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(Reuters) - Five judokas to watch out for at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: TEDDY RINER (FRANCE) The 32-year-old French heavyweight will be aiming for his third consecutive Olympic gold, matching a record h...

(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 ...

(Reuters) - Five beach volleyball players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: ANDERS MOL (NORWAY) Norway's Mol, who has teamed up with Christian Sorum, is considered an emerging powerhouse with hi...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong residents rushed in the early hours of Thursday to snap up copies of the final edition of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, which was forced to close after 26 years ...

(Reuters) - Five karatekas to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: SANDRA SANCHEZ (SPAIN) Once dismissed as too old to compete at the highest level, the Spaniard will be looking to add Olympic gold to...

(Reuters) - Five weightlifters to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: LAUREL HUBBARD (NEW ZEALAND) Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics. She is ranked No. ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan condemned the closure of Hong Kong's most vocal pro-democracy newspaper the Apple Daily on Thursday as "political oppression" of the Chinese-run city's media, saying it sound...

(Reuters) - Five skateboarders to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: NYJAH HUSTON (UNITED STATES) A skateboarding prodigy who made his X Games debut when he was just 11, Huston is one of the most hi...

(Reuters) - Five taekwondoin to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: LEE DAE-HOON (SOUTH KOREA) The top-ranked athlete in the male -68kg category will be bearing the weight of national pride for South...

By James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - Wading through a moonlit pond on Australia's east coast talking to frogs makes Michael Mahony feel like a kid again. The 70-year-old biology professor and conserva...