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(Reuters) - England's remaining rivals at the European Championship will consider them a "dangerous" side after they beat Germany 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals, captain Harry Kane said. Kane and Rah...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Handball heavyweights France, Denmark and Norway are among the top medal contenders at Tokyo 2020, but emerging rivals from elsewhere will seek to dent Europe's do...

(Reuters) - South African Kevin Anderson will hope to gain revenge on Novak Djokovic and end the Serb's bid for a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam when they meet in the Wimbledon second round on Wedne...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering an extension of its coronavirus prevention measures in Tokyo and other areas by two weeks to a month, Japanese media said, with less than a month to go until the...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese judokas are expected to go on a medal rush at the Tokyo Olympics, bolstering the home country's dominance of the sport born in Japan to the delight of t...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top player in 3x3 basketball is eager to prove that the host nation can be medal contenders when the fast-paced sport makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo. The abs...

By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Karate has fought a long, hard battle to earn its place as an Olympic sport. Despite its 100 million practitioners worldwide, a solid place in popular culture and a ...

By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Tokyo will be the first Summer Games in a quarter of a century without Michael Phelps, the greatest of Olympic medal machines, but even if the giant has gone U.S. sw...

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - Trying to knock Britain's track cyclists off their perch at the Olympics has proved a fruitless task for their rivals. Just when the Australians, Dutch, Americans a...

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - In a few weeks hockey players line up in Tokyo for the 24th time at the summer Olympics, knowing some fear its days as a core sport in the Games could be numbered ...