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Japan’s Naomi Osaka lost to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament Tuesday.

United States Women’s National Team forward Alex Morgan has said the quarterfinals is when the Olympic tournament really starts.

The U.S. women swept defending gold medalist China 29-27, 25-22, 25-21 in a pool-play match that left the Americans at the top of Pool B and the Chinese seeking to win their first set of the tournament after two straight sweeps to open the Games.

Brazil are making progress at Tokyo 2020, and perhaps most intriguing is the emergence of Matheus Cunha, who’s playing his way into the senior side.

Along with Mike Sullivan leading the U.S. men’s hockey team, USA Hockey also announced that Joel Johnson of the University of St. Thomas will coach the women’s national team.

Tuesday’s news that Biles had withdrawn midway through the gymnastics team final hit hard. But maybe it’s the beginning of a new era in which mental health and safety are truly more important than gold medals.

A’ja Wilson had 19 points and 13 rebounds in her Olympic debut to help the U.S. beat Nigeria 81-72 on Tuesday in the opener for both teams.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is not practicing Wednesday because of issues related to COVID-19, sources told ESPN’s Jamison Hensley and Adam Schefter.

Aaron Rodgers is at Packers training camp after a stalemate between the franchise quarterback and the team that lasted the entire offseason.

Bucs coach Bruce Arians took issue with any suggestion he was doing anything wrong by not requiring players to wear vaccine-identifying wristbands in outdoor practice.