Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Sports News (Master Feed)

By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - The 14 youngest softball players during Tokyo 2020's opening round fared worse by some measures than the dozen oldest, but the newcomers are committed to get...

CHIBA (Reuters) - China stayed on track to claim a third consecutive Olympic medal in the women's team epee fencing event on Tuesday after they beat Hong Kong in the quarterfinal stage. The Chinese te...

(Corrects day of Japan's next game to Friday in final paragraph) By Chris Gallagher SAITAMA, Japan (Reuters) -Japan overcame France 74-70 with a tenacious defensive display and ruthless three-point sh...

By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Had it not been for her horrific crash at the world championships at Imola 10 months ago, the obvious question ahead of Wednesday's women's Olympic cycling time tria...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tom Dean contracted COVID-19 twice in the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics and he also won men's 200m freestyle gold at the double on Tuesday. The 21-year-old Briton, who spent days in...

By Ossian Shine TOKYO (Reuters) - Wind and rain buffeted the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, causing delays to competition and event rescheduling, but stopping short of battering the host city as initially...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Australia won their third straight match in the men's hockey tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday after scoring five goals against Argentina, while India be...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Alaskan teenager Lydia Jacoby upstaged her 2016 Olympic champion team mate Lily King to win a surprise gold medal in the women's 100m breaststroke on Tuesday. The 17-year-old pipped ...

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Kimberley Daniels is at the Tokyo Olympics to judge canoeing slalom, where her daughter Haley is representing Canada in an event newly introduced at the Games as a bid f...

By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - A puncture less than 2km from the end of the bike leg may have ruined Georgia Taylor-Brown's hopes of winning triathlon gold on Tuesday - or it may have been what p...