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The Sporting News live tracked results and highlights from the 2024 Olympic women's volleyball gold medal match between the USA and Italy.

USA vs. Italy volleyball results: Italy sweeps Team USA in dominating fashion for first Olympic gold medal

Joel Embiid is an Olympic gold medalist and France is not happy about it. Embiid and Team USA took down France 98-87 to earn a fifth consecutive gold medal. This was Embiid's first run with the U.S, but his French citizenship gave him the option to play for the host country.

Video: Joel Embiid, USA Troll Booing French Fans During Olympic Gold Medal Ceremony

Germany’s Darja Varfolomeev won Olympic gold in the Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-around final.Varfolomeev topped the rotations in hoop (36.300), ball (36.500) and clubs (36.350) and came second in the ribbon (33.700) to score a total 142.850 points.Bulgaria’s Boryana Kaleyn won the silver with 140.600 points and Italy's 2023 World Championships silver medallist Sofia Raffaeli took the bronze medal with 136.300 points.Having made her senior debut in 2022, Varfolomeev earned her first world title in the clubs before becoming the youngest gymnast to achieve the feat of a clean sweep of four apparatus finals and the all-around title at the 2023 World Championships.

Germany’s Darja Varfolomeev wins Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-round gold

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Darja Varfolomeev, 17, won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition, posting the highest score in all four events - hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon - on her way to a total of 142.850

Russian native wins rhythmic gymnastics gold for Germany

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Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson Has Courageously Battled and Conquered Cancer Several Times

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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The U.S. women's basketball team won its straight 8th Olympic gold medal, beating host France by the tightest of margins: 1 point. Team USA won 67 to 66 in a contested final match that came down to the last shot.Led by A'ja Wilson, who scored 21 points, the U.S. survived a last-second shot by Gabby Williams that was just inside the 3-point line to hold off France.No team had been able to push the Americans during this impressive streak of 61 consecutive wins. The win was the closest the U.S. has ever won an Olympic gold medal since the 1988...

U.S. women's basketball team beats France by 1 point to win gold medal

Italy swept aside the United States to win gold in women's indoor volleyball Sunday at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Italians won in straight sets 25-18, 25-20, 25-17 and earned their first-ever medal in the Summer Games. They had previously advanced no further than the quarterfinals. Paola Egonu...

USA Win Silver Medal: Final Women's Olympic Indoor Volleyball Bracket 2024 Results

LeBron James and the U.S. men's basketball team claimed the team's fifth straight Olympic gold medal after defeating France 98-87 on Saturday at the 2024 Paris Games. Now it is time for the gold medalists to celebrate. USA Basketball @usabasketball. The champs are here ❗️🍾<br><br>🇺🇸 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USABMNT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USABMNT</a> <a href="https://t.co/r2tHNkfnh3">pic.twitter.com/r2tHNkfnh3</a>...

LeBron James, USA Celebrate 2024 Olympic Gold Medal: Top Highlights, Viral Moments

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Sunday it plans to appeal the decision to request gymnast Jordan Chiles relinquish her bronze medal from the floor exercise. "We firmly believe that Jordan rightfully earned the bronze medal, and there were critical errors in both the initial scoring by the...

USOPC to Appeal Jordan Chiles Being Ordered to Return Bronze Medal After IOC Ruling

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Jordan Chiles won bronze on floor exercise, but an appeal by Romania changed all that.

Why this American gymnast is losing her bronze medal

As a four-time NBA champion, Steph Curry has had plenty of iconic games. His Golden State Warriors and Team USA coach Steve Kerr, who has been around for all of those games, believes his performance in Saturday's Olympic gold-medal game against France was one of the best of his career.

USA's Kerr: Steph Curry's 'Incredible' Olympic Gold Medal Game Among His Best Ever

In the days and hours leading up to Team USA's 98-87 victory over France in the gold-medal game of the 2024 Olympic men's basketball tournament, an old Stephen Curry video resurfaced and went viral. "I gotta go play for Coach [Steve] Kerr in '24," Curry told teammates shortly after winning...

Stephen Curry's Top-5 All-Time Case Is Strong as Ever After 2024 Olympics Gold Medal

China completed a clean sweep of Olympic gold medals in table tennis by winning the women's team title in Paris, the sixth time the Chinese have collected the full set.The Chinese women withstood a brave Japanese challenge but eventually overpowered their opponents 3-0 to snatch gold, their fifth from five competitions at the Games.The Chinese pairing of Chen Meng and Wang Manyu were tested in the opening doubles by Hina Hayata and Miwa Harimoto, before winning 9-11 11-6 5-11 11-6 12-10.Sun Yingsha dominated Miu Hirano in match two, 13-11 11-6 11-6. And Wang  completed the victory over Miwa 2-14 12-10 11-7 11-6.Wang, Chen and Sun were part of the team that defeated Japan in the Tokyo 2020 women’s team gold medal match, and most recently at the 2024 World Championships.

China complete clean sweep of Olympic table tennis with women’s team gold

Norway's Solfrid Koanda put in a dominant performance to secure the inaugural Olympic 81kg women's weightlifting title at Paris 2024 on Saturday.Koanda lifted a snatch of 121kg and a clean and jerk Olympic record of 152kg to set a new Olympic record total of 275kg and become only the second Norwegian to win a weightlifting title and first for 52 years.Egypt's Sara Ahmed finished with a total of 268kg to grab the silver, narrowly beating Ecuador's Neisi Dajomes who took bronze.Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia won gold in the men's over 102kg weightlifting.Varazdat Lalayan of Armenia took silver and Gor Minasyan of Bahrain claimed bronze.

Koanda wins Norway's first weightlifting medal since 1972

PARIS (AP) — The U.S. women’s basketball team had to overcome its greatest challenge in 32 years before extending the Americans’ unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic gold medals. Led by A’ja Wilson, Sunday they came away with another victory at the Paris Games. It was...

A’ja Wilson, US women hold off France to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold medal

For the first time in Olympic history, a gold-medal winner has been named in breakdancing—or breaking, as it's referred to in Paris. Canada B-boy Phil Wizard, whose legal name is Philip Kim, won the event's first-ever gold medal after the sport was introduced at this year's Olympics. Phil Wizard took down the hometown hero, Dany Dann, in Saturday's final to earn gold.

Olympic Breakdancing 2024 Results: Men's Breaking Medal Bracket Winners, Highlights

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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The Women’s Volleyball Final Odds are out and Italy has opened as favorites to take home the gold. The stage is set for a thrilling game between Italy and the United States. Both teams have overcome stiff competition to reach the championship match. The Americans secured their spot with...

Team USA Looks to Defend Gold Medal Over Favored Italy

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Olympic Indoor Volleyball 2024: Men's Medal Winners, Scores and Results

Much to the delight of the Paris crowd, France captured its second consecutive Olympic gold medal in men's indoor volleyball with a straight-set win over Poland....

Olympic Indoor Volleyball 2024: Men's Medal Winners, Scores and Results

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