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Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images toggle caption Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Sunisa Lee of the U.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the womens all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images This years Olympic Games has been an event unlike any other before it. The ongoing pandemic has changed so much, most noticeable being the ban on spectators with even families barred from attending. Still, despite these di...

FOCUS: Coronavirus threat rises as Japan cheers Olympic gold medal rush By Junko Horiuchi and Ayano Shimizu, KYODO NEWS - 4 hours ago - 09:30 | Sports, News, All, Coronavirus A week since the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, fraught with many difficulties, the gold medal rush of Japanese athletes has lifted the spirits of a public that remains largely worried about staging the multinational sporting event amid a ...

Olympics Latest: Rashitov wins taekwondo gold at Tokyo Games The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: ___ MEDAL ALERT Ulugbek Rashitov won Uzbekistan’s first Olympic taekwondo gold medal in dramatic fashion by beating Bradly Sinden of Britain. The 19-year-old Rashitov landed a four-point turning body kick inside the final 15 seconds to turn a two-point deficit into a two-point lead and the fea...

Cant help but cheer: Some in Japan warm to Olympics Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ People cheer on athletes during the womens individual triathlon competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on Tuesday. | AFP-JIJI AFP-Jiji Jul 28, 2021 After months of opposition, some people in Japan are warming to the pandemic-hit Oly...

RNZ 26 July, 2021, 10:26 am A police officer wearing a face mask stands near the entrance of the Main Press Centre, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble The Tokyo Olympics delivered a day of high drama on Sunday with a stunning surprise in the pool, one of the great David v Goliath cycling victories and double sibling judo gold as Japan continued their golden start. The host nation bagged skateboarding’s first gold medal courtesy of Yuto H...

DeChambeau, Rahm out of Olympics after positive COVID tests "> FILE - In this July 17, 2021, file photo, United States Bryson DeChambeau gestures as he lines up his putt on the 2nd green during the third round of the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St Georges golf course Sandwich, England. DeChambeau has tested positive for COVID-19 before leaving the United States for the Olympics and will miss the Tokyo Games. He’ll be replaced by Patrick Reed. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) Alasta...

Monday, 26 Jul 2021 09:44 AM MYT Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivers his policy speech at the opening of the Lower House parliamentary session in Tokyo January 18, 2021. — Reuters pic Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. TOKYO, July 26 — Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid nine points to 34 per cent, its lowest since he took office last September, a survey showed on Monday, clouding his hopes the Tokyo Olympics...

Olympics: Support for Japans PM Suga slides as COVID-19 shadows Tokyo Games Toggle share menu Advertisement Olympics: Support for Japans PM Suga slides as COVID-19 shadows Tokyo Games File photo of Japans PM Sugas news conference on a new coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo. (Photo: Reuters) 26 Jul 2021 08:36AM (Updated: 26 Jul 2021 10:48AM) Share this content Bookmark TOKYO: Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid nine points to 34 per c...

12 hr 18 min ago Australias Ariarne Titmus stuns US Katie Ledecky to win gold in womens 400m freestyle From CNNs Jacob Lev Australias Ariarne Titmus competes in the 400m freestyle final on July 26. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Ariarne Titmus of Australia has won gold in the womens 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics, finishing with a time of 3:56:69. Titmus time is the second fastest ever behind American Katie Ledeckys world record of 3:56:36. Ledecky, a five-time gold medalist, won silver wi...

JAPAN’S Yuto Horigome competes in the men’s street skateboarding final at the Ariake Sports Park on Sunday.—AFP TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics delivered a day of high drama on Sunday with a stunning surprise in the pool, one of the great David v Goliath cycling victories and double sibling judo gold as Japan continued their golden start. The host nation bagged skateboarding’s first gold medal courtesy of Yuto Horigome, then saw Uta Abe and her brother Hifumi make history as the first siblin...