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TOKYO (Reuters) - Defending champion Charline Picon of France got off to a strong start in the women's RS:X windsurfing class and Switzerland's Mateo Sanz Lanz scored two victories in three races as t...

By Steve Keating TOKYO (Reuters) - The Simone Biles show got underway at the Tokyo Games on Sunday, but it did not live up to advance billing as the American's Olympics campaign experienced a rocky st...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Defending women's champions China were upset in straight sets by Turkey in their Olympic Pool B opener on Sunday, going down 25-21 25-14 25-14 at the Ariake Arena. China, who have wo...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo, host of the summer Olympics, is bracing for a storm that has begun to disrupt competition schedules this week, though the surfers have taken the predicted rougher weather in t...

By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) -Singapore was eliminated from the equestrian dressage qualifiers on Sunday after Caroline Chew's horse Tribiani was found to be bleeding from the mouth, bringing an...

By Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Naomi Osaka powered through her opening match at the Tokyo Games on Sunday as world number one Ash Barty stumbled out of the tournament after a lacklustre, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Li Fabin won the gold medal in the men's 61kg weightlifting event at Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Indonesia's Eko Yuli Irawan won the silver medal and Kazakhstan's Igor Son the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents braved Japan's scorching summer heat to gather along the streets of the Olympic women's cycling road in Fuchu, on the outskirts of Tokyo, on Sunday, resisting c...

TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one golfer Jon Rahm has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics, the International Golf Federation said on Sunday. The Spaniard had tes...

By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Austrian Anna Kiesenhofer caused one of the biggest shocks in Olympic road racing history with an audacious victory in the women's race as the Dutch favourites paid ...