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By Toshiki Hashimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Hosts Japan began their men's volleyball campaign with a straight sets win over Venezuela while Italy fought back from two sets down to seal a remarkable victory...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kosovo's judoka Distria Krasniqi won the gold medal in the women's -48kg category at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, beating Japanese rival Funa Tonaki in the final. Bronze medals we...

By Karolos Grohmann TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has been told to give back Russian weightlifting chief Maxim Agapitov's accreditation for the Tokyo Olympics, days after it st...

By Rozanna Latiff and Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Former world number four Kiki Bertens bid farewell to her career as a singles tennis player on Saturday after a tough three-set defeat to Market...

By Shiho Tanaka OYAMA TOWN, Japan (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics will go down in history as a Games almost devoid of spectators, but cycling fans on Saturday got the rare chance to see the athletes in...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. first lady Jill Biden watched their countrywomen tangle on the 3x3 basketball court at the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo on ...

By Chang-Ran Kim CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - A pair of little-known teenage taekwondo fighters defeated gold medal contenders on the first day of the Tokyo Games tournament on Saturday, highlighted by Sp...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judoka Funa Tonaki reached the final in her 48kg class on Saturday, leaving her just one bout away from winning her country's first Tokyo 2020 gold medal later in the day. T...

By Junko Fujita and Ece Toksabay TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's weightlifter Hiromi Miyake reiterated on Saturday that she was retiring after failing with all her attempts except one in the lightest 49-kg ...

By Martyn Herman TOKYO (Reuters) - Ecuador's Richard Carapaz produced an incredible late burst to win the gold medal in a thrilling Olympic men's road race as favourite Tadej Pogacar was beaten into t...