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By Martin Petty and Philip O'Connor TOKYO (Reuters) - Flyweight Carlo Paalam put himself in contention for the Philippines' first-ever Olympic boxing gold on Thursday, while Irish top seed Kellie Anne...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev's got his teeth into the Tokyo 2020 Games, but his rival Ravi Kumar of India wasn't expecting to find them cutting into his skin. Sanayev lost to Kumar ...

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharing videos from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on social media is not allowed, even for athletes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday as ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Defending Olympic champion Nafi Thiam seized control of the heptathlon on Thursday with the day's best performance in the javelin and long jump, leaving the Belgian with just the fin...

By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Canada's Damian Warner extended his lead on the final day of men's decathlon on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics after setting a new Games record in the 110 metres h...

By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Lee Ho Ching, Doo Hoi Kem and Minnie Soo Wai Yam secured bronze at the women's team event on Thursday after a close 3-1 win over the German team. The Ho...

By Ece Toksabay CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Gable Steveson stunned Rio Games champion Taha Akgul of Turkey in the quarter-finals of the men's freestyle super heavyweight category on Thursday, the U.S. wr...

By Sam Nussey and Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese medal contender Miho Nonaka is regrouping before the women's final after a tough bouldering round during climbing qualifiers on Wednesday in...

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has yet to talk to any Belarussian team officials involved in the case of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who took ref...

By Sakura Murakami TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - When athletes of Tokyo 2020's marathon swimming race plunged into the water at Odaiba Marine Park on Thursday, their minds would have been set on closing th...