U.S. women's volleyball remains undefeated as they move to quarterfinals

The U.S. women's volleyball won its third straight match in Tokyo.

The Americans beat Turkey in a close game Thursday 3-2, winning a tight 15-12 fifth set.

Team USA has assured a spot in the quarterfinals, along with Italy, Serbia and Brazil so far.

NBCUniversal CEO is happy with Olympics coverage, despite "bad luck" with ratings

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said the Tokyo Olympics will be "profitable," despite "bad luck" with ratings.

"We had a little bit of bad luck, there was a drumbeat of negativity, the Games got moved a year, no spectators," Shell said during Comcast's second-quarter earnings call with analysts. "And that has resulted a little bit in linear ratings being probably less than we expected."

However, Shell said the digital side has been strong.

"If you look at the product, it's fantastic," he said. "And it's really impossible– what I would say about Peacock is what we learn in this Olympics we'll take to Beijing and change the product, change the offering for each Olympics going forward. And we're really excited about that."

Overall, Shell said NBC will "be profitable on the Olympics."

"We are very happy with the product," he added.

Suni Lee gets emotional over gold medal win: "There was a point in time where I wanted to quit"

After winning gold, American gymnast Suni Lee expressed her gratitude for the wave of support she has received.

"I just want to say thank you to everyone for supporting me. I wouldn't be here without my coaches and my parents," Lee said at a news conference. "This is such a surreal moment. I just feel like I could have never been here ever. It doesn't even feel like real life."

She also discussed the struggles her family has endured over the past two years.

"The past two years have been absolutely crazy with COVID and just my family and everything else," Lee said. "This medal really means a lot to me because there was a point in time where I wanted to quit and I just didn't think I would ever get here including injuries and stuff."

Nevertheless, Lee's hard work paid off.

"So there's definitely a lot of emotions but I'm super proud of myself for sticking with it and believing in myself because this medal would not be possible without my coaches, the medical team, my parents," she added. "It's just so surreal and I haven't even let it sink in yet."

Swimming recap: Team USA picks up more medals Day 5

It was a big night for Team USA Swimming on Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympics Games.

Caleb Dressel took home his first individual gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle. He set an Olympic record with a time of 47.02 seconds.

Dressel also set an Olympic record in the preliminaries of the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 50.39 seconds.

Robert Finke won an unexpected gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle event.

Regan Smith and Hali Flickinger claimed silver and bronze the women's 200-meter butterfly.

Katie Ledecky anchored the women's 4x200 freestyle relay team to take silver.

Sunisa Lee's family celebrates her gold-medal win

As Sunisa Lee clinched the gold medal in Tokyo, her family celebrated her winning performance back in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Sunisa Lee wins gold in all-around competition

Sunisa Lee has won the gold medal in the women's all-around final.

The 18-year-old from Minnesota continues the legacy for Team USA after teammate Simone Biles withdrew from the competition Wednesday.

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade finished second with silver and Angelina Melikova took bronze for the Russian Olympic Committee.

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Simone Biles cheers on teammates from the sidelines

Simone Biles has joined teammates Jordan Chiles and Mykayla Skinner to cheer on Team USA at the all-around gynamstics.

British swimmer celebrates double Olympic title after contracting COVID twice

Tom Dean won gold in the 200-meter freestyle and led a historic 1-2 in swimming for Team GB.

"This is the single greatest achievement of my life," Dean said.

Japan leaps to top of medal table

Japan has taken the top place in the medal table after winning gold in the judo men's final.

The team has 15 golds - ahead of China and the USA, which have 14 gold medals each.

German coach dismissed from Tokyo 2020 after racist comment

Patrick Moster was swiftly removed from his post today after making inappropriate comments about the Algerian team.

He apologized for the outburst, which he said was made "in the heat of the moment" but admitted his "choice of words was wrong".

I am sorry, I'm so sorry, I can only sincerely apologize. I didn't mean to discredit anyone.

A statement from Team Germany said:

The head of team Team Germany at the Olympic Games in Tokyo decided on Thursday that Patrick Moster will no longer perform his duties as part of the cycling team in Team D and will leave for Germany in the near future.

Major win for Team USA in women's rugby

Two athletes hospitalized with COVID and 38 in isolation hotels - Tokyo officials

Health officials in the city confirmed today that two Olympic athletes - countries not revealed - are currently in hospital with COVID and 38 others are self-isolating at designated hotels in the city.

One of them, Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs, yesterday went "on strike" to demand fresh air after being banned from opening windows in the hotel.

Tokyo COVID cases surge to almost 4,000 a day

A wave of infections is sweeping the Japanese capital, with new daily infections increasing by hundreds each day.

Some 3,865 cases were reported in the past 24 hours alone. The sharp rise in cases is being reflected elsewhere in the country.

"We have never experienced the expansion of the infections of this magnitude," Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters on Thursday.

Good morning and welcome to the Newsweek liveblog

Day six of Tokyo 2020 is well underway despite a surge in COVID cases in the city which is impacting the Olympic Village. Team USA hopes to secure several golds today after dominating the shooting and swimming events earlier.

Stick with Newsweek throughout Thursday for all the latest.