Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Boxing-Bulgarian Krasteva wins women’s flyweight gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Stoyka Zhelyazkova Krasteva of Bulgaria beat Buse Naz Cakiroglu of Turkey to win the women's flyweight boxing gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Cakiroglu won silver, whil...
Aug 07, 2021
Cricket-History-maker Ellis enjoys “surreal moment” with debut hat-trick
(Reuters) - Nathan Ellis admitted he was fortunate to be a member of Australia's touring squad in Bangladesh after becoming the first male player to secure a Twenty20 hat-trick on his debut on Friday....
Aug 07, 2021
China’s crude oil imports rebound as state refiners return from overhauls
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's crude oil imports rebounded in July from a six-month low as state-backed refiners ramped up output after returning from maintenance, though independent refineries slowed re...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-Britain’s Yafai wins men’s flyweight gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Galal Yafai of Britain beat Carlo Paalam of the Philippines to win the men's flyweight boxing gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Paalam won silver, while Ryomei Tanaka of ...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Organisers say issued warnings, revoked accreditation to enforce COVID-19 rules
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Saturday they have so far issued severe warnings to 16 individuals and revoked the accreditation of several people for breaking the Games' COVID-19 ...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Basketball-U.S. beat France to win 16th men’s gold
By Rocky Swift SAITAMA (Reuters) - Kevin Durant led Team USA's victory over France in the men's basketball final in Tokyo on Saturday, avenging a first-round loss and claiming a 16th gold for the coun...
Aug 07, 2021
Australian soldier seriously injured in crocodile attack in Queensland -media
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian Army soldier suffered serious head and chest injuries after being mauled by a crocodile that attacked him late on Friday, Australia media reported, with a colleague...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Tokyo has shown the pandemic can be beaten, Games health adviser says
TOKYO (Reuters) - A leading Olympic Games health adviser said on Saturday that Tokyo 2020 had shown the COVID-19 pandemic could be beaten and would provide data to help countries around the world batt...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-China athletes warned over Mao badges, case closed -IOC
By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - The IOC said it had issued a warning to the two Chinese cycling medallists who wore badges featuring the head of their country's former leader Mao Zedong at the T...
Aug 07, 2021
Olympics-Judo-Riner shines even as Japan judokas win record gold
(Refiles to correct missing letter in first par) By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judokas achieved a record gold medal rush for the host country at the Tokyo Games, but it was France's ...
Aug 07, 2021
