Sports
Published 27 Jul, 2021 02:07pm
By Ossian Shine and Antoni Slodkowski
Olympic host city Tokyo reported a record number of coronavirus cases on...
Sports
Published 26 Jul, 2021 11:25am
The Tokyo Olympics delivered a day of high drama on Sunday with a stunning surprise in the pool, one of the great...
Sports
Updated 26 Jul, 2021 11:22am
The 21-year-old weighlifter from Gujranwala, Talha Talib, may have missed a shot at an Olympics medal in Tokyo but...
Sports
Published 25 Jul, 2021 02:45pm
The Tokyo native scored 9.50 for the trick, the highest score for any move in the final, as he won ahead of...
Sports
Published 23 Jul, 2021 12:57pm
By Tim Kelly, Sam Nussey and Sudipto Ganguly
Battered by scandal on the eve of the opening ceremony, Tokyo 2020...
Sports
Published 23 Jul, 2021 11:37am
By Shadia Nasralla
Muslim athletes in Tokyo for the Olympics marked a pared-down Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of...
Sports
Published 22 Jul, 2021 10:41am
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mari Saito
On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening...
Sports
Published 21 Jul, 2021 04:36pm
Fewer than 1,000 Olympic officials and VIPs including sponsors are expected to be allowed...
Sports
Published 21 Jul, 2021 04:05pm
Stina Blackstenius scored twice before substitute Lina Hurtig headed in a third for the...
Sports
Published 19 Jul, 2021 03:17pm
By Karolos Grohmann
The Tokyo Olympic Games have had their share of positive coronavirus cases before they open, ...
Sports
Published 19 Jul, 2021 01:02pm
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
Gaza weightlifter Mohammad Hamada says he is aiming to rank among the top ten when he makes...
Sports
Updated 18 Jul, 2021 07:09pm
The first cases involving athletes in the Village came a day after a member of their entourage returned...
Sports
Published 17 Jul, 2021 04:10pm
By Karolos Grohmann
The International Olympic Committee on Saturday said it was aware of scepticism within Japan...
Sports
Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:00pm
Britain's women's soccer team will take the knee before matches at the Tokyo Olympics to raise awareness about ...
Sports
Published 14 Jul, 2021 02:50pm
By Ju-min Park and Antoni Slodkowski
A coronavirus cluster at a Japanese hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic...
Sports
Published 13 Jul, 2021 10:43pm
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was knocked out of Wimbledon in the quarter-finals by...
Sports
Published 12 Jul, 2021 10:41am
Olympic host city Tokyo entered a fresh state of emergency on Monday, less than two weeks before the Games begin ...
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Published 08 Jul, 2021 09:51am
By Antoni Slodkowski and Eimi Yamamitsu
Olympic organisers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the Asahi...
Sports
Published 05 Jul, 2021 11:29am
The Tokyo Olympics are less than three weeks away. And the pressure is on for the International Olympic Committee...
Sports
Published 02 Jul, 2021 10:36am
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics are leaning towards banning spectators from night-time events and large-scale...
World
Published 01 Jul, 2021 12:09pm
By Elaine Lies
When Kohei Jinno was evicted from his family home to clear the way for the construction of the...
Sports
Published 30 Jun, 2021 02:29pm
By Manasi Pathak
Nursing mothers will be allowed to bring their children to the Tokyo Olympics when necessary, 2020...
Sports
Published 29 Jun, 2021 12:05pm
Authorities are likely to move the first eight days of the Tokyo leg of the Olympic torch relay off public roads due...
Sports
Published 25 Jun, 2021 10:49am
By Ritsuko Ando and Daniel Leussink
A member of the Ugandan Olympic team who tested positive for the coronavirus...
Sports
Published 20 Jun, 2021 05:25pm
Warning posters urging anti-virus measures including room ventilation have been...
Sports
Published 19 Jun, 2021 05:28pm
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Saturday cancelled all public viewing sites for the summer Olympics, diverting some...
Sports
Published 17 Jun, 2021 06:43pm
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was last week beaten in the semi-finals of the French Open by...
World
Updated 24 May, 2021 11:01am
Japan opened mass inoculation centres on Monday as the country races to vaccinate most of its elderly population...
World
Published 27 Apr, 2021 10:48am
Japan will open a mass vaccination centre in central Tokyo next month, officials said on Tuesday, part of the...
