Golf finally has some Olympic buzz from a big and boisterous gallery, and it has the star power to match going into the final round of the men’s competition with medals finally at stake.

Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm were tied for the lead Saturday, one shot clear of Tommy Fleetwood. Hideki Matsuyama salvaged a wild day. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy were close enough that gold is not out of reach.

Seven of the leading 10 qualifiers for the Paris Games were within five shots of the lead.

Schauffele turned a two-shot deficit into a one-shot lead in a matter of minutes. He hit 4-iron to 25 feet for eagle on the par-5 14th, just before Rahm three-putted for bogey on the hole ahead of him. Rahm answered with a 35-foot birdie putt across the 17th green. The swings in momentum were plenty, and so were the possibilities going into today.

Zheng wins China’s first singles gold

Zheng Qinwen won China’s very first Olympic tennis singles gold medal by defeating Croatia’s Donna Vekic 6-2, 6-3 by displaying the same powerful serves and groundstrokes she used to eliminate No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals and now has the biggest title of her career.

Zheng is ranked No. 7 in the world and was the runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka at the hard-court Australian Open in January.

• Lorenzo Musetti won Italy’s first Olympic tennis medal in 100 years, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 for the men’s singles bronze.

• Matt Ebden and John Peers won Australia’s second tennis gold medal in Summer Games history, beating Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram of the United States 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1), 10-8 in a match tiebreaker in the men’s doubles final. Olympics doubles uses a first-to-10, win-by-two tiebreaker in place of a traditional third set.

• The American duo of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul won the bronze with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic. Machac and Katerina Siniakova won the gold in mixed doubles on Friday night.

U.S. teacher, student claim skeet medals

Vincent Hancock of the United States beat his student Conner Prince to capture his fourth Olympic gold medal in men’s skeet.

Hancock coaches first-time Olympian Prince and turned round to share a hug with his silver medal-winning student after making his last two shots to ensure the gold, making 58 out of 60 shots to Prince’s 57.

Hancock won skeet gold at the Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2021 and is the only skeet shooter to take Olympic gold more than once.

Budinger, Evans get to knockout stage

Ex-NBA player Chase Budinger and partner Miles Evans were the last team to reach the knockout stage of the tournament.

The American first-time Olympians beat Australia in straight sets in the final match of the lucky loser round to earn the right to face Tokyo gold medalists Norway in the round of 16 on Monday.

The Americans lost two of their three preliminary matches and finished third in the group, forcing them to beat the Aussies to move on.

U.S. women advance to the semifinals

Germany, Spain, the U.S. and Canada have advanced to the semifinals in women’s 3x3 basketball. Germany and Spain moved into Monday’s semifinals after finishing in the top two spots at the end of pool play.

The defending champion U.S. team and Canada won play-in games. The U.S. beat China 21-13, and Canada posted a 21-10 win over Australia. Germany faces Canada in the next round, and Spain takes on the U.S.

Ukraine wins first gold

Ukraine won its first gold medal of the Paris Olympics with a victory over South Korea in the women’s team saber fencing final.

• U.S. boxer Omari Jones defeated Rami Mofid Kiwan of Bulgaria 5-0 to advance to the semifinals in the 71kg division. In a 57kg quarterfinal, Jahmal Harvey was defeated by Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan, 3-2.

• Hannes Daube scored five goals and Benn Hallock, Ryder Dodd and Max Irving each scored twice as the U.S. men’s water polo team defeated Montenegro 12-7 in group play.

• The U.S. women’s sabre fencing team placed fifth after defeating Hungary 45-39 in the final placement match. Earlier the Americans lost to Korea, 45-35 in the table of 8 before beating Algeria, 45-28 in the 5-8 placement match.

• Viktorija Senkute, a former University of Central Florida rower with epilepsy, won Lithuania’s first medal at the Paris Olympics, capturing the bronze medal in the women’s singles class. It was also the first medal for any Baltic country at the 2024 Paris Games.

• Israel earned two sailing medals Saturday when Tom Reuveny won gold and Sharon Kantor took home a silver in a new windsurfing class called iQFOiL on Saturday at the Paris Olympics. Reuveny, 24, and Kantor, 21, added to a long tradition of windsurfing success for their country. Reuveny was coached by Israel’s first gold medalist, Gal Fridman, also a windsurfing champion.