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Teams and match officials walk out before the start of the match REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

Soccer, rugby kick off Games ahead of opening ceremony

The sporting action at the Paris Olympics kicked off with two soccer matches on Wednesday, two days before thousands of athletes and artists are set to take part in the opening ceremony

China's Li Bingjie competes in the final of the women's 4x200m freestyle relay swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on July 29, 2021. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

US investigating Chinese swimmers doping case

World Aquatics executive director has been subpoenaed to testify about how 23 Chinese swimmers avoided punishment after testing positive for banned drugs weeks ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee in action. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

Russian national team drops banned figure skater Kamila Valieva -IFX

Valieva received a four-year doping ban in late January, effectively stripping the ROC of its gold medal.