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By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard made history on Monday by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games, but she suffered disappointment w...

By Yuki Nitta and Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese teenager Wang Zongyuan finished first in the preliminary competition for the men's 3 metre springboard diving on Monday, but three-time Olymp...

By Martyn Herman IZU, Japan (Reuters) - China's team sprinters took the first gold on offer in the Olympic track cycling programme as Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi powered to victory at the Izu Velodro...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Lamont Marcell Jacobs believes reconnecting with his estranged American father helped him make history by becoming the first Italian to claim Olympic men's 100 metres gold on Sunday....

By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - The camaraderie between Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi continued during the Olympic men's high jump victory ceremony on Monday, a day aft...

TOKYO (Reuters) -China's Zhang Changhong grabbed the last shooting gold of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, putting the icing on the cake with a world record score in the men's 50-metre rifle three posit...

By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen won team gold in equestrian eventing at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Australia claimed the silver medal, im...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The World Cup-winning United States fell to a surprise 1-0 defeat to Canada in the semi-finals of the women's Olympic football tournament on Monday, with Jessie Fleming grabbing the w...

By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. equestrian show jumping team, including double Olympic gold medallist Mclain Ward and rookie Jessica Springsteen, said on Monday the one-year delay to the...

IZU, Japan (Reuters) - China successfully defended their Olympic women's team sprint title by defeating Germany in the final as the track cycling programme got underway at the Izu Velodrome on Monday....