Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Canoe sprint-Brazil’s Queiroz dos Santos shines, disappointment for Carrington
By Toshiki Hashimoto (Reuters) - Brazil's Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos dominated the Olympic men's canoe single 1,000 metres event to win the gold medal at the Sea Forest Waterway on Saturday after def...
Aug 06, 2021
Olympics-Relay controversy key to Belarusian sprinter’s defection
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber and Mitch Phillips WARSAW/TOKYO (Reuters) - Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya travelled thousands of miles because she desperately did not want to run 400 metres. Th...
Aug 06, 2021
Olympics-Canoe sprint-China’s Xu and Sun win women’s canoe double 500m gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya won the gold medal in the women's canoe double 500 metres competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Ukraine's Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Che...
Aug 06, 2021
Olympics-Wrestling-Rio gold medalist Akgul says mulled quitting after Tokyo defeat
By Ece Toksabay TOKYO (Reuters) - Rio 2016 gold medalist Taha Akgul of Turkey said he considered "hanging up the boots" after failing to retain his title in Tokyo, losing to gold medal winner Gable St...
Aug 06, 2021
Canadian government, border staff reach deal, ending strike -union
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian government and border staff have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, the unions representing the workers said on Friday, bringing a swift end to strike ...
Aug 06, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Jepchirchir’s ‘tough mind’ powers her to victory in women’s marathon
By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - As a child in western Kenya, Peres Jepchirchir ran more than 3 kilometres to get to school each day. Her brother noticed her talent and encouraged her to take runnin...
Aug 06, 2021
Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza in response to fire balloons – military
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave, Israel's military said. There were no i...
Aug 06, 2021
Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill ‘happy women’- NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who "looked happy" and wanted to...
Aug 06, 2021
Olympics-Golf-Korda stumbles with gold in reach, Ko closes in
KAWAGOE, Japan (Reuters) - Nelly Korda stumbled with a horror double-bogey on the par-three seventh but recovered brilliantly to hold the Olympic gold medal position with a one-stroke lead from Lydia ...
Aug 06, 2021
Australia’s New South Wales reports 319 new COVID-19 cases, third straight daily record
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state of New South Wales reported 319 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the highest number since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, eclipsing the pre...
Aug 06, 2021
