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Olympics-Badminton-Nail-biting doubles matches outshine Tai Tzu-Ying’s shaky win
By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) - Taiwanese women's singles world number one Tai Tzu-Ying outlasted Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen in a surprisingly tight encounter on Monday but the spotlight was stolen b...
Jul 26, 2021
TOKYO OLYMPICS: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - New Olympic champions -- one as young as 13 -- were crowned in Tokyo on Monday as an exuberant coach became the fan meme of the Games when the world watched him madly cheer his swimmer's v...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Archery-South Korea wins gold in men’s team
TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korea claimed gold in the Olympic archery men's team event on Monday, extending their reign and winning the country's third archery gold at the Tokyo Games. Taiwan snatched sil...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Boxing-67 seconds – Sella’s dream ends in a flash
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Eldric Sella went through an arduous journey to get to Tokyo, spending years visualising himself throwing punches in the Olympic boxing ring but when his Games exp...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-U.S. leave rivals in the shade in men’s 4x100m freestyle relay
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. men's swimming team produced a thrilling display to win the 4x100m freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday to underline their dominance in the eve...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Volleyball-Poland return to winning ways, Iran crush Venezuela
By Toshiki Hashimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - World champions Poland put the disappointment of their shock opening defeat by Iran behind them to beat Italy in straight sets in men's Olympic volleyball on Mon...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Fencing-For Argentina’s Perez Maurice, an Olympic loss and marriage proposal
By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) - Moments after fencer Maria Belen Perez Maurice was knocked out of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, her coach made a dramatic lunge of his own by flashing a handwritte...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Basketball 3×3-Texas-native Brown goes from pitcher’s mound to Japanese dunkmaster
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Ira Brown may have entertained Olympic dreams when he became a pro baseball player in 2001, but two decades later he's showcasing a completely new sport in his adopted...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Canoeing-Slovenia’s Savsek wins canoe slalom gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Slovenia's Benjamin Savsek won gold in the men's canoe slalom on Monday ahead of silver medal winner Lukas Rohan from the Czech Republic. Germany's Sideris Tasiadis took bronze. (Rep...
Jul 26, 2021
Olympics-Fencing-Champions to clash in quarterfinals of Tokyo 2020
TOKYO (Reuters) - The champions of previous Olympic Games and the world championships will clash in the quarterfinal stage of the fencing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Monday. For the...
Jul 26, 2021
