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By Martyn Herman IZU (Reuters) - Reigning champion Laura Kenny's hopes of winning a third successive Olympic gold medal in omnium suffered an early blow as she was involved in a huge pile-up in the op...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rio silver medallists Serbia overpowered South Korea in straight sets in the women's volleyball tournament on Sunday to take the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games. World champions Serb...

Fourth-seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina recorded four aces while rolling to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over top-seeded Elise Mertens on Saturday to reach the Mubadala Silicon Classic title match. Kasatkina had ...

By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber WARSAW (Reuters) - Forging through the blazing Japanese sun and the dark cloud of suspicion that has hung over its Olympians in the wake of doping scandals, the Russian Oly...

By Chris Gallagher SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the Olympic men's marathon with a commanding performance in Sapporo on Sunday, winning his second straight gold medal and cemen...

By Nandita Bose WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden applauded U.S. Olympic athletes on Saturday for showing courage under pressure and uniting the country, a day...

By David Dolan TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will douse its more than year-old Olympic flame on Sunday, closing out a Tokyo Games that were upended by the pandemic and transformed by the drama of politics, ...

(Reuters) - Italy's Lorenzo Musetti has been withdrawn from a U.S. Open tune-up event in Toronto after having left the tournament's COVID-19 controlled environment, Tennis Canada said on Saturday. Wor...

By Philip O'Connor YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Defender Dani Alves rolled back the years to spur Brazil to a 2-1 win over Spain in the Tokyo Games soccer final on Saturday, enabling him to add an Olym...

By Junko Fujita and Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Young pitchers from Nippon Professional Baseball in the biggest game of their careers led Japan to a first Olympic gold medal in the sport w...