Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Athletics-World discus champ Stahl bags finals spot with just one throw
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl needed just one attempt to qualify for the men's discus final and Qatar's Mutaz Barshim kicked off his bid to add a high-jump ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-‘Small but mighty’: Irish flagbearer celebrates rowing gold
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Boxing world champion Kellie Ann Harrington said Ireland was punching above its weight at the Tokyo Games and hailed the performance of the country's rowers after th...
Jul 30, 2021
SoftBank first-quarter performance seen buoyed by China IPOs; crackdown clouds outlook
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp is set to report a boost to Vision Fund returns when it posts quarterly earnings due to the U.S. listing of Chinese portfolio firms, just as regulat...
Jul 30, 2021
Renault forecasts 2021 profit despite global chip shortage
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault said on Friday it expected to post a full-year 2021 profit despite a worsening semiconductor chip shortage and rising raw materials costs. Rena...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Badminton-Japan bags mixed doubles bronze; China’s streak of wins continues
By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan won its first-ever mixed-doubles bronze medal on Friday when Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who have played together for a decade, took out Hong Kong's Tang ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Archery-Soaring heart rates laid bare on TV as archers okay new tech
By Ju-min Park and Paresh Dave TOKYO (Reuters) - In an Olympic first, more than 100 archers are broadcasting their heart rates as they go for bullseye at the Tokyo Games, pushing forward contactless h...
Jul 30, 2021
Japan’s household spending likely rebounded in June, new curbs cloud outlook: Reuters poll
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending likely rebounded in June from last month's slump, according to a Reuters poll, as a temporary fall in coronavirus infections during the mon...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Judo-France’s Riner suffers shock defeat in hunt for 3rd straight judo gold
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - French heavyweight judoka Teddy Riner suffered a shock defeat on Friday, losing to Tamerlan Bashaev of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team in the men's judo...
Jul 30, 2021
Air France-KLM narrows second-quarter losses as bookings begin recovery
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - An easing of coronavirus travel restrictions is generating the first signs of recovery at Air France-KLM, said the airline group, as its unveiled narrower losses for th...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Badminton-New winners and big losers, as COVID-19 upends event
By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Badminton in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics over the past week has been a saga of upsets and near-upsets, attributable to a large extent to the exceptional conditions wrought...
Jul 30, 2021
