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Tokyo Games waits for Simone Biles's decision

Biles sent a shock through the Summer Games on Tuesday when she dropped out of the team competition on her opening vault after receiving a low mark.

3 years ago
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'This one sucks': Naomi Osaka suffers home Olympic shock

Osaka, who lit the Olympic cauldron and was one of the faces of the Games, struggled in an error-strewn display that blew the draw wide open after the earlier exits of world number one Ashleigh Barty and third seed Aryna Sabalenka. ...

3 years ago
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Naomi Osaka out of Tokyo 2020 third round

The world number two was swiped aside 6-1 6-4 by Czech Marketa Vondrousova in an early shock on Day Four of the Games. ...

3 years ago

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Tokyo Olympic-linked COVID-19 cases top 150 since start of July

The two athletes, one of whom is a Dutch tennis player, were both living in the athletes' village, according to the organizers. The others are three games-related officials, one contractor and a member of the organizing committee.

3 years ago
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'Refreshed' Osaka wins in straight sets at Tokyo Olympics

Osaka, the star of the opening ceremony, defeated China's Zheng Saisai 6-1, 6-4 and said she felt "refreshed" after taking an eight-week break for mental health reasons.

3 years ago
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Surfing finally makes Olympic bow under blazing Japan sun

The action began early at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Tokyo, with the first surfers paddling out in favourable wave conditions.

3 years ago
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Indonesia's Jonatan Christie playing Tokyo Games for COVID-victim brother

Indonesia's Jonatan Christie was competing at a tournament in Thailand earlier this year when he learned that his older brother, Ivan, had contracted the illness back home.

3 years ago
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IOC's Bach draws ire in Japan over long opening ceremony speech

Bach's speech, which drew on familiar themes of peace, solidarity and gratitude for overcoming the coronavirus hardships, immediately drew ire on Twitter and in traditional Japanese media.

3 years ago
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Australia smash world record to win women's 4x100m relay Olympic gold

The team of Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris and Bronte Campbell lowered the 3:30.05 Australia set at the 2018 Commonwealth Games to reinforce their dominance of the event.

3 years ago
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Defending champion Murray out of Olympics singles with injury

Murray, 34, will stay in Tokyo to play doubles with Joe Salisbury. The pair won their opening match of the competition on Saturday. 

3 years ago
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World No.1 Barty suffers shock defeat in first round of Olympics

Barty, the reigning Wimbledon champion, dropped serve twice in each set as 48th-ranked Sorribes Tormo made just five unforced errors to the Australian's 27 to earn a shock win.

3 years ago
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China's Hou wins weightlifting gold, Indonesia celebrates first bronze

Teenager Windy Cantika Aisah took the bronze for Indonesia after smashing her personal best twice in the clean and jerk.

3 years ago
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What you need to know right now about Tokyo Olympics

Here's what you need to know about the Tokyo Games:

3 years ago
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Djokovic launches Olympic quest on first day of medal action in Tokyo

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron in Friday's opening ceremony at an eerily empty stadium after the coronavirus forced organisers to ban spectators at all but a handful of venues.

3 years ago
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Low-key ceremony ushers in pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics

The Olympics have faced opposition in Japan over fears the global gathering of 11,000 athletes could trigger a super-spreader event, and is taking place under strict virus measures.

3 years ago
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Olympic athletes parade into nearly empty opening ceremony in Tokyo

The ceremony raised the curtain on the biggest sporting spectacle held since the virus took hold early last year and following a one-year postponement. Involving about 11,000 athletes from over 200 countries and regions, venues will be without spectators for the first Olympics in history.

3 years ago
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Emperor Naruhito to open Olympics, reprising grandfather's role

Those Games were enthusiastically embraced in Japan and abroad, and heralded a new era for the nation after it emerged from the devastation of World War II and was on its way to becoming an economic powerhouse.

3 years ago
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Crowds gather outside Tokyo stadium for Olympics opening ceremony

Only a few hundred dignitaries and officials will be allowed into the 68,000-capacity venue to watch the opening extravaganza of the Games that were postponed last year because of the pandemic, but crowds of residents from Tokyo and beyond flocked to the venue looking to soak up the atmosphere.

3 years ago
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Simone Biles is on five-gold Tokyo mission

Both have already achieved enough to be considered the greatest gymnasts of all time, but they approach the delayed 2020 Games as hungry as ever to enhance reputations that already stand as tall as nearby Mount Fuji.

3 years ago
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From Osaka to Ohtani, can Olympics final torchbearer mend battered image?

The identity of the final torchbearer is one of the Games' most closely held secrets yet speculation has swirled for months around well-known athletes including Naomi Osaka, the four time Grand Slam tennis champion, whose superstar status could also draw attention away from the string of gaffes in the build-up to the Games and soften public resentment over the hosting of the Games during the pandemic.

3 years ago
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Indonesia to bid for 2036 Olympics after 2032 failure

Committee chief Raja Sapta Oktohari said, "We will not back down and will continue to fight for the 2036 Olympics," promising more solid preparation.

3 years ago
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Tokyo Olympics to open under unprecedented conditions amid pandemic

The opening ceremony at the National Stadium will raise the curtain on the biggest sporting spectacle held since the virus took hold early last year. Involving about 11,000 athletes from over 200 countries and regions, venues will be without spectators for the first Olympics in history.

3 years ago
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Olympics VP faces backlash over 'mansplaining, bullying'

Coates, also the head of the Australian Olympic Committee, publicly berated Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk over her plans not to attend the event, after her state capital Brisbane was named 2032 host city late Wednesday.

3 years ago
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Prime Minister Suga denies IOC pressure to hold Olympics

And with just days until the opening ceremony, the Japanese leader said Tokyo was "in the right place, and we're ready to go."

3 years ago
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Brisbane set to celebrate 2032 Olympics coronation

Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Australian delegation will provide a final presentation to IOC members in Tokyo before the vote at around 5:10 p.m. (0810 GMT)

3 years ago
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Giannis scores 50 to power Bucks to first NBA title since 1971

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 points in an astounding all-around performance and the Milwaukee Bucks captured their first NBA title since 1971 by defeating the Phoenix Suns 105-98 on Tuesday.

3 years ago
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Olympics Athletes' village COVID-19 isolation bubble already 'broken'

Games officials on Sunday reported the first coronavirus case among competitors in the village in Tokyo where 11,000 athletes are expected to stay. There have been 67 cases detected among those accredited for the Games since July 1, organisers said on Tuesday.

3 years ago
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US female gymnast tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of Olympics

The name of the athlete, who is in her teens, has been withheld by the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, where she was training ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, Kyodo News reported.

3 years ago
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Lewis Hamilton subjected to racist abuse online after British Grand Prix

The seven-times world champion celebrated a record eighth win at the race after fighting back from a 10-second penalty for a first-lap collision that sent title rival Max Verstappen to hospital.

3 years ago
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Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota withdraws Games TV commercials due to lack of support

Chief Executive Oficer of Toyota Motor, Akio Toyoda, will not attend the opening ceremony, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday.

3 years ago
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