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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's double world champion judoka Chizuru Arai advanced into the semi-finals of the Olympic competition by pinning German Giovanna Scoccimarro for a solid ippon 10-0 victory in th...

By Simon Evans TOKYO (Reuters) - Two of the defining women swimmers of recent years, Italy's Federica Pellegrini and Hungary's Katinka Hosszu, bowed out of the Olympics on Wednesday with no medals but...

Joey Gallo slugged a tiebreaking three-run homer to cap a five-run fourth inning and the Texas Rangers snapped a 12-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night...

By Michael Church HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than two decades removed from the upper reaches of women's football, China continue to look for a way back into the sport's top tier after a disastrous sho...

By Omar Mohammed Saitama, Japan (Reuters) - The United States got back on track in their quest for a fourth consecutive gold medal on Wednesday after a 54 point blow-out win against Iran buoyed by a b...

TOKYO (Reuters) -China won their third diving gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday by reclaiming the men's 3 metre synchronised springboard title they lost to Britain in Rio. Wang Zongyuan an...

By Ece Toksabay and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) - Indonesia's Rahmat Erwin Abdullah matched the Olympic record by lifting 190kg in clean&jerk at Tokyo 2020, in a surprise early session where athletes...

By Paresh Dave FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - High-fives abounded for hosts Japan after they staged a thrilling final-inning comeback to defeat the Dominican Republic 4-3 on Wednesday to begin the baseb...

By Philip O'Connor ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Like the winds at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour, the sailing competitions at the Tokyo Games were a little slow to get going, but with the first medal races...

By Martin Quin Pollard TOKYO (Reuters) - For years Olympic weightlifters were not happy to see drugs testers arriving for sample collections, and were quick to complain about their arrival times, the ...