TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo pitched itself as "a safe pair of hands” when it was awarded the Olympics 7 1/2 years ago. “The certainty was a crucial factor," Craig Reedie, an IOC vice president at the time, said after the 2013 vote in Buenos Aires. Now, nothing is certain as Tokyo's...

Real Madrid moved top of LaLiga for the first time since November as goals from Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos sealed a 2-1 win over Barcelona in El Clasico.  Fresh from their Champions League quarter-final first-leg triumph over Liverpool, Zinedine Zidane's side started in...

MADRID (AP) — Vinícius Júnior scored a goal in each half as Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 3-1 in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday. Marco Asensio also scored for Madrid, which took full advantage of Liverpool's defensive blunders in the first half to...

A patched-up Real Madrid began a crucial week by beating Eibar 2-0 Saturday to increase the pressure on Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga. With Liverpool to come in the Champions League Tuesday and a Clasico against Barcelona next weekend, Madrid welcomed a comfortable win thanks to...