the details for the Olympics soccer TV schedule have been announced for viewers in the United States. And with Copa America and Euro 2016 behind us, we now have a third and final major soccer tournament to look forward to. In the women's tournament, the United States is favorites to win gold. The […]