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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s soccer team and Brazil will face off in what will likely be an epic showdown in the gold medal match on Saturday. Emma Hayes’ side needed extra time to eke past Germany 1-0 in Tuesday’s semifinal, while Brazil – in what is the legendary Marta’s last

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — The men’s 1,500-meter final always promised to deliver drama, but perhaps not quite like this. This was supposed to be a showdown between Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic champion, and Josh Kerr, the world champion. So it was a shock to everyone inside the Stade de France when

By Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Sports are everything. A ball entering a net, a perfect floor routine or a car crossing a line first cause the greatest of emotions in every spectator or participant: joy and ecstasy, sadness and anger, amazement and awe. The Olympic Games are perhaps the biggest stage of them all

CNN By Ben Morse, Matias Grez, George Ramsay, Patrick Sung and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Truly, what an incredible Olympics it was here in France. It’s hard to condense a two-week period as jam-packed with memorable moments as these incredible Paris Olympics, but this is our best attempt. Here are the 12 things

CNN By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals and a silver to add to her extraordinary collection. But the road to get to Paris wasn’t easy. At Tokyo 2020, Biles suddenly started suffering from the

CNN By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals and a silver to add to her extraordinary collection. But the road to get to Paris wasn’t easy. At Tokyo 2020, Biles suddenly started suffering from the

By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals and a silver to add to her extraordinary collection. But the road to get to Paris wasn’t easy. At Tokyo 2020, Biles suddenly started suffering from the “twisties,”

By George Ramsay, CNN Le Bourget, Paris (CNN) — As of Tuesday, an 18-year-old from Texas can lay claim to being the fastest-ever Olympian – at least when it comes to traveling vertically. When Sam Watson set a speed climbing world record of 4.75 seconds in the Parisian suburbs, where a temporary climbing wall has

By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago White Sox made the wrong kind of history on Monday, falling to the Oakland Athletics 5-1 to tie an American League record with their 21st consecutive loss. Chicago’s losing streak is the longest since the Baltimore Orioles opened the 1988 season with 21 straight losses.

By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN Paris (CNN) — What have you been up to so far in the summer? Exploring the world? Learning a new language? Taking in the sights and sounds of music festivals? How about rewriting the history books to become your country’s first ever triple champion at a single Olympic

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The greatest American gymnast to ever live – and one with a strong case to call herself the greatest of all time – came to Paris last week in a strange spot. She’s the most decorated gymnast ever. She’s a world-famous superstar. She’s changed the profile of her

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — As a DJ spins music, the athletes twist, whirl and leap — each move a dizzying mix of fancy footwork and contorted limbs. It might seem more like an artform than a sport, but breakdancing — known professionally as breaking — is making its Olympics debut this month in

By Andrew McNicol and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — She only recently turned 25, but Yui Susaki is already a reigning Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion, and is widely touted as the best pound-for-pound freestyle wrestler in the world. Susaki – all 5 feet (1.52 meters) of her – has never lost an

By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has agreed to a four-year deal that makes him the highest-paid kicker in the NFL, according to reports. Butker announced the extension on X but provided no details. Unidentified sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport the contract is worth $25.6 million, including

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s a rare moment that a crowd can feel an athlete becoming a major player on the Olympic stage. It’s even rarer for a crowd to feel a sport itself rising to that level. In just its second ever Olympics, 3×3 basketball was more of a curiosity than

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — No one needs more proof that Mondo Duplantis is among the greatest athletes of this generation, but we get it almost every time he steps onto the runway. The Paris Olympic Games were no exception. Backed by a deafening roar from those in the stands, the Swedish pole