Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold, spot in LPGA Hall of Fame News_ad

Lydia Ko finally gets her Olympic gold, spot in LPGA Hall of Fame News_ad

Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, waves to the crowd wearing her gold medal during the medal ceremony following the final round of the women’s golf event at the Paris Olympics 2024, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, at Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/Matt York) SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Lydia Ko completed her Olympic medal collection … Read more

Ukrainian gold medal-winning boxer returns home to lift spirits amid war News Ad

Ukraine’s gold medal-winning boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak gave a military salute to the crowd gathered to celebrate his return to the war-torn country from the Paris Olympics. Stepping out of the special Olympic Express train at Kyiv’s central railway station, Khyzhniak, 29, greeted fans, friends and family. The athlete from Poltava is also a serviceman of … Read more

Olivia Reeves wins first U.S. gold in weightlifting since 2000 News Ad

Olivia Reeves wins first U.S. gold in weightlifting since 2000 News Ad

Olivia Reeves won the United States’ first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Reeves lifted 117 kilograms (390 pounds) in the snatch and 145kg (320 pounds) in the clean and jerk for a total of 262kg to beat Mari Leivis Sanchez of Colombia by five kilograms in … Read more

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins gold in Paris Olympics following gender misconceptions News Ad

Olivia Reeves wins first U.S. gold in weightlifting since 2000 News Ad

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging as a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. Khelif beat Yang Liu of China 5:0 in the final … Read more

American surfer Caroline Marks on winning Olympic gold in Tahiti News Ad

Surfer Caroline Marks, 22, is among the star-studded athletes who took home gold during the Paris Games, adding another medal to Team USA’s growing shelf.  The goofy-footed rider joined CBS News on Friday to share more on her win. After four days of riding the Olympic high, she’s still processing what she calls the “biggest … Read more

Botswana gets afternoon off to celebrate its first Olympic gold News_ad

Botswana gets afternoon off to celebrate its first Olympic gold News_ad

Gold medalist Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo celebrates with the national flag after winning the men’s 200m final of the athletics event at the Paris Olympics 2024 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave Botswana the afternoon off on Friday to … Read more

Quincy Hall wins gold while American artistic swimming team medals for first time in decades News Ad

Quincy Hall wins gold while American artistic swimming team medals for first time in decades News Ad

American Quincy Hall, 26, won his first Olympic medal, claiming gold in the men’s 400-meter race. Meanwhile, the American artistic swimming team earned a medal for the first time in two decades, taking silver. As the Olympics wrap up in the next few days, team sports will head into their championship games.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins gold, sets world record in 400-meter hurdles final at Paris Olympics News Ad

American track and field star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a new world record and claimed the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles final Thursday, repeating her win in Tokyo. American Anna Cockrell nabbed the silver in an upset over world champion Femke Bol of the Netherlands, who finished third for the bronze. McLaughlin-Levrone finished the race in … Read more

USA beats Serbia, to face France for men’s basketball gold News_ad

USA beats Serbia, to face France for men’s basketball gold News_ad

USA’s #04 Stephen Curry celebrates after scoring in the men’s semifinal basketball match between USA and Serbia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris on August 8, 2024. (AFP)\ PARIS, France – The United States had to dig deep to erase a 17-point deficit to beat Nikola Jokic’s Serbia 95-91 … Read more

Speed climber wins Indonesia’s first gold at Paris Olympics News_ad

Speed climber wins Indonesia’s first gold at Paris Olympics News_ad

Gold medalist Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia poses after winning the men’s speed final during the sport climbing competition at the Paris Olympics 2024, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) Indonesians celebrated their country’s first Olympic gold medal in a sport other than badminton, won by Veddriq Leonardo in the inaugural … Read more