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Led by Jayson Tatum's 27 points and a solid all-around effort from Kevin Durant, the U.S. Men erased an early first quarter deficit, and destroyed the Czech Republic 119-84. Here are the U.S.'s updated scoring, rebounding and assist leaders through three games:   Player Team Per Game Points Jayson Tatum Boston Celtics 16.7 Rebounds Kevin Durant Brooklyn Nets 5.0 Assists Zach Levine Chicago Bulls 5.3 After finishing in second place in Group A, the U.S. has clinched a spot in the quarterfinals which take place on the third of August. Group C concludes group play tomorrow (August 1st) to decide the remaining quarterfinalists and seeding. 

RESULTS Canada 0 Brazil 0, Canada wins 4-3 on penalties Australia 4 Great Britain 3, a.e.t. Sweden 3 Japan 1 USA 2 Netherlands 2, USA wins 4-2 on penalties SEMIFINAL ROUND (02 August 2021) USA vs Canada Australia vs Sweden NOTE Sweden defeated Australia 4-2 earlier in the tournament. TOP SCORERS Player Team Goals Vivianne Miedema Netherlands 10 Ellen White Great Britain 6 Barbra Banda Zambia 6 Sam Kerr Australia 5 Wang Shuang China 4 Lieke Martens Netherlands 4 Stina Blackstenius Sweden 4 Marta Brazil 3 Lineth Beerensteyn Netherlands 3 8 players tied with - 2 Fun Facts Ellen White had the only hat trick of the quarterfinal round in a losing effort against Australia Vivianne Miedema scored two or more goals in all four of the Netherlands' matches. New Zealand as a team managed only two goals in three matches while Chile scored just once. The United States does not have a single player with more than one goal thus far despite scoring eight times in the tournament. Australia's Sam...

The U.S. Men bounced back from their surprising defeat to France to handily dispatch of Iran 120-66 this morning. Here's a look at who has led the U.S. in points, rebounds and assists through their first two games:   Player Team Per Game Points Damian Lillard Portland Trail Blazers 16.0 Rebounds Jrue Holiday Milwaukee Bucks 5.5 Assists Zach Levine Chicago Bulls 5.5 Some notes: Lillard and Kevin Durant are the only U.S. players to score in double figures in each of the U.S.'s first two games.  Bam Adebayo had ten rebounds against France, but none against Iran. Jerami Grant was the only U.S. player not to see action in both games sitting out against France. The U.S. had 34 assists against Iran after getting just 23 against France. Eight of the twelve players on the U.S. roster have scored in double figures in at least one of the first two games.

We took the time to break out the Men's Tennis Rankings, so here are the Women's. The American women represent seven of the top 35 in the world (compared to the American men whose highest ranked player is John Isner at #35). The Top 10 overall and Top 10 Americans are broken out here: Women's Tennis WTA Rankings Country Points 1 Ashleigh Barty Australia 9635 2 Naomi Osaka Japan 7336 3 Aryna Sabalenka Belarus 6965 4 Sofia Kenin USA 5640 5 Bianca Andreescu Canada 5331 6 Elina Svitolina Ukraine 5125 7 Karolína Plíšková Czech Republic 4975 8 Iga Świątek Poland 4695 9 Garbiñe Muguruza Spain 4165 10 Simona Halep Romania 4115 Top 10 Americans Points 4 Sofia Kenin 5640 15 Jennifer Brady 3830 16 Serena Williams 3641 25 Cori Gauff 2765 26 Madison Keys 2575 27 Jessica Pegula 2470 35 Danielle Collins 1875 37 Alison Riske 1815 43 Shelby Rogers 1698 69 Sloane Stephens 1156

Novak Djokovic (Age 34), Rafa Nadal (Age 35) and Roger Federer (Age 39) are all in the Top Ten of the Men's ATP Rankings. The highest ranked American Men's Tennis player is John Isner at #35. Here are the Top 10 overall and the Top 10 Americans.  Men's Tennis ATP Rankings Country Points 1 Novak Djokovic Serbia 12113 2 Daniil Medvedev Russia 10370 3 Rafael Nadal  Spain 8270 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas Greece 8030 5 Alexander Zverev Germany 7340 6 Dominic Thiem  Austria 7340 7 Andrey Rublev Russia 6005 8 Matteo Berrettini Italy 5488 9 Roger Federer Switzerland 4215 10 Denis Shapovalov Canada 3625 Top 10 Americans Points 35 John Isner 1718 36 Reilly Opelka 1716 42 Taylor Fritz 1560 47 Sebastian Korda 1413 54 Frances Tiafoe 1228 56 Tommy Paul 1193 65 Marcos Giron 1047 70 Sam Querrey 1003 80 Steve Johnson 916 82 Tennys Sandgren 897

This morning (or evening if you're in Japan I guess), the women's Olympic soccer competition concluded group play with eight of twelve teams advancing to the knockout round. The U.S. clinched their spot in the knockout round with a 0-0 tie against Australia thereby clinching second place in Group G on goal differential. Sweden won the U.S.'s group handily with wins in all three matches. Here are the full results (today's matches in red): Group E Great Britain 2 Chile 0 Canada 1 Japan 1 Canada 2 Chile 1 Great Britain 1 Japan 0 Canada 1 Great Britain 1 Japan 1 Chile 0 Group F Brazil 5 China 0 Netherlands 10 Zambia 3 China 4 Zambia 4 Netherlands 3 Brazil 3 Netherlands 8 China 2 Brazil 1 Zambia 0 Group G Sweden 3 USA 0 Australia 2 New Zealand 1 Sweden 4 Australia 2 USA 6 New Zealand 1 Sweden 2 New Zealand 0 USA 0 Australia 0 Top Scorers Player Team Goals Vivianne Miedema Netherlands 8 Barbra Banda Zambia 6 Wang Shuang China 4 Lieke Martens Netherlands 4 Sam Kerr Australia 3...