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(Reuters) - Five gymnasts to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: SIMONE BILES (UNITED STATES) Biles, the reigning world and all-around Olympic champion, has continuously stretched the limits of her s...

(Reuters) - Five 3x3 basketball players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: DUSAN DOMOVIC BULUT (SERBIA) Known as "Mr. Bulletproof," the 6'3" Serbian is the top-ranked 3x3 player in the world. Bul...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - It was 35 years ago today that Diego Maradona taught England to play, and the date did not go unnoticed in Argentina, where his compatriots remembered his "goal of the century...

Coco Gauff rallied from a set down to upset No. 7 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium 0-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5, at Viking International Eastbourne. The 17-year-old American star was one of 16 winners Tuesday, as a...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Las Vegas Raiders' Carl Nassib could become one of the most recognizable faces in football as brands line up to be associated with the National Football League's first open...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Despite local opposition amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games that were postponed last year will get under way in exactly a month - barring "Armagedd...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - As the clock ticks down to the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, just a month away, Japan is preparing to host a Games like no other in history, as it grapples...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hoped that hosting the 2020 Olympics would reprise the triumph of 1964, when it became the first Asian Olympics host and gained a huge economic boost. But the co...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The following is a timeline of major events in the run-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year and set to open in a month: September 2013: Tokyo is awarded the 2020 Olymp...

By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - England delivered an efficient but hardly scintillating display to beat Czech Republic 1-0 with an early Raheem Sterling header on Tuesday to advance to Euro 2020'...