Jessie Fleming scored a second-half penalty as Canada stunned four-time Olympic women's football champions the United States 1-0 Monday to reach the final for the first time.

Fleming's nerveless 74th-minute spot-kick earned Canada a first win over their neighbors since 2001 and set up a clash with Sweden or Australia for gold.

Kai Koyama was standing outside Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as fireworks burst overhead during the opening ceremony but unlike many of those around him he wasn't cheering, but protesting.

For months, polls showed strong opposition to the Games in Japan, which only grew as virus cases surged and the country's vaccine program got off to a sluggish start.

Giannis Antetokounmpo returned home to Athens bearing the NBA trophy on Sunday saying he was still "thirsty for victory." 

Alexander Zverev said that "nothing is bigger" than winning an Olympic gold medal after brushing aside Karen Khachanov to take the men's singles title in Tokyo on Sunday.

American Ryan Murphy accused Evgeny Rylov of doping after he was beaten by the Russian in the Olympic 200m backstroke on Friday, sparking an angry denial from Moscow.

Murphy raised doubts about the result when he claimed he was "swimming in a race that's probably not clean".

Lebanon's trap shooter Ray Bassil ranked 23rd on the first day of the Olympic Shooting Competition on Wednesday — Women’s Trap Qualification — hosted by the Japanese capital Tokyo.

Bassil earned 67 points, eight points ahead of the Slovak champion, Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova.

Beijing Wednesday described U.S. lawmakers' calls for sponsors to shun the 2022 Winter Olympics on human rights concerns as a "typical American farce," as pressure rises to boycott the controversial Games.

Sergio Ramos will be unable to make his debut for Paris Saint-Germain in the French season curtain raiser due to a calf injury, the club announced Tuesday.

PSG, the French Cup winners, face Ligue 1 champions Lille in Sunday's Champions Trophy being played this year in Tel Aviv.

Spanish football club Barcelona said Monday they had "ended out of court in an amicable fashion" the various lawsuits with their former player Neymar.¨

"As such, a transactional agreement between the club and the player has been signed to end the legal cases that were pending between the two parties: three claims related to labor and a civil case," the club said in a statement.

A tropical storm was barreling towards northeastern Japan on Monday, forcing Tokyo Olympics organizers to reschedule rowing and archery that could be affected by high winds.

Tropical Storm Nepartak, packing gusts up to 108 kilometers (67 miles) per hour, was expected to make landfall Tuesday, Japan's meteorological agency said.