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By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Liu Xiang remains China's only Olympic gold medal winner on the track 17 years after his triumph in Athens, but for Su Bingtian - Asia's fastest man - one of his count...

By Philip O'Connor ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Giles Scott won the gold medal for Britain in the men's Finn class in sailing at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Tuesday. Zsombor Berecz of Hungary took th...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Georgian shot putter Benik Abramyan has been provisionally suspended and will miss Tuesday's competition at the Tokyo Olympics after failing a doping test for steroids, the Internati...

By Amy Tennery TOKYO (Reuters) - Norwegian Karsten Warholm rocked the world of athletics on Tuesday, shattering his own world record to win the men's 400 metre hurdles, as Germany's Malaika Mihambo pr...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday asked the Chinese team for a report on why two of its medallists appeared on the podium wearing badges featuring the head of the countr...

By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - German paddlers Shan Xiaona, Petrissa Solja and Han Ying, who won silver five years ago in Rio, are eyeing another team medal at the Tokyo Games after beating their...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Simone Biles was always expected to be a headliner at the Tokyo Olympics, coming into the Games predicted to top her medal haul from Rio and become one of the most dec...

TOKYO (Reuters) - New events such as surfing and skateboarding that made their debut at the Tokyo Olympics boosted the Games' viewership and the lack of spectators in stadiums had no impact on engagem...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sena Irie upset reigning world champion Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines to take Olympic gold in the women's featherweight boxing on Tuesday, delivering the host nation's fi...

By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - For the first time since 2008, the 200 metres will be without triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica and a new generation of sprinters began their bids to suc...