Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito hugged each other and cried after beating German opponents on Sunday, while China's powerful pairing of Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen said they will take a nap after winning their mixed doubles quarter-final on Sunday.
The flamboyant Li Fabin pulled off his signature one-legged "flamingo" on his opening clean and jerk lift on Sunday as he made it two out of two Olympic weightlifting gold medals for China.
Patrick Sandoval pitched 8 1/3 no-hit innings and Shohei Ohtani had two doubles and scored a run to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night in Minneapolis.
Lee Kiefer of the United States won gold in the individual women's foil fencing competition on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. first lady Jill Biden watched their countrywomen tangle on the 3x3 basketball court at the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo on Saturday, with the Americans pulling out an upset victory.
Former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs pleaded not guilty on Friday as a court heard allegations he threw his naked ex-girlfriend out of a hotel bedroom after she accused him of flirting with other women.
Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, tradition and gestures of diversity.
So Sato, a transgender pole vaulter, expects to represent Japan at the Deaflympics next year in Brazil. But for now, he's closely watching Tokyo 2020, where transgender athletes will compete in the Olympic Games for the first time.
Tang Jiali and Shen Mengyu have become the first Chinese women's internationals to sign for professional clubs in the United Kingdom after their respective moves to Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic were announced on Wednesday.
Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul plans to play a 17th season in 2021-22 with no designs on retirement following his first career trip to the NBA Finals.
Simone Biles arrives at the Tokyo Olympics having not lost an all-around competition in nine years poised to add to her status as the greatest gymnast of all time.
Usain Bolt said that advances in spike technology that could help wipe out his world records are laughable and that the new shoes also give an unfair advantage over any athletes not wearing them.
Scrumhalf Ali Price has his eye firmly fixed on a starting berth for the British & Irish Lions in the first test against South Africa next week and hopes to impress coach Warren Gatland in a final warm-up fixture against the Stormers on Saturday.
The trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas, which was postponed earlier this month when Fury tested positive for COVID-19, will take place on Oct. 9, promoters Top Rank Boxing said on Thursday.
Former medalists Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber on Thursday became the latest tennis stars to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics.
