well, despite using to costa r rica, the u.s. men qualified for the world cup. they needed to avoid losing by six goal margin and they lost by two. history made in barcelona yesterday on the women s side as fans packed the largest stadium in europe to watch a women s soccer match. a crowd of 91,53 on hand to watch barcelona reach the semi-finals of the women s champion league with a win over madrid. we still don t know if tiger woods is coming back. rory mcilroy said he wouldn t be surprised to see tiger tee up. he likes to prove people wrong and prove himself wrong.
now, to the olympics. even though the opening ceremony has not yet happened, there is already competition in and around tokyo. the u.s. women s soccer team suffered a shocking loss after 44 straight wins. following a political statement on the sidelines prior to the match. rules prohibiting such behavior are under attack from one famous former olympian. we get details tonight from correspondent dan springer. three-time olympic medalist lebron james media company says the international olympic committee is attacking the free speech rights of athletes. rule 50 bans political demonstrations during olympic competitions and at medal ceremonies. james company the uninterrupted criticized the rule tweeting a way of silencing voices and advocates for athlete empowerment we take a stand against it but protest before games is allowed as seen leading up to today s women s soccer match between the u.s. and sweden where players and the ref
first global gathering of this size since the pandemic began. so athletes will be tested obviously during the olympics, but the public health officials are being tested as well. and it is challenging. as you point out, it is a state of emergency here, but let me show you the numbers. i don t know if you have a graph that we can put up. you have these peaks and valleys here in japan with regard to the covid numbers, that recent low followed by the peak of may 14th, that was just about a month ago. over the last month the numbers are going up and that has caused conste consternation. if you talk to people on the street, roughly 8 out of 10 have some real misgivings about this. they appreciate the olympics, but they would rather it not be held here at this time given what is going on. i went to a match between the united states and sweden, the women s soccer match, and that