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The Colorado Avalanche have locked up Cale Makar long-term, signing the defenseman to a six-year contract on Saturday. Makar, 22, was a Norris Trophy finalist this season after finishing with eight go...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Adam Peaty said he was just shaking off the cobwebs, and felt weird without fans watching, but he still won his Olympic 100m breaststroke heat on Saturday with a time faster than any...

By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Denmark got off to a strong start in the first equestrian dressage qualifiers on Saturday along with heavyweight contenders Germany who have Is...

TOKYO (Reuters) - World handball champions Denmark started their bid to capture back-to-back Olympic gold medals by thrashing hosts Japan 47-30 in their opener at the Yoyogi National Stadium on Saturd...

By Omar Mohammed TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States men's basketball team will begin their pursuit of a fourth successive Olympic title on Sunday with an intriguing match-up against a French squad le...

By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020's oldest competitor, 66-year-old Australian horse rider Mary Hanna, said on Saturday she also aimed to take part in the 2024 Olympics unless her body ga...

CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Italy's Vito Dell'Aquila defeated Tunisia's Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi to win the men's taekwondo -58kg category gold medal on Saturday. South Korean Jang Jun and Russian Mikhail...

By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Geraint Thomas said he "must have done something wrong in a previous life" after his hopes of a first Olympic road race medal were wiped out by yet another...

CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit, the bronze medallist in Rio five years ago, beat Spanish teenager Adriana Cerezo Iglesias to win the gold medal for women's taekwondo in the...

By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - A brutally tough Olympic road race course wore down most of the 130 riders who set off from Musashinonomori Park in stifling heat on Saturday but not gold medallist ...