Americans favored to top Paris Olympic medals tally
Nielsen Gracenote Sports predicts the United States will lead the Paris Games in total medals with 123 overall and 37 gold, 34 silver, 52 bronze. China is forecast to 87, 36 gold, 29 silver, 22 bronze, followed by Britain, France, and Australia in order. Host France is expected to boost its totals, while Russian and Belarusian participation remains uncertain due to the Ukraine war.
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Germany
Netherlands
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Hungary
Canada
Spain
Ukraine
Brazil
New Zealand
Poland
Denmark
Turkey
Ethiopia
Sweden
Georgia
Serbia
Belgium
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Tran
Croatia
Romania
Ireland
Tokyo
Local sports slate and results across multiple leagues
Sports schedule covers Linn-Mar at Kennedy and other high school matchups in Marion and Dubuque, plus DeWitt Central in Marion. Minor league Kernels at Quad Cities, White Sox at Guardians, Phillies at Cubs, several soccer and tennis events, and NASCAR results with Sunday standings and Monday games across MLB and NBA channels.
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Iowa City High tops Mason City as area scores update
Prep baseball results from Monday include Iowa City High 7 Mason City 6 and Iowa City Liberty 11 Dubuque Hempstead 1. Iowa City High sits at 30-6 in this season while Liberty improves to 21-11. rankings show Cedar Rapids Kennedy first, Dallas Center-Grimes second, with Iowa City High third and Johnston fifth in the latest Iowa high school baseball coaches poll.
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Olympics return to Paris tests viewers with familiar faces
The piece weighs the impact of team choices on Olympic viewership. It notes Morgan leaving the women's soccer squad, Caitlin Clark missing basketball, and Athing Mu not making the track team, while praising stars like Biles, Ledecky, and Lyles. It argues medals may boost interest even without all names.
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Oregon
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Soccer and basketball slate with France beat Belgium
Tonight features Group C and D World Cup style fixtures with Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Paraguay matches at 8 pm and 11 am start in Europe. Pro basketball schedules include Connecticut Phoenix Dallas Seattle Minnesota New York Chicago Atlanta Indiana Las Vegas Washington Los Angeles games with multiple late starts. All-American College Football 2024 honors list Iowa players on the Walter Camp Preseason First Team defense and a July 14 Walker Park event shows Texas Roadhouse vs MS Trucking and Bosch Financial vs Ironside Apparel at 3 pm.
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Midwest League Second Half Schedule Note
The Midwest League listed second half games with matchups including Great Lakes at West Michigan and Lake County at Dayton plus Peoria at South Bend Cedar Rapids at Quad Cities Wisconsin at Beloit and Fort Wayne at Lansing. Evening starts range from 5 35 p m to 6 35 p m with reported 4 35 p m and 4 45 p m early games on Wednesday.
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Prep softball scores from Iowa met in recent games
Indav ZEA Louisa-Muscatine 7 8 Washington 16 8 North Fayette Valley 12 MFL MarMack 1st Sumner-Fredericksburg 10 Turkey Valley 0 West Burlington-Notre Dame 10 Fort Madison Holy Trinity 0 West Burlington-Notre Dame 7 Van Buren County 6
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Pro cycling stage from Plaisance to Turin ends in group sprint
A 143 mile ride from Plaisance to Turin produces a large peloton finish with Biniam Girmay and Fernando Gaviria sharing runner up spots at 5:26:48 behind overall winner Richard Carapaz who leads EF Education-EasyPost by over 15 hours. The list includes top names such as Arnaud De Lie Mads Pedersen Dylan Groenewegen Phil Bauhaus Fabio Jakobsen Davide Ballerini Sam Bennett Bryan Coquard Matteo Jorgenson Neilson Powless Sean Quinn and more across teams like Intermarché Wanty Movistar Lotto-Dsby Lidl Trek Bahrain Victorious DSM Firmenich-PostNL EF Education-EasyPost UAE Team Emirates Soudal Quick-Step Team Dim Firmenich PostNL Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe and EF Education-EasyPost.
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Pello Bilbao
Maquoketa Speedway Saturday Night Feature Winners
At Maquoketa Speedway Punkys Cans 2 Cash night showcased top five finishers across IMCA Late Models IMCA Modifieds Stock Cars Sportmods Legends Hobby Stocks 4-Cylinders and Midwest Jalopies. Winners included Travis Denning Jeff Larson Gage Neal Josh Starr Cyle Hawkins Austin Hants and Austin Hants among others with multiple local drivers noted.
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Tanner Allen
Springville
Dakota Sellers
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Orangeville
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Livingston
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Waupun
Michael Weber
Marion
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Lakeville
Minn
Hayden Schmuhl
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Local golf calendar items list Tara Hills events
Area tournament calendar shows a 7 couples best shot at 7:30 am and 1:15 pm at Tara Hills Country Club Van Horne with contact number 319 228 8771. Cedar Rapids Optimist Junior Golf Association hosts a junior tournament for boys and girls ages 8 to 18 in Gardner, with CROJGA contact via Yahoo and CROJGA.org for details. An over 50 two person best shot is at Tara Hills Country Club Van Horne at 9 am with same contact number.
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