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The U.S. women's national team will have a place on the podium on Saturday but the color of the medal will be up to them. The USWNT will meet Brazil in the 2024 Paris Olympic gold medal final at Parc des Princes in Paris, France. It will be the third time the two sides will play in an Olympic championship final. Both national teams are in transitional phases and looking to take the next step in their respective programs. New U.S. head coach Emma Hayes and her group are back in a final after just three months on the job as manager. Brazil will have longtime legend Marta back in the squad after she served a two-game red card suspension.

USWNT vs. Brazil at 2024 Paris Olympics: Three keys as USA soccer go for gold against legendary Marta

Mal Swanson was the difference maker with a second half goal that was all the U.S. needed. A new look version of the U.S. women's national team collected a first Olympic gold medal in 12 years on Saturday, when they notched a hard-fought 1-0 win over Brazil at Paris' Parc des Princes courtesy of a goal from Mallory Swanson.

USWNT win gold medal at 2024 Paris Olympics: Team USA down Brazil, Marta 1-0 to win fifth Summer Games

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PARIS (AP) — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team got a spark. Six points in two seconds. Kevin Durant and Devin Booker provided that wild sequence to start the comeback, Stephen Curry had a scoring night like almost none other in U.S. Olympic history, and the Americans will play for gold at the Paris Games. Curry scored 36 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:16 left, and the U.S. beat Serbia 95-91 in a semifinal classic on Thursday night.

US men’s basketball team rallies to beat Serbia at Paris Olympics, will face France for gold medal

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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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.

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Team USA overcame a 17-point deficit to secure a thrilling 95-91 win over Serbia in Thursday’s Paris Olympics 2024 semi-final. Stephen Curry led the comeback for the 16-time Olympic champions as they advanced to their fifth consecutive final. It was a performance that Kevin Durant described as “Godlike” that inspired the USA team to secure victory.

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The U.S. women's national team has one final hurdle to overcome before they can claim Olympic glory. The USWNT and Brazil will meet for the third time in an Olympic gold medal match on Saturday, with the two programs in completely different places in their respective developmental cycles. Brazil are saying farewell to the iconic face of their program, after Marta announced 2024 would be her final year with the national team. The United States welcomed new head coach Emma Hayes just three months ago, and her roster of several first-time Olympians will compete for a potential fifth gold medal -- the first gold medal match for the team since 2012.

USWNT vs. Brazil live stream, prediction, lineups: Where to watch 2024 Paris Olympic gold medal game, time

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The United States men's volleyball team beat Italy on Friday at South Paris Arena to secure the bronze medal at the Paris Games.

USA men's volleyball rebounds from 'devastating' loss to defeat Italy for bronze medal

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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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More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

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PARIS (AP) — China pulled off a stunner in rhythmic gymnastics Saturday, becoming the first non-European country to win Olympic gold in the group event by finishing just ahead of Israel and Italy. The five-woman Chinese team posted a total of 69.800 points in the final, which was divided...

China becomes first non-European country to claim Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics

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A tough semifinal match between Team USA's women's water polo team and Australia ended in heartbreak for the defending gold medal champs, suffering a loss after a shootout.

US women's water polo gold medal pursuit ends in heartbreak after shootout loss to Australia

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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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PARIS -- Brazil won a tense, three-set final to claim the women's beach volleyball gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday night, finishing off the Canadians following a nose-to-nose confrontation at the net that needed the intervention of the referee — and the Eiffel Tower Stadium DJ. Ana...

Brazil beats Canada in tense three-set women's beach volleyball gold medal match. Swiss win bronze

The 2024 Men’s Olympic Soccer Tournament is down to the final day, and today France and Spain will compete for the gold medal in the Olympic final. Both teams have been two of the best in the tournament, and now one will walk out of the Parc des Princes with the gold medal and their anthem being played while they’re atop the podium.

France vs. Spain, 2024 Olympic Men’s Tournament Gold Medal Match: Match thread and discussion

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When the United States Women's National Team played Japan in the quarterfinals of this Olympic tournament, we wrote at length about how often the two teams play each other. (Seven times in the knockout rounds of a major tournament alone, to be exact.)The USWNT and Japan are soccer's most familiar foes: there's no getting around it. But there's another matchup renowned for its frequency, one that's decided two of the seven Olympic gold medals in women's soccer. That's the USWNT vs. Brazil, and it's the fascinating match we'll be lucky enough to witness in the gold medal game of the 2024...

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[Note: The quotes and commentary that appear in this article are from an interview the author conducted with David White in 1989.]. Actor David White, who died in 1991, found great success for his best-known and likable performance as the devious advertising executive Larry Tate on the classic TV sitcom,Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972).

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Brazil vs. USWNT score: 2024 Paris Olympics women's soccer live updates, gold medal on the line for Team USA

The U.S. eye their first gold medal since 2012, while Brazil aim for the first ever gold medal finish in women's soccer. The U.S. women's national...

Brazil vs. USWNT score: 2024 Paris Olympics women's soccer live updates, gold medal on the line for Team USA

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