Kelly Claes, 25, and Sarah Sponcil, 24 -- the youngest U.S. beach volleyball pair ever -- dominated the Kenyan duo Gaudencia Makokha and Brackcides Khadambi in their second preliminary victory, 21-8, ...

Bouts will be scored using a traditional "10-point must system," which is the most commonly used scoring system in boxing. At the end of each round, judges "must" award 10 points to the boxer who won ...

All Olympic beach volleyball matches are best two-out-of-three sets. The first two sets are played to 21 points by rally scoring. The third set, if necessary, is played to 15 points. In each set, a ...

In Olympic gymnastics, the score for an athlete is based on two different components; the Execution Score and Difficulty Score. Each Execution Score starts at 10.0 points. The judges on the execution ...

In a sequence of events reminiscent of the men's 100m Olympic final that took place on the same track nearly one month ago, 19-year-old Ezra Frech claimed a Paralympic gold medal in the men's 100m T63 ...

The Paris Olympic Games feature 16 canoeing events under two primary disciplines: canoe slalom and canoe sprint. The kayak cross event also makes its debut at the Paris Games. Here's a guide on how ...

Golf at the Olympic Games utilizes an individual stroke-play format similar to events on the PGA and LPGA tours, as well as at all major championships. Players are positioned on the leaderboard ...

The defending Olympic champion United States men’s 4x400 relay team are gold medalists once again following a thrilling final on Saturday, and it would be no exaggeration to state that they made it ...

The game of tennis traces its roots back to medieval France, and although history cannot exactly pinpoint the origin of tennis' scoring system, the modern version of tennis scoring was finalized in ...

Both individual and team competition matches use a best-of-three format. One loss in Olympic tournament format will result in elimination from the tournament, save for in the semifinals when the two ...

Team USA secured its first-ever silver in the figure skating team event with 65 points, narrowly edging Japan's 63-point total. Team USA now sits in the 2022 Winter Olympics' top 10 for medals with ...

In Paris, the tennis competition involves single-elimination tournaments for each of the five events. The men's and women's singles draws both feature 64 competitors; the men's and women's doubles ...