Author Archives: Syndicated Content
FOCUS ON-Table tennis at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on table tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * There are five events - singles and team tournaments for both men and women and a new mixed doubles competition. * P...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-‘Different kind of challenge’: Sweden’s Sjostrom readies for fourth Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's Olympic 100m butterfly champion Sarah Sjostrom is happy with her last few weeks of preparation ahead of the Tokyo Games despite wishing she had a few more weeks of training,...
Jul 23, 2021
Vaccinations slowing spread of COVID-19 cases in Spain -minister
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's vaccine rollout has begun to slow the spread of COVID-19 infections, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Friday. "We are starting to see a slowdown of the rise (in cases...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Handball-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Five handball players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: MIKKEL HANSEN (DENMARK) One of the stand-out players for the reigning Olympic champions, the 33-year-old left back is known fo...
Jul 23, 2021
Vaccine business helps Lonza lifts 2021 sales outlook
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza lifted its 2021 outlook on Friday after sales for the first half of the year beat analyst expectations as it benefits from a booming bu...
Jul 23, 2021
French business activity weakened more than expected in July -PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity weakened by more than forecast in July compared to June, and fell to a three-month low as shortages of materials and transportation delays impacted firms, ac...
Jul 23, 2021
Olympics-Table tennis-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Five table tennis players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: FAN ZHENDONG (CHINA) World number one and former Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics champion Fan Zhendong will make his Olympics ...
Jul 23, 2021
Is the United States hoping to win a lot of medals? You bet, says USOPC chief
By Steve Keating TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States is once again expected to top the Summer Games medal table at the Tokyo Olympics but U.S. officials were reluctant to give a number on Friday, sayi...
Jul 23, 2021
FOCUS ON-Handball at the Tokyo Olympics
(Reuters) - Focus on handball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * Both the men's and women's competitions start with a pool phase with two groups of six. The top four teams from each gro...
Jul 23, 2021
Vaccinated people in Singapore make up three-quarters of recent COVID-19 cases
By Aradhana Aravindan and Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Three quarters of Singapore's COVID-19 infections in the last four weeks were among vaccinated individuals, government data shows, as a rapid r...
Jul 23, 2021
