 we mentioned the olympics opening ceremony the first medals will be handed out tomorrow but the games are already underway competition has taken place since wednesday when the united states lost a men's soccer match to the host nation over 400 miles from paris in marseille the u.s women's soccer team played its first match thursday even further from paris in nice the u.s men's basketball team is scheduled to play its first game sunday versus serbia led by three-time nba most valuable player nicola jokic the americans a seismic favorite to win the gold medal for a fifth straight olympics